Episode 14: Antti Pulkkinen - The art of explosive learning and blazing new trails in science

Show Notes: 

• Weather in outer space (1:30) 
• Explosive learning through taking advantage of breadth and depth of knowledge (2:20) 
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2:40) 
• Mentors: 
  • Ari Viljanen (5:20) 
  • Risto Pirjola (5:30) 
  • Olaf Amm (5:40) 
  • Hannu Koskinen (9:50) 
• Geomagnetically induced currents and effect of space weather on the power grid (5:40) 
• Approach to mentorship (6:00) 
• Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) (10:00) 
• Building diverse networks (21:30) 
• Organic vs. deliberate networking (22:40) 
• Importance of personal network (24:15) 
• Martial arts practice and its impact on his life (26:00) 
  • Krav Maga
  • The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin (27:30) 
  • Tai Chi and meditation (30:20) 
  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (31:30) 
• Change with added responsibility - let others succeed (37:00) 
• Complex systems (37:20) 
• Holly Gilbert and Marlo Maddux (38:00) 
• Diversity, inclusion, and plurality of thought (40:00) 
• Cultivating a growth mindset (41:15) 
• Lightning round (44:00): 
  • Book: 
    • Classical Electrodynamics textbook by John David Jackson 
    • The Sun Kings by Stuart Clark 
  • Passion: 
    • Martial arts  
    • Music (Finland Geodynamo band)  
      • Check out previous episode of Origins - Matt Russo  
  • Making his heart sing: 
    • Fixing new house and building a new environment 
• Find Antti online:  
  • NASA  
• 'Five-Cut Fridays’ series  
  • Antti’s list