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Feral by Design
Feral by Design is a podcast that uses biomimicry to steal nature’s smartest strategies for human chaos.
Each episode starts with a messy real-world problem, turns to a creature that’s already solved something similar, looks at their strategies and follows the thread you didn’t see coming. Sometimes it lands on one idea, sometimes a few - but it always lands somewhere useful.
Grounded in real science, told through self-deprecating stories, and always surprisingly practical.
Biomimicry made accessible, useful, and genuinely fun.
Nature owns the patent. We get to copy it.
Feral by Design
Reality Bites: How Meerkats Make Learning Stick
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Ever taken a course, nailed the theory… and then fallen apart the moment it gets real? Same. And it turns out the fix lives in the Kalahari.
In this episode, Pia heads into meerkat country to uncover a quietly brilliant system for learning that actually sticks under pressure - not just in your head, but in your bones. No hacks. No feel-good fluff. Just nature-tested design principles for building capability in the real world, without the chaos or the panic.
From small “reality bites” to why purpose matters more than motivation, this is a surprisingly human look at why we freeze, why we bail, and how to take one small real step that changes everything.
If you’ve ever been stuck in theory mode, over-preparing, under-doing, or circling something that matters - this one’s for you.
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Created and hosted by Pia Williams
Clever by Nature. Feral by Design.