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Welcome to thinkfuture, where host Chris Kalaboukis explores the bold ideas shaping tomorrow. From AI-driven creativity and personal growth to leadership in remote work, this podcast delves into the intersection of innovation, technology, and human connection. With visionary guests and thought-provoking conversations, thinkfuture helps listeners unlock new possibilities, challenge the status quo, and create the future they want to see. Tune in for fresh insights, actionable strategies, and unexpected inspiration. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support
134 EXTRA Opportunity: Dealing With Fake News
If fake news is as big a problem as people say it is, it sounds like a billion dollar opportunity
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15:3209/12/2016
132 EXTRA Forget Money! Dent The Universe Instead
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” —Steve Jobs
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12:3405/12/2016
133 EXTRA Seamless Commerce Is Amazon Go
Amazon Go is an example of Seamless Commerce
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13:4705/12/2016
131 EXTRA How To Fix Horrible Elections Forever
Its 2016. We can be doing a better job of elections, we have the technology
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09:3707/11/2016
130 EXTRA Face Your Killer
In this time of Disruption, even major corporates need to devise and face their killer
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10:1410/10/2016
129 EXTRA Why Apple Airpods Are More Innovative Than You Think
Are Apple Airpods Their Version of Google Glass?
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10:1719/09/2016
128 EXTRA Tech Giants Start Becoming ShouldWes
Tech Giants thinking about ethics? Does that mean they've become ShouldWes
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10:1116/09/2016
127 EXTRA Time To Rebrand Everything As Disruptive
Forget being innovative! What do tiny homes and bone broth have in common? Disruption! Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//127-time-to-rebrand-everything-as-disruptive/
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13:0512/09/2016
126 EXTRA How Star Trek Created Our Present and Future
Star Trek is probably the most influential human guide to the future we have ever had. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//126-how-star-trek-created-our-present-and-future/
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15:5209/09/2016
125 EXTRA We Need Innovation In Housing
Why are rents so expensive in San Francisco? The ShouldWes Have Won. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//125-we-need-innovation-in-housing/
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14:2702/09/2016
124 EXTRA How 4am Became The Most Productive Time Of Day
How Is the Middle Of the Night Now Suddenly More Productive? Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//124-how-4am-became-the-most-productive-time-of-day/
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09:1329/08/2016
123 EXTRA Where Does Twitter Need To Go Next
Twitter needs to become the global method of human communications Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//123-where-does-twitter-need-to-go-next/
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16:0815/08/2016
122 EXTRA Who Is Better For Innovation: Hillary or Trump?
I rate the candidates on innovation: short answer, both are found wanting Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//122-who-is-better-for-innovation-hillary-or-trump/
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12:4512/08/2016
121 EXTRA Innovation Mastery: Setting Goals For Your Program: New Products and Services
A new series on Innovation Mastery - we begin by setting goals for your innovation program Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p121
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06:3127/06/2016
120 EXTRA VR Is The Future of Telecommuting
VR has incredible promise as the answer to all of our commute woes. VR is already workplace ready. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//120-vr-is-the-future-of-telecommuting/
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11:2520/06/2016
119 EXTRA This Podcast Will Not Change Your Life
No Matter How Epic, This Podcast Will Not Change Your Life Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//119-this-podcast-will-not-change-your-life/
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21:0917/06/2016
118 EXTRA Microsoft Buys LinkedIn Yahoo Sells Patents and Still Some Huge Problems To Be Solved
Just announced: Microsoft buys LinkedIn, who, if you ask me, never really fulfilled their true promise of being a network to conduct business on Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//118-microsoft-buying-linkedin/
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08:5113/06/2016
117 EXTRA Beginners Mind: The Key To Disruptive Innovation
Disruptive Innovation Often Requires Zen Mind - In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the experts there are few. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p117/
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09:3906/06/2016
116 EXTRA Has Google Always Been A Fast Follower?
Based on the announcements from the latest Google I/O 2016 conference, Google has cemented their status as a fast follower Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p116/
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11:2220/05/2016
115 EXTRA Will Chat Bots Finally Fix The Internet
Will the new wave of chat bots finally make technology serve us instead of the other way around? Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p115/
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17:1716/05/2016
114 EXTRA How To Prepare For The New World of Work Where Everything Is Personal
In the disruption of work, we will all need to be generalists to some degree, even roles at large enterprises will require broad skill sets and an entrepreneurial mindset. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p114/
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14:4209/05/2016
113 EXTRA Now Regular People Can Invest in Startups
After 4 years in limbo, the JOBS act will finally allow regular people to invest in startups for equity, opening up a huge new funding source. It's a great day. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p113/
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10:5106/05/2016
112 EXTRA How To Innovate While Bored
Did you know that being bored helps you innovate? Stop consuming and start thinking in those idle moments - who knows what innovative ideas you can come up with. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p112/
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07:1829/04/2016
111 EXTRA How To Cut Through 95% Of Internet Noise: Build the Demand Engine
Chris goes into detail on how 90% of the internet is now content marketing, people blasting sales messages thinly disguised as content on all channels. Its time to disrupt this. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p111/
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19:1025/04/2016
110 EXTRA Defeating Ageism, Sexism and Racism With Rapport, Tolerance and Stereotype Busting
Disrupted shows an older worker trying to fit into a startup culture where ageism abounds - how do you defeat this stuff? Tolerance, rapport building, and busting out of the stereotype
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20:0722/04/2016
109 EXTRA Everyone Just Wants Their Own Unicorn
Is your innovation program a failure because it didn't produce a unicorn? Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p109/
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12:1915/04/2016
108 EXTRA Are You Ready For The New Chat Bot Revolution?
Forget Mobile. Focus on no interface chat bots instead.
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08:4611/04/2016
107 EXTRA Will You Be Picking A Virtual Mate Soon?
It won't be long before we see virtual mates on the market. People are already getting married to AIs in Japan.
https://thinkfuture.com/107-will-you-be-picking-a-virtual-mate-soon/
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14:3508/04/2016
106 EXTRA We Need To Create Jobs For Humans
Most of the sharing economy jobs which are being created are ending up being menial jobs which will eventually be replaced with autonomous cars, drones and algorithms. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p106/
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11:3004/04/2016
105 EXTRA Innovation Is A War Between The DoIts And The ShouldWes
[A tale of two peoples. Show Notes: https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p105/
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13:4901/04/2016
104 EXTRA Audience Is More Important Than Almost Anything
Chris goes into detail on how audience is more important that almost anything when you are building a business. https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p104/
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15:2128/03/2016
103 EXTRA Disruption Comes From Open Mind
Looking for disruptive innovation? No matter if your company is big or small, young or old, it all comes down to Open Mind. Show Notes https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p103/
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12:4325/03/2016
102 EXTRA Timing Is More Important Than Product
In this episode, Chris talks about two ideas and he invented back in 2006 and 2000 respectively, and how those ideas went on to be great startups - today, but not then. Show Notes https://hellofuture.co/podcasts//p102/
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09:5321/03/2016
101 EXTRA Is Being Offline A Throwback To The Past?
Bars and restaurants and going offline - people are being more meditative and mindful - this is a real trend or just nostalgia?
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14:0014/03/2016
100 EXTRA 3 Types Of Innovation And How They Affect Your Business
Chris discussed 3 types of innovation and what innovation really means
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12:2211/03/2016
99 EXTRA 3 Things You Need For A Successful Startup
While the secret to having a successful startup is not really much of a secret - you need passion skill and most importantly demand to succeed.
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15:4607/03/2016
98 EXTRA Disrupting Education: Doing Away With History and Geography
Australia decides to replace history and geography in elementary school with coding - good to see some real disruption going on in education
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11:5104/03/2016
97 EXTRA Waste Some Time - One Way We Innovate
Do you look at your day and you are totally booked solid with no time to waste? This may be why you are not innovating. Chris explains why one way to innovate is to purposely waste time
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09:1529/02/2016
96 EXTRA Stop Planning Now
Looking to prepare for the future? Then maybe instead of planning everything out, maybe focus on being resilient instead.
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11:2626/02/2016
95 EXTRA Take The Maze Backwards - One Way We Innovate
One of the ways we innovate in our workshops - take the maze backwards.
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10:5222/02/2016
94 EXTRA How To Beat The Upcoming Recession
How To Beat the Upcoming Recession? This is the absolute perfect time to run an internal, crowdsourced, innovation program.
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11:1517/02/2016
93 EXTRA Embrace The Future. Dont Fear It.
Will the future be awesome, or will it suck? Chris talks about social media 10 years out, and what the world will be like, and how we might feel about it.
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10:3610/02/2016
92 EXTRA Your Career In Turmoil? Do A Startup
If you want REAL stability in your work life, you MUST start your own business. Being an entrepreneur returns the control of your life back to YOU.
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10:4909/02/2016
91 EXTRA Time To Stop Ignoring Micro Innovations
Many people feel that innovation must be a huge, game-changing, life altering event.
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09:1908/02/2016
90 EXTRA Growth Through Innovation
Worried about the seemingly forhcoming recession of 2016? Now is the time to double-down on your innovation program - now is the time to grow through innovation
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14:0526/01/2016
89 EXTRA Augmented Vs Virtual Reality - Its A Cycle And Reality Always Wins
Who will win in a war between virtual and augmented reality? Whenever we create virtual things, they are always surpassed by real things. Modifying real things, be it sounds, brains or reality, always wins.
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13:4113/01/2016
88 EXTRA Are We Moving From Indivduals To A Collective?
In this episode, Chris asks the question - have we lost our individuality to the collective - and if so how will that change the nature of everything that we do when it comes to people? Will all decisions now require the crowd to chime in?
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15:0511/01/2016
87 EXTRA Is The Era Of Apps Over?
Thinking about building the next app which will take over the world and be the next billion dollar startup? Think again - apps are giving way to smart agents of the seamless world - technology will serve us instead of the other way around
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12:1230/11/2015
86 EXTRA The Upside Of Upset
Chris discusses how we could have the future of our dreams, if only we would be willing to be upset and embrace change.
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18:1117/11/2015
85 EXTRA Talentism And The End Of The 9-5 Work Week
In the future of work, having multiple jobs will be a normal things that we will all be doing. We should prepare for the future.
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09:5910/11/2015