Podcast appearances and mentions of michele battle fisher

This is a discussion that encompasses technology, health, innovation, the future, and of course risk and uncertainty. It raises a number of fascinating and challenging questions around personal freedom and public protection. Today, we're talking transhumanism. My guest is Michele Battle-Fisher. Michele was my guest on episode 20. She is a respected systems theorist, bioethicist and futurist. Michele is an adjunct professor at Wright State University in Ohio, USA.  She is also a co-producer of an upcoming documentary called “Transhuman”. If that rings a bell, it might be because I had Ford Fisher, the documentary's other co-producer on episode 36 of All Things Risk. If you listened to that episode, you know that transhumanism is the belief or theory that through technology, we can evolve beyond our mental and physical limitations. It includes things like biohacking, genetic engineering and life extension. It is exciting, but also raises a number of questions and uncertainties. We explore these in this episode. For instance, if someone wants to hack their body, why should anyone interfere? As you'll hear, it can get complicated. Michele and I discuss: Transhumanism and personal freedoms; Whether or not these technologies should be regulated, and the constraints that might create for innovation; Unexpected consequences, risks and uncertainties associated with transhumanism; For instance what happens if the body rejects some of the changes to which it may be subjected?; Transhumanism and inequality; "Dark networks" and black market transhumanism; Loads more! Show notes: Michele's webpage: mbattlefisher.com She has a page dedicated to both the documentary as well as to her book Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy and Public Health Ethics which is a 2016 Doody's core title, selected as “essential” to medical knowledge. Michele on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MBattlefisher Michele on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbattlefisher/ Amazon author page: amazon.com/author/michelebattlefisher Transhuman (working Title) webpage: Http://www.transhumandocumentary.com Transhuman Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1813912155554321 Commentaries on transhumanism written by Michele: 1. https://impactethics.ca/2017/05/26/radical-technology-bodyhacking-medicine/amp/ 2.http://hipporeads.com/transhumanism-tech-entropy-and-fighting-for-a-future/ Episode 20 with Michele Episode 36 with Ford Fisher ________ My July 24 evening talk My July 28 breakfast talk  Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on: iTunes: http://apple.co/1PjLmKh Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo   _________

I had a number of excellent conversations with awesome guests this year that touched on “big picture” topics and it is my pleasure to share some highlights of these in the first of two “best of” episodes.  They discuss the origins of the calendar and the concept of time, systems thinking, corruption and ethics, the global financial crisis of 07-08, Brexit, Trump and technocracies, counterinsurgency, and saving lives.  Featured clips are from: Episode 4 with John Morrison: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/03/01/ep-4-john-morrison-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/ Episode 6 with Alison Taylor: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/03/23/ep-6-alison-taylor-culture-and-corruption/ Episode 7 with Robert Earl Stewart: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/04/05/episode-7-robert-earl-stewart-writing-running-poetry-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-rpwa/ Episode 12 with Kevin Knabe: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/05/17/ep-12-kevin-knabe-design-the-making-of-sense-and-how-everything-came-to-be-the-way-it-is/ Episode 13 with Stéphane Bussard: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/05/31/ep-13-stephane-bussard-diplomacy-history-the-individual-experience-and-the-craft-of-a-foreign-correspondent/ Episode 14 with Nick Copperwaite: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/06/09/ep-14-nick-copperwaite-leadership-from-counter-insurgency-operations-to-canary-wharf/ Episode 17 with Daniel Wagner: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/07/11/ep-17-daniel-wagner-global-risk-agility-and-decision-making/ Episode 20 with Michele Battle-Fisher: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/08/24/episode-20-michele-battle-fisher-systems-thinking-uncertainty-public-health-policy-course-puffins/ Episode 21 with Tony Haile: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/09/07/ep-21-tony-haile-polar-expeditions-media-digital-age-just-everything/ Episode 23 with Christine McNab: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/09/20/ep-23-christine-mcnab-art-saving-life/ Episode 32 with John Lark: http://www.allthingsrisk.co.uk/2016/12/13/ep-32-john-lark-context-confirmation-bias-achieving-want/ Stay tuned for Part Two! _____________________ Did you like this episode? Subscribe to the All Things Risk podcast, leave a rating or review, and share it on social media: Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on iTunes: http://apple.co/1PjLmKh Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiskThings Drop us a note: allthingsrisk@gmail.com Visit: www.allthingsrisk.co.uk – and find all episodes and ways to subscribe

SPECIAL GUEST: Michele Battle-Fisher. Health, and how we develop, treat, and enhance it, is something that affects all of us. Policies are frequently developed by those in power with little regard for those that have to live under those policies. From the water issues in Flint, Michigan, to the “soda tax” proposed by a variety of cities, these policies can have a wide variety of receptions and results. In this episode, we’re joined by systems thinker Michele Battle-Fisher to take a look at how the complex web of variables interacts to promote (or discourage) health outcomes. Recorded 9/25/2016. Show notes available at https://robotoverlordz.fm/show/428-ep00310-notes.

Do you ever feel like our organisations are trying to chisel fine sculptures with blunt instruments?  This could be a company pursuing a cost-cutting drive at the expense of innovation and growth, a public policy that aims to solve last year's problem instead of dealing with future challenges, or an education system transfixed on improving test scores at the expense of deeper education.  The world is complex, nuanced and much like one of this show's running themes, interconnected.  The world is digital, and yet, many of our approaches are analog, particularly in the realm of public policy. Fortunately, there is a better way to look at the world that embraced uncertainty and complexity.  It's called systems thinking and my guest today is an expert in this field.  Michele Battle-Fisher is a professor in the Department of Community Health at Wright State University in Ohio, USA.  She is also the author of a book called "Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy and Public Health Ethics: Public Health and Private Illness".  She is fun and engaging and we have a very nutrient dense conversation that covers: Michele's background and systems thinking origin story that involves a 5th grade speech contest; What systems thinking is and why it is useful for dealing with uncertainty and risk; Public policy, sub-optimal outcomes and predicting public behaviour; Health and the challenges associated with creating and meeting health targets (including an example from her book that looks at HIC amongst teens); Artificial intelligence (AI); Donald Rumsfeld's famous quote on "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns"; "policy puffins" How we can all become better systems thinkers And much more! Show notes: Michele's archived blog: orgcomplexity.wordpreess.com Michele's scholarship webpage: mbattlefisher.wix.com/orgcomplexity Michele's book- Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/Application-Systems-Thinking-Health-Policy/dp/3319122029/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470658466&sr=8-1&keywords=michele+battle-fisher Springer (publisher) http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319122021 Twitter @Mbattlefisher LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/mbattlefisher Facebook author page @michelebattlefisher HumanCurrent podcast @Letsworkhappy http://www.human-current.com Design4Emergence magazine @d4emergence @gabbleduck (editor- Stacy Hale) design4emergence.com LinkedIn Groups: System thinking network (formerly Systems Thinking World) UK Systems Society SNA for health Systems Thinking & System Dynamics Practitioners Global Network Select Research Institutes and Systems Focused Organizations: Sante Fe Institute santafe.edu Complexity Explorer (Sante Fe Institute) www.complexityexplorer.org Donella Meadows Institute www.donellameadows.org Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science http://www.bcsss.org/ International Society for the Systems Sciences http://isss.org Rethink Health rethinkhealth.org/ Waters Foundation www.watersfoundation.org System Dynamics Society systemdynamics.org/ Donald Rumsfeld Documentary http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2390962/ A few recommended books to introduce systems thinking: Meadows, D. (2008). Thinking in Systems- a primer. Chelsea Green: White River Junction, Vermont. Mitchell, M. (2011). Complexity: a guided tour. Oxford : New York. Kadushin, C. (2012). Understanding Social Networks. Oxford: New York. Caldarelli, G. & Catanzaro, M. (2012). Networks- a very short introduction. Oxford: New York. Holland, J. (2013). Complexity- a very short introduction. Oxford: New York. Watts, D. (2003). Six degrees- the science of a connected age. Norton: New York. Barabasi, A-L. (2010). Bursts- the hidden patterns behind everything we do, from your email to bloody crusades. Plume: New York. Barabasi, A-L. (2014). Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life. Basic Books: New York. Booth-Sweeney, L. & Meadows, D. (2010). The Systems Thinking Playbook. Chelsea Green: White River Junction, Vt. ______________ Did you like this episode? Subscribe to the All Things Risk podcast, leave a rating or review, and share it on social media: Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on iTunes: http://apple.co/1PjLmKh Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiskThings   Drop us a note: allthingsrisk@gmail.com Visit: www.allthingsrisk.com

Topic: Join us as we have a spirited conversation on the subject of customer engagement with our guests Michele Battle-Fisher and Joe Dager.   Hosts: Joseph Paris, Founder of the OpEx Society & The XONITEK Group of Companies Benjamin Taylor,  Managing Partner of RedQuadrant. Guests: Michele Battle-Fisher, Joe Dager [caption id="attachment_323" align="aligncenter" width="187"] Michele Battle-Fisher[/caption] About Michele: Michele Battle-Fisher is an established health policy scholar and bioethicist. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Community Health at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in the U.S.. In 2013, she founded and continue to cultivate Orgcomplexity which focuses scholarship on applying systems science concepts to health policymaking, bioethics and governance. After a stint as a visiting scholar at the Hastings Center, she dedicated her scholarship to pushing the policy and ethics world into largely uncharted territories of systems thinking and systems science. She is a vetted member of the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science, a think tank that follows the tenets established by Ludwig von Bertalanffy, the father of general systems theory. She established the Orgcomplexity blog (orgcomplexity.wordpress.com) which was the basis of her book, Applications of Systems Thinking to Health Policy and Public Health Ethics- Public Health and Private Illness (Springer). As a contributing writer for HIPPO Reads, her work has been featured by the Huffington Post and the HIPPO Reads magazine. [caption id="attachment_325" align="aligncenter" width="166"] Joe Dager[/caption] About Joe: Joe Dager is president of Business901, a firm specializing in bringing the continuous improvement process to the sales and marketing arena. He takes his process thinking of over thirty years in marketing within a wide variety of industries and applies it through Lean Marketing Concepts. Joe put himself through college utilizing the GI Bill, the result of being a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, and as a welder at Asphalt Drum Mixers. This hands-on approach and an education in both in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering has served him well becoming President of that company and later leaving to own Barlow Marketing, re-start Burke Heating Systems and Asphalt Machinery Corporation. He has over 30 years in the process equipment field and still regularly consults on some of the more difficult issues encountered. He is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and has participated with companies involved in retail, manufacturing, software and professional services along their Quality Journey. In these companies, Joe developed and implemented sales and marketing strategies. Always being a process thinker, he attached Lean to the way of implementing sales and marketing and has advanced those practices through Design Thinking and Service Design concepts. The Business901 Blog and Podcast include many leading edge thinkers and been featured numerous times for its contributions to the Bloomberg’s Business Week Exchange. Joe has authored four books with the most recent published this year, The Lean Engagement Team.

In this episode, Angie and Haley reflect upon the Human Current’s journey of curiosity, learning, and exploration in 2015. They listen to a few clips and highlights from some past guests including: Michele Battle-Fisher, Jason Dykstra, Isaac Morehouse, and Bonnie Caver. The complexity team compiled this episode to further explore and validate their theory that a complexity or systems thinking lens can be used in all aspects of life.

Public health policy scholar Michele Battle-Fisher reveals how systems thinking can bring new light to how disease, wellness and the effects of policy change spread through populations. From food deserts to "policy puffins", we learn some new things about the very real impact of chaos in healthcare, why time scales matter in measuring system impact, and why we need systems thinking education for tomorrow's policy-makers. 

Ever had trouble coming up with a single "right" answer? You're not alone. "Though we may be across the world, we breathe the same air," says public health policy scholar Michele Battle-Fisher. In this episode, interview guests and systems thinkers from our audience tell their stories of thinking outside the textbook, eureka moments, and the radical learning experiences that brought them into the systems thinking community.