We return to the luminal spaces with Jesse Adenji - we are now living in uncertain times - COVID is a luminal space - we don't know if we will be back where were are - however it is a fantastic opportunity for innovation - we need to understand what we need to change and what we can change - chaos vs order - the world is almost too complicated for the human brain to comprehend - we need to be "tricksters" or provocateurs - bringing new knowledge into the group - beginners mind is important is discovering new ideas - much innovation comes from serendipity - looking at innovation from different cultural perspectives leading to a deep need to discover why. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Great rewards require great risks. What does that say if we are not even able to take small risks? We used to risk our lives for human progress, now we are afraid to leave our homes without a face covering. If we can't take risks, we will not progress. Risk-taking is required for us to move the human race forward. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Even though all fireworks are banned in California, we still heard tons of fireworks going off all around us. This tells me that we haven't totally drunk the Kool-Aid of Safetyism - we can still take risks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Jeff goes into detail on the differences between new product development and innovation - working with the unknown - creating the right innovative culture - risk mitigation - expectations and creativity - innovation councils and developing the right innovation strategy.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-j-weiss/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Chaos created coincidences, and these coincidences can create new thinking. Agile software development accounts for chaos - we can all account for chaos by developing the skill to account for chaos. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Why don't we ever listen and implement any of the studies that we all agree are valid? Working from home has been proven to increase productivity and happiness, but we still force our people back to work. Our environment contributes to our thinking, but we still don't have organized environments for productivity and chaotic environments for creativity, and its proven that we need psychological safety within teams to take risks, but do we foster it? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Martin Walker is the VP of Digital Experience & Innovation for Sound Credit Union. He has led digital transformation efforts in the financial services, sports and entertainment, retail, and foodservice industries, helping marketing, product development, business development, and operations functions become digital, data-driven enterprises. He holds a BS in marketing and an MBA. https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-walker/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

You need to be unhappy with the status quo in order to change things. Being reasonable is not connected to change and innovation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

We spend too much time in our little hyper-personalized bubbles - make it a habit to try to experience randomness outside your algorithms. Outside of your feed.   Mentioned in this episode:  http://gimmeserendipity.com  http://forgotify.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Chris Wexler is one of the Founders and CEO of Krunam, the best in the class image and video classifier of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM). Krunam is in the business of removing digital toxic waste from the internet using AI to identify CSAM and other indicative content to improve and speed content moderation.  Krunam’s technology is already in use by law enforcement and is now moving into the private sector. Before founding Krunam, Chris established several leading digital MarTech and analytics practices at four different major ad agencies while working with brands such as Microsoft, Harley-Davidson, Chipotle, and General Mills. It was there that Chris has invested over $1B in digital ad spend for clients over his career. https://krunam.co --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Humans crave order. We have built a very orderly world. But what happens when the chaos pokes through? A Black Swan. We need to embrace the chaos to be creative and grow.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Our hyper-personalized experience of the internet today won't help you come across new ideas or new discoveries that you can mashup with things that you already know.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

For the last several years Preston has been deep in the design, development, and bleeding edge of AR / VR / MR and immersive computing. He loves looking into the near & distant future to come up with practical ways to solve design problems for today and tomorrow. https://www.linkedin.com/in/preston-mccauley-immersive-ux/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

To grow in life - to create new and innovative products - sometimes you must run towards the pain instead of away from it.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

If there is any indication of how far Silicon Valley has fallen among the pantheon of risk-takers, you just have to look at the timidity of the culture. Whatever happened to the rollicking, risk-taking culture of the earlier days - we are no longer interested in making a dent in the universe, we'd much rather sit at home, trembling in fear and having everything delivered.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Sergio Mastrogiovanni is a senior data scientist, executive, entrepreneur, AI evangelist, and data storyteller with career success leveraging advanced data analytics and technology integration to boost sustainable revenue,  inspire high-performing teams and manage change through digital transformation and continuous improvement, and his passion in this world is about making data accessible to people. He teaches Intelligent  Automation at NYU and is the Head of Data and Innovation at Nubiral.  Strong expertise in developing simulation, optimization, cost reduction, and risk assessment models and deploying business analytics and process automation solutions. Ph.D. candidate, Masters in Analytics, NYU Stern MBA,  Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, certified MIT AI practitioner, certified RPA developer, Microsoft Certified System  Engineer, Azure Certified Data Scientist, Data Engineer, and AI Associate. AWS Certified Big Data professional,  AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer, Innovation coach, Columbia Data Scientist, and visualization Zen that won awards on innovation, leadership, and process improvement. Fluent in Spanish, English, and  Portuguese. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio-mastrogiovanni/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Companies are not buying your service. People are buying you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Why do we have to keep building new platforms? It's time we built the uber platform for all. Support The Show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Working within the web technology and standards community to advance a publisher-centric, user-respecting future of digital advertising. Experienced problem-solver in complex product and community environments, with deep knowledge of product strategy, marketing, community, and market design, and software development. Skilled in web-scale technologies including containers, databases, Software as a Service (SaaS), and the web platform including PWAs, advanced privacy tooling, and WebExtensions. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmarti/ https://cafemedia.com Support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Continuing the conversation on electric vehicles - IMHO, electric vehicles are a cop-out - we need to innovate better power sources - why not hydrogen? Why not geothermal? Why not humans? (cue the matrix theme) https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Depending on the kind of business you want to start, you may want to be pickier about where on the pyramid you'd like to fall. In the higher levels, unless you are deeply embedded in the niche, then you might have a tough time selling premium products at a premium price. If you are looking for quantity instead of quality, no one ever really got fired for betting on money or food. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Director of the Center for Business Growth and Innovation programs at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Known for our nationally recognized and award-winning innovative programs, UNI is positioned as a preeminent “entrepreneurial support” resource for entrepreneurs throughout the State of Iowa. Programs include: Advance Iowa, a program that targets Iowa’s second-stage companies that have grown past the startup stage but have not yet reached maturity, and applies growth strategies to grow existing business within their current framework. The Dream Big, Grow Here Contest is an award-winning business grant contest for Iowans to launch new ventures or expand their current firms. Each year Iowan entrepreneurs compete to win prizes at the regional and state level. The Small Business Development Center (SBDC), a program of the SBA and one of 15 regional centers in Iowa dedicated to providing quality technical assistance and training to business owners. The Innovation Incubator features 13 office suites & offers campus and community participants a culture to foster and assistance to grow their businesses. The Business Concierge program answers Iowans’ most pressing business questions by providing valuable information to entrepreneurs looking to better understand and grow their businesses. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

How do you feel about the future? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

When you make a decision, how far out do you look at the consequences of your decisions. Many, many decisions lead to unintended consequences - if we took some time to think through those consequences, it may change your decision. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Ford Saeks has redefined the formula for business success.  His efforts have helped companies generate a total of over a billion dollars in sales worldwide.  From start-ups to Fortune 500’s, Saeks is widely recognized as a Business Growth Innovator.  With over 20 years of experience (ranging from retail to wholesale), he has founded over ten companies, authored four books, awarded three U.S. patents, and received numerous industry awards.  Tenacity and innovation are what fuel this revenue-generating powerhouse.  From grassroots to Google, Ford provides his clients with fresh perspectives and doable tactics to resolve branding, marketing, operations, and growth challenges. As President and CEO of Prime Concepts Group, Inc., an integrated marketing services firm, Ford specializes in helping businesses attract loyally and repeat customers, monetize social media, and ignite innovation. Discover more about Ford Saeks at www.ProfitRichResults.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

If you really care about climate change, forget about electric vehicles. You are simply not taking full responsibility for the generation of the energy used to move your car around. Just get the smallest displacement internal combustion engine, the most efficient energy creator humans have developed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Do you know the difference between objective and subjective reality? Aligning yourself and your teams with objective reality is your best chance at winning the future. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Creativity is an unlimited resource in your life. Thus, the motivation of the people you surround yourself, spend time with, and invest in is the wellspring of your own personal creativity. When you help them tap into their motivation, it pays back in spades for your own.    The greatest leaders are unstoppable because they tap into the creativity of the people they surround themselves with and serve with humility. My coaching educates leaders in fostering environments that maximize creativity and innovation.    "The Momentum Framework" is a collection of contextual models and language tools that form a system that maximizes the creativity of the people we lead. The result is MOMENTUM through innovation.   My journey in innovating began with software products at the ripe old age of 11, programming on my 8-Bit Commodore Vic-20 in the 1980s, and never stopped. I studied aviation electronics working on F-14 Tomcats in the Navy, molecular genetics at the University of Rochester, and earned an MBA from the Simon School of Business in 2006. However, most of my experience has come from two and a half decades of working in the trenches with amazing teams building innovative software products that move, touch and inspire the world. ITX is a passionate group of 250+ inspired technologists and artists that produce magic every day for our clients. We are pioneering how software products are built and creating best practices that are forging the future of how technology interfaces with people. Through ITX and in other ventures, I have engineered the divestiture, acquisition, and mergers of over a dozen companies. Through CEO and leadership roundtables worldwide and a professorship at the University of Rochester, I have educated thousands of business leaders on innovation, culture, empathy, and "The Momentum Framework."    Mentioned in the show:   Cognitive Empathy: Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Capacity for Influence (C/I)   Daniel Goleman – Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships   Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, Fast and Slow   Travis Bradberry – Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Affective Empathy: Compassion: Capacity for Caring (C/C)   Brene Brown – The Gifts of Imperfection   John M. Gottman – The Science of Trust   Edward L. Deci – Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation   Daniel Goleman – Focus, The Hidden Driver of Excellence   Kenneth O. Stanley & Joel Lehman - Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of Objective   INNOVATION: in·no·va·tion | ˌi-nə-ˈvā-shən : Any insight or tactic which, when deployed, causes a measurable improvement to momentum also: concept or best practice change, which causes a measurable improvement to the strategic success of the firm   ADVOCACY: ad·vo·ca·cy | ˈad-və-kə-sē: The highest level of a mutual business relationship, where each invests in the other’s future also: The regular demonstration of behaviors that reflect an investment in our collective future; The act of one who is inspired   LOYALTY: loy·al·ty | ˈlȯi(-ə)l-tē : The level of a mutual business relationship where each member self-determines that they will engage with the other in the future also: The regular demonstration of engagement behaviors   TRUST: ˈtrəst : The level of a mutual business relationship where each is confident in the other also: The demonstration of caring and confidence through the investment behaviors of time, information, or social capital    [email protected]  https://www.productmomentum.fm/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Instead of regurgitating the past, we should all focus on creating new knowledge --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Even when you are doing something as boring as vendor selection, design thinking is important. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

An author, entrepreneur, and acclaimed international speaker, Frans Johansson has inspired readers and audiences worldwide with his ideas on leadership and success, innovation, and D&I. He is the Founder and CEO of The Medici Group, an enterprise solutions firm that empowers organizations to leverage diversity and inclusion to build and sustain high-performing teams. Frans is also the author of two books – The Medici Effect and The Click Moment – and he hosted a podcast centered on diversity driving innovation. Raised in Sweden by his African-American/Cherokee mother and Swedish father, Johansson has lived all his life at the intersection. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fransjohansson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Frans_Johansson --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

If you look at most of the successful startups (and internal innovation programs) throughout history, you’ll note a trend – there are usually two or more partner founders (or intrapreneurs) right there at the beginning (although eBay is a notable difference). Additionally, these partners need to have specific traits, typically one is the more extroverted sales type, and the other is the more introverted engineering type, even though there are those who have both of those skill sets.  I’d venture to say that you can build the archetypes out even further than that – and Star Trek (the original series, of course) gives us near-perfect role models. Of those, the only two you really need at a minimum at the outset are Kirk and Scotty. The qualities of Kirk (or Kirk-type) that you need are his willingness to take risks, make big decisions, and be the voice of the company (just as he is the voice of the Enterprise). Then as Kirk makes deals, confronts the alien menaces, or confuses the evil computer with illogic, it’s up to Scotty-type to execute those deals.  When a Kirk-type has a need-based on talking to the customer, he asks a Scotty-type to execute whatever needs to happen to keep that customer happy. The Scotty-type doesn’t want or need to be the one talking to the customer, he or she is most happy delivering Warp 5 or reading technical manuals, while the Kirk-types do all of the schmoozing. While many startup founders fall neatly into these roles, what some don’t get is that the relationship between these two is truly symbiotic – without a Kirk-type, the Enterprise would not know where to go, and without a Scotty-type, the ship wouldn’t go anywhere, no matter what customers say or what orders are barked.  In every startup, you need a good working relationship between Kirk-types and Scotty-types, each understanding that the other is absolutely necessary for the startup to be successful or the ship to get anywhere. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

your audience is more important than your product --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

A transformative leader with 10 years of expertise in cross-vertical digital marketing, brand strategy, innovation, and client partnerships. Big thinking entrepreneur who thrives on opportunity and culture, getting people and businesses to do their best work. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

If Something Upsets You, Does That Make It More Innovative?  Let’s face it – most people don’t like change. We like things being the way they are – even the word “upset” has a negative connection – to turn over the “set” to break with the established order. The only problem is that there are so many things we can have the ability to SOLVE if only we would be willing to “upset” things. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Would you eat grown meat? In the future of food, our meat will be grown, not raised - will you - and someone who might be into natural foods - still, want to eat replicated meat? What if it used to be rubber? An old tire? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Peter Mulford is an executive vice president at BTS, where he leads the firm’s Innovation & Digital Transformation practice. Peter leads business transformation and capability-building efforts with Fortune 500 firms around the world (such as Sony, Microsoft, Time Warner and Merck) with a focus on developing innovation leadership, design thinking, and disciplined experimentation capability. His work redefines not just how to do innovation, but how to create and lead a culture in which innovation and divergent thinking can flourish.    Peter’s writing and research has been featured in CLO and Training magazines. He is frequent guest lecturer on Innovation and Strategy for the MBA program at Columbia Business School in New York. A sought-after keynote speaker, Peter regularly delivers keynote addresses at events around the world each year, including HR conferences, Technology and Innovation events, and company off-sites and sales conferences.  Peter joined BTS in 1998 and has worked in its offices in San Francisco, London and New York. From 2005-2010, he was the Managing Director of BTS’s East Coast region, leading the largest global office for BTS through a period of market turbulence and growth during which it more than tripled in size.   Peter holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School, and speaks Japanese. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Humans learn by copying others - fake it till you make it is the best advice. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

The closer you can align your reality with the truth, the better. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Over the past 1.5 years, Sandeep has championed an initiative to promote a culture of innovation at this Company. We cover: Barriers to Innovation in large organizations Why a balanced Innovation portfolio matters in large organizations How he is transforming the innovation culture Sandeep Kibey serves as the Wells and Materials Supervisor in Lab Operations at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Houston TX. His team delivers high-impact Lab capabilities and technology solutions focused on Corporation’s core, high-value assets. His areas of focus include innovation, technology, and leadership. Prior to his current role, Sandeep was the Wellbore Technology team lead in ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company delivering well integrity technologies to ExxonMobil drill teams worldwide. Sandeep is passionate about the energy industry. He is driven by the purpose of “energizing humanity” i.e., providing reliable, affordable energy to the world while preserving our Planet’s climate. In his current role, Sandeep champions an initiative to promote innovation culture within the Lab. Sandeep also serves on the Leadership Committee of the Inclusion & Diversity Employee Resource Group for ExxonMobil employees of Asian heritage. Sandeep joined ExxonMobil in 2007 and held multiple research leadership roles in pipelines, risers, drilling, and completions in his initial assignments. He and his team have been nominated three times in the last 10 years for ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company’s annual Innovation, Creativity, and Excellence award. In 2020, Sandeep received ExxonMobil’s Advanced Skill Milestone award in Wells research. Sandeep holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the Stanford LEAD Executive program at Stanford Graduate School of Business. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

The Internet could have solved all human problems by simply connecting every human being with every other human being. But now, its all run by the middlemen. Humans need to wrest control of the internet back from the middlemen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Nature is hierarchical, some of us feel that we are more evolved than that. This is the truth. Like the circumference of the earth. That can be true too. Unfortunately, we don't live in the real world, we live in our own manufactured reality. A reality that is manufactured by others or ourselves. Sometimes. humans can't handle the truth. They suppress the truth. This happens when you innovate. You are trying to bring a new reality into someone's manufactured bubbles of reality.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Check out this cool interview with Jenna Beglin, Director, Consumer Research & Insights, NA Services at Samsung Electronics   Jenna Beglin is an applied consumer research expert, specializing in guiding concept and early-stage software/services product strategy and design. She started her career in digital strategy consulting at Accenture, before completing her MBA at Cornell. She then transitioned into brand and innovation consulting, helping her clients leverage consumer insights to re-define their brands and build out their innovation pipelines. Her past three years at Samsung have been spent building and leading a team of researchers focused on service innovation and customer experience.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenna-beglin-cohen-1b580016/ Early-stage consumer research and branding blending elements of design thinking - everything from one-liners to prototypes - focusing on usability, unearthing pain points, completely new directions, the importance of customer segmentation. building archetypes, the best kind of prototypes, using analytics to drive new product development, A/B testing, low-cost customer research platforms and strategies for startups, diary studies, the importance of context and timing, how people are overly positive in research, ideal numbers of people to survey, benchmarking against past products, barriers to innovation, resistance to risk, AI in innovation, why quant data will never tell you "why", the future would be great if we could predict demand in the future, why research is important. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

One of the reasons that it is truly difficult to remove bias from AI is that AI is modeled on the past, not the future. Humans also model themselves on the past: we have to work hard to model the future we want, as opposed to the past reality we had. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

How can you reconcile the tendency of human beings to lie with Design Thinking? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Dr. Owen Muir co-founded Brooklyn Minds with the understanding that help needs to be understood as helpful. In addition to serving as Medical Director, Dr. Muir oversees our groundbreaking deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS) program. Dr. Muir’s work is novel in a number of ways. Not only is he one of the 5 official supervisors in North America for Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) for adults, but he has additional training in using MBT strategies with adolescents, families, and even teams and systems, and is co-editor of the Springer book "Adolescent Suicide and Self Injury: a Mentalization-Based Treatment Approach.” ​As Chief Innovation Officer, Dr. Muir has secured Brooklyn Minds' position as the only site in America offering full, on-model MBT services for adolescents in an outpatient setting. He is proud to have made Brooklyn Minds one of the largest outpatient MBT practices for adults, children, and families in the country. Dr. Muir specializes in the treatment of a wide variety of personality and mood disorders and prides himself on taking a holistic view with his patients. He works tirelessly to build strong relationships rooted in trust with all his clients to best support them in reaching their mental health goals and making sure all his clients feel knowledgeable about the treatment options available to them. Feeling at ease with a psychiatrist is not something that comes naturally for most people. Dr. Muir utilizes humor and empathy to help open doors for people to feel more comfortable. He is interactive and asks a lot of questions to ensure that he is getting the clearest picture possible of what is going on for the people he is working with. Currently, Dr. Muir is also working on two podcasts: Remotely Possible, which looks at anxiety and despair through a mental health lens, and Pandemic Check-In, which takes a look at mental health during COVID-19. When not working with clients or on his podcasts, Dr. Muir enjoys revisiting his former career as a recording engineer at Sony Music Studios. He can be found playing guitar, writing original music, and recording any sound he can find that might be useful. https://www.linkedin.com/in/owen-muir-md-53345b7/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

for XR to be successful it needs two things a) it needs to bypass our senses and get plugged right into our brain and b) it needs to stop emulating real life and start being BETTER than real life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

media is now subtle as a hammer - have we lost the ability to be subtle and intuit things - or if everyone has a hammer have we all turned into nails? we should all try to make our audiences THINK, it's what humans are best at after all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support