in the future, jobs will drop in your lap --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Max Stucki is the Foresight Analysis Manager at Futures Platform. He has worked with multiple organizations identifying and making sense of trends affecting both the public and private sectors. Futures Platform supports organizations in all decision-making with a digital foresight solution that helps to discover future changes and is curated by a team of futurists. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

we no longer need to follow the traditional path - a multitude of paths are in front of us. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Thinly Veiled Sales Messages Are 90% Of The Internet --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Overcoming fear of being your authentic self in business, community and education • Identify, value, and unleash your gifts • Business, community and our world need your natural-born gifts --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Tank, I want to learn how to fly a helicopter. Done. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

this is the real future of work - no more monolithic "jobs" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Michael Fulton is a Vice President of Product Strategy & Innovation at Expedient, an Enterprise cloud provider in the US.   Mike joined Expedient in October 2019 and has overall responsibility for the company’s IaaS Product Portfolio as well as responsibility for injecting the voice of customers throughout the product development process.    Mike also teaches digital topics at The Ohio State University, where he is an adjunct professor and academic director for Digital Executive Education. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

collaboration might not be the best way to get the best ideas. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

you need to stop putting things in boxes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Angel Anderson is the Director of Impact Innovation at Philosophie where she leads a design practice focused on corporate social responsibility. Her work examines the unintended consequences of design while positively shaping the long-term effects for people and the planet. Prior to joining Philosophie, Angel was the CEO and Co-Founder of NailSnaps, and before that, she served as the VP of Experience Design at CP+B where she led holistic digital brand work. Angel is a devoted member of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) currently serving as the co-Chair for the 2021 Interaction Design Awards. https://twitter.com/angel https://www.linkedin.com/in/angeljanderson/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

what do you do when you see an anomaly? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

experiments are your friend --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Experienced strategist, technology, IoT and innovation leader with a demonstrated history of success in government and private sector industries. Skilled in process improvement, budgeting, operations management, strategy, customer experience, and entrepreneurship. Accomplished in applying technology to improve efficiencies, customer experiences and productivity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

there are thousands of researchers out there ready to find you out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

how do you spend the last 15 minutes of your day? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Ty Montague is co-founder and CEO of co:collective, a creative and strategic transformation company who serves clients like Google, YouTube, IBM, PUMA, Microsoft, MOMA, Infiniti, Capital One, and Timberland.  Ty believes that there are businesses who are “storytellers” and “storydoers. “Storytellers” are traditional brands like McDonald’s, United, and Clorox: They tell their stories through classic advertising. But co:collective is more interested in transforming businesses into “storydoers,” which are brands like Apple, Toms, and Jet Blue that communicate primarily through innovation and customer experience. In other words, their work does the advertising and growth for them.  Ty has been named one of the 50 most influential creative people of the past 20 years by Creativity Magazine and was featured on the cover of Fast Company Magazine. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

humans love a story --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

you need both to ideate --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

I can talk about my projects all day long and bore everyone to tears. It's the transformation that these projects initiate, support, and updraft that is really exciting to me. The projects, however, do not define themselves. Listening to our people's pain points while they struggle towards their vision of a future state is what kick's off a frenzy of defining the problem(s). Being intimate with our infrastructure, culture, and decision-making process allows any innovator the opportunity to shape solutions. Connecting the well-defined problem with potential solutions builds trust and buy-in. The rest is the repetitive hard work that shapes an MVP and lays out experimentation and discovery until results materialize. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchon/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

why are we still educating people like it's 1899? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

hiring people is broken and we need to fix it --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Mikko Dufva is Sitra’s leading foresight specialist. In his work, he examines future trends, the tensions between these trends, and mental images connected with the future. In addition, he seeks to identify signals that may be weak now but are nevertheless significant from the point of view of the future.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dufva --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

the key to survival is virtualization --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

why don't our assistants just assist us --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Ben Podbielski is Assistant Vice President of the Emerging Technology team at Protective Life where he focuses on applying entrepreneurship principles to internal proof of concepts, with a specific focus towards artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. Ben is a 2017 graduate of Birmingham’s Project Corporate Leadership, was honored as one of the EDPA’s “iMerging” Young Leaders in 2018, in 2019 he was one of 90 people, representing 32 different countries, from around the world selected to be part of MIT’s Technology and Innovation Bootcamp in Japan, was recognized by the Birmingham Business Journal as one of the 2021 NextGen BHM award winners, and he was appointed by Governor Ivey to serve on the Technical Advisory Committee on the Alabama Committee for Credentialing and Career Pathways. Ben currently holds a bachelor’s in computer science from LaGrange College and also earned his master’s in information technology, master’s in business administration, and master’s in project management. Contact Info: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bpodbielski/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/bigbn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Adam Jackson is the co-founder and CEO of Braintrust, the first user-controlled talent network that provides enterprises with the highly skilled technical and design talent they need. Prior to founding Braintrust, Adam co-founded Doctor on Demand, the popular video telemedicine provider, with daytime talk show personality Dr. Phil, as well as his son Jay McGraw. Other notable ventures include DriverSide, the first website specifically designed for car owners, which was acquired by Advance Auto Parts in September of 2011, and MarketSquare, the first online local shopping destination on the Internet which was acquired by Intuit in September of 2006. Adam is a passionate Angel investor in 45+ companies including LTSE, SuperHuman, Automatic, Apero Health, Zenefits, and more. https://www.usebraintrust.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajackson/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

On Episode 307 Evan Mulcahy Director of  Innovation  @ Credit Union 1 talks innovation in financial services and the awesomeness of Alaska. --- Evan Mulcahy is a credit union leader, influencer, and future professor of economics. Plus he’s an Alaskan. Evan is known for using analytical thinking to break down and help people understand complex human experiences. Currently working as Director of Innovation for Anchorage-based Credit Union 1, he is responsible for reimagining member experiences for the future. Evan works well under pressure, launching a series of digital initiatives in response to the pandemic’s shelter-in-place orders in just 9 days. In less turbulent times, he spends most of his days researching or leading journey and affinity mapping sessions – laying the groundwork for even more innovation. A powerful visual story teller, you can find Evan using his spare time to run the @AlaskaFoodie Instagram account – Alaska’s premier restaurant influencer. Evan is active in the credit union movement, young professional groups in particular. He “crashed” CUNA’s GAC with the Cooperative Trust and “shook up” the Alaska Credit Union League Annual Meeting as part of the Emerging Credit Union Leaders of Alaska. His passion is paving the way for the next generation of big thinkers and doers! --- Pronunciations: “Mulcahy” is “Mull-Kay-He” “CUNA’s GAC” is “Cue-na’s G-A-C” (yes, the first one is an acronym and the second one is an initialism… that’s how we know who the real credit union people are J) --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanemak/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

As Chief Innovation Officer, Dave leads GAP in developing, implementing, and supporting an expanded services strategy. He is playing an instrumental role in launching new Strategy and Transformation Service offerings to combine with GAP’s nearshore software development in covering the entire services stack.  With over 25 years of experience in technology, Dave has worked in senior leadership roles at IBM, Electronic Arts, DBI, and BMC Software. He is a dynamic technology leader with extensive experience conceptualizing and crafting innovative solutions that provide scalability, widespread end-user adoption, and substantially increased revenue. His ability to build and direct highly effective multidisciplinary teams allows GAP to support our clients through the full lifecycle of their technology needs, from strategy to product development, to launch, and beyond. Working with the Executive Team, Dave helps shape GAP's overall service offerings, while liaising with Delivery on a wide array of knowledge sharing and training programs.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmoore/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Dale P. Johnson: Director, Digital Innovation for the University Design Institute at Arizona State University Wide-ranging interview on the future of education - we discuss the possibilities of adaptive learning, relevancy, memorization, breaking out of the concept of a "class," mass personalization, individualized life-long learning, and critical thinking. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-p-johnson/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Innovating in plant-based beverages and foods - Creating 40+ products a year - experimentation works! The Innovation Lifecycle - grass-roots ideation - research and rapid prototyping to test product Agile innovation - tough to create category busting products but it can be done Breaking out of the "shelf-space" slots - no need for shelf space if online Super unique and different: need to gather feedback and iterate - the brand is expected to be different Creating new ingredients starts with patenting - need to protect the formulation before it goes public --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Jason focuses on next-generation technologies and their impact on the colocation, interconnection, hybrid cloud, and edge computing strategies. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtcarolan --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Danielle Carnes, the VP for Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at Edmonds College. We cover: Is higher education still relevant to the faster pace of today? Envisioning the future and backcasting to today Education will be more modular and just-in-time Staying in tune with the job market in much more important Colleges should be teaching critical thinking and how to learn Higher education works in partnerships with tech companies Learning to swim and golf via YouTube and practice Ideas come from all over within the organization The happy medium between "keep it going" and "blow-it up" Bringing Futurism into the Innovation process Trends, Disruption, and Change Management New educational delivery models - TikTok style education? Adaptive Learning is already here - but does it work for everyone? Every organization needs a Chief Philosopher Apprenticeships are back, baby! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

A great conversation on the present and future of podcasts and audio with Caila Litman, the Director, Podcast Sales & Enterprise Product Innovation for Condé Nast. We cover the past and future of audio and podcasting - from the original 2005 meetups at Tommys Joynt in San Francisco where we thought that podcasts were going to change the world, to how the future will be voice-activated. Just like the movie Her, or Star Trek: The Next Generation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

• Interview with Mark McLellan from UNT • Managing education through COVID disruption • How to revise education in the new normal • Building our cities to let us eat - we need large scale productive farms • The Future of Food - creative use of vegetable proteins • Replicating and Improving the remote experience --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

I interview Aidan Petrie (112 patents), who runs the New England Medical Innovation Center. We discuss where the health care industry is going in the United States and globally, how we are seeing more systems as opposed to single-purpose devices, how the lines are blurred between devices that need to go through the standard FDA process and which don't. It's a surprise to me that even with all of the strides we've made to speed things up - there is still a lot of time and money involved in bringing a new product to market. NEMIC addresses the need for companies in the space with great clinical value to navigate the path to product. Plus, he invented the EASY button. ;) Final Message: Go Big or Go Home. LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidan-petrie-4311b86 NEMIC: https://www.nemicenter.com/who-we-are --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Dr. Luther Brewster has spent the past 15 years launching health professional schools, developing community-based medicine curriculums and healthcare delivery models that would facilitate evolution in healthcare. Currently, he is a member of an executive leadership team recruited to Roseman University of Health Sciences to create a new medical school for the Southern Nevada region.  linkedin: linkedin.com/in/lubrewster twitter: supaluo Academic Ventures:  GENESIS: GENESIS.Roseman.edu The Academy: www.valuehealth.fiu.edu Private ventures:  hmbl hmblhealth.com Synnova Health: Synnovahealth.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

An interesting wide-ranging interview with Economist Badri Gopalakrishnan from Infinite Sum Modeling Technological progress tends to be retarded by policy  Does technology or policy drive innovation? How policy can negatively affect innovation Technology is powerful but is only part of the picture Policy always lags technological progress - but it doesn't need to be so Startups don't have to fight policy They should work with policymakers and competitors Would Uber's path have been smoother if they worked with the taxi unions? Economic models drive most pricing everywhere Blockchain and Farming  - gap on how to apply technologies Emotions typically overtake reality when it comes to technological progress Permissionless innovation is still valid, but it can be done better Disruptive technologies never come from policy, but it can drive policy if it grabs share fast enough  Constant battles between disruptive innovation and policy - can these work together? Startups should also be a thinktank - to deeply understand the implications of a startups business prior to creating an adversarial relationship with existing players in the space AI startups could provide mitigation plans for possible future job loss How to move to a collaborative environment from an adversarial environment Global trade and China - differentiate the people from the state - the regime is challenging and authoritarian China: IP issues and supply chain issues - startups without resources should probably stay away Free trade may drop into blocks - 3D printers will likely eliminate the requirement to manufacture in other countries 3D printing and robotics manufacturing will change the shape of trade worldwide If there is no skill upgrading, then we may need to implement UBI What do you do with the "unemployables" - outside of the high tech folks, we still need personal service folks UBI is definitely coming - its happening in many places already - India has already experimented with UBI Countries will likely become more protectionist - more free trade BUT more reciprocity --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

http://hellofuture.co   i interview martin schneider, the head of corporate strategy at sugarcrm. we cover the future of crm and customer experience. we talk working from anywhere, how ai can help people sell and get what they want, how big data can change things, talent acquisition, how ai can pre-emptively get us jobs, mates, and stuff, intentional communications, and much more.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinaschneider/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

working from anywhere is better than working in an office in all ways. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Good morning everyone, and welcome to the thinkfuture podcast. I'm your host, Crystal Palace, and once again, we're coming in July from deep in the heart of Silicon Valley, California. Now I ask you. Do you find that innovation has stalled lately? The innovation has run up against a brick wall and doesn't seem to be getting anywhere. And I wonder if that has something to do with us stepping away from the concept of competition. Now in a capitalistic system in a capitalist system, competition is what drives everything. Competition drive sales drive profitability drives adoption of new products; it drives everything, but for some reason, over the last little while, we've all stepped back and decided that you know, maybe competition isn't a fat good thing anymore. Perhaps we shouldn't focus on doing better or getting better or advancing ourselves are grabbing market share. Whatever I mean, some companies are doing that look at something like Amazon Amazon's pretty cutthroat about it. But there's plenty of other companies who are stepping back and looking at other things in looking at it in a more holistic way they're looking at their employees well being they're looking at employee they're looking at there. Customers they're looking at social justice. They're looking at all these different factors that have nothing to do with being competitive. They'd instead take. Political positions then focus on competition focused on execution, focus on their products, and services focus on being the best possible product at the best possible price in the best possible space to capture that customer. In short, they're stepping away. From capitalism, they're stepping away from capitalism and not making profits the business's driving motives there. I mean, it's still there, but I find it's getting less and less critical. Those companies who don't have this as the business driver that they're not competing effectively and efficiently against their customers are going to die, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but you know all of the social justice stuff is excellent. All of this thinking about things outside of profitability is great. However, it's dangerous. It's dangerous ground, especially considering the current economic situation that we're in. We need to re-up our focus on innovation; we need to re-up our emphasis on profitability. We need to re-up our emphasis on competition on driving our competitors into the ground. I mean, it sounds cruel. It sounds horrible. But the reality is that that's what capitalism is. That's what business is. Capitalism business is based on the meter; it's survival of the fittest, and the company that does the best will win. I mean, look at what's happening right now with the coronavirus. A company like Amazon and E. commerce online companies like Amazon is taking it to the bank. They're doing amazingly great because they are focusing on taking advantage of the crisis and driving more profitability driving more services using that ability that they have to ship things to the customer to capture that market share away from other companies now, some of you may be going all my god that's horrible, but if you're an Amazon shareholder, you're probably going yes yes yes as a thing shoots up over above 3000 percent $3000 a share --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Do you feel that innovation is meaningless? An actual quote from the leader of an innovation group "At this point, thinking about the future is meaningless" Falling back on short-term thinking is a mistake They don't see the ramifications of this Look beyond the crisis - surf on it or hide under it Take the crisis and use it as an opportunity for your company to grow Example: we learn to eliminate commuting due to COVID: which leads to healthier employees, an improved environment, and lower facility costs. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Why do disruptive innovation efforts fail so often? Is innovation all about meeting customer desires? JTBD Theory creates a "job description" of the customer's desires There is the "job" and "how is the job done"  Similar to things I've been talking about There is always a mismatch between demand and supply We can use technology to capture the customer's desire and write a job description for the customer. Once we know the job to be done, we can go on and use technology to fulfill the job to be done --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Are you denying human nature when you design your products? When you try to make humans better, most of the times your efforts fall flat Do you expect too much of your customers? Like rational behavior? It's near impossible to change human nature, so you need to work with it not against it Communism and socialism fail because they expect people to change their essential human natures Acceptance of Reality is sometimes tough for humans to understand We can't stray too far from the norms of human nature --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

3 Tips on Dealing with Time Firstly, people don't start working on stuff until halfway until it's due For example, if your team has a 4-week deadline, then they won't start working on it in earnest in 2 weeks. So always cut your deadlines in half. Work both expands and contracts to fit the time allotted Secondly, imagine in your mind that the work involved to complete a task is much more than it is. For example, if you imagine a task is going to take 2 weeks, even though it's probably a 1-week task, then you will not feel as stressed when it takes less than 2 weeks Thirdly, always go first.  For example, if you have to present during a conference, take the first slot (or the earliest slot you can), then once you are done, you can relax --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Ajita was recently appointed as CEO of Calbright College – a public, online campus founded in 2018 designed to prepare millions for the future of work. Calbright teaches the hard and soft skills required to succeed on day one of employment, and crafts low-to-no-cost online program pathways designed to connect students with new job opportunities. A former higher-education tsar in the Obama administration, Ajita’s job today is to lead the college to help underserved Californians gain greater economic mobility and to provide skilled talent for hiring employers – something in especially high demand given the nationwide economic shock from the pandemic.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Are you lazy? Are your customers lazy? Do your customers prefer things to be done for them? Then why do you force your customer's through your own hoops? People don't want to "bank", they want their money managed. People don't want a mortgage, they want a home People don't want a car loan, they want a car Are you making your customers jump through hoops to work with you? Are you worried that talking to your customers will reveal how far off your products are from what they want? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Are you getting the kind of innovation that you are looking for? Ever wonder why that is? Maybe they aren't incentivized to create billion-dollar ideas? Maybe they are actually incentivized to play politics? What kind of incentives are you dangling in front of your employees? Most companies promote and award people for career movement, not better solutions that delight your customers. Which are you? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support