"These stereotypes of 'nerd girls are awkward' really plays on kids' minds. The world needs to know smart women who are very strong in their thinking and perspectives." Shalini Govil-Pai is a tech and media executive at Google, who previously worked at Pixar on films like Toy Story and A Bug's Life. Shalini’s worked on partnerships across YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max - at the center of disruptive technology, challenging herself to educate, entertain, and inspire globally. It was a great chat about her experiences coming up in a very male-dominated technical field, and the lessons learned along the way, as well as some of the reflections on today’s media culture. Whether growing up in Bombay / Mumbai India - surrounded by Bollywood (and Amitabh Bachchan) - or creating a new life in America and the Silicon Valley, Shalini’s not afraid of taking risks and challenging the status quo - all because of her deep connections with her family, friends, and community. LEARN ABOUT SHALINI: twitter.com/shalinigovilpai forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/shalinigovilpai/ MENTIONS Luxo Junior (1986 - first Pixar short): youtu.be/6G3O60o5U7w ACTOR: Amitabh Bachchan - wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan AD: Google “Dear Sophie” - youtu.be/zhPklt9nYas VIDEO: Google Year in Search: about.google/stories/year-in-search AUTHOR: Isaac Asmimov - goodreads.com/author/show/16667.Isaac_Asimov TV: Foundation (Apple TV+) - imdb.com/title/tt0804484/ PERSON: Steve Jobs - wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs PERSON: Sundar Pichai - wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices