Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff saperstein

Jeff Saperstein watched his father spend his life in a job that used only a tiny portion of his true capabilities. By day, Jeff's father worked as a postman, but in his spare time, he read deeply and broadly in the classics, and he was a national chess champion and master. That would've been fine if Jeff's father had been okay with it, but he really wasn't. Jeff resolved to live a different life. He moved from New York to California where he felt the ethos was much more sky's the limit and future-oriented. He reached for and attained senior marketing roles in top companies, wrote nine books, and now helps others live their full potential through his work as a university instructor and career coach. In this episode, Dart and Jeff discuss:- Creating a legacy through your work- Managers as mentors- Finding purpose at work- Three aspects of connecting meaningfully with others- Creating an inner circle of people who share your values- Company culture- What to do when you feel stuck in your job - And other topics…Jeff Saperstein is an author, university lecturer, and certified career coach. After climbing the corporate ladder in advertising, nonprofit marketing, and fundraising, Jeff decided to follow his calling and founded his own company. Now, Jeff helps accomplished professionals experience value-based growth through meaningful career transitions.Jeff has written nine books and five case studies on business, including one bestseller. He is a lecturer at San Francisco State University, where his legacy includes promoting the growth of his students from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. Resources Mentioned:The Inner Ring, C.S. Lewis speech: https://www.lewissociety.org/innerring/ The Purpose Economy, by Aaron Hurst: https://www.amazon.com/Purpose-Economy-Personal-Community-Changing-ebook/dp/B00JEMUB1S "8 Ways Women Can Use Their 'Relationship Capital' To Build Powerful Careers," by Jeff Saperstein: https://www.yourtango.com/self/relationship-capital-careerConnect with Jeff:https://jeffsaperstein.com/ 

Key Takeaways There is a group of innovative thinkers in economics calling themselves i4j: innovation for jobs. They focus on an economic theme they refer to as the People-Centered Economy. When many innovators are exploring how to automate jobs and replace human with technology — especially the software called A.I. — they are exploring how to design the structures and incentives to make people even more engaged in the economic process of wealth creation, rather than less. When thinking about the future of jobs and the people centered economy, we should think of entrepreneurs. In the future, everyone will be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is the people-centered economy, or what we call practical economic humanism. Is our language right? Entrepreneurship is a tough word for young people to deal with. What does it mean? What exactly is entrepreneurship? What might be more inspiring for them is to focus on the ethic of entrepreneurship. That ethic is service to one's fellow man — service that is designed to improve their lives. Customers indicate whether or not the entrepreneur is successful in improving their lives by buying or not buying. And it is through the lens of ethical service that they can understand the role of profit. Profit is not the reason people become entrepreneurs — it's the emergent result. Profit is the signal that society judges that the entrepreneur is allocating scarce resources well. Without profit, the entrepreneur does not continue the service. Service without profit is unsustainable. The ethic of service to others and the emergence of profit as an outcome — a signal of approval — go hand in hand. In this podcast, we experimented with a new language of entrepreneurship via the acronym S-E-R-V-I-C-E. S stands for Service: practical economic humanism is entrepreneurs serving others and doing so for profit. It's the Austrian version of service: I serve you because it is good for me, in every way (purpose, meaning and autonomy). Profit is the signal from the marketplace that the act of serving is positively viewed by customers. E stands for Empathy. In order to serve, one needs to understand the subjective needs of others and to understand how to meet those needs on the user's terms. Subjective preferences are idiosyncratic, inconsistent and emotionally based. Empathy recognizes this, and treats everyone's preferences with respect. Empathy is the number one skill of the entrepreneur. R stands for Resourcefulness — to meet others' needs in ways that are new, different and better, the entrepreneur assembles resources and persuades others to contribute to the initiative — financiers, employees, partners, vendors. An assembler of scarce resources must convince others that this is the best use that could be made of them — make a business case. There's a self-reliant resourcefulness in the virtuous character of the entrepreneur. V stands for Value — creating value and facilitating a valuable experience for customers is the point of entrepreneurship. Value is in the mind of the person who experiences it — it's a feeling, a satisfaction, the kind you get when a promise is kept. Taken together, all the people whom the entrepreneur serves constitute the market and the market is the judge of what is valuable. Firms and entrepreneurs don't create value or add value, they make it possible for customers to experience value. I = Investment, the action of sacrificing in the current time period in order to produce greater value in the next time period. Investment is the opposite of hedonism. It requires the long term view — if I make this sacrifice now, or this investment now, I am giving up alternative current uses of that money or those resources, but I am willing to do so because I see the possibility of a return in the future. Society needs entrepreneur-investors to create the future. C = Collaborativeness; entrepreneurship requires the assembly and molding of a team, and synthesis of team ideas and contributions; finding the right way to collaborate by maximizing individual talents and perspectives. A supply chain is a collaboration. A factory is a collaboration. A beauty salon is a collaboration. A construction site is a collaboration. Man is naturally collaborative in bringing value experiences to others. E = Ethical: successful entrepreneurship is moral action, with pure intentions. Any other approach will fail. The idea of exploitation in capitalism is so far wrong and it doesn't withstand scrutiny. The entrepreneur needs the approval of customers and markets, including the market for labor and for partners. It makes no commercial sense to be unethical. Perhaps we could communicate the acronym S-E-R-V-I-C-E and the cogent set of ideas behind it, the integrated concept of what entrepreneurs do and what entrepreneurship is. The mental model is that of SERVICE WARRIORS. Energetic committed people, combating need and want and dissatisfaction. Organizing people and resources in the fight to establish new improved value, to raise standards, to lead the way to a better place. Models to Graphically Communicate Complex Ideas and Concepts Another part of my discussion with Jeff Saperstein concerned the design of simple visual models to clarify complex processes and concepts. One example to which we referred was that of the Individual Economy. With today's technology, any individual can become a Service Warrior entrepreneur, integrated into the larger ecosystem of economic services through interconnectivity, networks and global exchanges and supply chains. The idea of the individual economy is explained in Chapter 2 of our book, The Interconnected Individual: Seizing Opportunity in the Era of AI, Platforms, Apps, and Global Exchanges (Mises.org/E4E_76_Interconnected). See also the action model of "The Individual Economy" at Mises.org/E4E_76_PDF. It identifies a process and a journey, with a starting point, key structural elements, relationships and dynamics. That's a complex system about which authors could write white papers and books — but a simple graphic can capture its essence in one page. Each week at Economics For Entrepreneurs, we offer such knowledge graphics and models as free downloads. Recently, for example, Dr. Mark Packard offered his groundbreaking theory of marketing for the 2020s in a series of five podcast lessons. We captured the essence of his "Value Learning Process" in one process map: Mises.org/E4E_44_PDF. Trini Amador presented the essence of three decades of learning about how to build and nurture powerful and effective brands for any kind of business: Mises.org/E4E_30. We captured this expertise in our "Brand Uniqueness Blueprint" (Mises.org/E4E_30_PDF). Additional Resources "The Individual Economy" (PDF): Mises.org/E4E_76_PDF Hunter's Author Page on Amazon.com: Mises.org/E4E_Hunter Jeff's Author Page on Amazon.com: Mises.org/E4E_Jeff Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History Of Innovation by Steven Johnson: Mises.org/E4E_76_Book

Key Takeaways There is a group of innovative thinkers in economics calling themselves i4j: innovation for jobs. They focus on an economic theme they refer to as the People-Centered Economy. When many innovators are exploring how to automate jobs and replace human with technology — especially the software called A.I. — they are exploring how to design the structures and incentives to make people even more engaged in the economic process of wealth creation, rather than less. When thinking about the future of jobs and the people centered economy, we should think of entrepreneurs. In the future, everyone will be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is the people-centered economy, or what we call practical economic humanism. Is our language right? Entrepreneurship is a tough word for young people to deal with. What does it mean? What exactly is entrepreneurship? What might be more inspiring for them is to focus on the ethic of entrepreneurship. That ethic is service to one's fellow man — service that is designed to improve their lives. Customers indicate whether or not the entrepreneur is successful in improving their lives by buying or not buying. And it is through the lens of ethical service that they can understand the role of profit. Profit is not the reason people become entrepreneurs — it's the emergent result. Profit is the signal that society judges that the entrepreneur is allocating scarce resources well. Without profit, the entrepreneur does not continue the service. Service without profit is unsustainable. The ethic of service to others and the emergence of profit as an outcome — a signal of approval — go hand in hand. In this podcast, we experimented with a new language of entrepreneurship via the acronym S-E-R-V-I-C-E. S stands for Service: practical economic humanism is entrepreneurs serving others and doing so for profit. It's the Austrian version of service: I serve you because it is good for me, in every way (purpose, meaning and autonomy). Profit is the signal from the marketplace that the act of serving is positively viewed by customers. E stands for Empathy. In order to serve, one needs to understand the subjective needs of others and to understand how to meet those needs on the user's terms. Subjective preferences are idiosyncratic, inconsistent and emotionally based. Empathy recognizes this, and treats everyone's preferences with respect. Empathy is the number one skill of the entrepreneur. R stands for Resourcefulness — to meet others' needs in ways that are new, different and better, the entrepreneur assembles resources and persuades others to contribute to the initiative — financiers, employees, partners, vendors. An assembler of scarce resources must convince others that this is the best use that could be made of them — make a business case. There's a self-reliant resourcefulness in the virtuous character of the entrepreneur. V stands for Value — creating value and facilitating a valuable experience for customers is the point of entrepreneurship. Value is in the mind of the person who experiences it — it's a feeling, a satisfaction, the kind you get when a promise is kept. Taken together, all the people whom the entrepreneur serves constitute the market and the market is the judge of what is valuable. Firms and entrepreneurs don't create value or add value, they make it possible for customers to experience value. I = Investment, the action of sacrificing in the current time period in order to produce greater value in the next time period. Investment is the opposite of hedonism. It requires the long term view — if I make this sacrifice now, or this investment now, I am giving up alternative current uses of that money or those resources, but I am willing to do so because I see the possibility of a return in the future. Society needs entrepreneur-investors to create the future. C = Collaborativeness; entrepreneurship requires the assembly and molding of a team, and synthesis of team ideas and contributions; finding the right way to collaborate by maximizing individual talents and perspectives. A supply chain is a collaboration. A factory is a collaboration. A beauty salon is a collaboration. A construction site is a collaboration. Man is naturally collaborative in bringing value experiences to others. E = Ethical: successful entrepreneurship is moral action, with pure intentions. Any other approach will fail. The idea of exploitation in capitalism is so far wrong and it doesn't withstand scrutiny. The entrepreneur needs the approval of customers and markets, including the market for labor and for partners. It makes no commercial sense to be unethical. Perhaps we could communicate the acronym S-E-R-V-I-C-E and the cogent set of ideas behind it, the integrated concept of what entrepreneurs do and what entrepreneurship is. The mental model is that of SERVICE WARRIORS. Energetic committed people, combating need and want and dissatisfaction. Organizing people and resources in the fight to establish new improved value, to raise standards, to lead the way to a better place. Models to Graphically Communicate Complex Ideas and Concepts Another part of my discussion with Jeff Saperstein concerned the design of simple visual models to clarify complex processes and concepts. One example to which we referred was that of the Individual Economy. With today's technology, any individual can become a Service Warrior entrepreneur, integrated into the larger ecosystem of economic services through interconnectivity, networks and global exchanges and supply chains. The idea of the individual economy is explained in Chapter 2 of our book, The Interconnected Individual: Seizing Opportunity in the Era of AI, Platforms, Apps, and Global Exchanges (Mises.org/E4E_76_Interconnected). See also the action model of "The Individual Economy" at Mises.org/E4E_76_PDF. It identifies a process and a journey, with a starting point, key structural elements, relationships and dynamics. That's a complex system about which authors could write white papers and books — but a simple graphic can capture its essence in one page. Each week at Economics For Entrepreneurs, we offer such knowledge graphics and models as free downloads. Recently, for example, Dr. Mark Packard offered his groundbreaking theory of marketing for the 2020s in a series of five podcast lessons. We captured the essence of his "Value Learning Process" in one process map: Mises.org/E4E_44_PDF. Trini Amador presented the essence of three decades of learning about how to build and nurture powerful and effective brands for any kind of business: Mises.org/E4E_30. We captured this expertise in our "Brand Uniqueness Blueprint" (Mises.org/E4E_30_PDF). Additional Resources "The Individual Economy" (PDF): Mises.org/E4E_76_PDF Hunter's Author Page on Amazon.com: Mises.org/E4E_Hunter Jeff's Author Page on Amazon.com: Mises.org/E4E_Jeff Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History Of Innovation by Steven Johnson: Mises.org/E4E_76_Book

Jeff interviews Laura Prisc, an Organization Leadership and Executive Coach as well as the author of Conscious Leadership: Are Your Leaders Wide Awake? Laura talks about Individual Empowerment and how she utilizes the diagnostic tool Strength Finders for self-discovery and Consciousness Leadership for team building and leadership development. Some of the topics Jeff and Laura also discuss:Collaboration as a way to approach life and work. (1:30)Laura’s career and background, and a few stories about her life. (2:50)How Laura defines “empowerment mentoring” and her use of Strengths Finder in the mentoring world. (7:50)The characteristics people have to overcome to become “empowered” and what it really means to be empowered. (10:44)A fresh interpretation of empowerment, and how to feel it for yourself. (13:15)Why Laura loves Strengths Finder and how she uses it. (15:00)Examples of what a Strengths Finder profile might illustrate. (16:30)The concept of “confident vulnerability”. (20:20)The definition of “consciousness leadership”. (21:30)What makes for a good leader in a new organizational paradigm? (24:30)Building emotional intelligence. (29:30)What does “consciousness leadership” as a tool. (30:55)Laura’s Podcast, Making Space For Conversation That Matter. (34:30)Are you enjoying our Interconnected Individuals podcast series? Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes so you get notified when new episodes are released. You can also learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com.

Legacy isn’t necessarily in the past. If we could reverse-engineer our lives with a focus on how we want to show up, and how others experience us, we could create our legacy on purpose, explains business consultant and career coach, Jeff Saperstein. In this paradigm we are living into our lives with the end in mind: How do you want to be remembered? What do you want to be remembered for? Because the truth is you get to choose, and you are creating your legacy every day in what you say and do and how you say and do it.    Jeff goes on to highlight the extreme toll we pay when we compartmentalize our lives and believe we can show up in various roles differently. For example, if we create a work persona that is different than our ‘at home’ persona, and may be different, still, from our ‘out with friends’ persona, we are wasting a lot of effort and energy in playing those roles, which inevitably leads to burn-out.    The determining factor is our awareness and willingness to be internally directed – aligned with our values, beliefs, and desires, rather than allowing external agents and forces to decide who we will be and how we will show up. First, of course, one has to have thought into and defined his or her core values and made the decision to stand by them regardless of the situation or people involved.    This is, in effect, intentionally choosing to take off our masks and stand in our authentic power. Then we get to embody our values in our everyday behaviors, words, and actions.    Laura and Jeff go on to discuss the prevalence of ‘contrived urgency,’ the prevailing behavior of being busy for busy-ness’ sake; of trying to to do it all and having it all done by tomorrow! Jeff encourages us to be a whole person through focus and specifics and spend some time in reflection on each facet of our lives: work, family, friends, spirituality, finance, health, etc… and recognize where we are in alignment and doing well, or have developed thinking and behaviors that are disharmonious to what we want to create for our lives.    They go on to dive into some of the tools they both use with coaching clients to help them see and understand the clues to recognizing and developing each person’s unique strengths for greater contribution and satisfaction in life and work.    As they near the end of their conversation, Jeff offers this wisdom: First uncover, then discover yourself! Meaning each of us has to peel back the layers to see all that lies within us, then discover what it means, what it allows us to offer, and become… and know that along the way it sometimes requires unlearning and relearning beliefs, ideas, behaviors that will serve us in healthier ways… so we can live our legacy forward – on purpose and with intention!   You can learn more about these ideas and the tools Jeff and Laura use at these links:    Jeff On Facebook Jeff online Jeff on LinkedIn Jeff’s Podcast – Interconnected Individuals Carla Harris TED Talk – Finding a Sponsor The Start-Up of You book StrengthsFinder Explore Strengths with Laura   Jeff’s Bio   Jeff Saperstein helps highly educated, high performance, business professionals transition to find work that matters to them. Jeff is a San Francisco Bay Area based business consultant, author, university teacher, career coach, and podcaster, who empowers people to navigate their careers to lead a successful, happier life. Jeff is particularly attuned to mirroring and reflecting feelings, emotions, and awareness in his intuitive listening ability and to connect the dots. He has a three-stage approach to coaching: self-awareness for your operational values and aspirations; market reality exploration; and building you network and online presence to bring the right opportunities to you. 

Jeff interviews Dart Lindsley, Google and former-Cisco Organization Design and Talent Executive in a second interview to discuss how to justify employee engagement to management. Dart also explores what it means to feel "whole and alive" at work.Some topics covered by Jeff and Dart include:Dart Reminds us of his Management Philosophy and addresses what managers and employers have historically gotten wrong. (1:20)How the culture at the companies Dart has been a part of contributes to “degrees of freedom” and employee engagement. (9:20)What “Workers as Customers” really means, and how to persuade management to invest in the concept and redefine the mission of the work unit. (14:00)Jeff’s observation that to date workers have been looked at as an expense, not an investment (or customer). (20:00)What it means to be whole and alive as a worker and the value component relative to being 'disengaged' at work. (22:15)Can workers really rise to the level to be “whole and alive” and also create enough value for the enterprise to thrive? Do millennials entering the workforce right from school have a different set of expectations? (27:40)The intangible things that improve relationships with workers but don’t cost the organization very much. (32:30)The transition from college to full-time employment. (35:00)A summary of what impact Dart would like to see happen for our individual work experiences and how to find what we want in career navigation. (37:30)Are you enjoying our Interconnected Individuals podcast series? Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes so you get notified when new episodes are released. Learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com.

Jeff interviews Ninh Tran, Co Founder at Hiretual to discuss how Hiretual is using AI to screen and recruit talent for major companies and organizations. Ninh will discuss hiring trends, the talent recruiting process, and how individuals can improve online reputation and presence. He will also discuss the skills gap that you can actively work on to increase your market value and become more competitive for recruiters.Some topics covered by Jeff and Ninh include:the nature of online recruiting, how it has evolved over time, and how his company helps organizations in talent search. (1:30)emergent opportunities in fast-growing fields. (6:15)which professional characteristics and skills of individuals are most in-demand by recruiting organizations he works with. (10:20)Ninh's views on the future of HR. (12:35)Ninh's advice for those who want to get recognized and be more highly valued in the online job market (15:30)the do’s, don’ts, and merit of using videos in recruiting. (19:15)Ninh's passions and personal goals about and how it impacts his life and work. (24:40)Learn more about Hiretual at https://hiretual.com/ and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com.

Jeff interviews Michael Perman, Innovation Futurist, Author, and Consultant of C’Est What? about how Michael sees “the experience” as a marketing insight and how organizations and individuals can create new realities. His book "Craving the Future” provides guidance and practical exercises for you to develop a more creative, innovative mindset.Some topics covered by Jeff and Michael include:Michael explains the thesis of his new book, “Craving the Future”, and discusses what he believes people truly crave in their lives. (1:00)Michael identifies ways to re-imagine the future and create new realities for themselves (including skills and examples). (2:30)Jeff asks Michael a few questions about his own personal evolution, his creative mindset and career experience. (7:00)Michael discusses how his creative mindset and the way he saw the world transitioned over the course of his life and career. (11:00)Jeff asks Michael about his transitions between different roles in his own career and how people can “re-imagine” themselves. (13:35)Michael explains how one should approach the challenges to working in a ‘resistant’ environment. (16:25)Michael discusses how he’s been able to maintain passion and enthusiasm throughout his career, and discusses what motivates him today and for the future. (18:40)Check out Michael’s website and podcasts at https://www.cestwhat.org, order a copy of his book on Amazon, and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com.

Jeff interviews Robert “Kim" Wilson, author of “They Will Be Giants: 21st Century Entrepreneurs and the Purpose-Driven Business Ecosystem.” Kim is an executive high-achiever and business innovator with a proven track record working with large, global enterprises as well as start-up entrepreneurs. Kim’s business solution of Ecosystems is an agile, adaptable approach thru which any business leadership team can improve value creation and innovation.Jeff and Kim discuss the distinction between a network and a purpose-driven business ecosystem as well as Kim’s seven principles for creating and flourishing a business ecosystem.Some topics covered by Jeff and Kim include:The definition of a purpose-driven ecosystem and how it differs from a professional network (1:23) Exercise as a metaphor for purpose-driven activity (11:30)A detailed description of principles and practices that will help your ecosystem create real value (12:00)A short summary of each principle for listeners to jot down as a note (25:00)Advice Kim has as a first step for those who want to improve their professional network and build a purpose-driven ecosystem (27:49)Why is this personally important to Kim (31:20)Check out "They Will Be Giants" on Amazon, and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff interviews Eilif Trondsen, formerly with SRI and Strategic Business Insights (SBI). Eilif is both an international innovation consultant and futurist. He discusses EdTech, trend-spotting, and how to build your own professional network for a purpose-driven Echosystem.Some topics discussed include:The current state of EdTech where Eilif believes the industry is headed (1:45)The opportunities emerging worldwide for people to jump into EdTech as providers and users (5:30)How individuals should prioritize their own continuous learning and what criteria should they use to decide what to learn and where to learn it (7:45)Suggestions for how someone could stay ahead of the curve when planning their learning (11:30)The values that motivated Eilif's work and how he made career transitions (15:15)What advice Eilif has for those who want to improve their professional network and develop an ecosystem (19:30)How Eilif decides who are the right people to trust and collaborate with (23:00)Advice for mentoring others (26:45)Eilif’s journey to America (29:15)How to evaluate companies you might want to work for (31:50)Check out Strategic Business Insights to learn more about Eilif's work, and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff interviews Dick (Richard) Reisman on his FairPay proposals for a new pricing logic for the digital services economy that improves value and revenue sharing for the customer, while building a better business model for the digital services organization.Dick Reisman is the founder of Teleshuttle. FairPay is a radical approach to revenue and a cooperatively adaptive hybrid of free and paid content pricing for digital media content that extends to all digital services. He proposes a new “invisible handshake” based on the power of computer-mediated markets to build more collaborative relationships.In this interview, we explore emergent pricing, empathy in the technology-augmented ecosystem, the role of the investment community and new metrics to value companies based on customer co-creation in pricing and loyalty, and how network and platform distribution disrupts the old transactional model. Some topics discussed:Dicks Vision for FairPay (2:25) The history and flaws with current pricing models and explains some talking points of his value-based pricing model (5:00) Examples of who decides the price in different buyer-seller relationships (8:40) The differences between dynamic pricing in models like ridesharing and FairPay’s ambitions to have more transparency and cooperation between buyer and seller (12:30) Similarities and differences to other value theories which look deeply at everyone in the value chain (18:00)Dicks ideas about internet regulation, data, disinformation (20:15)The new logic of the digital economy and flaws in subscription-based pricing (24:25)The investment community’s role in FairPay (26:50)The role of empathy in the entrepreneurial mindset and the investor community (30:50)What Dick envisions for his legacy (36:30)Check out Dick’s blog posts at FairPayZone.com and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff interviews Robert Scoble and Irena Cronin, founders of Infinite Retina on Spatial Computing (AR/VR) and the opportunities for Entrepreneurs to develop business solutions in this emergent Tech wave. The discussion covers how Robert and Irena view the new entrepreneurial opportunities, and how Infinite Retina helps entrepreneurs with their Spatial Computing projects. Robert will also give his perspective on what it takes to be a great entrepreneur in the application of leading-edge technology and what he has learned in almost 20 years of observing, scrutinizing and calling out winning ideas and people who create the future.Some topics discussed:Robert and Irena's vision for Infinite Retina (2:35) How the spacial computing paradigm compares to the previous waves of tech innovation (5:20)Definitions of VR and AR today (10:50)Robert and Irena to identify some of the characteristics of the best entrepreneurs (13:20)How spatial computing is about to change our work experience (20:00)How can individuals plan for the future of a career that will likely include spatial computing technology (23:50)Get to know more about Robert and Irena by checking out Infinite Retina's website and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Interviews Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, about his views on the future of AI, Google’s role in creating the tools for improving collective intelligence and group/individual performance, and workforce readiness through continuous learning and up-skilling.Some of the topics Jeff and Vint discuss include:Challenges and opportunities being created AI becomes more prevalent (1:28)Google and Alphabet, Inc raising the collective intelligence and being a force for good (6:25)The importance of “learning to learn” and what it means for individuals and their careers (17:00)How individuals can translate learning experiences into value creation (22:45)How technology change affects our work experience (26:30)The evolution of a generation of “Internet Natives” and their skills (31:50)Get to know more about Vint by checking out his Google Bio and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Interviews Cathy Pearl, head of Conversation Design Outreach at Google and author of “Designing Voice User Interfaces” to discuss her views on AI, Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) and emergent opportunities in the field of online communications.Some of the topics Jeff and Cathy discuss include:How the use cases of voice interface have exceeded business applications and help us personally in the day to day (1:58)Cathy's book - a guide for people trying to develop voice interface applications (3:11) The challenges of designing voice interfaces that interact with humans (4:05)Cathy's "bigger picture" for voice and how it can truly help people (7:00) The future of work and career opportunities for people in the VUI field or who hope to enter it (9:00)How students in universities right now can prepare for a career in the VUI field with resources like Google Conversation Design Best Practices (11:40)How VUI can help improve empathy and enable people to have more fulfilling lives (14:30)Get to know more about Cathy and her work by visiting CathyPearl.com or on Twitter @cpearl42 and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff interviews Jonathan Levy, head of the Global Learning team at Autodesk.Jeff and Jonathan talk about organizational design, career development, and lifelong learning.Check out Jonathan's organization at Autodesk.com and learn more about this podcast and Jeff Saperstein at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein and Hunter Hastings Interview Elizabeth Isele, Founder and CEO of the Global Institute for Experienced Entrepreneurship, to discuss how her organization empowers cross-generational experience through entrepreneurial thinking and acting to drive successful innovation within corporations, governments, education and research to boost social and economic prosperity worldwide.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Dart Lindsley, Google and former-Cisco Organization Design and Talent Executive, on how to design work for the whole person and to be fulfilling.

Jeff Saperstein interviews Mario Herger, CEO of Enterprise Garage Consultancy, to discuss how he views Silicon Valley and Innovation mindset both from an organization and regional perspective. As a Technology and Trend Researcher, Mario explains that if you understand trends and have the mindset to create the future you can be better prepared.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Wayne Skipper, Founder and CEO of Concentric Sky, to discuss how Wayne is helping to create an open standards ecosystem focused on catalyzing advancements in education that augment university education to prepare people for the future of work.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Margarita Quihuis, Behavior Technologies Expert at BJ Fogg's Behavior Design Lab at Stanford, discussing how to navigate a career to build expertise and interests in service to the common good. Margarita is engaged as a Global Consultant with using technologies to increase pro-social behavior. She explores her own career path to show how she uses her mastery of subject areas and plug into different roles, organizations, and regions to achieve both her autonomy and personal purpose. She also talks about mentoring, continuous learning, and pivoting to satisfy your own work experience.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Kim A. Page, Communications Expert & Author, to discuss her book Right Kind of Loud and how Kim, who now lives and works in Dubai in the United Emirates but has lived in nine countries, exemplifies the global worker and an “anyplace person”. Kim also talks about how she can use her mastery of a subject area and plug into different roles, organizations, and regions to achieve both autonomy and personal purpose. Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Marti Konstant, Career Coach & Author to discuss the habits of the agile careerist and how to prepare for the future of work.Check out more of Marti's work at AgileCareer.com and look out for her book, Activate Your Agile Career, on Amazon now (click here).Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Richard Straub, Head of the Peter Drucker Global Forum, to discuss the way we think about and enact the relations between technology and society.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Luke Iorio, President of IPEC on the subjects of Values and Energy. Luke describes a values based career and how it leads to happiness. He also explains how the Energy Leadership Index tool help clients and coaches to focus on attitudes, hindrances, stress, and energy enhancers and depleters.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Allen Blue, co-founder LinkedIn, to discuss how to use LinkedIn capabilities for building and maintaining a professional network, how to build your professional connections and reputation; LinkedIn’s use of AI to provide benefits to society and the individual, and how to use LinkedIn to re-imagine a better match for work that matters to you and to create new opportunities with others.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Giovanni Rodriguez, founder of Silicon Valley Story Lab, to discuss how to develop an organization narrative from a values driven perspective as well your own professional narrative for social media to improve your own sense of purpose, networking and reputation.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Curt Carlson, former CEO SRI (Stanford Research Institute), to discuss innovation and value creation, how to evaluate value creation in your organization and how to be a more valuable contributor to your team.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Jim Spohrer, IBM Director of the Cognitive OpenTech Group (COG) at IBM Research, to discuss Artificial Intelligence and how to get ready for your career in using AI.Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Jeff Saperstein interviews Jim Spohrer, Director of Cognitive OpenTech at IBM, to discuss The Interconnected Individual (4:55) and the book's optimistic outlook on the future, what mentoring looks like in a corporate setting at IBM and how to find a mentor (7:40), the characteristics of good mentors and how to prepare for mentorship (11:05), the characteristics of a good mentee and what to expect (15:00), and the different ways in which mentorship can benefit you (18:05).Learn more at InterconnectedIndividuals.com

Voices from 2020, Vol. 3, Published October 7, 2006. In this the third podcast in our “Voices from 2020” series, our intrepid time travelers FireHawk and Bill Veltrop once again visit an ideal year 2020, this time to interview Tom Atlee, who for many years has been one of this planet’s most articulate champions of our potential to turn our social and environmental challenges into positive developments for our society. Tom is a founder of the Co-Intelligence Institute. His 2003 book, The Tao of Democracy: using Co-Intelligence to Create a World that Works for All, introduced us to what it takes to tap into our capacity for wise democracy. In this interview Tom reveals how, in 2020, we have collectively begun to awaken, not only to face up to our various global challenges, but also to learn how to use the energy of global crises to fuel our conscious evolution as a people. His stories reinforced the importance of societal feedback loops as advanced by Gil Friend and Jeff Saperstein in our second Voices from 2020 podcast. He also highlighted the role played by some pioneering corporations in actively supporting our moving toward social and environmental wholeness.

Voices from 2020, Vol. 2, Published September 5, 2006. In this second of the “VOICES FROM 2020” series, Bill and FireHawk interview Jeff Saperstein, who has worked extensively in both business and academia and is passionately committed to coming up with measures that help us make the shift towards wholeness, and Gil Friend, President and CEO of Natural Logic, who comes at the measurement opportunity from years of engagement and innovation in the intersection between economy, ecology and community -- on the subject of how changing the metrics we use to measure success can lead to deep transformations in business and all parts of life.

Stranova Vol. 21, published June 27, 2006. While most of us in the so-called developed countries rest on our laurels, regions such as India, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Ireland, and Israel, among others, are surprising us with unexpected rapid economic growth. They’ve learned to leverage the power of communications in the information age, rapid learning often supported by a joint public/private partnership within the countries, and strong business relationships with the rest of the world. Our current episode explains a bit about how all this has come to pass, along with some interesting predictions of what other countries may be emerging soon that will join this list as some of the fastest-growing and technology-savvy in the world.