Dr. Ciela Hartanov was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically. --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cielarose/ https://www.instagram.com/cielarose/?hl=en https://humcollective.co --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Part 4 of 4: What is the Minimum Amount of work that we will need to complete to get our jobs done? It will be different for every role.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Part 3 of 4: Instead of figuring out how to improve our current food infrastructure, have we been able to figure out the Minimum Viable Food product that we will need to survive. We made a lot of progress in that space, but we need to do more.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

As an Innovation Catalyst, I help make the abstract real through innovative methodologies to build new digital products. I lead efforts in future visioning, ethnographic research, design strategy, product & market validation, and service design. Originally trained as an architect, I'm most curious lately about opportunities that weave together physical space and digital experience in both urban and rural environments. --- https:/fortive.com https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Part 2 of 4: Have we figured out what the Minimum Viable Domicile should be for human beings? There are some basic requirements that humans need in a home; why not invent that and use that to solve the problems of homelessness? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Part 1 of 4: How do we apply the concept of the Lean Startup MVP to our biggest problems: for example, what is the minimum education that students require before they are sent out into the world? Critical thinking, learning how to learn, the scientific method.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Nate Joens is the Co-Founder, Head of Innovation and past CEO at Structurely. Under his 4 years as CEO, Structurely experienced 10x growth in conversations processed in the real estate industry and built a proprietary conversational AI application that 99.9% of consumers believed was human. Structurely also became a Housing Wire Real Estate Tech Top 100 company, and grew to a team of 26 employees. With over 3.5 million conversations with their AI Assistant Structurely’s Real Estate data set is nearing 10mm individually labeled messages. With experience in Geographic Information Services (GIS), real estate, financing, urban planning, project management, and graphic design, Nate leads the product, engineering and machine learning teams at Structurely to align with real estate customer goals. --- https://www.structurely.com https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Jesson Bradshaw is the CEO of Energy Ogre, an electricity management company that uses proprietary systems to ensure its customers are always getting the best prices on their energy electricity.  Energy Ogre has helped over 100,000 Texans save up to 40% on their electricity bills, over $150M since its founding.   Jesson hopes to bring attention to Texas’s deregulated electricity industry by discussing topics such as renewable energy, future technologies, and consumer services. --- https://energyogre.com https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

We hire too many people based on a false reality. Past events do not necessarily ensure future results. Bring back apprenticeships for all work.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

What is wrong with work? It needs to be completely disrupted: change only seems to occur when there is a crisis - even though remote work is better for almost everyone, we are still pressuring employees to return to the office.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

For the first 15 years of his professional career, Matt focused on information technology -  working for a large silicon valley software companies to data center startups to a brief stint with a family foundation that, unlike his previous employers, did not create profit but rather had a goal to give it all away.  In early 2000 he entered the world of logistics - mostly implementing large software systems and eventually asked to look at innovations in trucking and warehousing.  In mid-2015 his employer opened one of the first industry "Innovation Labs" - a group dedicated to researching and testing early-stage supply chain innovations like inventory counting drones, robotic automation, human exoskeletons, and virtual reality applications.   In early 2018 Matt joined Covenant Logistics - a premium service provider of transportation and warehousing services.  In his role as VP of Sustainability and Innovation, he works directly with senior leadership to research future trends in the logistics industry and evaluate their applicability to Covenant's strategy of providing more affordable, safer, cleaner delivery of products.  Lately, he's been spending most of his time looking at Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental / Social Governance (ESG) as many supply chain companies are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints using everything from alternative fuels like Battery Electric and Hydrogen to autonomous vehicles to optimization software.  When not at work, Matt spends most of his time outdoors and traveling with his family in their DIY converted 2017 Sprinter Van, christened "Chad The Van" by his teenage son.  Chadthevan regularly transports both the family and outdoor gear to their frequent outdoor activities of kayaking, hang gliding, scuba diving, trail running, mountain biking, overlanding - anything outdoors.  You can follow their adventures on Instagram at @chadthevan and his professional life on LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattmclelland/--- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Product Innovation: Strategize - look to the future and see where things are going. Innovate - envision new products and services your customer may love, and let them decide if it needs to pivot. How to meet supply and demand, how to make sure you know what people want - build something that you think they like and then ASK THEM... --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Why are we so concerned that AI is going to replace us? Even when we position it as an augment to us, and that it will take on burdensome work - but what if there are humans out there who want to do that? In the far future, we will all have the ability to do whatever we want - even things that people feel are burdensome. We need AI to augment human happiness, in the end. --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

We need to treat each other better on the internet, and then AI will learn to become better. We are the ones who created the monsters, now we need to re-parent them properly. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

One of the reasons we are so horrible to each other online is that we are clamoring for attention. We figure that if we can be loud and negative, then someone will pay attention to us.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

or the past two decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future. She’s an expert on digital transformation, leadership, customer experience, and the future of work. She’s the author of six books, including the New York Times bestseller, Open Leadership, and co-author of the critically acclaimed book, Groundswell. Her latest book is the bestseller The Disruption Mindset. She currently serves as the Chief Research Officer at PA Consulting, an end-to-end innovation consultancy. Named one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company, Charlene is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School and lives in San Francisco.  Connect with Charlene on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/charleneli. ---- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

As the internet progressed from a wild west model to a more controlled model, we needed to try to capture more and more attention. Unfortunately, this ended up messing us up, big time.   Part 2 of 4  --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

There has been story after story of how AI bots are really terrible, from Tay to Amazon Recruiting, learning from the way humans work just isn't working. How do we create better AI models? --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

We now live in a world with an AI and big data-driven highly curated feed of information fired at us 24/7. It's almost like the only way we can be creative and innovative is to step away from the feed and spend time in the natural world (instead of the virtual world on our devices). --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Have we now evolved away from Homo Sapiens (Thinking Man) to Homo Nexus (Connected Man)? Have we entered an age where we cannot make decisions on our own and need to leverage the collective at all times? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

There is no generic "meaning of life" - everyone has their own meaning of life - and we need to appeal to people's personal meaning. I don't think most people find meaning in work - they find meaning in other ways.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Most people have a job that makes money, and a side hustle that is something they like to do - how do to make people understand the value of the stuff you do in your side hustle? How can we get people to pay for the value created through your side hustle? --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Work and life are all experiments in the lab of life.  --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

No matter how much data we capture on people, we still can't figure them out. This is how complicated we are. Plus, we don't really know what we want and we constantly want to change ourselves. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Some of the most amazing, forward-thinking product innovations are people just solving their own problems. From Elon Musk's Boring Co to Smores to PopSockets, solve your own problem and build a business around it. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Sometimes, you need to be useless to create something useful. --- https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

unlike in craps, you need to investigate your failures prior to handing the dice to the next shooter. --- https://ideateandexecute.com https://ideateandexecute.com/interview-request/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

to get your people to ideate, you need to unstick their brains from the problems of today. you need them to travel to the "land of make believe" --- https://ideateandexecute.com https://ideateandexecute.com/interview-request/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Lucy Turner is a human rights advocate and author with 14 years of experience working with the United Nations in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Pacific, and HQ (Geneva and New York). Lucy has a strong track record of designing and delivering innovative peacebuilding and development initiatives, driven by data and strategic partnerships engaging government, civil society, and the private sector. Her published research and policy work has led to changes in international law and practice on the rule of law, gender, governance, and peacebuilding. She enjoys working with people in major global corporations, civil society organizations, and communities to share stories and statistics of positive change. An award-winning writer and sought-after speaker, Lucy’s work has been featured at the World Data Forum, Edinburgh International Science Festival, International Storytelling Festival, UN High-Level Political Forum, UN General Assembly, and numerous global conferences. She may be contacted at [email protected]. --- https://lucyturner.org https://ideateandexecute.com https://ideateandexecute.com/interview-request/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

how to persuade? use both storytelling and data, not just data. we used to transfer all of our information between humans using stories, but since the advent of technology, we are leaning more and more on data. instead of using data, we need to combine story and data for a compelling vision.  --- http://ideateandexecute.comGet Interviewed: https://ideateandexecute.com/interview-request/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Watching Stange New Worlds reminded me of the original vision of the future that Gene Roddenberry built. You know, the one where despite all of the technology, we all just get along. We all put aside our petty squabbles and do what's right for the human race. We all need to work to uplift ourselves into the future.  --- http://ideateandexecute.comGet Interviewed: https://ideateandexecute.com/interview-request/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

it's the same old story - people-to-people social media always gets eclipsed by big media. instead of constantly creating new social media to restart the p2p connection, social networks should help people drive the relationships. --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

to innovate, we need to free our minds. will any state be bold enough to create innovation zones that lift local laws and restrictions? --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

The free web is hurting our personal privacy and our access to truth.  And because a healthy democracy depends on an informed citizenry, that's hurting the body politic. But if we're not willing to pay for email, search, entertainment, and facts, somebody else will.  It doesn't have to be this way.    - Web pioneers tried to invent new payment methods.  - Google’s founders were dead set against advertising.  - Advertising technology was an unintended accident of code.  Yet here we are today, suffering from an ad-funded web. Why?  Because we've insisted that “Information wants to be free,” and we're willing to trade our personal data to get it.  Which means we're not the customer. We're the product.  My new book looks at the history of our transactional relationship with information, from newspapers to radio, from broadcast TV to the web’s search for viable business models. He reveals how the ad-tech industry enabled “free” as the default model for technology products like search and email and media products like news and entertainment.  And how it's now fracturing society and the body politic.  Free Is Bad offers more than just a critique, but optimism for a future where we control our online destinies. It profiles exciting, new, people-first businesses already trying to build a better future.  It also offers a step-by-step guide to improving our privacy and the quality of information we consume today.  Helping us to be the customer and not the product.  Because Free Is Bad. --- http://freeisbad.comhttps:/ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

we humans have been running from risk for far too long - if we really want to innovate and grow, we need to start taking risks again. --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

do you live in your own reality tunnel? how often does your reality tunnel intersect with others? innovation and growth lives in the intersections. --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

To innovate, look outside.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

How do we know what makes our customers happy? --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Narrator(narrator.ai). Narrator enables companies to make better decisions by providing them with the ability to answer any question in under 10 minutes. --- https://narrator.ai https://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Human beings have huge issues embracing the new. We need to use our capacity for reason to make it happen. --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

When innovating, strive for distinction, not disruption. --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

An award-winning storyteller, PR influencer, and podcast host working with visionaries changing how we live in the future.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Raphaelle has long focused her attention on nutrition, health, innovation, and community-building through shared, positive, creative experiences.  Rapha imagined the regenerative dinners as her main project for the Design Science Studio - Buckminster Fuller’s Institute “(r)Evolutionary incubator for ART inspiring a regenerative future that works for 100% of life”.  Raphaelle has produced and curated events for the past 20 years to showcase and encourage fruitful innovation at the intersection of design, health, tech, and business. A native of Paris, France, Raphaelle grew up with access to quality, diverse foods that were local, seasonal, and fresh. Learning from her North African roots and French culinary traditions, she started cooking at age 11 for friends and family. She is known for her kitchen eclecticism and eagerness to try new foods and flavors - and for that, living in the Bay Area has been a blessing.   With Future Feasts, Raphaelle is bridging her passion for human rights, creativity, social justice, entrepreneurship, and human connection. Links: Website: https://www.future-feasts.com/ and coming soon *deliciousfuture.com* LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaellemoatti/ IG delicious.future --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Evan is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Recruiter.com, an on-demand recruiting platform providing flexible talent acquisition solutions that scale from startups to the Fortune 100. He is a frequent contributor to CNBC and Yahoo! Finance and demonstrates expertise in a diverse set of industries, including Wi-Fi, Instant Messaging, data security, customer relationship management (CRM), and much more. A mission-driven leader, Evan is also the co-founder and Vice President of The Sohn Conference Foundation, which aims to fight pediatric cancer and other childhood diseases.   http://recruiter.com  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d94ivX2tnx0  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/recruiter-com-reports-recruiter-index-141500975.html  https://www.sohnconference.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

How often do we spend the time to understand our customers deeply before we try to innovate for them? --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Pamela serves as Senior Advisor to Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship.  She began working with social entrepreneurs twelve years ago as a mentor for Miller Center's programs while she continued her career as a software executive.  Prior to joining the Center eight years ago, she worked with and for early-stage software companies as a business and marketing strategy leader, helping founders create, refine, and execute their business strategy and go-to-market plans. She has over 25 years of experience growing teams and delivering products for both large and start-up software companies, working in various managerial capacities such as business unit manager, vice president of marketing, COO, and CEO. Some of the companies Pamela has worked with include: Amdahl, Pure Software, Rational Software, Consera, Zend, and AppFirst.   Pamela currently serves on the board of Innovation Works, whose focus is building sustainable neighborhood economies in Baltimore. Pamela also serves as board chair for LivelyHoods, an organization that creates jobs for youth and women in slums across Kenya.  To connect with Pamela you can do so via her LinkedIn or Twitter.  https://www.millersocent.org/ https://www.iwbmore.org/ https://www.livelyhoods.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelaroussos/ https://twitter.com/PamelaRoussos A good place to get inspiration on figuring out the big problems you want to tackle is by looking at the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  There you will find 17 interlocking goals that are a blueprint to achieve a just and sustainable world for all.  Under each goal, you'll find targets and indicators to be achieved by 2030. What big, hairy problem do you want to put your time and talent towards achieving?    https://sdgs.un.org/goals Once you have a direction you'll find there are overarching organizations in many of the issue areas, for example GOGLA, the global association for off-grid solar energy Global Distributors Collective for last-mile distributors The Water Network, a knowledge-sharing platform for water professionals Clean Cooking Alliance, a global network of partners to make clean cooking accessible  https://www.gogla.org/ https://globaldistributorscollective.org/ https://thewaternetwork.com/ https://cleancooking.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Failure leads to innovation. and sometimes you need to force yourself to fail.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

Mayur is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Ned(nedhelps.com), a platform that helps small business owners raise capital from friends and family.   Ned helps business owners manage and stay accountable when they raise money from their personal network. With Ned, business owners can work with anyone they know to build fast and easy revenue-sharing partnerships. When it's difficult to "make an ask" or structure a transaction, with Ned they can: - Create straightforward terms together - Document easy agreements - Get funded quickly - Share back future revenues instead of fixed loan payments   Ned takes out the guesswork and makes sure everyone has peace of mind in the process.   Mayur comes from a family of small business owners and has a decade of experience in Silicon Valley startups leading successful Product and Engineering teams, Mayur is on a mission to empower and level the playing field for small business owners that are looking for innovative ways to grow. Mayur has been working with small business owners for the past 6 years. In his first venture(Propl) he built a product that helped these owners manage the operational and financial aspects of their business. After selling the product to Jobox, Mayur grew the team and was responsible for building out their Fin-tech product that included a suite of financial tools for service professionals.   Mayur has had tenures in successful companies like CubeTree, SuccessFactors, SAP, Trulia, Refresh, and LinkedIn. --- http://nedhelps.com http://ideateandexecute.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support