Getting Under The Skin #004 Uncovering the Truth Behind a Legendary Life
What if your greatest strength came from your deepest wound?
In this unscripted and deeply human conversation, Dr. Ichak Adizes — one of the world’s most influential business thinkers — opens up to his son, filmmaker and host Topaz Adizes, in a raw dialogue about love, aging, grief, legacy, and healing.
At 87 years old, Dr. Adizes reflects on the life that shaped him, the legacy he's still writing, and the emotional wounds he's only now beginning to confront. Together, father and son explore:
- What he regrets passing down to his children — and what he’s proud to have given
- How a childhood without love became the fuel for global impact
- Why success was never about achievement, but about being loved
- What aging feels like when time no longer stretches endlessly ahead
- The paradox of gaining wisdom while losing memory
This is more than a father-son conversation, it’s a powerful reflection on mortality, meaning, family, vulnerability, and emotional truth.
These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours, or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.
Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.
🔗 Learn more about Dr. Adizes and his work
https://www.adizes.com/
📖 Read his autobiography, The Accordion Player
https://publications.adizes.com/products/the-accordion-player-english
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