What allows some organizations and individuals to thrive in a world of rapid technology innovation – and subsequent disruption – while others fall behind or get stuck in obsolescence? After a six-year study into how digital technologies have disrupted companies of all sizes, Gerald Kane reveals many of the key findings in his newly released book…… Read More
Personal Growth
EP. 30: Algorithms and Agency: Kartik Hosanagar On Learning To Live With Learning Machines
Humans are making machines smarter, and the machines are learning. So what is happening to humans using smart machines? My guest on this episode is Kartik Hosanagar and his new book, A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence, is the topic of our discussion…. Read More
EP.29: WORKING WITH A.I. : ROB MAY ON THE HYPE AND REALITY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
I think definitely for the next decade, more of A.I. is going to be around augmenting humans to make them better. It’s going to be around filling in gaps in jobs that are dangerous or boring or things people don’t want to do – Rob May Artificial intelligence and its abbreviation “A.I.” can evoke fantasies… Read More
EP: 28. MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN: SETH GODIN ON MODERN MARKETING
Seth is the author of 18 best-selling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. He’s founded several companies including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. In 2013 he was inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame. His new book This Is Marketing, You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See, is the first, in his words, “real book from a real publisher about marketing” that he’s done in more than seven years…. Read More
EP. 27: THE WISDOM ASSET: CHIP CONLEY ON AIRBNB, AGE, REINVENTION AND RELEVANCE
What do you do when you go from being the founder and CEO of your own line of successful hotels to the oldest guy at the tech startup surrounded by some of the brightest millennials in the country? Well, if you’re Chip Conley of Airbnb, you set aside your ego, reinvent yourself and …… Read More
EP. 26: SECOND CHANCES: CATHERINE HOKE ON REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
This podcast is about recovering from crisis, reinventing yourself and making a positive difference in the world. My guest is Catherine Hoke, a former venture capitalist who is using training in entrepreneurship to solve a severe societal problem…… Read More
EP.25: MELTDOWNS: CHRIS CLEARFIELD ON PREVENTING SYSTEM FAILURES
What does the 2007 financial crisis, the Fukushima nuclear accident, Three Mile Island, Deepwater Horizon and the 2017 Academy Awards “best picture” Oscar ceremony, all have in common? The small things. Or rather, lots of tightly coupled small things that are overlooked due to complexity or ignored due to culture. Here’s how to “build” an accident…
EP.24: MEANING AND WORK: FRED KOFMAN ON THE ROI OF PURPOSE
This episode is about where you spend the majority of your life – your work: why you do it, how you do it, changing where you do it and how companies should measure it. On this podcast I talk with Fred Kaufman. Fred is the former vice president of executive development at Linkedin …… Read More
EP 23: MOTIVATION MYTHS: JEFF HADEN ON PROCESS VS. PASSION
In our personal or professional lives there are things we all want to do that are just not getting done. Whether it’s learning a new skill, taking up a new activity or big things like reinventing ourselves to fit a new market, our default effort into doing these things seem to be some sort of goal setting or time management method.
EP.22: HOW TO THINK IN BETS: ANNIE DUKE ON POKER, PROBABILITIES AND BETTER DECISIONS
All decisions have tradeoffs, risk vs. reward. We have to make choices that have costs yet many factors involved are often hidden. So how do you make good decisions in the face of uncertainty? These are challenges inherent in the game of poker and in poker, as in life, there is a difference between a good decision and a good outcome. For two decades Annie Duke was one of the top poker players in the world. … Read More