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BIO: Steve Faktor is a former Fortune-100 executive—turned entrepreneur, futurist author of Econovation, and podcaster. As Managing Director of IdeaFaktory Innovation, he helps tech, financial services, and consumer goods clients see and build the future.STORY: Steve joins the My Worst Investment Ever podcast again, this time sharing advice on how investors can see and build their investment futures.LEARNING: Try to understand the future by differentiating between noise and legitimate signals. Don't let others impose on your story. Act in principle. “I would like to see more people acting in a principled way because even if you win, but you do it without principle, you will have lost because those same unprincipled methods will come back to haunt you.”Steve Faktor Guest profileSteve Faktor is a former Fortune-100 executive—turned entrepreneur, futurist author of Econovation, and podcaster. As Managing Director of IdeaFaktory Innovation, he helps tech, financial services, and consumer goods clients see and build the future.Steve is a LinkedIn Influencer with over 750,000 followers and has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. He's a popular keynote speaker at major events and numerous corporations.The McFuture Podcast features Steve's provocative predictions and prescriptions, as well as guests like Larry King, comedian Jim Jefferies, Governor Jesse Ventura, Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz, former ACLU President Nadine Strossen, Megachurch Pastor AR Bernard, and many more.Previously, Steve launched multiple $150m+ loyalty, payments, and e-commerce products & services as head of the American Express Chairman's Innovation Fund, SVP at Citi Ventures, VP of Strategy & Innovation at MasterCard, and management consultant at Andersen.Steve joins the My Worst Investment Ever podcast again, sharing advice on how investors can see and build their investment futures. Listen to his previous episode: Take the Risk and Pursue Your Dreams.Understanding the future as a long-term investorIf you want to invest in three to ten-year opportunities, Steve says you need to know what the future will look like or at least have an idea of what that might be. However, as we try to understand the future, Steve says most of what we are reacting to is noise. You therefore, need to learn how to filter out what is signal and what is noise. Once you've identified which opportunities are legitimate signals and not noise, ask yourself where they could go. You'll never know for sure. But again, that's where you assign probabilities and say, this is likely to happen or more likely than something else. Now that you have an idea of where these things might go and what this future might look like, ask yourself how you'll act in that future.Steve adds that there's another equal danger to listening to noise, which is deafness. So there's the hearing of everything that may not be relevant or important, and then there's complete deafness. Steve says the vast majority of people are deaf. And so they're not even hearing and understanding the signals or the noises. Such people are complete pawns in...

This Week's Guests: Futurist - Steve Faktor Comedian - Dan Naturman The World's Famous comedy Cellar presents "Live From America Podcast" with Noam Dworman and Hatem Gabr. The top experts and thinkers of the world and the best comics in the Nation get together weekly with our hosts to discuss different topics each week, News, Culture, Politics, comedy & and more with an equal parts of knowledge and comedy! Steve Faktor is a recovering Fortune-100 executive— turned founder of IdeaFaktory Innovation, futurist author ofEconovation, and problematic host of The McFuture Podcast. As Managing Director of IdeaFaktory Innovation, Steve helps tech, financial services, and consumer goods companies with future scenario planning and building products and services for that future. Steve is an original LinkedIn Influencer (now Top Voices) with over 750K followers and has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Radio, MSNBC, among others. He's a popular keynote speaker at major events for CFO Magazine, Harvard, PDMA, Frost & Sullivan, New Media Expo, and numerous corporations. The McFuture Podcast identifies big trends that will shape the future and challenges the beliefs that shape them. The show has featured distinguished guests including Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz, legendary broadcaster Larry King, former President of the ACLU Nadine Strossen, Comedian Jim Jefferies, Megachurch Pastor AR Bernard, Governor Jesse Ventura, Brown University Professor Glenn Loury, and many others Previously, Steve launched multiple $150M+ loyalty, payments, and ecommerce products & services as head of the American Express Chairman's Innovation Fund, SVP at Citi Ventures, VP of Strategy & Innovation at MasterCard, and management consultant at Andersen. Follow Live From America YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2fqgw61yK1J6iKNxV0LmA Twitter twitter.com/AmericasPodcast www.LiveFromAmericaPodcast.com LiveFromAmerica@ComedyCellar.com Follow Hatem Twitter twitter.com/HatemNYC Instagram www.instagram.com/hatemnyc/ Follow Noam Twitter twitter.com/noamdworman?lang #AIVSHUMANITY #ArtificialIntelligence #LIVEFROMAMERICAPODCAST

Are you in a business or job where you have lost your passion? Do you understand your “WHY”? Do you think it's ok to cut corners because you don't think anyone will notice? What if they do notice? How does that affect your business and brand?  Judith and Krystyna chat with Steve Faktor about the importance of understanding your “WHY” and the relevance your WHY has to business success and personal happiness. Steve Faktor is an innovator, futurist, and digital commerce expert. He is the Managing Director of IdeaFaktory, which helps companies accelerate growth by partnering with top startups, developing new innovations, and restructuring for growth.  As a senior executive at American Express, Citi and MasterCard, Steve has created several $100M+ businesses and developed multiple enterprise innovation programs. He is the author of Econovation, which critics describe as “a fascinating, erudite, bitingly funny, well researched, and…important book“ about capitalizing on the end of consumerism and rise of 'producerism'. Please subscribe and review us on your favourite podcast channel. We would love to know what you think of this episode.  For more information about Steve, other guests, as well as upcoming and past episodes, go to our website everysteppodcast For more information about Every Step head to Every Step Follow us on: Every Step LinkedIn  Judith Beck LinkedIn Krystyna Weston LinkedIn Get your copy of Judith's book ‘No Sex at Work'  Buy Here  

Order my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637582455 On this episode of The Lou Perez Podcast I talk with Steve Faktor: https://twitter.com/ideafaktory Check out his The McFuture podcast & newsletter at https://stevefaktor.com/ & follow him on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & LinkedIn. Support me at thelouperez.locals.com Join my newsletter www.TheLouPerez.com Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lou-perez.../id1535032081 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-lou-perez-podcast Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/.../2b7d4d.../the-lou-perez-podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ Who am I? Lou Perez, author of THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY. I was the Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV. During my tenure at WTI, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” In addition to producing sketch comedy, stand-up, and opinion writing, I am on the advisory board of Heresy Press and host the live show The Wrong Take with Lou Perez andThe Lou Perez Podcast. How'd I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.

Steve Faktor is a futurist author, founder of IdeaFaktory Innovation & host of The McFuture podcast The McFuture on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mcfuture-with-steve-faktor/id504552826YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ideafaktory Newsletter: https://stevefaktor.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ideafaktory Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/ideafaktory 

Name: Steve FaktorCurrent title : Managing DirectorCurrent organisation: IdeaFaktorySteve Faktor is an innovator, futurist and digital commerce expert. He is Managing Director of IdeaFaktory, which helps companies accelerate growth by partnering with top startups, developing new innovations, and restructuring for growth. As a senior executive at American Express, Citi and MasterCard, Steve has created several $100M+ businesses and deployed multiple enterprise innovation programs. He is author of Econovation, which critics describe as “a fascinating, erudite, bitingly funny, well researched, and…important book“ about capitalizing on the end of consumerism and rise of 'producerism'. Steve is a top-ranked global keynote speaker, who has keynoted major events for CFO Magazine, New York University, Harvard, PDMA, Frost & Sullivan, Rocketspace, New Media Expo and numerous corporations. He also leads workshops, ideation and training sessions based on his proprietary 4C's of Innovation(TM) methodology. Steve writes provocative articles on innovation and entrepreneurship for Forbes and Harvard Business Review and is one of 160 original Linkedin Influencers (along with luminaries like Richard Branson). Steve graduated from the NYU Stern School of Business and lives in New York City. He actively supports Junior Achievement and several Thai restaurants in his neighborhood.Resources mentioned in this episode:Free Download of The Leadership Survival Guide (10 World-Class Leaders Reveal Their Secrets)https://store.consultclarity.org/leadership-survival-guide-10-world-class-leaders-reveal-their-secrets1625572748028The Leadership Conversations Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/4IB6V41kr4GVJ98XLHMPeCThe Jonno White Leadership Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/2p8rvWrYW2XNLl9Z8m3pTsThe Leadership Question of the Day Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6eZ4lZ2bgA8aczPKY4Oqw6Clarity Websitehttps://www.consultclarity.org/7 Questions on Leadership Serieshttps://www.consultclarity.org/large-enterprises-leadershipWe'd Love To Interview YOU In Our 7 Questions On Leadership Series!https://www.consultclarity.org/7-questions-interestSubscribe To Clarity's Mailing Listhttps://www.consultclarity.org/subscribeJonno White's eBook Step Up or Step Outhttps://store.consultclarity.org/step-up-or-step-out-sales-page1640131063671Jonno White's Book Step Up or Step Out (Amazon)https://www.amazon.com/Step-Up-Out-Difficult-Conflict-ebook/dp/B0925MB4SR

As Putin & Russia attack Ukraine, Steve Faktor confronts uncomfortable truths about power, patriotism & his own identity as a Ukrainian-American immigrant. A tour-de-force. Truly one of the best episodes of The McFuture – and on this subject.

A great set of rants about work, corporate, startup &academia grievances & how to fix them all! …or keep them from making you crazy

A reckless romp through the perverse economics of the metaverse, bugs, inflation, crypto, green energy & much more!

Is your organization stuck in the minutiae and tripping over the complexity of the fed space?  Steve Faktor, aka the business therapist, gives us a free session on the couch explaining how to ask the right questions and solve the right problems.

BIO: Steve Faktor is a former Fortune-100 executive—turned entrepreneur. As Managing Director of IdeaFaktory Innovation, he helps tech, financial services, and consumer goods clients see and build the future. The McFuture Podcast features Steve’s provocative predictions and prescriptions. STORY: Steve’s lifelong dream was to be a comedian and radio personality just like Howard Stern. His parents, however, could hear none of it and pushed him to conform to being a nice boy who does well in school and then goes out to get a family and a job that everyone can be proud of. Today, he regrets never fighting hard to achieve that dream. LEARNING: Fight hard to pursue your dreams, and don’t let anyone stop you. It is not too late to turn back and chase your dreams.   “If you follow the money, the culture, and technology, you will lead yourself to the right answers.” Steve Faktor   Guest profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ideafaktory/ (Steve Faktor) is a former Fortune-100 executive—turned entrepreneur, futurist author ofhttps://amzn.to/3t349oI ( Econovation), and podcaster. As Managing Director ofhttps://www.ideafaktory.com/ ( IdeaFaktory Innovation), he helps tech, financial services and consumer goods clients see and build the future. Steve is a LinkedIn Influencer with over 750,000 followers and has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. He’s a popular keynote speaker at major events and numerous corporations. Thehttps://www.ideafaktory.com/the-mcfuture-podcast/ ( McFuture Podcast) features Steve’s provocative predictions and prescriptions, as well as guests like Larry King, comedian Jim Jefferies, Governor Jesse Ventura, Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz, former ACLU President Nadine Strossen, Megachurch Pastor AR Bernard, and many more. Previously, Steve launched multiple $150m+ loyalty, payments, and e-commerce products & services as head of the American Express Chairman’s Innovation Fund, SVP at Citi Ventures, VP of Strategy & Innovation at MasterCard, and management consultant at Andersen. Worst investment everSteve was always a creative, disruptive, and curious child. He would often question everything, including what the rabbis taught him. Tucking his creativity awayNow one thing Steve loved was writing. He would always write, and some of this stuff was so creative and funny. Steve kept his writing in a plastic shopping bag and tucked it away in his grandmother’s house in her closet. Watching his dream wither awaySteve’s dream was to be Howard Stern. He grew up listening to him. The excitement of live radio blew him away, and he just wanted to be part of it. Steve even bought a special Walkman that allowed him to record shows. He would listen to the recordings on his way to school and back. Steve even got into Boston University, where Howard went, but he ended up going to NYU, where he got an academic scholarship. Steve’s parents were oblivious to his passion for writing or his love of radio, and they couldn’t care less about it. To them, a successful life is where Steve grew up to be a nice boy who did well in school, went out and got a family, and a job that everyone could be proud of. And that is the kind of direction they pushed Steve in. Lessons learnedFight hard to pursue your dreamsYou have to fight harder if you feel that something is innate inside of you. You cannot allow anyone, even your parents, to guide you elsewhere. So, fight for that personal narrative that fits who you are. Andrew’s takeawaysIt is not too late to turn back and chase your dreamsThink about your dreams and the things that are holding you back from achieving those dreams. Now believe that you have shelved your dreams for far too long and gather the courage to move to the next level. Actionable adviceDistinguish between what is easy and what is satisfying—chase what is satisfying and fulfilling. No. 1 goal for the next 12 monthsSteve’s number one goal for...

You'll laugh, get mad & think for days about immigrants, racism, China & Steve's hypocrisy in this killer pod from a heated debate w/an ungrateful immigrant friend

HOW DARE YOU miss this episode of The McFuture on philosophy, self-improvement & wayward youth!?

Steve Faktor's rowdy romp through the heroes and monsters who control free speech.

Another gem featuring Steve Faktor's wisdom & wisecracks on economics & finance with a touch of Zen only he (or Steven Seagal) could deliver

Wisdom & wisecracks about entrepreneurship, success and strategy for every entrepreneur, founder and freelancer.

wisdom & wisecracks about innovation, corporate work and the technology takeover.

What's the bottom line on this never-ending pandemic, lockdowns & all our saviors. And why is Steve Faktor so annoyed at Anthony Fauci?

A tour de force of Steve Faktor's madness DECONSTRUCTED by topic. POLITICS covers revolution, bullshitters vs liars, conspiracy queens, fixing voting & stripping

Steve Faktor's pre- & post-debate m̷o̷n̷o̷l̷o̷g̷u̷e̷s̷  rants from this week's Presidenture Debate. Politics suck.

Awesome highlights from recent member-only episodes of Mistweeted by Steve Faktor on Patreon

Steve Faktor explores American Fury, startup cults, scope creep, certain idiots & much more! Controversy shall ensue. 

HOTTEST episode of Mistweeted yet!! Spotify, Simps, Loneliness, Power, (W)Akonda & MUCH MORE!

Comedian & former Food Network host Josh Denny joins Steve Faktor to discuss his cancellation, resurrection as an ad executive & their hard-fought business lessons.

Steve Faktor tackles Statistics, Networking, Intel & Asian Electronics Fails, CovidCulture Bubbles & so much more!

First LIVE podcast recording exploring the deep, dark, hilarious underbelly of futurist author Steve Faktor's daily Tweets & what they mean for our future.

So what happens next? What happens months, years, a decade after the pandemic? And what will be our biggest missed opportunity. Steve Faktor shares a few thoughts on our future. This 9-part Quarantine Edition of The McFuture podcast explores the economics of the deadly Coronavirus – and how we can avoid the possibly deadlier consequences of its cure – a deep recession, or worse. This series will cover: Opportunity – my inspiration for this series: our last recession – and why I'm optimistic we can positively affect our outcomes. Forbidden Math – calculating the coronavirus death toll and $-value of human life  Pass or Fail? – the three measures of “success” in handling this crisis? Jobpocalypse NOW – impact of coronavirus on jobs and the economy Trillion Dolllar Babies – How is a $2 Trillion rescue package even possible?? Where does that money come from? And what else should we be doing with it RIGHT NOW? Quarantips for Entrepreneurs – strategies, tactics and plenty of examples of ways small businesses, startups and employees can thrive, even in quarantine The Future – what happens in the coming months, years, and decade after? Gouging & Hoarding – for Patreon supporters only (Starting at just $5 a month! Join to support the show & access killer member-only content!) ENEMIES – for Patreon supporters only Patreon supporters get lots of exclusives & pre-release episodes.  If you can't join right now, be sure to share, subscribe & review the podcast on iTunes or your favorite app.  

In this episode, be ready to be shaken ... not stirred! I'm speaking with my good friend Steve Faktor, CEO of IdeaFaktory innovation incubator, author of Econovation, Forbes & HBR writer and ex-Fortune 100 Innovation Executive. In this podcast, we cover his current thinking on politics, education, technology, social media and ... Crypto & Blockchain! So who is Steve Faktor? Steve Faktor is an innovator, futurist and digital commerce expert. He is Managing Director of IdeaFaktory, which helps companies accelerate growth by partnering with top startups, developing new innovations, and restructuring for growth. As a senior executive at American Express, Citi and MasterCard, Steve has created several $100M+ businesses and deployed multiple enterprise innovation programs. He is author of Econovation, which critics describe as “a fascinating, erudite, bitingly funny, well researched, and…important book“ about capitalizing on the end of consumerism and rise of 'producerism'. Steve is a top-ranked global keynote speaker, who has keynoted major events for CFO Magazine, New York University, Harvard, PDMA, Frost & Sullivan, Rocketspace, New Media Expo and numerous corporations. He also leads workshops, ideation and training sessions based on his proprietary 4C’s of Innovation(TM) methodology. Steve writes provocative articles on innovation and entrepreneurship for Forbes and Harvard Business Review and is one of 160 original Linkedin Influencers (along with luminaries like Richard Branson). Steve graduated from the NYU Stern School of Business and lives in New York City. He actively supports Junior Achievement and several Thai restaurants in his neighborhood. You can learn more about Steve and IdeaFaktory here: http://www.ideafaktory.com/about/ NOTABLE LAUNCHES: American Express: Zync | LoyaltyEdge | X-Points | Private Sales (JV with Ventee Privee) | SimpleFX | Facebook travel app | MasterCard: Commerce Coalition & Commerce Intelligence | SpendingPulse | EXPERTISE: Innovation | Strategic Planning | Business Development | Marketing | Business Model Design & Pricing | Stage-Gate(TM) NPD | Executive Facilitation | WhatIf!(TM) Ideation | Social Media | Process Change INDUSTRIES: Financial Services & Payments | Consumer Goods & Services | Technology & Electronics | Professional Services | Advertising | Retail | Internet =============================================================== Check out also my other conversations with key industry players: - http://bit.ly/iwantmyngravenow - http://bit.ly/iwantmycelsiusnow - http://bit.ly/Iwantmypeponow - http://bit.ly/Iwantmywerbachnow --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/WYFT/support

While innovation can be difficult at any company, highly regulated industries with a thick rule book — both internally and from the government — face more roadblocks along the innovation journey. To find out how highly regulated companies can chalk up innovation wins, we sat down with Mohan Nair, Chief Innovation Officer at Cambia Health Solutions. Guests include Steve Faktor, host of the McFuture Podcast and the former Vice President of Business Growth and Innovation at American Express, and Ludwig Melik, CEO of the agile innovation company Planbox.

Every night, dozens of billionaires curl up with an underfed model, wondering where their next plate of wealth-affirming foie gras will come from. But heartless Americans don't care. They want billionaires to pay for universal healthcare, universal basic income (UBI), free college, and a pocket comb for Bernie. What if they met every demand? Would we be satisfied? What if the real problem is something far more sinister? Find out what it is – and what we can do about it – on the latest episode of The McFuture Podcast with Steve Faktor. Links from the episode: Further reading Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century by Walter Scheidel, Stanford professor, on the four 'fixes' for inequality What Money Can't Buy by Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel (and related article) Forget Socialism Versus Capitalism. Here's the Real Debate We Should Be Having. My take on inequality - Inequality We Trust Videos That recycling video from World Economic Forum of all the amazing things you can do with plastic water bottles Brilliant illustration (video) of corruption in our system by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...and the irony. Some sources/stats FIJI Water Leads Bottled Water Industry In Looking Green(er) - Where are the riots?? I warned us in 2011 the 99%-ers are coming Nick Hanauer wrote in 2014 The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats 62% of American millionaires and 67% of the world's billionaires are self-made “there are approximately six million unfilled skilled labor jobs in America” - Entrepreneur  The US has 585 billionaires with a combined net worth of around $2.5 trillion

“Futurist” Steve Faktor is here, and we dive into an interesting conversation about business; a nice departure from recent episodes. We discuss the businesses that Steve often consults for, and how the future of business includes social identity, and whether or not that's a good thing. We pontificate whether or not the market will adjust to private company's decisions to censor, and if there is any possible legal recourse for their recent censorship behavior.

My campaign is running to reform broken politics that have completely disconnected the voter from the government. Not only disconnected the voter from the government, but allowed the government to become entirely beholding to these monopolies. Whether it's in the tech sector, the banking sector, or the health insurance sector, an increasingly small group of concentrated entities have incredible influence over everything that happens in the lives of billions of us around the world. It's the natural progression of the economic cycle but, it also harkens back to Teddy Roosevelt in the end of the last Industrial Revolution. Then, we saw the consolidation with Carnegie and Rockefeller and others around railroads, oil, and banking. We are there once again, and the stranglehold on our government is real. It is abusing the people of this country and the people of Upstate New York. I've asked Steve Faktor to join us who is the CEO of IdeaFaktory, author, writer for Harvard Business Review, writer for Forbes, and formally the head of innovation and running innovation funds at a number of financial services firms including American Express and CitiGroup.

In this intro to Strategy Sessions with Steve Faktor, Steve explains: what GrowthFaktory does and what inspired Steve to start it why small businesses are under threat of extinction the one superpower business owners have that corporations can only dream about...but few know how to use  how GrowthFaktory helps them tap that super power what to expect on the Strategy Sessions podcast  

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Ever wonder why suddenly there's all kinds of "fake news" and everyone, including our President, can lie without consequence? Steve Faktor explains the five evolutionary reasons why bullshit is winning. Enjoy the latest episode of The McFuture podcast (or read it below)! Remember to share it & rate it  5-stars on iTunes!  In 1963, 10 percent of Yale students got A's. In 2012, 62 percent did. Why? Is it because $260,000 buys more genius? Or, some other reason? It's not just education inflating our egos. EVERYTHING is! We wouldn't know the truth if it tried to smother us in our sleep. There are real evolutionary reasons why we're suddenly drowning in “fake news” and a sea of lies. Consider our '100% genuine' lives... My Levi's still say they're a ‘36' — like they're starring in High School Time Machine. Or, that $3,000 Chanel bag that screams STATUS!! It screams even louder from your tiny studio apartment with a bathtub in the kitchen. Everyone knows Little Timmy can't sing, play basketball, or draw. But there's his wall of trophies and Fridge of Sorrows - stick figure mommy riding a flaming...beaver?? Maybe he's high. America is the Courtney Love of countries. We know where esteem, courage, and escape really come from: Pfizer. And without antidepressants, how else would Katie stage her daily on Facebook? "All bodies are beautiful!" "Nothing's sexier than confidence!" "True beauty's got booty!" Great. Let's test that at the bar. There's so much more. Ads disguised as lives on Instagram and Bravo. Bodies doctored by...doctors and Photoshop. Days at the office spent "curating" "authentic" "influencers" - pretending anyone, ever, wanted to "engage with brands." Employee self-assessments that make PowerPoints sound like heart transplants. And bosses and HR-types who pretend to care about your 'career development' while transparently protecting company interests. Then, there's "fake news" and crackpot conspiracies... Is falling for “fake news” really that different from cherry-picking real news to reinforce our fake realities? Or, our constant state of fake #outrage. Or, the mindless Buzzfeed advertorials and Refinery29 quizzes we share like e-Bola? Then, buy their shiny little cures. I haven't read a science book in 20 years. But my Facebook page says I f*cking love science! I don't even click on the links. Like, like, like!! Science is so easy! I love it! No, I f*cking love it!! You'd think our f*cking love of science would smother pseudo-science in its sleep. Not so much. Vaccines cause autism! GMO kills! Coffee cures cancer! Pot cures everything!! The earth is flat! It's no wonder why. Scientific studies have become like Bible passages - you can find one to support whatever you think the facts should be. Thanks, corporate funding! And laughable academic research system. What's Really Happening? We're witnessing America's transition from facts to feelings. Perception and reality haven't been this far apart since Dear Leader Kim Jong Un defeated the wizards at Dumbledore. The further we drift from reality — into this sea of feelings — the more defiant we become in our truth. After all, our identity depends on it. So every product, every tweet, every opinion, must reaffirm that identity; to give us meaning. It has to be true. If only there were some other historical example of people clinging to - and fighting over - unprovable dogmas... Possibly, a lesson we could learn.... Can't think of one... Nope, not one. When opinions and whole identities - are based on feelings, not facts – on the supernatural, not the observable – there's no foundation for debate or compromise. Everyone occupies a fantasy world of their choosing. The Thinker is on life support. Long live The Feeler! The Believer! The Belieber! [Don't forget to check out all the other great episodes of The McFuture Podcast with Steve Faktor] 5 Reasons Why This is Happening

  Success. SMOTHERING greatness. Steve Faktor joins us to share his insight on three major factors in smothering greatness - DELUSION, lack of MENTORSHIP, lack of GAMESMANSHIP. Here's how you can get out of your way. Steve specializes in innovation and his company, Ideafaktory, helps businesses overcome disruption and partner with tech startups. He writes [...] The post How Success Smothers Greatness – Glimpse of Brilliance #85 appeared first on Glimpse Of Brilliance.

  Success. SMOTHERING greatness. Steve Faktor joins us to share his insight on three major factors in smothering greatness - DELUSION, lack of MENTORSHIP, lack of GAMESMANSHIP. Here's how you can get out of your way. Steve specializes in innovation and his company, Ideafaktory, helps businesses overcome disruption and partner with tech startups. He writes [...] The post How Success Smothers Greatness – Glimpse of Brilliance #85 appeared first on Glimpse Of Brilliance.

We're re-running one of our favorite episodes, a debate on whether machismo is on its deathbed, with our delightful and opinionated guest Steve Faktor. With women increasingly succeeding professionally, Steve argues men are left without a defined role to play now that women are stepping into more roles once dominated by dudes.  Is this really [...] The post Bye-bye Biceps, Adios Abs: Why machismo and muscles are becoming obsolete (RE-RUN)- Pillowtok #62 appeared first on Glimpse Of Brilliance.

We're re-running one of our favorite episodes, a debate on whether machismo is on its deathbed, with our delightful and opinionated guest Steve Faktor. With women increasingly succeeding professionally, Steve argues men are left without a defined role to play now that women are stepping into more roles once dominated by dudes.  Is this really [...] The post Bye-bye Biceps, Adios Abs: Why machismo and muscles are becoming obsolete (RE-RUN)- Pillowtok #62 appeared first on Glimpse Of Brilliance.

Steve Faktor joins Jim Barraford and Eve and Randy Resnick to talk about his book "Econovation" and the new book he's working on. We talk about learning to adapt when jobs disappear, about helping others on and off line, and much more. Econovation can be seen here: http://goo.gl/v80758

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vsDpSpypJs Cirque du Soleil's Andy Levey joins Steve Faktor to discuss the business of social, including: Can you make Charmin cool on social media?Is Mark Cuban alone at being mad at Facebook?Do platforms have monopoly power?The economics and future of Twitter and Google+How actionable is social data?Is the social user a real human or a "subset of humanity"Is buying fake followers like paying for a stripper?Who is a real influencer or expert? How to use brand ambassadors.Can you sell through social media? Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast here and visit ideafaktory for more daring ideas for innovators. Awesome intro music by The Walkers

Here's the audio of a fun interview I did this morning on NPR's Chicago station WBEZ about my 9 Corporate Personality Types article on Forbes.

This is a repost of Steve Faktor's original viral article on Forbes. In a way, innovation is like sex: those talking about it most are probably doing it the least. Before founding IdeaFaktory, I've had the privilege (and collateral hair loss) of innovating at top Fortune 100 firms, where ‘talk' was unavoidable. So I decided to codify my lessons as The 4C's of InnovationTM. These are: context, creativity, capabilities, and most importantly, culture.  Any innovation worth doing demands cultural change. But who will lead that change? And who will reject it? Why does the same ra-ra event move some employees to tears, but lands like the Hindenburg with others? No need to hire an army of psychologists to electroshock your workforce for answers. Unlike fluffier lists of people to hire, I've profiled the nine kinds of people in your company now  who will make or break any innovation or change initiative.  (For more on culture change, also check out my new podcast with this week's guest Stan Slap.) 9 Corporate Personality Types A few years ago, I had a TV show idea based on the quirky characters I met while leading corporate innovation.  (Think Alice in Wonderland with Armani suits and backstabbing.) As I discussed my characters with others, I discovered that some were universal "types".  So I developed these nine personas to 1) have a little fun and 2) help me manage the culture component of my innovation projects. BAMBI Almost every new recruit (and many new hires) start out bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. They are fresh hard drives ready to be filled with data. You can get them to do almost anything. They walk into meetings armed with fresh slides, broad smiles, and a professionalism they've practiced in interviews, in school, and in the mirror. They can gleefully present for hours to anyone in the company. They can deliver news about layoffs, quotas or dire forecasts without a hint of irony or empathy. They are eager to please and crave learning, mentorship and new opportunities.   BELIEVER Believer is a broad category that continues to branch. Generally, believers carry the torch for the brand and rally others. They'll proudly wear company- branded polo's and have cubes/ offices adorned with trophies, knickknacks, and photos of company picnics. They'll talk your ear off about new specs on the Widgetizer 5000.   ALPHA Alphas are the Delta Force of the Believers. They'll eventually run business units and ultimately, the company. Alphas love crushing competition and playing the corporate game. Their identity, self-worth and status are linked to their corporate conquests. They value tutelage and access to people they respect. Top Alphas can even create reality distortion fields where their truth becomes the truth. That can be intoxicating to employees and others. But they can also be abrupt, egotistical, or have a "you're either with me or you're the janitor" attitude. Look elsewhere for second chances or a shoulder to cry on.   SURVIVOR Survivors make it to senior positions, but don't quite have the horsepower of Alphas or Naturals. They know how to work the system. Survivors don't like taking risks and don't want to change the world, unless it's a sure thing. Some are master manipulators. Others miraculously survive every reorg. A few get inexplicable promotions after their last assignment flops. Their powers come from loyalty to Alphas, shared history, or knowing where the bodies are buried. Some get moved sideways forever – sometimes into good jobs that would be better served by others. If they ever leave, you'd get depressed knowing the size of their severance package. SOLDIER Soldiers are solid team players. They're not as well-rounded as Naturals or Alphas and seek out clarity. They avoid ambiguity (e.g. brainstorming) like it's a flaming rag at an Exxon station. They can be great at one thing like project management, analysis, process improvement or people development. When in the right roles, they shine,