introduce and welcome back to the Googleplex the author, producer, musician, and dog whisperer , Tom Corwin. Tom: Hello. Thanks for coming. So, umm, I'm gonna tell you a little bit about
It was actually Andy Jassy's sister at the time, who's now CEO of Amazon. If you ever need a Jeff whisperer , which is what I became known for being, I'm around.
Now, you may think of it as can't, can. I call it the whiner and the whisperer . And we all know the whiner.
It can't happen. We haven't even created the technology yet. And then there's that whisperer . Wouldn't it be cool if we did it?
This is, I believe, a sedated buffalo. Because he's not like a buffalo whisperer . That's not a safe situation unless that buffalo is knocked out.
So, finally, Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer . Does everybody know the dog whisperer ? You've seen him, seen his shows.
Our whole mind/brain existence is an interpersonal existence. And his opinion-- and I call him the "addict whisperer ." His opinion is no, 100%.
So that's my mother. And I always feel like she's a soil whisperer . And she just is able to grow anything.
I always think the vegetables talk to me. But she said that Alice Waters was the vegetable whisperer . Well, she is. Who did I learn from?
You know what I mean? Because there's some people that are great whisperers . You know what I mean by that?
But I find it compelling that many years later, this is exactly what she is trying to do and trying to get us to rethink, our relationship with our machines. She calls herself the robot whisperer . The third person I'd like to talk about is Nicholas Negroponte.
Like, say, like, Alec Baldwin is a great whisperer . Yes, yes. He is a great whisperer . That's what's going on, of course.
They selected us as one of the products to go out to the show in New York. So that's why Alvin, who I have hence called the crowd whisperer , he was a big part of our success.
I learned this from an amazing voice coach that I worked with for a number of years in Los Angeles. She works with celebrities, she works with-- they call her the voice whisperer . Her name is Marice Tobias, and she uses this term when teaching us.
LaFawn Bailey: Which I was really excited about. LaFawn Bailey: I think we were all really exited about that. She played on the Ghost Whisperer , CSI, 24, Nip/Tuck, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rio 911, The Boondocks and many, many more. Aisha Tyler: So many more. Like three or four more than that. Three or four.
No, y'all don't know. Like, say, like, Alec Baldwin is a great whisperer . Yes, yes. He is a great whisperer .
The ideas apply within communities and within organizations. So, finally, Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer . Does everybody know the dog whisperer ?