Jay Arcement leads Retail product innovation for NCR. He leads a team that develops new strategies around the checkout experience via a variety of emerging technologies (including computer vision, ecommerce, and crypto). He also assists with Retail’s M&A and partnerships strategy. Jay has spent the last 10 years of his career in the innovation space, most recently at Mercedes Bens and Deloitte’s innovation labs. Prior to that he worked with startups in an early stage VC fund – Tech Square Ventures, and with an Incubator – The Advanced Technology Development Center. Jay received his MBA from Georgia Tech and his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Georgia. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayarcement/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Recently, transhumanism has been getting a bad rap. I understand that technology can be used for nefarious purposes, but if we can use it to improve human health, wellness, happiness, and longevity, we should. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

There is only one skill you need, and all humans have it. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Twitter has become the global soapbox, and that is a good thing.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

We need to be comfortable with the complexity of life. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

As president and chief science officer, Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D., FACSM, stewards ACE’s development and delivery of exercise-science and behavior-change education in ways that are engaging and compelling, recruits more people to become exercise professionals and health coaches, and equips them for growth in their respective fields. Bryant leads ACE’s exploration of how their science-based programs and interventions appropriately integrate into healthcare and public health. Bryant also represents ACE by serving on the advisory boards and committees for several highly respected public health organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Bryant has written well over 300 articles or columns in national publications, fitness trade magazines, as well sports medicine and exercise science journals, and authored, co-authored or edited more than 40 books. He is often cited as a subject-matter expert for health and fitness articles in a variety of respected national media outlets including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Time, Newsweek, Consumer Reports, and more. Bryant has served on the editorial board or as a regular contributor for several publications including, Arthritis Today, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, The Physician and Sportsmedicine, U.S. News & World Reports, and Women’s Health. Bryant has also held academic appointments on the exercise science faculties at several leading institutions including West Point, Penn State and Arizona State. Bryant earned both his doctorate in physiology and master's degree in exercise science from Pennsylvania State University, where he received Pennsylvania State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor presented to its alumni. As a community leader, Bryant has shared his knowledge of exercise science and athletics as a youth sports coach in baseball, basketball and soccer. In his free time, Bryant enjoys golfing, playing pickleball and working out. https://www.acefitness.org/about-ace/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Will the cars of the future be completely enclosed and autonomous? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Would we be better off if we allowed AI to govern us? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

25,000 layoffs mean 25,000 potential startup founders now have the time and opportunity to build the next unicorn and improve humanity.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Lab-grown meat? Yeah or Nay? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

It's time to use technology to eliminate elections and politicians.  --- Apologies for the audio sync issues - should be fixed by tomorrow's show. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Irresponsible innovation is when you don't have anyone working on your next business.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

It's not enough to embrace change - we must also embrace uncertainty.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Ursula Eysin is the founder of Red Swan, a Vienna-based consultancy focusing on the development of future scenarios. She is a trained ballerina, plays the flute, speaks 7 languages, does math, and reads chemistry books for fun. Besides that, Ursula is a mentor to various Austrian and international startups while also giving lectures at 5 universities. Her broad knowledge and experience enable her to not only develop insightful future scenarios but also create the right story, vision, and action steps around them. Her monthly column “Code Red” for Austria’s biggest technology magazine E-Media is now also available on Substack: Code Red – Technology, Madness, and the Future of Humanity. You can find more information about Ursula and her company on her official webpage https://www.redswan.at and follow her on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursula-eysin-6ba800109 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Are humans so screwed up that we prefer dystopia to utopia? --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Listen, folks, AI may encroach upon the creative space, but if you think about it, none of the Dall-E-created images and videos have SOUL.  ---  http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

During tough times, humans focus on needs (how do I pay for my mortgage) instead of wants (crumbl cookies) so if you want to build a startup that lasts, focus on a need. Take your needs and wants, split them up, then dig into your needs. See gaps? Those white spaces could be your next billion-dollar startup. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

The most powerful aspect of the internet is its ability for it to connect any human being with any other human being. The critical moments for this occurred when blogs, podcasts, and early Twitter allowed anyone to set up a soapbox and create their own audience. Since then, more and more middlemen and censors have sullied and broken that connection, bringing us back to the days of a small group of humans broadcasting to the rest of the world. We need to make the internet person-to-person again. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

You create the future by envisioning it and executing it. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

How many of you are watching this video or listening to this podcast from the metaverse? Probably none of you. I don't think the metaverse will become a thing until we have figured out how to bypass our human senses themselves. Interesting also that humans can't differentiate between a memory from a past watched video and a past visit?  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

The future will not be futuristic unless you want it to be. We will have fewer gadgets, not more. Technology will become so integrated into the world around us that it will be magical. Your reality will be personalized to YOU. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

The latest prediction is that by 2026, 90% of online contact will be generated by AI. Eventually, it will be bots generating content for bots to filter for our use. Bots will even create content so compelling that it may eliminate human creators completely: once the tech gets advanced enough it will be able to create perfect music, tv, and movies that appeal directly to you.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

It's hard, but not impossible, to go beyond your short-term thinking. It's a requirement if you are looking for creativity and innovation.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Joyful design is about novel approaches to problem-solving, detail-oriented work, consciously trying to be in the company of joyful people, and finding joy within.   Brought 3 of the world's first successful digital product innovations to life • Helped 25+ startups refine, build and commercialize their ideas • Mentored and scaled onsite, remote, and offshore high-output teams of up to 20 • Created ‘Joyful design,’ a unifying design thinking process • Worked for S, M, L, and XL organizations. --- https://joyful.design https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

The power of science fiction and their futures lie in the inspiration they create for others to build the future they envision. Recently, we've been able to determine the likelihood of a crime with 90% accuracy within a week. Pre-crime division, anyone? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Would you be immortal if you could? --- https:/ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

I'd say that in most cases, the comments on content are more entertaining and informative than the content itself. How can we leverage that? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Why does the world of work seem to be in such turmoil? We are moving painfully from the old model of a career where a human works in the same field to a personalized world of work where everyone works in multiple roles simultaneously, befitting the broad expanse of what humans can do.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Can AI lie? That depends...what is TRUTH? Is truth reality, or is the truth the sum total of what we human beings have decided is close enough to the truth? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Can AI create art? If you ask me, it is simply a tool. If I had a magic chisel that could take my instructions and crave a new David playing basketball, would we laud the chisel? --- https://www.midjourney.com/home/ https://www.craiyon.com https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Animals will always fight each other unless they are all running from a fire. To align people, you need to get them running towards or away from something to get them to work together.  ---- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Since most people lie all the time, you must watch what people do. This is why Design Thinking is closer to reality than market research. But even that is sullied: people will act differently based on the situation that they happen to be in. Maybe this is why there is always a disconnect - we can never be authentic enough with anyone until we actually DO. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Founded and scaled multiple businesses leading innovation and marketing teams launching dozens of brands and hundreds of product lines. Growth marketing and business development specialist raised institutional funding as a 4X founder. 25 years working with brands like P & G, Avon, Apple, Unilever, SC Johnson, Abbott, and Black & Decker, bringing technology and innovation to the forefront to work through supply chain issues, product innovation, sustainability, reducing redundancies, and channel expansion. Recent successes include NASA special projects, licensing programs for Living Spaces, the turnaround of the Four Paws® Brand for Central Garden & Pet, the launch from the ground up of the House of Marley Brand, & the evolution of Black & Decker through her product development consultancy, AHA Product Solutions. CEO of Bloom Bras – a line of patented activewear for the well-endowed woman that s is now the most body-inclusive sports bra line on the market, working to provide solutions for women of all shapes, sizes, and stages of life to feel good while moving. Elyse holds several dozen patents. She was contributing author in The Product Manager’s Handbook and does public speaking engagements around the globe regarding building a brand, bringing innovation to life, and entrepreneurship. --- http://ahaproductsolutions.com https://bloombras.com https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

A recent report puts Twitter at 80% bots and spam - if true, does that prove that the Dead Internet Theory is true? Since social proof is now almost more important than anything, it makes sense that many of the views and likes on the internet may be false. Is social proof being fabricated? --- https://ideateandexecute.com/how-to-influence-humans-a-new-unusual-perspective/ https://ideateandexecute.com/stop-copying-me-desire-and-design-thinking/ https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Some philosophers and pundits believe that we live in a matrix-like simulation. Maybe so, but even if we did, would it matter? Would we act any differently knowing we were in a simulation we couldn't get out of? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Has the internet made it easier or more difficult to do things? If you ask me, pushing the tools down to the customer has made it worse.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Rob Rawson is a qualified medical doctor who also has significant business experience. He founded and built Timedoctor.com in 2011. Before Time Doctor, Rob moved from Australia to the Philippines and built a successful digital advertising agency with a team of over 20 people. His team was initially all working in an office. Still, he decided to get rid of the office, cut the associated costs, and have the ability to hire and work remotely from any region rather than just one location. He built the software to provide transparency and improve productivity in his fully remote team. After initially building the software for his own internal use, he decided to sell it as a SaaS offering.   Rob is the CEO of Time Doctor, an 8-figure SaaS business with over 130 full-time team members. The team works remotely from around the world in 31 different countries!  Rob is also the co-founder of the world’s largest conference about Remote work -  Running Remote. He has co-authored a book about remote and asynchronous work, “Running Remote,” which was released in August 2022. In this revolutionary book, Rob and his co-founder Liam Martin have unearthed the secrets and lessons discovered by remote work pioneering entrepreneurs and founders who’ve harnessed the async mindset to operate their business remotely in the most seamless, hassle-free, and cost-effective manner possible.  Rob now lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two kids. --- Running Remote Book:  https://amzn.to/3AwZEYU https://timedoctor.com https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

APIs are great, except for when they break. Startup Opportunity: solve the complexity in the API space. It's not glamorous, but it's a big problem, perfect unicorn fodder. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

AI will not be flawless. It will make the same mistakes humans make as long as they are the product of humans.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Every study says that remote work is better for everyone, then why are employers forcing people back to the office? It is better for humans, the planet, and the employer. What are we missing: chance serendipitous encounters. Are you telling me that we can't figure those out? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

If there are people, processes, or tools in the way of you making change within an organization, then someone likes it just like that. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Gary F. Bengier is a writer, philosopher, and technologist. After a career in Silicon Valley, Gary pursued passion projects, studying astrophysics and philosophy. He’s spent the last two decades thinking about how to live a balanced, meaningful life in a rapidly evolving technological world. This self-reflective journey infuses his novel with insights about our future and the challenges we will face in finding purpose. Before turning to write speculative fiction, Gary worked in a variety of Silicon Valley tech companies. He was eBay’s Chief Financial Officer and led the company’s initial and secondary public offerings. Gary has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA in philosophy from San Francisco State University. He has two children with Cynthia, his wife of forty-five years. When not traveling the world, he raises bees and makes a nice Cabernet at the family’s Napa vineyard. He and his family live in San Francisco. https://garyfbengier.com/ https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Does ESG look at the past while innovation looks at the future? Why can't we look at helping all humans and the planet flourish? We need to look to the ideal future and work backward to see what we need to do next.   --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Serendipity is essential for creativity and success, both in business and life. You can actually increase your chances of serendipity by remaining open to opportunities.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Mascha is a multifaceted creative director with over sixteen years of experience in the creative field and the past seven in software. She's a certified digital marketer who develops and executes authentic visual stories that bring brands to life across different organic and paid channels.   She is hands-on at every project step and works closely with her trusted network of established photographers, designers, editors, and engineers for small or large-scale projects. She guides every project from concept thru production, on set direction to the final post-production, and delivers them on time and on brand. She worked on ad campaigns and editorials, produced fashion runway shows, designed and built e-commerce stores, and can offer a holistic approach to your project. She worked on projects with many fashion and beauty brands, retailers, and publications such as Harper Bazaar, Vogue, Theory, Barneys, Zegna, Nike, InStyle, Tresemme, and Rimmel, to name a few.   Mascha invested in, designed, and developed networking and event software HATCH and gained a US utility patent. Regarding technology, she is passionate about healthy user experiences that serve and benefit users with minimal interruption to their lives and always follows the principles of the Humane Technology Institute.  https://www.hatch.vision https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Hybrid and remote work let you integrate blocks of fun. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

The news is the News because it hardly ever happens, so it's a very poor indicator of a problem that needs to be solved. The news constantly reports negative things that are out of the ordinary, and if they are rare, then is it really a big problem to be solved? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Laine Clark serves as the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager for The Good Food Institute (GFI), helping emerging companies in the alternative proteins sector as they launch and scale. In addition to founding her own company that she exited through acquisition in 2016, she has worked with numerous startups for more than 20 years. Since 2017, she has been an Entrepreneur in Residence for Georgetown University’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at the McDonough School of Business. Additionally, she has served as an entrepreneurship mentor for George Washington University’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, including engagements with the NSF I-Corps Program and the Korean Innovation Center. Laine holds a BA in Communications from Wake Forest University. --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauragclark/ https://gfi.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support