TODAY, WE EXECUTE.

CTRL-SHIFT-EXECUTE Podcast has entered the Grid

Author

Chris Paraoan
May 07, 2025

WHEN THE SIGNAL DROPS, THE SYSTEMS LIFTS. 

Today, a new force enters the grid.
Not another podcast.
A discipline. A framework. A transmission for builders ready to break through noise and build something real.

Welcome to CTRL-SHIFT-EXECUTE, the official podcast of The 8TH GRID.

You’re not here to consume content.
You’re here to take command

Why it matters:

Because execution is the last unfair advantage.
And every episode of CTRL-SHIFT-EXECUTE gives you something most podcasts don’t:

✅ Mental Precision (CTRL)

Learn how to rewire your mindset for focus, resilience, and creative discipline. This isn’t motivational fluff, it’s the inner system real builders use when things get real.

✅ Strategic Adaptability (SHIFT)

We challenge broken playbooks, dissect false assumptions, and explore what it actually takes to shift in real time without losing your edge.

✅ Tactical Movement (EXECUTE)

You leave each episode with motion. With frameworks you can apply now, not someday. Because information is nothing without action.

This is where founders recalibrate.
Where thinkers become builders.
Where creators upgrade into executors.

Why It’s Different:

CTRL-SHIFT-EXECUTE isn’t built for virality.
It’s built for velocity.

  • No generic success stories

  • No theory without action

  • No “how I built this” recycled nostalgia

Instead, it delivers signal from a live system: The 8TH GRID, designed to evolve as fast as you do.

This podcast is a build log, a strategic mirror, and an execution catalyst… all in one.

🎙 EPISODE 001- IS LIVE

Closed-Door Rhythms: How Operators Build The Future

We kick off with Jeremy Stano, Global AI and Emerging Tech Leader at NTT DATA, the man behind the first commercially deployed AI solution at one of the world’s largest systems integrators.

We break down:

• How he executed where others froze in overthinking
• How he implemented and won against top-tier competition
• Why he believes music is the ultimate nootropic for peak creativity and focus

This isn’t theory, it’s what it looks like when AI meets audacity

⚡️ EPISODE 002 - COMING SOON

Next up: A Startup Founder who trailblazed GreenOps in the travel industry before most companies even knew what that meant.

He sparked a global shift:
🌱 Top universities are now studying his model
🤝 Industry giants are lining up to partner with him
🏆 And he was just named one of the 75 most influential innovators in AI

This isn’t a season. It’s a signal chain.
And it’s just getting started.

🎧 Episode 001 is live now on Spotify:

CTRL-SHIFT-EXE by The 8TH GRID

Podcast · Chris Paraoan · CTRL-SHIFT-EXE is where builders, rebels, and system reprogrammers converge. Hosted by The 8TH GRID, this is your weekly pitstop for raw signal, rapid shifts, and execution blueprints from the frontlines of AI, innovation, and intelligent systems. We go beneath the hype, beyond the playbook, and inside the minds of founders, futurists, and operators shaping the post-industrial grid. No fluff. No recycled noise. Just the real conversations and edge signals that help you navigate, disrupt, and execute at the speed of now. Built for those who don’t wait for the future they launch it.

open.spotify.com/show/1He3cXRVCAKXu400MqHa0d?si=ynMmskJmT92lvg6gvwcNFw

“You don’t follow innovation.
You execute it.”
CTRL. SHIFT. EXECUTE.

Time to Tune In:

This show was built for the ones who don’t wait to be discovered.
Its to amplify the voices of the ones who build quietly, move early, and execute relentlessly.

You’re not just tuning in.
You’re entering the grid.

Welcome to CTRL-SHIFT-EXECUTE.

Let the others talk.
You move.