Disrupting Good

Disrupting Good

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With this project we wanted to know what the human beings behind nonprofits, social enterprises, and startups were thinking and talking about with regards to change and disruption in our society. What do they think of the now, and what do they think will happen in 5, 10, 20 years time? What are thei…

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    • Sep 22, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 7m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES
    • 1 SEASONS


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    #6: Grading Humanity, & Advice for Leaders in a VUCA World

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020


    In Episode Five: * What do our guest foresee is in store at the crossroads of Automation and Humanity? * The Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence * Kurzweil’s Corner: o within this decade (the 2020s), self-driving vehicles begin to take over the roads, and people will no longer be allowed to drive on highways o by the end of the next decade (the 2030s), humanity will be able to upload our consciousness to a network - kind of like a Backblaze service for your mind perhaps?

    #5: Automation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020


    In Episode Five: * What do our guest foresee is in store at the crossroads of Automation and Humanity? * The Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence * Kurzweil’s Corner: o within this decade (the 2020s), self-driving vehicles begin to take over the roads, and people will no longer be allowed to drive on highways o by the end of the next decade (the 2030s), humanity will be able to upload our consciousness to a network - kind of like a Backblaze service for your mind perhaps?

    #4: Concerning Trends (I For One Welcome Our New AI Overlords)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020


    In Episode Four: * What trends or technology concerns our guests the most? * A group that how societies work, deal with conflict, and deal with complex issues * Kurzweil’s Corner: what the world might look like with futurist, inventor, and author Ray Kurzweil's prediction that by the end of the 2020’s, most diseases will disappear as nanobots become smarter than current medical technology

    #3: Exciting Technologies & Trends, Is Our Future Star Trek or Hunger Games?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020


    In Episode Three: * What technologies and trends are our guests excited about the most? * Will the future be an idealist utopia like Star Trek, or a dark dystopia, more like Hunger Games or Blade Runner? * Kurzweil’s Corner: what the world might look like with futurist, inventor, and author Ray Kurzweil's prediction that in the 2020's the Turing Test will be passed by a non-biological entity.

    Disrupting Good #3: Exciting Technologies & Trends, Is Our Future Star Trek or Hunger Games?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 73:09


    GuestsGuests (& their organizations) who contributed to this episode, in order of first appearance:James StauchInstitute for Community ProsperityJay BaydalaGoodpinLeor RotchildCanadian Business for Social ResponsibilityKarl SwannieEchosec Systems Ltd.Rahim SajanThe Resourceful Human ProjectBriana BrownellPure Strategy Inc.Dr. Alina TurnerHelpSeekerDoug WatsonPropellus: The Volunteer Centre of CalgaryHeather McPhersonAlberta Council for Global CooperationBryan de LottinvilleBenevity Inc.Cool Mission, Will ShareMedicine Hat Community Housing Society (MHCHS)ABSI “Pause” PodcastABSIConnect.ca/podcastMatt on Twitter@MattYouensAttributionsRights for the song used for the Intro and the Outro of this podcast were obtained legally through Rumblefish. The song is “Trip Back to Childhood”, and is performed by the St Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review.“Radio Tuning” sound clip is “FM radio tuning” by MrAuralization, as uploaded to FreeSound.org. This sound clip was shortened from the original. Shared under the Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Creative Commons License.The sound clip used during “Kurzweil’s Corner” is “Futuristic Rhythmic Game Ambiance” by Patrick Lieberkind, as uploaded to FreeSound.org. This sound clip was shortened from the original. Shared under the Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Creative Commons License.

    Disrupting Good #2: Crystal Balls, Organization Changes, & the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 73:09


    GuestsGuests (& their organizations) who contributed to this episode, in order of first appearance:James StauchInstitute for Community ProsperityJay BaydalaGoodpinLeor RotchildCanadian Business for Social ResponsibilityKarl SwannieEchosec Systems Ltd.Rahim SajanThe Resourceful Human ProjectBriana BrownellPure Strategy Inc.Dr. Alina TurnerHelpSeekerDoug WatsonPropellus: The Volunteer Centre of CalgaryHeather McPhersonAlberta Council for Global CooperationBryan de LottinvilleBenevity Inc.Cool Mission, Will ShareMedicine Hat Community Housing Society (MHCHS)ABSI “Pause” PodcastABSIConnect.ca/podcastMatt on Twitter@MattYouensAttributionsRights for the song used for the Intro and the Outro of this podcast were obtained legally through Rumblefish. The song is “Trip Back to Childhood”, and is performed by the St Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review.“Radio Tuning” sound clip is “FM radio tuning” by MrAuralization, as uploaded to FreeSound.org. This sound clip was shortened from the original. Shared under the Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Creative Commons License.The sound clip used during “Kurzweil’s Corner” is “Futuristic Rhythmic Game Ambiance” by Patrick Lieberkind, as uploaded to FreeSound.org. This sound clip was shortened from the original. Shared under the Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Creative Commons License.

    #2: Crystal Balls, Organization Changes, & the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020


    In Episode Two: * If our guests were looking into a crystal ball, what do they see for themselves, or society? * What types of organizational changes have our guests undergone, or are about to go through? * Kurzweil’s Corner: what the world might look like with futurist, inventor, and author Ray Kurzweil's prediction that in the 2020's normal human eating will be replaced with nanosystems, and by the 2040’s non-biological intelligence will be a billion times more capable than biological intelligence (aka “us”) .

    Disrupting Good #1: Disruption, & the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 56:08


    GuestsGuests (& their organizations) who contributed to this episode, in order of first appearance:Heather McPherson - Alberta Council for Global CooperationLeor Rotchild - Canadian Business for Social ResponsibilityKarl Swannie - Echosec Systems Ltd.James Stauch - Institute for Community ProsperityDr. Alina Turner - HelpSeekerBryan de Lottinville - Benevity Inc.Briana Brownell - Pure Strategy Inc.Cool Mission, Will ShareCCEDNetABSI “Pause” PodcastABSIConnect.ca/podcastMatt on Twitter@MattYouensAttributionsRights for the song used for the Intro and the Outro of this podcast were obtained legally through Rumblefish. The song is “Trip Back to Childhood”, and is performed by the St Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review.“Radio Tuning” sound clip is “FM radio tuning” by MrAuralization, as uploaded to FreeSound.org. This sound clip was shortened from the original. Shared under the Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Creative Commons License.The sound clip used during “Kurzweil’s Corner” is “Futuristic Rhythmic Game Ambiance” by Patrick Lieberkind, as uploaded to FreeSound.org. This sound clip was shortened from the original. Shared under the Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Creative Commons License.

    #1: Disruption, & the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019


    In Episode One: * What is disruption * Impacts to how we do good * Kurzweil’s Corner: what the world might look like with futurist, inventor, and author Ray Kurzweil's prediction that in the 2030's, Virtual Reality will become 100% realistic

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