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In einer Zeit, in der wir überall das Versagen etablierter Strukturen erleben, scheint es mir umso wichtiger zu sein, über neue Ideen nachzudenken und — im Rückgriff auf die letzte Episode mit Johan Norberg — viel offener und experimentierfreudiger zu sein. Mit »mehr vom selben« werden wir diese tiefe Krise, die Europa erfasst hat, nicht bewältigen können. Eine solche Idee, die international stetig an Zuspruch gewinnt, ist das Thema der heutigen Episode: Freie Privatstädte, Teil 2. Im Gespräch wieder Titus Gebel. Denn es gab vor über einem Jahr die erste Episode zu diesem Thema (Episode 77). Ich habe viel Feedback und Nachfragen zu der ersten Episode bekommen, daher freue ich mich darauf dieses spannende Thema nochmals aufgreifen zu können und neue Entwicklungen mit Dr. Gebel zu sprechen. Titus Gebel ist ein promovierter Völkerrechtler und Unternehmer mit einem weltweiten Netzwerk. Unter anderem war er Mitgründer und langjähriger CEO der an der Frankfurter Börse notierten Deutsche Rohstoff AG. Heute ist Titus Gebel der CEO von Tipolis, einem Singapurer Unternehmen, das neue Modelle des Zusammenlebens durch innovative Regierungskonzepte entwickelt. Er ist Autor des Buches "Freie Privatstädte – Mehr Wettbewerb im wichtigsten Markt der Welt", in dem er den Rahmen für die Gründung autonomer, privat verwalteter Rechtsräume darlegt. Dr. Gebel spielte eine wichtige Rolle bei der Gründung der bisher fortschrittlichsten Sonderzone, Próspera in Honduras. Er berät auch andere Länder bei der Innovation von Sonderwirtschaftszonen und ist Präsident der Free Cities Foundation, welche weltweit die Entwicklung von freien Städten fördert. Es hat noch einen weiteren Grund, warum diese Episode gerade jetzt aufgenommen wird. Einmal im Jahr findet die Liberty in our Lifetime Konferenz in Prag statt, dieses Jahr vom 1. - 3. Nov. Eine Konferenz, die sich mit dem Thema Freie Privatstädte beschäftigt und Interessenten aus der ganzen Welt anlockt. Ich werde an dieser Konferenz teilnehmen und auch versuchen, ein wenig von der Stimmung und von den Themen, die dort diskutiert werden, mitzunehmen und daraus eine Podcast-Episode zu machen. Daher können wir diese Episode auch als Einstimmung verstehen.  Wir beginnen mit einem »Elevator Pitch«, in der Dr. Gebel das Konzept der freien Privatstädte kurz vorstellt. Regierung als Dienstleistung — was sind diese Dienstleistungen, was sind die Kosten? Was sind wesentliche Probleme in der öffentlichen Verwaltung? Was ist das Principal Agent Problem? Was ist die Public Choice Problematik? Wie gehen wir mit Regeländerungen um?  Ist der Bürger zunehmend machtlos in den heutigen westlichen Nationen? Was ist die Idee des klassisch liberalen Minimalstaats, kann das funktionieren? Warum sollte das wünschenswert sein? Ist das vielleicht überhaupt eine unerhörte Idee? Es stellt sich die elementare Frage, worum sich der Staat kümmern soll, genauer gesagt, wozu er überhaupt die Kompetenz hat, sich zu kümmern. Wollen wir in Deutschland den »Übervater Staat«? Fallen wir gar in voraufklärerische Zeiten zurück? Mit welchen Makrotrends oder großen Fragen, die heute zum Glück langsam wieder thematisiert werden, überschneiden sich diese Konzepte? Konzepte von Freiheit, Verhältnis Bürger / Staat; wer muss sich vor wem rechtfertigen? Wie sind Unterschiede im Blickwinkel auf diese Fragen zwischen den USA und Europa?  Welche Probleme kann man zentralisieren und welche muss man dezentral lösen oder jedenfalls angehen? Kann Planwirtschaft, auch wenn sie in der Vergangenheit immer gescheitert ist, in der Zukunft dennoch erfolgreich sein, z. B. durch die Nutzung von »künstlicher Intelligenz«? Zieht jede Zentralisierung immer mehr Macht an sich? Aus Konzentration von Macht folgt keineswegs eine Konzentration von Wissen. Wie groß ist der Unterschied zwischen common law/case law gegenüber civil law in der »Philosophie« und in der Praxis? Sind die FPS nur eine »Meta-Idee«, die verschiedenste Ausprägungen erlauben? Sind in Wahrheit Experiment und Wettbewerb eines der führenden Prinzipien? Ist das aktuelle System reformierbar? »Der Staat soll nur Schiedsrichter sein und nicht mitspielen« Warum gibt es so viel Gegenwind gegen neue und unkonventionelle Ideen? »Wenn ich fremde Produkte verbieten muss, aus Angst, dass sie meine besten Leute abziehen, dann ist mit mir etwas nicht in Ordnung.« Wie ist der Umgang der früheren Leitmedien mit solchen neuen Vorschlägen? »Die Idee, dass die Menschen ihre Probleme selber lösen, ist nicht verbreitet.« Unter welchen Rahmenbedingungen funktioniert Demokratie überhaupt? Glauben die heutigen »Progressiven« überhaupt noch an die Demokratie, die sie angeblich ständig verteidigen müssen? Wird gerade die Majestätsbeleidigung wieder eingeführt?  Was sollten wir über Skalierung wissen? Ist die Stadt möglicherweise die beste politisch/organisatorische Größe? Wie unterscheiden sich die unterschiedlichen Konzepte, von der Sonderwirtschaftszone bis zur Freien Privatstadt? Was ist Seasteading — am Beispiel von Ocean Builders? Was macht Tipolis als Unternehmen, und wie geht es dem Vorzeigeprojekt Próspera? Sind diese Konzepte möglicherweise geeignet, um zu helfen, Afrika aus der Armut zu führen, nachdem die Ansätze der letzten Jahrzehnte keine wesentliche Verbesserung gebracht haben? Was können wir von Javier Milei in Argentinien erwarten? Symptom oder Zeitenwende? Referenzen Andere Episoden Episode 77: Freie Privatstädte, ein Gespräch mit Dr. Titus Gebel Episode 107: How to Organise Complex Societies? A Conversation with Johan Norberg Episode 103: Schwarze Schwäne in Extremistan; die Welt des Nassim Taleb, ein Gespräch mit Ralph Zlabinger Episode 96: Ist der heutigen Welt nur mehr mit Komödie beizukommen? Ein Gespräch mit Vince Ebert Episode 93: Covid. Die unerklärliche Stille nach dem Sturm. Ein Gespräch mit Jan David Zimmermann Episode 88: Liberalismus und Freiheitsgrade, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Christoph Möllers Episode 82: Smart Communities, ein Gespräch mit Ulrich Ahle Episode 73: Ökorealismus, ein Gespräch mit Björn Peters Episode 72: Scheitern an komplexen Problemen? Wissenschaft, Sprache und Gesellschaft — Ein Gespräch mit Jan David Zimmermann Episode 65: Getting Nothing Done — Teil 2 Episode 64: Getting Nothing Done — Teil 1 Episode 58: Verwaltung und staatliche Strukturen — ein Gespräch mit Veronika Lévesque Episode 26: Was kann Politik (noch) leisten? Ein Gespräch mit Christoph Chorherr Dr. Titus Gebel Homepage Dr. Titus Gebel Tipolis Free Cities Foundation Liberty in our Lifetime Conference, 1. - 3.Nov. 2024 Andere Referenzen Titus Gebel, Freie Privatstädte – Mehr Wettbewerb im wichtigsten Markt der Welt (2023) Próspera, Honduras Ocean Builders  

Clark County has been awarded two 2024 Governor's Smart Communities Awards for its Aging Readiness Plan and housing amendments. Learn more about how these plans will impact the community by reading the full article at https://tinyurl.com/36pk3mef on www.ClarkCountyToday.com. #ClarkCountyWa #GovernorsAwards #AgingReadinessPlan #HOSAP #CommunityPlanning #VancouverWa #localnews

Mike and Karen are joined by Dr. Alison Browne and Dr. Claire Hoolohan of The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to discuss the Ofwat-funded innovation project, 'Enabling Smart Water Communities.' A forward-thinking initiative focusing on developing the links between integrated water management, community involvement, and household water usage.    Get in touch with the show with any of your questions or comments: podcast@ccwater.org.uk   Timestamps  0:00 - Introduction and hellos 0:51 - Tony V's update on his water habits and how he's utilised tips from 'Waterfall' 3:46 - Dr. Alison Browne and Dr. Claire Hoolohan join the podcast and explain the work of the Tyndall Centre 5:39 - So, what is a water smart community? 9:10 - Do any WSCs exist yet? 11:32 - What are some of the new innovations within WSC communities? 14:40 - The impact of social norms 17:15 - Are we asking the wrong questions about water use? 20:03 - Big learning points of the project so far  22:23 - The lack of research on this topic in some areas 23:00 - The personal water use of the guests 24:46 - Querying the value of measuring water practices - personal use vs. population level  32:11 - Final thoughts and farewells  Show notes Enabling Water Smart Communities

Community News and Interviews for the Catskills & Northeast Pennsylvania

Vor ziemlich genau drei Jahren habe ich die erste Episode mit Herbert Saurugg aufgenommen. Der Titel der Episode 42 war Gesellschaftliche Verwundbarkeit, ein Blick hinter die Kulissen. In dieser Episode reflektiere ich mit Herbert, was seit damals geschehen ist. Zwar haben wir Covid mit vielen Schäden hinter uns gelassen, aber eine ganze Reihe von neuen Krisen ist hinzugekommen. Haben wir als Gesellschaft dazugelernt? Wo stecken die größten Risiken, besonders was Energie und Krisensicherheit und Logistik betrifft? Herbert Saurugg ist internationaler Blackout- und Krisenvorsorgeexperte, Präsident der Gesellschaft für Krisenvorsorge, Autor zahlreicher Fachpublikationen sowie gefragter Keynote-Speaker und Interviewpartner zum Thema „überregionaler Strom-, Infrastruktur- und Versorgungsausfall (‚Blackout‘)“. Der ehemalige Berufsoffizier beschäftigt sich seit 2011 mit der zunehmenden Verwundbarkeit der Gesellschaft und der Frage, wie wir diese wieder reduzieren können. Er betreibt dazu einen umfangreichen Fachblog und unterstützt Kommunen, Unternehmen und Organisationen bei einer ganzheitlichen Blackout-Vorsorge. Auch das Brettspiel »Neustart« muss unbedingt erwähnt werden, das als Blackout Simulation für Gemeinden, Krisenstäbe entwickelt wurde, mittlerweile aber auch für ein breiteres Publikum empfohlen werden kann. Auf unterhaltsame Weise kann man eine realistische und ganzheitliche Blackout-Bewältigung simulieren. Wie haben wir die Pandemie überwunden? Warum war eine Rückkehr zur vor-Pandemie Zeit nicht möglich? Was haben wir über Resilienz von Logistik und Lieferketten gelernt, begonnen mit Blockade des Suez-Kanals bis zum Ukraine-Krieg? Was hat es mit den Energiepreisen auf sich; was ist passiert, was sind die Ursachen? Die (geo)politischen und ökonomischen Unsicherheit haben nicht abgenommen, eher das Gegenteil. Was ist hier falsch gelaufen? In diesem Jahr erwarten uns noch US-Wahlen, das Ganze mit Vereinigten Staaten, die unter einem völlig erdrückenden Budgetdefizit leiden, und unter massiver Polarisierung der Gesellschaft, ausgelöst auch durch dysfunktionale Medien. Welche Rolle spielt China und der Rest der Welt in dieser Gemengelage? Stehen wir vor globalem Chaos? Was ist die positive Aussicht? Neuordnung, Neuanfang, aber in welche Richtung? Immerhin erleben wir immer mehr führende Manager, die endlich nicht mehr nur auf Linie des politischen Narrativs sprechen, sondern sich näher an der Wahrheit äußern: »Die Reserven, die unsere Großmütter und Großväter in das System eingebaut haben, sind aufgebraucht. Wir müssen jetzt handeln, damit wir die Ziele der Energiewende erreichen und die Elektrifizierung von Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Industrie umgesetzt werden kann.«, Gerhard Christiner, Vorstand Austrian Power Grid AG oder Leonhard Birnbaum, der zwar vergisst den ungeheuren Ressourcenverbrauch zu nennen, aber dennoch relativ offen spricht: »Erneuerbare verbrauchen zwei Dinge: Fläche und Geld«, Leonhard Birnbaum, CEO von EON Deutschland Warum bereiten Erneuerbare solche Probleme im Stromnetz? Was war mit den Prognosen der Vergangenheit? Was ist eingetreten, was ist nicht eingetreten? Haben wir das notwendige Backup für den aus Netzsicht qualitativ minderwertigen Strom der Erneuerbaren? Mittelwerte sind keine Basis für eine ernsthafte Energiestrategie. Was folgt daraus aus der Sicht systemischer gegenüber einzelteiliger Strategie und Förderung. Welche zeitlichen Dimensionen müssen bei Stromspeichern bedacht werden? Warum ist die Angabe installierter Leistung irreführend und vergleichsweise irrelevant? Welche Rolle spielt Digitalisierung beim Steuerungsbedarf und der Komplexität der Netze? Was sind dezentrale funktionale Einheiten und Energiezellen? Können diese das Problem verringern? Wie können Simulationen helfen? »Im Stromnetz zählt jede Sekunde« Funktioniert die deutsche »Energiewende« nur, weil der Rest Europas die Probleme des deutschen Netzes behebt? Was ist die Momentanreserve und warum ist diese so wesentlich? Stoßdämpfer des Netzes Wie sieht die Situation weltweit aus? Gibt es einen Kipppunkt im System, wo liegt der? Stehen wir in vielen Industrienationen vor einer »Nigerianisierung« der Netze? Naive Effizienzmaßnahmen stehen meist im Gegensatz zu Redundanz: “Most modern efficiencies are deferred punishment.”, Nassim Taleb Bauen wir die Reserven der Vergangenheit auf (wie auch das Zitat von Christiner nahelegt) — was machen wir dann in der Zukunft? Das scheint keine nachhaltige und schon gar nicht resiliente Idee zu sein. Wie gehen wir etwa mit dem steigenden Wartungsbedarf immer größerer Infrastruktur um, die sich ergibt, wenn man Energie mit geringer Energiedichte produziert? Welche Rolle spielt der Mangel an Fachpersonal? Bilden wir die Leute richtig aus? Der Wettbewerb ist heute international. Beim Kampf ums Überleben und der Notwendigkeit, immer neue Auflagen zu erfüllen, bleibt die Strategie und das langfristige Denken oft auf der Strecke. Dazu kommt, dass Bürokratie zur Selbstverstärkung neigt. Warum werden Energieanbieter nicht gleichwertig behandelt? Die Allgemeinheit zahlt die Gewinne und nimmt die Risiken, die etwa Erneuerbaren-Anbieter ökonomisch schaffen. Was ist die globale Perspektive — besonders, wenn man an Nationen wie China oder Indien und deren Nutzung von Kohle denkt? War die Abschaltung der Kernkraftwerke in Deutschland eine gute Idee? Was ist die verdeckte Agenda? Geht es manchen politischen Akteuren nicht um eine ökonomisch und ökologisch sinnvolle Strategie, sondern um ideologische Erfolge, wie das Schrumpfen der Wirtschaft? Warum wird das dann nicht ehrlich kommuniziert? Welche Rolle spielt Energieintensität? Fossile Energie und Kernkraft kann nicht mit Energieformen wie vor zweitausend Jahren ersetzt werden, ohne dramatische Einschränkungen für die Gesellschaft, die in der Regel die Schwächsten trifft — sowohl national, besonders aber auch global. “Fossil fuels now supply about 83% of the world's commercial energy, compared to 86% in the year 2000. The new renewables (wind and solar) now provide (after some two decades of development) still less than 6% of the world's primary energy, still less than hydroelectricity.” “Four Pillars of Modern Civilization: ammonia, plastics, steel and concrete.” “Making just these four materials requires nearly 20% of the world's total energy supply generating about 25% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Alternative, non-carbon, ways of making these materials are known — but none is available for immediate large-scale commercial deployment.”, Vaclav Smil Verstehen Aktivisten und Politik die großen Zusammenhänge und Dimensionen moderner Zivilisation? »Wer Just Stop Oil operativ ernst nimmt, nimmt den Tod von Milliarden Menschen in Kauf.« Es gibt einen wesentlichen Unterschied zwischen vermeintlich guten Ideen und deren Umsetzung, Smart Metering als Beispiel für den Unterschied zwischen Ambition und Umsetzung. Es wird regelmäßig der zweite Schritt vor dem ersten gemacht, mit fatalen Konsequenzen.  “The world you see everywhere around you, could never have been built by the people you see now living within it”, Erik Weinstein, Tweet (2023) Was ist Chestertons Fence, und was können wir davon lernen? Was passiert bei einem Stromausfall? Wir sehen massive Abhängigkeit von Logistik — was sind die Folgen? Haben wir im Bereich des Zivilschutzes seit dem letzten Gesprächs Fortschritte gemacht? Gibt es einen Unterschied zwischen Österreich und Deutschland? »Die persönliche Ebene ist durch nichts zu ersetzen« Referenzen Andere Episoden Episode 90: Unintended Consequences (Unerwartete Folgen) Episode 82: Smart Communities, ein Gespräch mit Ulrich Ahle Episode 81: Energie und Ressourcen, ein Gespräch mit Dr. Lars Schernikau Episode 79: Escape from Model Land, a Conversation with Dr. Erica Thompson Episode 76: Existentielle Risiken Episode 74: Apocalype Always Episode 73: Ökorealismus, ein Gespräch mit Björn Peters Episode 72: Scheitern an komplexen Problemen? Wissenschaft, Sprache und Gesellschaft — Ein Gespräch mit Jan David Zimmermann Episode 65: Getting Nothing Done — Teil 2 Episode 64: Getting Nothing Done — Teil 1 Episode 62: Wirtschaft und Umwelt, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn Episode 51: Vorbereiten auf die Disruption? Ein Gespräch mit Herbert Saurugg und John Haas Episode 46: Activism, a Conversation with Zion Lights Episode 45: Mit »Reboot« oder Rebellion aus der Krise? Episode 42: Gesellschaftliche Verwundbarkeit, ein Blick hinter die Kulissen: Gespräch mit Herbert Saurugg Episode 36: Energiewende und Kernkraft, ein Gespräch mit Anna Veronika Wendland Herbert Saurugg Gesellschaft für Krisenvorsorge Fachblog Brettspiel: »Neustart« Initiative »Mach mit! Österreich wird krisenfit!« Initiative »Schritt für Schritt krisenfit« Leitfäden für die Vorsorge Leitfaden für die Blackout-Vorsorge in Unternehmen und Organisationen - Blackout-Vorsorgeplan Fachliche Referenzen Ray Dalio, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail, Simon and Schuster (2021) Weltordnung im Wandel: Vom Aufstieg und Fall von Nationen (Blog Herbert Saurugg) Gerhard Christiner, Zitat auf LinkenId (2024) Leonhard Birnbaum, CEO von EON Deutschland, Zitat aus Interview (2024) Nassim Taleb, Efficiency Quotation (Twitter) Vaclav Smil, The energy historian who says rapid decarbonization is a fantasy, Los Angeles Times (2022) Chestertons Fence Das europäische Stromversorgungssystem im Umbruch (2024) Unbequeme Wahrheiten über Strom und die Energie der Zukunft (Blog Herbert Saurugg) Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid (Blog Herbert Saurugg) Die Zerbrechlichkeit der Welt: Kollaps oder Wende. Wir haben es in der Hand. (Blog Herbert Saurugg) Energy Storage and Civilization: A Systems Approach (Blog Herbert Saurugg) Scale – Die universalen Gesetze des Lebens von Organismen, Städten und Unternehmen (Blog Herbert Saurugg) How Everything Can Collapse: A Manual for our Times (Blog Herbert Saurugg) Die Grenzen des Denkens (Blog Herbert Saurugg) Nassim Taleb, Skin in the Game, Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life, Penguin (2018) Der Seneca-Effekt. Warum Systeme kollabieren und wie wir damit umgehen können (Blog Herbert Saurugg)

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we're sharing my interview with Samuel Austin from Episode 340, which was published in May 2023. Sam is an Urban Planner, Community Engagement Specialist and Placemaker, and also the NSW Young Planner of the Year 2022. In this episode, Sam tells us about his background in urban city planning, and his interest and passion for the relationship between people and place. We talk about the role data plays in planning and analysis of how people are using spaces, and Sam tells us about his work on the neon grid and nighttime economy strategy for Sydney. Sam and I discuss the importance of breaking down barriers and silos within cities and communities to foster an integrated approach for a seamless experience for customers, as well as what the nightime economy and neon grid looks like in semi urban and regional or rural settings. Sam tells us about community engagement projects he's worked on in Sydney and we finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of live data allowing for appropriate and timely responses to community requirements. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Sam on LinkedIn  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome back to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we're sharing my interview with Dr. Michaela Musilova from Episode 339 which was released in May 2023. Dr. Michaela Musilova is an astrobiologist, speaker, analog astronaut and author. Michaela has been conducting space-related research at institutions around the world and was the Director of HI-SEAS and Commander of over 30 simulated missions to the Moon and Mars, in collaboration with NASA, ESA and many international organizations. She also writes articles for Space.com and co-authored her biography, A Woman from Mars. In this episode, Michaela tells us about her passion for space and for life on earth, how she got into this Space space, and some of the challenges she has overcome to pursue this dream. She tells us about why it's so important to share with the public how science is helping humanity and how diversity and also food have both been key to the success of the missions she's been involved with.  Michaela then tells us about the projects she's worked on, including the Astro Seven Summits, which is focused on performing research related to life in space and also on extreme environments on earth. Michaela and I talk about how to link space exploration science with climate change, as well as what she thinks will happen on the first missions of humans living on Mars.  We finish our chat talking about whether there really is life on other planets, and Michaela tells us what she thinks about the likelihood of finding it. As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Follow her on LinkedIn and Facebook, or on Instagram and Twitter @astro_michaela  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. We're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week to kick off the series, we're sharing my interview with Martin Darcy, who was on the show back in July 2022 in Episode 303. Martin is the Service Manager of Business and Innovation with Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council. In this episode, Martin starts off by telling us about his background in the tourism industry, his past roles and current role working in local government, and Martin tells us what a Smart Community means to him. Martin then tells us a bit about how his role at the Council has evolved over time, some of the challenges in the Smart Communities space he has faced in this time, before he discusses his experience working to embed Smart Communities in his organisation. He then shares with us some lessons learnt when measuring and monitoring Smart Community benefits, as well as some of the communication and community engagement challenges he has faced.  We then discuss the importance of educating the community about the benefits of Smart Communities and some of the elements that contribute to dealing with change. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of using data to make better informed decisions. There's a few audio glitches in this interview but it's a great conversation so we hope you will forgive us the imperfections. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community  Connect with Martin via LinkedIn  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community   Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! Welcome back to the Smart Community Podcast. In this episode I have a fantastic conversation with Calum Handforth. Calum works for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and has led innovation and digitalisation efforts globally, as well as advised governments around the world. He was also Co-Chair of the Digital Infrastructure Taskforce, part of the World Economic Forum's G20 Working Group on Smart Cities. In this episode, Calum and I discuss the types of things he works on at the UNDP, and the progress made on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals since they were introduced in 2015. We talk about using data and storytelling to drive progress and innovation, including Calum's BLT acronym when thinking about data, and the potential of open source digital solutions to improve city infrastructure and services. Calum tells us about his favourite project he's worked on at the UNDP, that incorporated a human-centred design approach to improve a market in Gambia, and the emerging trends of refocusing on the city as the centre of innovation and development.  We finish our chat discussing the importance of community and of sharing failures to achieve SDGs and Smart Community outcomes, plus the power of celebrating even small wins. As always we hope you have enjoyed this episode as much as we have enjoyed making it. Connect with Calum on LinkedIn, @calumah on Twitter/X and via email calum.handforth@undp.org Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity Friends, in this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I had a fantastic conversation with Nicole Stephensen, Partner at IIS Partners, a prominent privacy consultancy in Australia, where she leads privacy strategy and services. Long time listeners will remember that Nicole was on the podcast way back in Episode 69, in 2018, and again on our Covid Catch Up YouTube series in 2020. In this episode, Nicole and I discuss what's changed in the privacy landscape in the last few years, for better and for worse, including data breaches and the review of Australia's Privacy Act. Nicole reminds us of the essential principle of "Nothing about me, without me," stressing the imperative to engage and involve the community in co-designing solutions. We explore the vital role of public servants in keeping the needs of the community as a focus, and touch on the crossover between information security and privacy. Nicole and I then discuss the pros and cons of privacy laws and regulations, and Nicole advocates for a shift away from ‘incremental change' in order to keep pace with the speed of technological advances. We finish our chat talking about the emerging trend of the intersection of privacy and AI, the potential for Smart City and Privacy Standards to be combined, and why we need to rethink the term ‘responsible AI'. As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Nicole on LinkedIn or via IIS Partners Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Today - Recently, nearly 6,000 residents received a mailer that mimicked the look of a legitimate newspaper. Branded as The Wenatchee Record, this publication has sparked a debate about the boundaries of political advertising. And later - Leavenworth has been honored in this year's Governor's Smart Communities Awards with the Judges Merit Award.Support the show: https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/site/forms/subscription_services/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends. In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I have a great chat with Karandeep Chadha. Karandeep has two decades of diverse work experience in government services, infrastructure asset management, property, procurement, supply chain, consumer goods, technology and financial services industries for top tier Australian, US and European organisations. In this episode Karandeep tells us about his passion for innovation and Smart Cities, and how he ended up in the Smart Community Space. We talk about the importance of coming back to the business purpose and community requirements when implementing Smart solutions, and why foundational transferable skills are so beneficial considering the broad range of skills needed in the Smart Community. Karandeep tells us about some of the projects he's been working on, including what he has been learning from New Zealand's smaller scale ‘do more with less' approach. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of cyber security and data privacy, as well as the need for affordability of Smart initiatives, and why partnering across different sectors and industries is the next step for Smart Communities. As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Karandeep via LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! In this episode of the Smart Community podcast, I'm excited to have Jennifer Sanders back on the show for the 3rd time! Jennifer was also on the podcast back in Episode 170 and also Episode 284, so make sure you go back and check out those great conversations after you've listened to this one. I'm also excited to announce that Jennifer and I will be speaking on a panel together in Barcelona and the Smart Cities Expo World Congress on the 7th November 2023! It's going to be fantastic.  In this episode, Jennifer tells us about what she does with the Dallas Innovation Alliance and some of the projects she's worked on there, including a Digital Inclusion Project and a Drones and Robotics project. We discuss the different ways the Dallas Innovation Alliance collaborates with other groups and how it's different to a traditional approach, as well as what's changed in the last 18 months since she was last on the show. Jennifer then shares with us a bit about the Urban Resilience Fellows Program they are working on, which of course has an interdisciplinary focus, and the power of brave conversations and courageous collaborations for solving wicked problems.  Jennifer and I finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of the fact that now you can find someone talking about almost everything within the Smart Community space, and why we need to lean into multigenerational connections and collaborations as the next step for Smart Communities. As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn or via www.ntxia.org  or Dallasinnovationalliance.com   Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends. In this episode I have a fantastic conversation with Josh Sattler, the cofounder of TwentySeven Technologies and CEO of Circl Group. Josh tells us about his background in economic development and technology within local government, particularly at the City of Darwin, and how that led him to the companies he's started. Josh and I discuss the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance community connectivity, as well as the benefits and risks of AI, and the need for diversity in the AI space. Josh tells us about some of the possibilities of using AI in government to make data driven decisions, and how he's using AI daily in his work these days.  Josh and I then discuss his work at the City of Darwin, including the challenges and the project he's most proud of, the MyDarwin online platform for economic stimulus that began during the early days of the pandemic and is still going strong. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of the way Gen Z and Generation Alpha are integrating technology as they participate in society and why co-design with young people is the next step for Smart Communities. As always, I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Josh on LinkedIn or via TwentySeven Tech or Circl Group Pty Ltd Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Chris is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He's also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast.   Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990's and selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker/owner which maintained high per-agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The 2000's included coaching ½ million and higher REALTORs® in order to scale & automate their business throughout the US and Canada. He also participated (and still does selectively) in doing condo conversions (multi-family homes to condos) and “raise the roof” projects (converting single-family ranches to colonials in growth neighborhoods).   Chris has been a big advocate of constant education and participates regularly in high-end mastermind groups, as well as consults with private mentors. He runs his own buying and selling businesses with his family team, which buys 2-5 properties monthly, so they're in the trenches every single week. They also help clients do the same thing around the country.   Chris and his family team have done over 80 million in real estate transactions. They mentor, coach, consult, and actually partner with students around the country (by application only) to do exactly what they do.   What you will learn in this episode: How a one minute decision can change your life The importance of finding your why How the High 6 and the Wicked Smart Community can guide you toward success What you can expect as a member of the Wicked Smart Community How your unseen work sets you apart in your market What sets the Wicked Smart Community aside from other real estate communities   Resources: Everyone is always asking us, “How is it possible to buy real estate without using my own cash or credit?” With decades of combined experience in real estate, we've perfected the process of investing creatively. We want to share as much as we can with you, which is exactly why we're running this FREE workshop! If you're thinking about leaving your job, escaping the W-2 lifestyle, and starting on the path towards creating generational wealth — this is for you! To register, just visit: smartrealestatecoach.com/pcws.   Schedule a free strategy session with us. This is an opportunity for you to have an honest conversation with our team about your background, investment goals and create some action steps toward creating the life of your dreams. Together we'll discover where you are, where you want to be, and what's in the way. Just visit: smartrealestatecoach.com/action.   Our free Master's Class is the ONLY webinar where you're given the exact techniques we use in our family company to buy and sell homes every month — all across North America and ALL on TERMS! Register by visiting: smartrealestatecoach.com/mastersclass   The Wicked Smart Investor's Toolkit is a great way to dip your toe in the water of buying properties on terms. Here you'll receive seller scripts, our investor blueprint, be able to listen to live calls, and much more! Enroll for free at smartrealestatecoach.com/tools   The Quantum Leap System has everything you'll need to start buying and selling on terms (without banks and without your own money or credit), launch & scale a business that fits your goals, and strengthen your mindset so you can follow the proven path to becoming a successful real estate investor. You can learn more by visiting: smartrealestatecoach.com/qls.   For additional information on lead generation, funding, mindset coaching, legal assistance, virtual staffing, and business growth, visit the Investor Resources section of our website at: smartrealestatecoach.com/resources.   Follow Chris and Zach on Club House to learn even more about deal structures and how to get 3 paydays from your real estate investments.   Chris's Book: Real Estate on Your Terms by Chris Prefontaine   Instant Real Estate Investor eBook: SmartRealRstateCoach.com/ebook   Find our next workshop here: https://smartrealestatecoach.com/workshop   If you're looking to secure some lines of credit for your business, check out Fund and Grow: www.Smartrealestatecoach.com/fundandgrow   Learn more about Associate Coaching Program Funding here: www.smartrealestatecoach.com/funding   90-Day Jump Start: www.smartrealestatecoach.com/jump   Nat Processing Website: www.natprocessing.com   Request a free copy of our best-selling book, Real Estate On Your Terms and Deal Structure Overtime, at absolutely no charge: WickedSmartBooks.com   Additional resources:  Apply to be part of the Wicked Smart Community: www.smartrealestate.com/apply   Get your free books: www.wickedsmartbooks.com/youtube

Hi #SmartCommunity friends. Welcome back to another episode of the Smart Community Podcast. I'm excited to share this episode with Bas Boorsma, the founder & CEO of Urban Innovators Inc and the author of ‘A New Digital Deal'. I have been wanting to get Bas on the podcast for a while and we finally made it happen. In this episode, Bas tells us about his 2 decade background in urban innovation and his passion for the course of human progress throughout history, and what a Smart Community means to him. We discuss the importance of balancing co-design and bottom up approaches with discernment and leadership, and the need for pragmatism and realism when engaging with citizens. Bas tells us about the maturing of Smart Community thinking over the years he's been in the industry, and why governments and the public sector must balance their risk aversion with moonshot thinking if we are going to solve the problems facing us today.  Bas and I discuss his stint as the Chief Digital Officer for the City of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and the biggest projects and challenges there, including the practical things that can stop innovation in government. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of Smart City silos, the opportunities for AI to help humanity, and the importance of being open-minded about different cultural approaches driving convergence to what works best for the community. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Bas on LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTubeThe Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! Welcome back to another episode of the Smart Community podcast. In this episode I have a great conversation with Michael Healy and Grace de Leon from Smart Christchurch, in New Zealand. You might remember Michael as he has been on the podcast before, Episode 244 in 2021. Michael and Grace tell us about their backgrounds, and the biggest changes they've seen in the Smart Community space over the last 6 years including the shift from technology-first to community-first approaches. We discuss the maturing of the Smart Community conversation towards more collaborative and out-comes focused work, and the natural progression from buzz words and pilots to substance and getting a return on investment for Smart initiatives.  Michael and Grace tells us about a couple of projects Smart Christchurch has been working on, including a fire detection network and a Smart View Data Sharing platform. We then talk about the Innovation Expo happening in Christchurch on the 10th and 11th of September 2023. I'm excited to be emceeing the event and can't wait to be involved because they have some really interesting opportunities for engaging community and young people, not just the usual Smart City types.  We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends and what we'd like to see next in the space, from eSports to Smart Regions. As always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Grace and Michael on LinkedIn Find out more about the Innovation Expo via the website Innovationexpo.nz  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast I have a brilliant conversation with Nancy Odendaal, who you may remember from way back in Episode 3 (back when we were still called the Smart City Podcast).  Nancy is Professor of City and Regional Planning at University of Cape Town and has been in this city space for decades. In this episode, Nancy and I discuss what Smart Community means to her and her research in Cape Town during the pandemic. We talk about data politics and how they relate to the city, city systems and infrastructure management.  Nancy then tells us about her book, ‘Disrupted Urbanism: Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities', why she wrote it and some of the lessons from it. We discuss the importance of co-designing and co-creating the Smart City with the community, and the emerging trends of interpreting AI from a more localised community perspective.  We finish our chat discussing the move towards a hybrid of old-fashioned offline community approaches combined with technological solutions as the next step in Smart Communities. As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Nancy on Facebook, Instagram at @nomadicnancy Instagram or via email Nancy.odendaal@uct.ac.za  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends, in this episode of the Smart Community podcast I have a wonderful chat with Boopsie Maran. Boopsie is the founder and director of urban strategy at Places for Good, a collaborative of community advocates, planners, landscape architects, and artists, in Auckland, New Zealand.  Boopsie and I discuss her background and passion for walkability and ensuring the safety of kids independently travelling to school. We discuss what a Smart Community means to Boopsie and why the organisation is called Places for Good.  We talk about how to ask the right questions to collect the necessary data to make better decisions and the difficulties with measuring and communicating liveability and walkability benefits, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Boopsie tells us about the project she's working on now involving walkability infrastructure improvement for a stretch of land near a school in Auckland, and the problems with short-term political cycles in local governments when it comes to liveability projects.  We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of using apps to feed community input back to local governments, and where to next when it comes to the efficiency of feeding data back to the people that make decisions in Smart Cities and Communities.  As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.  Connect with Boopsie on LinkedIn  Connect with Places for good via their website www.placesforgood.com or @placesforgood on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends, welcome back to another episode of The Smart Community Podcast. In this episode, I have a brilliant conversation with Natasha Blycha, the founder of the boutique digital law firm Stirling & Rose. Natasha advises on web 3.0, crypto assets, data, privacy, digital asset infrastructure and smart legal contracts and helped author the 2022 Oxford Smart Legal Contract text. In this episode, Natasha tells us about her background in emerging tech law and her passion for the digital free movement, and we discuss the need to balance frictionless tech solutions while still keeping humans involved and able to intervene in Smart Communities.  Natasha and I explore the rise of artificial intelligence and the possibilities of Smart Legal Contracts, as well as discussing the potential ‘terms and conditions' of Smart Cities. Natasha tells us why she has a digital free room in her house and the human need to disconnect, and we talk about the benefits and risks of digital free national parks and other public spaces.  We finish our chat discussing the emerging idea of our ‘implantable' future, and the need for regulated digital quiet times within it, as well as where to next for making data and AI more equitable.  You might have noticed in the last few episodes, we have left the ‘where to next for Smart Cities and Communities' question in the main interview. We are making a little shift in our programming going forwards and won't be doing the ‘Where to Next' mash up episodes anymore. As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.  Connect with Natasha on LinkedIn or the Stirling and Rose website  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! In this episode I have a fascinating conversation with Monalisha Thakur, the co-founder and CMO at Tummoc. Tummoc is India's first multi-modal transport app that provides accurate real-time public transport information, easy ticketing options and last-mile connectivity.  In this episode, Monalisha tells us about her varied background in music and sales, and the problems she encountered commuting on public transport over the years that got her thinking about digitisation solutions. We talk about what Smart Community means to Monalisha and why everybody should have access to convenience and time-saving transport options, not just the wealthy.  Monalisha tells us about the journey of starting Tummoc, how the multimodal single ticket system works for users and the huge feat behind the digitisation of a whole transit network. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of making public transit users aware of the sustainability impacts they're making by green commuting and what's next for Tummoc. As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Monalisha on LinkedIn or Twitter @mthakur69 Find out more about Tummoc at https://www.tummoc.com Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! On this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I have a brilliant chat with Katie Patrick. Katie is an environmental engineer, software designer, author and repeat guest who was last on the show in June 2021 in Episode 234. Katie tells us about her background and why she's passionate about sustainability, as well as how feedback loops are central to her idea of Smart Communities. Katie and I discuss the need for individual actions as well as systemic change, and what she's been up to since she was last on the podcast, including some of the gamification projects to get individuals to take more sustainability actions. Katie explains the power of human conversation and group identify for driving behavioural change, and the deep need we have for community connectedness. We finish our chat discussing the potential of using goal directed psychology in the sustainability movement and why it should be the next emerging trend. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.  Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends. In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I have a brilliant conversation with Tegan Kop, an applied innovation expert and the lead for the Smart City Incubator at City of Melbourne. Tegan and I discuss their background and how they landed in the Smart Community space. They then tell us about some of their favourite projects working at the City of Melbourne Smart City Office, including behind-the-scenes nerdy stuff like managing data across the lifecycle. We talk about how the City of Melbourne is being transparent and accountable in the data they collect and inviting people into the conversation to build data and digital literacy of the community, as well as the global trend of mistrust towards both government and tech companies.  Tegan and I explore the opportunity for scaling local government tasks through sharing data and practice, as well as the ways our personal digital footprints could be better used if we had control or access. We finish our chat discussing the vital importance of digital inclusion and accessibility, including a great example of how the City of Melbourne approached digital exclusion and isolation during the lockdowns. As always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community  Connect with Tegan on LinkedIn  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! I'm back with another bonus episode of the Smart Community Podcast sharing various guests answers to the question, ‘Where to next with Smart Cities and Communities?” And this time I'm sharing with you the answers from these guests:  Tim Neale from Episode 337 Julia Spicer from Episode 338 Dr. Michaela Musilova from Episode 339 Samuel Austin from Episode 340 Some themes that come through in the guest answers are around regionalisation and continued growth and investment in our regional areas, but also in the way we can continue to use technology and data to inform planning and analysis and decision making at all levels: local, state, national and even global.  The other theme that comes through in these snippets is around the opportunity for people to get involved in the Smart Community, whether it's at the leadership level of business, industry or government, or just in the new job types and skillsets needed for the continued growth and development of our modern communities.  As Michaela says, “Even helping community on a small scale, if it's your neighbourhood or whatever it is, it's still going to make that a better place and it's still going to make a difference.” As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends, welcome back to the Smart Community podcast. In this episode, I have a great conversation with Samuel Austin. Sam is an Urban Planner, Community Engagement Specialist and Placemaker, and also the NSW Young Planner of the Year 2022. In this episode, Sam tells us about his background in urban city planning, and his interest and passion for the relationship between people and place. We talk about the role data plays in planning and analysis of how people are using spaces, and Sam tells us about his work on the neon grid and nighttime economy strategy for Sydney. Sam and I discuss the importance of breaking down barriers and silos within cities and communities to foster an integrated approach for a seamless experience for customers, as well as what the nighttime economy and neon grid looks like in semi urban and regional or rural settings. Sam tells us about community engagement projects he's worked on in Sydney and we finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of live data allowing for appropriate and timely responses to community requirements. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Sam on LinkedIn  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! Welcome back to another episode of the Smart Community Podcast. In this episode I have a fascinating conversation with Dr. Michaela Musilova, an astrobiologist, speaker, analog astronaut and author. Michaela has been conducting space-related research at institutions around the world and was the Director of HI-SEAS and Commander of over 30 simulated missions to the Moon and Mars, in collaboration with NASA, ESA and many international organizations. She is currently a visiting Professor at the Slovak University of Technology, Global Faculty at the International Space University and Head of Research of the space technology company NEEDRONIX. She also writes articles for Space.com and co-authored her biography, A Woman from Mars. In this episode, Michaela tells us about her passion for space and for life on earth, how she got into this Space space, and some of the challenges she has overcome to pursue this dream. She tells us about why it's so important to share with the public how science is helping humanity and how diversity and also food have both been key to the success of the missions she's been involved with.  Michaela then tells us about the projects she's worked on, including the Astro Seven Summits, which is focused on performing research related to life in space and also on extreme environments on earth. Michaela and I talk about how to link space exploration science with climate change, as well as what she thinks will happen on the first missions of humans living on Mars.  We then discuss the emerging trend of commercial investment in space and especially in things like rockets, but why it's not just rockets that make successful missions. Michaela shares with us her concerns about the commercial space race potentially taking unnecessary risks for the sake of meeting goals and boosting egos.  We finish our chat talking about whether there really is life on other planets, and Michaela tells us what she thinks about the likelihood of finding it. As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect: Follow her on LinkedIn and Facebook, or on Instagram and Twitter @astro_michaela  Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends, welcome back to the Smart Community Podcast. This month we are highlighting Smart Regions with two fantastic guests. If you haven't yet listened to our interview with Tim Neale in the last episode, I definitely recommend listening to it after this one. In this episode, I have a wonderful chat with repeat guest and Queensland Chief Entrepreneur, Julia Spicer. We first had Julia on the podcast way back in Episode 152, which was in January 2020. (The beforetimes!) In this episode, Julia and I discuss what a Smart Community means for her and what has changed for Queensland regions since January 2020. We talk about the COVID experience and how it can teach us about what rural communities experience in prolonged drought and other parallel type experiences. Julia tells us about the generosity of spirit that she sees coming through in regional Queensland, and what COVID has taught us in terms of regional and industry level resilience.  Julia and I explore the role of technology and data when responding to crisis, and the role of government in supporting people and businesses to modernise. We talk about the absolute necessity of internet connectivity and the challenges and opportunities for Smart Communities in regional areas. Julia then tells us about the projects she's involved in as part of her role with the Office of the Chief Entrepreneur in Queensland, as well as the emerging trends of global workforce shortages and the need for sovereign capability in Australia to support supply chains and industries. We finish our chat discussing how everyone in Queensland can leverage the opportunity of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, even if you think it doesn't apply to you. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.  Connect with Julia via LinkedIn or with Engage and Create Consulting on Facebook and Instagram @engageandcreate Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends, and welcome to our second Mobility March episode! In this episode of the Smart Community podcast, I have a brilliant conversation with Michael Wanyama. Michael and I met at Smart City World Expo in Barcelona in November 2022 where his company Auto Safety Uganda won the Innovation Category of the World Smart City Award. In this episode Michael and I discuss his background in IT and automatic technology and why he's so passionate about happy, healthy and inclusive communities. Michael tells us about the context in Kampala, Uganda, why it's the best tourist destination in Africa and also about some of the challenges Uganda faces with traffic safety, vehicle reliability and air pollution due to lack of systems, skills, infrastructure and regulation. We talk about the many different areas of the community that transport impacts and the importance of supporting the community in the process of transitions to new and cleaner mobility options.  Michael tells us about the projects they are working on, including upskilling mechanics, promoting gender inclusivity in the automotive industry and collecting data to support policy change in Uganda. We also discuss the problem of African nations having to ‘copy and paste' solutions from other countries but finding they don't work in the African context. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of great ideas and policies being stymied by the lack of resources and skillsets to implement the changes, as well as the need for community engagement, leadership and education to work together to solve these problems. As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Connect with Michael on Twitter or LinkedIn Follow AutoSafety Uganda on Twitter, LinkedIn or their website www.autosafety-ug.org   Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity Friends and welcome to Mobility March! This month I have 2 great episodes for you all about the theme of mobility. In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I have a great chat with Mike Day from integrated planning, design and placemaking practice Hatch RobertsDay. Mike tells us about his background in town planning and why he is so passionate about shaping neighbourhoods and making better places for humans and nature. We have a great discussion about his aversion to the term Smart and the importance of long-term thinking in building sustainable, connected and liveable cities. Mike shares a great example of this regarding putting a train line in a new suburb, and how some governments don't do it because they are caught up in short term thinking. Mike and I explore how we can make more accessible neighbourhoods that privilege the transport modes of walking and cycling over cars, and why it's town planning and design to blame for our current car dependence. We talk about the decline of kids walking to school and the importance of planning places and cities for children. Mike then tells us a bit about the history of Copenhagen's intentional creation of a culture of active transport and what we can learn from precedents like that. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of the distributed or hybrid workplace, the future of mobility in our neighbourhoods, plus the new dual mandate for Transport Departments of both movement AND place. As always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn and Twitter @walkplace Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Chris is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He's also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990's and selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker/owner which maintained high per-agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The 2000's included coaching ½ million and higher REALTORs® in order to scale & automate their business throughout the US and Canada. He also participated (and still does selectively) in doing condo conversions (multi-family homes to condos) and “raise the roof” projects (converting single-family ranches to colonials in growth neighborhoods). Chris has been a big advocate of constant education and participates regularly in high-end mastermind groups, as well as consults with private mentors. He runs his own buying and selling businesses with his family team, which buys 2-5 properties monthly, so they're in the trenches every single week. They also help clients do the same thing around the country. Chris and his family team have done over 80 million in real estate transactions. They mentor, coach, consult, and actually partner with students around the country (by application only) to do exactly what they do. What you will learn in this episode: Why the Wicked Smart Community has such high success rates compared to the general failure rate in real estate Chris's thoughts on the reasons WeLeaseUSA.com gives for why investors fail Why it is so important to set the right expectations when getting into real estate investing How creative real estate gives investors an exit so they don't have to worry about timing Why doing rehabs is a bad idea if you want a steady paycheck What you need to look for in investment communities and “gurus” Resources: Everyone is always asking us, “How is it possible to buy real estate without using my own cash or credit?” With decades of combined experience in real estate, we've perfected the process of investing creatively. We want to share as much as we can with you, which is exactly why we're running this FREE workshop! If you're thinking about leaving your job, escaping the W-2 lifestyle, and starting on the path toward creating generational wealth — this is for you! To register, just visit: smartrealestatecoach.com/pcws. Schedule a free strategy session with us. This is an opportunity for you to have an honest conversation with our team about your background, investment goals, and create some action steps toward creating the life of your dreams. Together we'll discover where you are, where you want to be, and what's in the way. Just visit: smartrealestatecoach.com/action. Our free Master's Class is the ONLY webinar where you're given the exact techniques we use in our family company to buy and sell homes every month — all across North America and ALL on TERMS! Register by visiting: smartrealestatecoach.com/mastersclass. The Wicked Smart Investor's Toolkit is a great way to dip your toe in the water of buying properties on terms. Here you'll receive seller scripts, our investor blueprint, be able to listen to live calls, and much more! Enroll for free at smartrealestatecoach.com/tools. The Quantum Leap System has everything you'll need to start buying and selling on terms (without banks and without your own money or credit), launch & scale a business that fits your goals, and strengthen your mindset so you can follow the proven path to becoming a successful real estate investor. You can learn more by visiting: smartrealestatecoach.com/qls. For additional information on lead generation, funding, mindset coaching, legal assistance, virtual staffing, and business growth, visit the Investor Resources section of our website at: smartrealestatecoach.com/resources. Lastly, don't forget to grab a discounted ticket to our next event! Visit: smartrealestatecoach.com/summit50.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends, welcome to this bonus episode of the podcast! We will be kicking off Mobility March next week but this week I wanted to share this fantastic conversation I had with Bonnie Shaw. Bonnie is co-founder of Place Intelligence, a geo-AI startup focused on democratising access to big data to support evidence based design, policy and decision making. She has a varied background in landscape architecture, urban design and game design and in her role as the Smart City Practice Lead at the City of Melbourne, Bonnie helped to establish and lead Australia's first (and multi-award winning) Smart Cities team. In this episode, we talk about the importance of building literacy and critical thinking around Smart concepts in our Smart Communities, and Bonnie's framework for meaningful change that looks at toolset, skill set, and mindset. Bonnie tells us about Place Intelligence and some of the projects they've been working on, including the Data Informed Design conference which will be held in Melbourne on the 23rd and 24th of March 2023. Tickets are out now so click the link to get yours now! Bonnie and I finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of opportunities for engagement to help people understand the things that are influencing our lives, plus how game design helps us approach community engagement! As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Bonnie on LinkedIn or PlaceIntelligence.ai Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! In this episode I have a great chat with return guest Jess Coldrey. Now we first had Jess on the podcast back in Episode 258, which was released in October 2021. But more recently we re-shared that episode as part of our Summer Series and promised to have her back for an update, so here it is! In this episode Jess and I talk about what she's been up to in the last 18 months, including doing her Masters of Humanitarian Engineering in the UK. She tells us what Humanitarian Engineering is, and what a Smart Community means to her. We discuss the power of having different experiences and disciplines involved in projects because it leads to asking a different set of questions, and why we should be shifting to a more community-led project design approach. Jess then tells us about her work in endometriosis advocacy, including becoming a Laureat of The Australian French Association for Innovation and Research. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of the role of AI and machine learning in art, and how that influences work more broadly, including what we do with our time as more and more is automated. As always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Jess on LinkedIn and art website jesscoldrey.com Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends and welcome to this very special bonus episode to celebrate the Smart Community Podcast's 5th Birthday! Our Podcast Producer Ellen Ronalds Keene jumps into the host seat to interview Zoe about the history of the podcast, the ways it has changed Zoe's life and the impact it has had on others. Ellen and Zoe discuss the network effect of the podcast and the ways the Smart space has matured over the last 5 years. Zoe shares why she is excited about seeing Smart being embedded in boring government processes, and the opportunities and challenges of the ‘collision of professions' in the space. Zoe and Ellen finish their chat sharing what they are looking forward to including Smart concepts becoming general public conversations and a personal example of why this work is so important. Thanks so much for tuning in over the years, #SmartCommunity friends! We hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Connect with Ellen on LinkedIn or hello@perkdigital.com.au Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we're sharing my interview with Tim Neale from Episode 308, which was released in August 2022. Tim, who was named Australian Agricultural Consultant of the year 2018, has over 25 years' experience across Australia and internationally, 20 of which has been running his own agtech businesses. He is co-founder and Managing Director of DataFarming, a five-year old agtech business out of Queensland. In this episode, Tim begins by telling us about his background in agtech and current work, his passion for helping farmers to up-skill and use tech to enhance their farming, and Tim tells us what a Smart Community means to him. Tim then tells us what led him to work in the agtech space, we discuss how technology can help in this space, and Tim tells us a bit about his company DataFarming and what they do. Tim then discusses some of the positive impacts his work has had for his clients, the changes he has seen in the agtech space over time, and we discuss the role of data in the future of the agriculture industry. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of tackling data connectivity and data processing sustainably to unlock the possibilities that data can provide. Tim's interview is the last in our Summer Series but we will be back next week with a brand new episode and after that we will return to the fortnightly release schedule. We've got some great guests lined up in 2023 and of course if you have suggestions of guests or topics, do reach out, we'd love to hear from you. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Tim via LinkedIn or Twitter Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome back to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we're sharing my conversation with Raymond Sun and Susannah Wilkinson from Episode 276, which was released in February 2022. Ray is a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills, specialising in technology, media and telecommunications and privacy law. Susannah is the Digital Law Lead - Australia & Asia at the same firm, leading the development of Smart Legal Contracts and the provision of digital law solutions in conjunction with the development of the Australian National Blockchain. We start off by talking about Ray and Susannah's backgrounds in law and their current work looking at how laws are able to adapt to the new issues of emerging technology. Ray then tells us about his passion for technology and AI, and Susannah, her passion for improving digitised processes and how that involves the law, before they tell us what a Smart Community means to them. We then discuss the importance of data in Smart Communities, the increased use of data and risks associated and therefore the importance of having legal frameworks in place. We then discuss how data leads to Smart Communities and emerging technologies. Ray and Susannah then share with us a bit about some of the projects they were working on at the time of recording and we finish our chat discussing several emerging trends including; lawyers roles in Smart Communities and forward looking legislation, digital twin representation and accountability in the ‘real world', more flexible and adaptable infrastructure projects, shifts in privacy laws and finally digital identity. We will be sure to get Ray and Susannah back on the show in future for a full update about what they've been up to since we recorded this episode and how our thinking has progressed since our conversation. But in the meantime, as always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Susannah via HSF Digital Law Group Website Connect with Raymond via LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome back to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we're sharing my interview with Laila Al Hadhrami from Episode 263, which was released in November 2021. At the time of recording, Laila was the Smart Cities Development Manager at the National Energy Centre in Oman and ready to talk about her favourite topic, Smart Cities. Laila begins by telling us about her background and her passion for the digital world and Smart Cities, how sustainability drew her into the Smart Communities space and we discuss the importance of knowledge sharing in Smart Communities. Laila then shares with us how she is working to build Smart Communities in Oman, what a Smart Community is to her and we discuss the importance of investing in people's skills and empowering people. Laila then tells us about her work leading Smart City projects at the National Energy Centre, before she discusses how Oman has embraced the Smart Community concept and its evolution over the last 5 years. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of serving the basic needs first in communities before looking to the future, and the changes the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to our working and online learning lives. We will be sure to get Laila back on the show in future for a full update about what she has been up to since we recorded this episode and how our thinking has progressed since our conversation. But in the meantime, as always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Laila via LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we're sharing my interview with Jess Coldrey, from way back in Episode 258, which was released in October 2021. In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast I have a fascinating talk with Jess Coldrey about how art can shape the future of Smart Communities. Jess is a human geographer and creative technology artist and through her work, aims to harness the under-utilised potential of infrastructure to address social and environmental needs. Jess tells us about her varied and interesting background, her studies in Visual Arts and Human Geography, her current work and latest venture heading to England to study humanitarian engineering, before telling us about her passion for futurism and how societies progress in a socially different way. Jess and I discuss how her work fits into the Smart Communities space, how she has used her creative and collaborative skills in past projects to bring in new ways of thinking and ideas, how her training has helped give a different perspective and what a Smart Community is to her. Jess then shares with us some of the projects she has been working on as well as some of her achievements before we discuss how art can trigger emotional responses allowing people to think differently and boldly about the future of communities, how art galleries and libraries could potentially be the hub of communities and the value that could bring. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of the post Covid world and the different requirements communities will need in future. Since we recorded this interview, Jess has been up to a lot! She was named Top 50 Women in Engineering in the UK; she did an art residency in France raising awareness of endometriosis; she obtained her MSc in England as a John Monash Scholar, focusing on drone tree planting; she exhibited a piece in the Tate Britain, which houses the UK's national collection of art; spoke on the radio about inspiring and retaining women in engineering; created a series of 3D scanned postcards to encourage environmental volunteering and recently she's been to India as a United Nations UNLEASH Global Talent to work in international teams prototyping technological solutions to the Sustainable Development Goals. She's got some exciting projects on the horizon too, including leading a drone tree planting project with AirSeed/RedCross, responding to landslides and flooding in Lismore here in Australia, and she's doing an art residency at King's College London Engineering, working with robotics and photography to help shape a creative identity for the new department, and understand 'what inspires us' as engineers to share with the world and encourage others into the profession. We will be sure to get Jess back on the show in future for a full update about what she has been up to since we recorded this episode and how our thinking has progressed since our conversation. But in the meantime, as always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Jess via LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we're sharing my interview with Katie Patrick, from way back in Episode 234, which was released in June 2021. Katie is an environmental engineer, software designer, author and co-founder of the two environmental database startups Energy Lollipop and Urban Canopy. In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast we begin our conversation by Katie telling us about her background as an environmental engineer, how she transitioned to running her own publishing company to now her own startups. Katie then shares with us what a Smart Community is to her and her passion for environmental data. We then talk more about environmental data and how it can help drive change in human behaviour before Katie talks about her interest in behavioural psychology. Katie then shares with us her two startups and the work they are involved in and we talk about her transition from a more conventional style of work to the startup space, before discussing personality types and the value different personalities can bring to an organisation. We talk about the basis of Katie's book “How To Save The World'' and how important it was for Katie to deliver her complex messages in the book in a readable way to her audience. We finish our conversation discussing the emerging trends of granular data and data-to-data comparisons. One recent project of Katie's that has happened since this interview is the Sustainability Street masterclass she's been running, which is about how to gamify neighbourhood decarbonisation. We'll pop a link in the show notes if you want to check that out. And of course we will be sure to get Katie back on the show in the new year for a full update about what she has been up to since we recorded this episode and how our thinking has progressed since our conversation. But in the meantime, as always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Katie via LinkedIn Twitter or Instagram Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. We're taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we're sharing my interview with Michael Holmstrom, from way back in episode 201, which was released in November of 2020. In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I have a great chat with Michael Holstrom, the CEO of STEM Punks (and that's STEM as in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths.) STEM Punks provides immersive STEM programs for students and teachers from grade 1 to 12 and through their programs, enables creative and entrepreneurial thinking to inspire tomorrow's innovators. In this episode Michael and I discuss his background as an engineer and in technology commercialisation and startup development, as well as what sparked his interest in the Smart Community concept. Michael then explains how STEM Punks came to be and why the real world application of STEM skills is so important, not just learning to code in isolation. We share our thoughts on buzzwords and acronyms, like STEAM, but why STEM is the foundation. Michael tells us what STEM punks does in both the education and home market and how they've shifted in 2020 with COVID accelerating their shift to online delivery. We discuss technology as an enabler for humans, the importance of lifelong learning and the mindset shifts we need in order to think more holistically and change the narrative of what STEM is. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of AI and the ethical and philosophical conversations that are needed now that the technology is here, as well as Michael's favourite resources. We will be sure to get Michael back on the show in future for a full update about what he has been up to since we recorded this episode and how our thinking has progressed since our conversation. But in the meantime, as always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Michael via LinkedIn or at stempunks.com.au Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #smartcommunityfriends! I'm back with another bonus episode of the Smart Community Podcast sharing various guests answers to the question, ‘Where to next with Smart Cities and Communities?” And this time I'm sharing with you the answers from these guests: Peter Bjorn Larson from Episode 319 Johanna Hoffman from Episode 320 Suzanne and Ashish Prabhudesai from Episode 321 Sarah Pink from Episode 322 Some themes that come through in the guest answers are around making the future better for the humans and the environment, collaborating and integrating across sectors and organisations, and of course using technology intentionally, effectively and responsibly. We have so many tools and technologies now and the Smart City message has come a long way in the industries that are connected to it, but we still have a lot of work to do to make sure we aren't getting caught up in tech for tech's sake but making real impact and bringing citizens into the conversation. There are also so many ways we are still working in silos or getting stuck in pilot mode, so continued collaboration and participation is a must within organisations, between organisations, between the public and private sector, and with the general public as well. And of course what is the point of any of this Smart Community approach if we aren't aiming to make the future a better place, more liveable, accessible and sustainable for humans and the planet. Sarah tells us about some of the projects her team is working on in this realm, and Johanna reminds us that the decisions we make now will have ramifications for our children's children. As Suzanne says, “It's about ensuring that people are not slaves of the technology, but are making use of it to drive better outcomes, not just for now, but for the future, as well.” As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends. In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast I have a fascinating chat with Suzanne and Ashish Prabhudesai about the app they created called RemoveAlist, which helps people project manage their house move while also participating in the circular economy and promoting sustainability and waste reduction. We start off talking about what Smart Community means to each of them, and then Suzanne and Ashish tell us how their own house moves and also recent natural disasters in Australia inspired them to create the app, and their tech startup Simply Save Australia. We talk about how harnessing data at the time of moving house can save people money and resources and brain power, the status of the app development itself, and some different use cases they've found based on feedback and collaborations. We finish our conversation discussing the need to provide kids the opportunity to move into the Smart space and getting kids involved as active citizens of the future. As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Suzanne on LinkedIn and Ashish on LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

I should start by telling you that Jules Polonetsky is an optimist. Second, in the area of privacy and consumer protection, Jules is the man. He knows as much about privacy as Facebook knows about you. Jules serves as CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies. FPF is supported by the chief privacy officers of more than 200 leading companies, several foundations, as well as by an advisory board composed of the country's leading academics and advocates. FPF's current projects focus on AI and Ethics, Connected Cars, Health, Research Data, Smart Communities, Ad Tech, Youth, Ed Tech, Privacy Legislation and Enforcement, and Global Data Flows.  We've known each other for nearly 40 years, and while our mutual admiration is the foundation of this conversation, our objective is to help you thrive in today's crazy world.Key Takeaways:If an app is "free," you're the product.If we act based on democratic and social values, AND we are honest about our point of view, thing might improve dramatically. Anytime you question your self-worth, just think about the multi-million-dollar high speed auction going on for your data. More About Jules:Jules also serves as Chairman of the International Digital Accountability Council and as Co-Chairman of the Israel Tech Policy Institute. Jules is co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Privacy, published by Cambridge University Press (2018). More of his writing and research can be found at the www.fpf.org and on Google Scholar and SSRN.Jules's previous roles have included serving as Chief Privacy Officer at AOL and at DoubleClick, as Consumer Affairs Commissioner for New York City, as an elected New York State Legislator and as a congressional staffer, and as an attorney.Jules has served on the boards of a number of privacy and consumer protection organizations including TRUSTe, the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and the Network Advertising Initiative. From 2011-2012, Jules served on the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. Jules is a member of The George Washington University Law School Privacy and Security Advisory Council. He also currently sits on the Advisory Boards of Open DP | Harvard University Privacy Tools Project and the California Privacy Lab (University of California).More at https://www.linkedin.com/in/julespolonetsky/If you enjoyed listening to Truth Tastes Funny, please leave a 5-star rating and a 300-word review on Apple Podcasts (click Listen on Apple Podcasts to access review option)Follow us on Instagram: @truthtastesfunnyFollow Hersh on Instagram: @Hersh4allon LinkedIn: HershRephunon YouTube: HershRephunon Twitter: @TruthTstsFunnyOur Website: TruthTastesFunnyContact UsExplore Branded Ventures with Truth Tastes Funny and Hersh's YES, BRAND Podcast

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I have a fascinating conversation with urbanist and author Johanna Hoffman. Johanna is the founder of the research and action institute Design for Adaptation, and works primarily at the nexus of design, planning, fiction and futures. We talk about what a Smart Community is for her, and what inspired Johanna to write her book, which is called “Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience and Co-Create the Cities We Need”. Johanna tells us how we need to be using our imaginations more in our Smart Cities and Communities work, how that can build our personal and social resilience, and why we need to focus on future possibilities not just solving current problems. Johanna and I discuss the issue of information overload and interpreting data so that citizens can actually understand it and the role memory plays in speculative futures. We finish our chat talking about the dangers of tech goggles and silver bullet thinking. As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect with Johanna on LinkedIn, her website or Instagram @johannaehoffman Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! In this episode of the podcast I have a fantastic conversation with Peter Bjorn Larsen, the founder of Smart City Insights, which is a Smart City advisory consultancy based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Now you may remember Peter from way back in Episode 190. In this episode we discuss some of the projects Peter has worked on, from Copenhagen to Canada to Scotland. Peter tells us about why it's so important to have both public and private sector working together on Smart Community projects, and how we can create projects with multiple benefits or different benefits for different stakeholders. Peter and I then talk about the concept of data collaboratives, and how they're different to data marketplaces, plus why we should be using data to solve “normal” problems. We explore the problem of “who will pay for it?” when trying to work collaboratively and break out of silos, and Peter tells us about the real reason we need walkable cities. We finish our chat discussing why Peter tries to never use the word ‘data' when talking to people about Smart City projects, and how useful Digital Twins will be in the future for helping citizens visualise projects. At the end of our chat we also mention being in Barcelona, I'm heading off to the Barcelona Smart City Expo in November. As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Connect: Connect with Peter on LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #smartcommunityfriends! I'm back with another bonus episode of the Smart Community Podcast sharing various guests answers to the question, ‘Where to next with Smart Cities and Communities?” And this time I'm sharing with you the answers from these guests: Leni Schwendinger from Episode 313 Emran Amin from Episode 314 Cheryl Desha from Episode 316 David Catalovski and Louis Limnios from Episode 317 Some themes that came through in these guest answers were around having more creativity and imagination in the way we think about Smart projects, keeping the customer and context of different projects in focus, and balancing that with the need for standardisation and interoperability. We talk about the fact that different contexts require different approaches and that a mature Smart Community learns from other projects but doesn't just think that ‘one size fits all'. While at the same time, we need more interoperability and some level of standardisation so we can actually collaborate and share data and knowledge. As Emran says, “Once we streamline things and [have a] more standardized approach in adopting Smart technology and learning from each other, having those communications...then we can work together and have more effective pathways [for the] future.” Several guests also mentioned the need for more creativity and imagination, but that we also need space and time for that creativity to happen. And hopefully the conversations we have here on the Smart Community podcast spark some ideas for you and prompt reflections and conversations in all of these areas going forwards. As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #SmartCommunity friends. In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I have a brilliant conversation with Cheryl Desha. Cheryl tells us about her background in Mauritius and Australia, and in Environmental Engineering, Disaster Management and Resilience. We discuss why resilience, including digital resilience, needs to be part of the Smart Community conversation, and how we can forward plan for better disaster management. Cheryl tells us about ways communities often come together in practical ways after disasters and how we can continue those positive aspects of community long term. We talk about how it's important to balance the wonderful things about technology, such as data driven decision making and digital twins helping us be agile, with the way our digital junk food diet has reduced our ability to focus. Cheryl shares with us some of the projects she's working on and some of the great books she's been reading. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of the need for Digital Resilience in the Smart Community space. As always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Connect with Cheryl on LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

Hi #SmartCommunity friends! This is a bit of a bonus episode of the Smart Community podcast because we are catching up with a former guest but it's a very different conversation than we usually have. So in this episode I have a brilliant chat with Joy Taylor, who you might remember from way back in Episode 154. Joy is a banker turned Coworking Space Founder and Startup Mentor, turned Software Developer and Digital Nomad. So when we last spoke, Joy was the Community Manager of Canvas Coworking space here in Toowoomba, but in this episode we talk about how that's changed as well as why and how she decided to re-train to work in tech. Joy tells us about where she has been travelling as a digital nomad this year, and we discuss the differences between levels of infrastructure compared to levels of community in big cities versus more regional or rural locations. We finish our conversation talking about the power of living by your values, and the importance of providing relevant, timely and easy-to-absorb information for people in order to elicit behaviour change. As always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Connect with Joy on LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube Podcast Production by Perk Digital

In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I have a great conversation with Engineer and Smart Technologies advocate, Dr Emran Amin. Emran tells us about his background as an engineer and academic and his passion for contributing his knowledge of Smart Technologies. Emran explains a bit about the standard for barcodes, parallels between standardisation of barcode technologies to other Smart Technologies such as printable RFID and why interoperability is so important. We then discuss what he's been working on with the City of Casey as a Community Reference group member in the Smart Casey team, plus some interesting projects he's worked on in his home country of Bangladesh. We finish our chat talking about data ethics shaping the future of Smart Cities and Communities, and how context really changes the way you approach Smart technologies, data-driven decision making and community engagement. As always we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Emran via LinkedIn Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

Mithila and Ryan open up the podcast with an introduction to Trinity Mobility, its role in the industry, and its applications. Mithila then discusses how she has seen the smart city industry evolve. She and Ryan wrap up the podcast with a high-level conversation around challenges in smart cities and what to expect from Trinity Mobility in the near future.Mithila Holla is the General Manager for Product Management and Marketing at Trinity Mobility, an applied IoT and AI company based in India. With over ten years of experience in multiple domains, she heads the Product Management, Ux Design, Business Analysis, and Marketing functions at Trinity. She works closely with smart city industry experts to streamline and improve smart city project deliveries globally. Mithila is responsible for the products and solutions that the company offers across six segments – Smart Cities, Safe Cities, Emergency Response Management, Smart Communities, Utilities, Early Warning, and Disaster Management. She holds a Master's degree in VLSI from Manipal University and a Master's degree in Business Management from the European School of Technology, Berlin. She was recently recognized as one of the 10 Most Impactful Women in Technology 2021 by Analytics Insight, in their global annual listing.