Podcasts about technical innovation

In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia interviews Philipp Kandal, Chief Product Officer at Grab, Southeast Asia's leading super app serving over 40 million monthly active users across eight countries.Originally launched as a taxi-hailing service in Malaysia, Grab has evolved into a comprehensive platform offering ride-hailing, food delivery, financial services, and more. After acquiring Uber's Southeast Asia operations in 2018, Grab went public in 2021 and is now valued at approximately $20 billion, generating $2.8 billion in revenue with 19% year-over-year growth.We explore Grab's transformation from a single-service app to a super app powerhouse, diving into their hyperlocal approach to product development, organizational structure, and how they leverage technology to solve unique challenges in Southeast Asia.What you'll learn:How Grab evolved from a taxi-hailing service to a super app by following user needsStrategies for competing with global players through hyperlocal solutionsHow to structure product teams for both platform and business innovationThe role of user immersion in improving driver and consumer experiencesWays to balance growth with profitability in emerging marketsEpisode Chapters:(00:00) Introduction and Grab's Evolution(10:00) Building Product Teams at Scale(20:00) Hyperlocal Strategy in Southeast Asia(30:00) Product Development Through User Understanding(40:00) Balancing Growth and Profitability(50:00) Technical Innovation and ChallengesKey Takeaways

John Palazza from CentML joins us in this sponsored interview to discuss the critical importance of infrastructure optimization in the age of Large Language Models and Generative AI. We explore how enterprises can transition from the innovation phase to production and scale, highlighting the significance of efficient GPU utilization and cost management. The conversation covers the open-source versus proprietary model debate, the rise of AI agents, and the need for platform independence to avoid vendor lock-in, as well as emerging trends in AI infrastructure and the pivotal role of strategic partnerships.SPONSOR MESSAGES:***CentML offers competitive pricing for GenAI model deployment, with flexible options to suit a wide range of models, from small to large-scale deployments. Check out their super fast DeepSeek R1 hosting!https://centml.ai/pricing/Tufa AI Labs is a brand new research lab in Zurich started by Benjamin Crouzier focussed on o-series style reasoning and AGI. They are hiring a Chief Engineer and ML engineers. Events in Zurich. Goto https://tufalabs.ai/***TRANSCRIPT:https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dnjsygrgdgq5ng5fdlfjg/JOHNPALAZZA.pdf?rlkey=hl9wyydi9mj077rbg5acdmo3a&dl=0John Palazza:Vice President of Global Sales @ CentMLhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/john-p-b34655/TOC:1. Enterprise AI Organization and Strategy [00:00:00] 1.1 Organizational Structure and ML Ownership [00:02:59] 1.2 Infrastructure Efficiency and GPU Utilization [00:07:59] 1.3 Platform Centralization vs Team Autonomy [00:11:32] 1.4 Enterprise AI Adoption Strategy and Leadership2. MLOps Infrastructure and Resource Management [00:15:08] 2.1 Technology Evolution and Enterprise Integration [00:19:10] 2.2 Enterprise MLOps Platform Development [00:22:15] 2.3 AI Interface Evolution and Agent-Based Solutions [00:25:47] 2.4 CentML's Infrastructure Solutions [00:30:00] 2.5 Workload Abstraction and Resource Allocation3. LLM Infrastructure Optimization and Independence [00:33:10] 3.1 GPU Optimization and Cost Efficiency [00:36:47] 3.2 AI Efficiency and Innovation Challenges [00:41:40] 3.3 Cloud Provider Strategy and Infrastructure Control [00:46:52] 3.4 Platform Independence and Vendor Lock-in [00:50:53] 3.5 Technical Innovation and Growth StrategyREFS:[00:01:25] Apple Acquires GraphLab, Apple Inc.https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/05/apple-acquires-turi-a-machine-learning-company/[00:03:50] Bain Tech Report 2024, Gartnerhttps://www.bain.com/insights/topics/technology-report/[00:04:50] PaaS vs IaaS Efficiency, Gartnerhttps://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-11-19-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-public-cloud-end-user-spending-to-total-723-billion-dollars-in-2025[00:14:55] Fashion Quote, Oscar Wildehttps://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Oscar-Wilde-Collins/dp/0007144369[00:15:30] PointCast Network, PointCast Inc.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_technology[00:18:05] AI Bain Report, Bain & Companyhttps://www.bain.com/insights/how-generative-ai-changes-the-game-in-tech-services-tech-report-2024/[00:20:40] Uber Michelangelo, Uber Engineering Teamhttps://www.uber.com/en-SE/blog/michelangelo-machine-learning-platform/[00:20:50] Algorithmia Acquisition, DataRobothttps://www.datarobot.com/newsroom/press/datarobot-is-acquiring-algorithmia-enhancing-leading-mlops-architecture-for-the-enterprise/[00:22:55] Fine Tuning vs RAG, Heydar Soudani, Evangelos Kanoulas & Faegheh Hasibi.https://arxiv.org/html/2403.01432v2[00:24:40] LLM Agent Survey, Lei Wang et al.https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11432[00:26:30] CentML CServe, CentMLhttps://docs.centml.ai/apps/llm[00:29:15] CentML Snowflake, Snowflakehttps://www.snowflake.com/en/engineering-blog/optimize-llms-with-llama-snowflake-ai-stack/[00:30:15] NVIDIA H100 GPU, NVIDIAhttps://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/h100/[00:33:25] CentML's 60% savings, CentMLhttps://centml.ai/platform/

Scott Osgood, acrobat turned Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging System Designer for Acrobatic Solutions, LLC, is the brain behind innovative deceleration and winch decoupling systems for live shows and UAVs. His pioneering work earned him the prestigious Thea Award for Technical Innovation. Launching his career at Sarasota's Sailor Circus, Scott's global performances and rigging expertise led to significant contributions to top entertainment entities. His designs have been featured in Cirque du Soleil productions and Disney projects. Scott enjoys life's journeys with his family of 5.   @stagelync Thank you to our sponsor @clear-com The StageLync Podcast is a branch of our larger StageLync Community. Come visit us at www.stagelync.com

Scott Osgood, acrobat turned Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging System Designer for Acrobatic Solutions, LLC, is the brain behind innovative deceleration and winch decoupling systems for live shows and UAVs. His pioneering work earned him the prestigious Thea Award for Technical Innovation. Launching his career at Sarasota's Sailor Circus, Scott's global performances and rigging expertise led to significant contributions to top entertainment entities. His designs have been featured in Cirque du Soleil productions and Disney projects. Scott enjoys life's journeys with his family of 5.   “ATTENTION SPOTIFY LISTENERS: IF you want to WATCH this with VIDEO, you can also subscribe to our video version: https://open.spotify.com/show/5e9KnBRZdjUTXTvCe6Nrqm?si=6639537c61044396” @stagelync Thank you to our sponsor @clear-com The StageLync Podcast is a branch of our larger StageLync Community. Come visit us at www.stagelync.com

The University of Oxford is made up of over 30 colleges and halls spread across the city centre and beyond. These colleges are at the heart of Oxford's reputation as one of the best universities in the world and make it a very special place to study and live. With the oldest colleges being over 700 years old, it is a rare occurrence for a new college to be established. In 2019, Reuben Colleges was established as the newest college at Oxford University. It is a graduate college dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary exchange within an inclusive, innovative and impact-oriented community. My guest in this episode is the first president of Reuben College. Professor Lord Lionel Tarassenko CBE FREng FMedSci is the first president of Reuben College, and Theme Lead for the AI & Machine Learning research cluster. He is a world-leading expert in the application of signal processing and machine learning to healthcare, with a strong track record in translation to clinical medicine. Professor Tarassenko's work has had a major impact on the identification of deterioration in acute care and on the management of chronic disease. The system which he designed for patient monitoring in critical care was the first machine learning system to gain FDA approval (in 2008). Prior to that, Professor Tarassenko had been closely involved in the development of some of the jet engine monitoring software at the core of the Rolls-Royce TotalCare® package. This won him the Rolls-Royce Chairman's Award for Technical Innovation in 2001 and the Sir Henry Royce High Value Patent Award in 2008. Professor Tarassenko was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2000, and to a Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2013. He has won many awards for his work, including the British Computer Society (BCS) Medal, the Silver Medal of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Engineering & Technology IT Award, among others. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to engineering in the 2012 New Year's Honours List. In May of 2024, Professor Tarassenko was appointed to the House of Lords as a non-party-political peer and will join the House of Lords as a cross-bencher (Baron Tarassenko of Headington).

Yulia Pavlova (Director of Technical Innovation at Thomson Reuters) joins me to chat about the role of AI in disinformation/misinformation in the media, communicating complex topics to nontechnical people, and much more. I personally consider the current state of the media as one of the central challenges today, and I learned a lot chatting with Yulia, who's innovating in this space. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuliapavlovaphd/

Prefab has demonstrated itself to be a valuable addition to the construction industry, but there's still some pushback against it. When we're certain of the benefit of new processes, we just need to be persistent. As they say, “the proof is in the pudding.” In this episode, Mike Barrett of CRB joins us to discuss how the cumulative successes of prefab will ultimately be key to widespread adoption. Mike Barrett is Vice President of Technical Innovation and Delivery at CRB. He is passionate about excellence through project delivery and develops and drives innovative project delivery strategies across the entire project execution value stream. He brings a lean-thinking mindset to continuously seek out waste in project delivery processes, practices, tools, and methods in order to position CRB as a global leader in Life Science Project Execution.

This week on the show, we welcome the Jay Holben, an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Jay is known for his extensive contributions to film literature and technology, particularly through the books, "Cine Lens Manual" and "Shot Craft". He shares his journey as a cinematographer, filmmaker, writer, and researcher. Ever curious, Holben emphasizes the importance of continuous learning in the fluctuating landscape of the film industry, advocating for deeper engagement with both the technical and emotional aspects of filmmaking. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our efforts on Patreon. Jay's Instagram | Website Peter's Instagram | Website Ava's Instagram | Website This episode is sponsored by Sandisk, Laowa and Fujifilm, with special thanks to AbelCine.

In this week's episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle go over recent cinema industry news and box office results–including the varied performances of Bob Marley: One love and Madame Webb—before Loria speaks with Wouter D'Oosterlinck, Goran Stojmenovik, and Peter Janssens of Barco in advance of their receipt of a technical Oscar this month for their work developing RGB laser projection technology. Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:Finding Purpose: Kingdom Story Company Producer Kevin Downes on ORDINARY ANGELSWeekend Box Office: BOB MARLEY Unites Audiences, MADAME WEB Spins DownwardsJammin': Screenwriters Terence Winter and Frank E. Flowers Vibe on BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVEUNIC Reports 24% Box Office Growth in 2023 Across European Cinema TerritoriesMarvel Studios' DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Trailer Scores with Most Views of All Time in 24 HoursLarry H. Miller Sports + Entertainment Expands the Megaplex Theatres BrandWhat to Listen For00:00 Intro01:45 Scorsese & De Niro Collaborations10:42 Madame Webb's opening weekend12:59 Bob Marley's biopic, One Love14:17 Sony's blockbuster quest16:15 Exciting titles on the horizon for 202418:11 Dune 2's record-breaking presales and Zendaya''s daring red carpet look19:25 European box office growth23:03 Deadpool trailer hits 365 million views25:35 Barco's Award-winning trio27:00 The birth of RGB laser projection

This episode is a great discussion coming from a question submitted by our producer Jake: what is the modern equivalent of the Mercedes W201 190E? == This episode of “The Carmudgeon Show” is presented by Valentine One Radar Locator: Find radar before it finds you! https://bit.ly/Valentine1_Hagerty Click here to join the Hagerty Driver's Club: https://bit.ly/Join-HDC-Cammisa-ICONS == Jason and Derek try to come up with a list of 5 Cars That Are Significant Like the W201 was.  The first question is what made that old Mercedes so special. The criteria are: Technical Innovation. Moving Into a New Market. Meaningful Change to the Industry. Democratizing Features Previously Not Part of a Segment With bonus points for: Motorsport Heritage Design Then, it becomes so much more. And possibly includes the Hyundai/Kia triplets: Hyundai Ioniq 5, Genesis GV60, and Kia EV6. The 1992 Toyota Camry. The answer lies somewhere between Tesla's Model 3, the Porsche Cayenne, the Toyota Prius, and the Lexus LS400.  === Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Asteris Apostolidis is a Lead for Technical Innovation at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, where he oversees the implementation and expansion of cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twins, and Autonomous Operations across various company departments. His extensive technical knowledge spans the fields of aeronautics and aviation, acquired through roles at academic institutions, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers in four different nations. On The Menu: 1. Significance of balancing innovation with operational demands. 2. Emerging technologies in aviation. 3. The complexity of certifying AI-based technologies in aviation and building trust in autonomous systems. 4. AI's pivotal contribution to realizing sustainability objectives within the aviation industry. 5. Obstacles associated with expanding the scope of electric and hydrogen aviation. 6. The vital role of Digital twins and simulation methods in aviation operations. #AsterisApostolidis #MarketerOfTheMonth #Aviation #RoyalDutchAirlines #Podcastoftheday #MarketingPodcast #TechInnovation

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When Joshua Gans and his co-authors released their book Prediction Machines in 2018, they were writing about a topic that seemed quite niche. At this time, machine learning was just starting out. In the last year, the speed at which artificial intelligence has advanced has surprised almost everyone.In this conversation, we hear how the analytical framework that he and his colleagues developed helps to sort through the hype. He argues artificial intelligence is best thought of as a prediction machine. You'll hear why he's optimistic that artificial intelligence will be able to help people remove some of the drudgery from some jobs, but at this time, doesn't seem likely to take over full jobs. He'll share how understanding artificial intelligence as an advance in predictive statistics will help leaders assess how artificial intelligence may or may not be useful. About our guest:Joshua Gans is a Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, the University of Toronto (with a cross-appointment in the Department of Economics). Joshua is also Chief Economist of the University of Toronto's Creative Destruction Lab. Prior to 2011, he was the foundation Professor of Management (Information Economics) at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne and before that, he was at the School of Economics, University of New South Wales. At Rotman, he teaches MBA students entrepreneurial strategy. He has also co-authored (with Stephen King and Robin Stonecash) the Australasian edition of Greg Mankiw's Principles of Economics (published by Cengage), Core Economics for Managers (Cengage), Finishing the Job (MUP), Parentonomics (New South/MIT Press) and Information Wants to be Shared (Harvard Business Review Press) and The Disruption Dilemma (MIT Press, 2016);

From time to time, ingenious people sit in the laboratory and discover new technology, find new insights about how the world works, or how to improve the status quo. But how to turn that into practice? There might be plenty of possible applications in multiple markets. You cannot start with everything at the same time. How do you evaluate these options? How do you make a choice? In this episode, Juni, co-founder of mujo labs, shares her story about leveraging the benefits of algae to provide biodegradable packaging materials.

This episode features Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School Class of 2005 alumnus Eliot Livingston Wilson, the founder and design lead for FUTUR, a firm developing regenerative affordable housing solutions. Hawthorne Valley's Executive Director, Martin Ping, chatted with Eliot about his exciting venture to find solutions to the interconnected housing and climate crises. They also talked about his family's deeply rooted history in the Hudson Valley and the impact of that history and of Waldorf education on Eliot's chosen career path. Regenerative solutions have been the thread throughout Eliot's work in a range of interconnected fields, including carpentry, UX design, renewable energy systems development, and permaculture landscape design. He aims to realize a truly regenerative future through the development and implementation of holistic and technical innovations that maintain harmony with the earth. Our heartfelt thanks to Tierra Farm for their continued generous support of this podcast. As a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of organic dried fruits and nuts, Tierra Farm is proud to put the people they serve and the planet we share before all else. Learn more at tierrafarm.com. About Eliot Livingston Wilson: As the Founder and Design Lead of FUTUR, the work of Eliot Livingston Wilson is anchored in the applied practices of Regeneration. His passion is rooted in the development and implementation of real solutions to the housing deficit in the context of our ecological crisis. A native of the Hudson Valley, Wilson spent his formative years in Europe where, immersed in a culture that was actively pursuing solutions to the climate crisis and ecocide, he received an education in Architecture and Fine Arts with a concentration in Land-based Sculpture from Alaus University. It was during these 15 years abroad that Wilson developed and designed early prototypes of the holistic building systems now offered by FUTUR.  In 2019 Wilson established FUTUR, developing partnerships with sustainable builders Hudson Valley Timberworks and Restoration and renowned permaculture experts Whole Systems Design. FUTUR is newly-partnered with the Wilhelm Reich Museum in Rangely, Maine for a long-term development project. ABOUT FUTURFUTUR offers regenerative, affordable starter-homes as a real solution to the housing and climate crises. Non-toxic, highly energy-efficient, and intelligently designed for ideal function and flow, FUTUR's dwellings make a life in harmony with Earth possible. Crafted from sustainable materials such as hemp lime, reclaimed lumber, and recycled metal, a FUTUR home does not fight with Nature but collaborates with her. FUTUR is a holistic vision for a new way of living. Join us in the regenerative revolution. Learn more about FUTUR.Thanks for listening to Hawthorne Valley's Roots to Renewal podcast. We are an association comprised of a variety of interconnected initiatives that work collectively to meet our mission. You can learn more about our work by visiting our website at hawthornevalley.org. Hawthorne Valley is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization, and we rely on the generosity of people like you to make our work a reality. Please consider making a donation to support us today. If you'd like to help us in other ways, please help us spread the word about this podcast by sharing it with your friends, and leaving us a rating and review.If you'd like to follow the goings-on at the farm and our initiatives, follow us on Instagram!

Joshua Gans is the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategic Management at Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Joshua is a brilliant academic, an entertaining speaker, and an avid Star Wars fan. He is Chief Economist of Creative Destruction Lab, department editor (Strategy) at Management Science, and cofounder and managing director of Core Economic Research. Joshua has published numerous books on innovation, disruption, entrepreneurship, and most recently, pandemic economics. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research affiliate at MIT, a senior academic fellow at the e61 Institute, a distinguished fellow of the Luohan Academy, and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

Welcome to episode #859 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #859. How does artificial intelligence affect the structure and dynamics of the global economy? What are the potential benefits and risks associated with artificial intelligence on the future of humanity? Joshua Gans is the co-author of the recently published book, Power and Prediction - The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence. He is also widely known as the co-author of Prediction Machines and over ten other books at the intersection of technology, disruption and economics. Joshua is a Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is also the Chief Economist at the Creative Destruction Lab and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a leading expert in the field of economics, particularly in the areas of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship. Along with book writing, he is a regular contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal. He has also done extensive work on entrepreneurship, the digital economy, and the management of intellectual property. Joshua is a recipient of the John Kenneth Galbraith Prize for his work on the economics of the digital economy and was recently named one of the world's top 25 most influential economists by Bloomberg. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 47:06. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Joshua Gans. Power and Prediction - The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence. Prediction Machines. Rotman School of Management. Creative Destruction Lab. Follow Joshua on Twitter. Follow Joshua on LinkedIn. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Joshua Gans is a Professor of Strategic Management and the holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is also the Chief Economist of the University's Creative Destruction Lab. In 2018, together with Ajay Agrawal and Avi Goldfarb, he published Prediction Machines, an exploration of how basic tools from economics provide clarity about the AI revolution and a basis for action by leaders. The trio's latest book, “Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence” explains the economics of A.I. through the lens of decision systems. In conversation with Martin Reeves, Chairman of BCG Henderson Institute, Joshua discusses how the transformational potential of A.I. is only unlocked if decision systems are reconsidered holistically, mirroring the pattern observed in previous technological revolutions like the application of steam power, electricity, or digital communication. *** About the BCG Henderson Institute The BCG Henderson Institute is the Boston Consulting Group's think tank, dedicated to exploring and developing valuable new insights from business, technology, economics, and science by embracing the powerful technology of ideas. The Institute engages leaders in provocative discussion and experimentation to expand the boundaries of business theory and practice and to translate innovative ideas from within and beyond business. For more ideas and inspiration, sign up to receive BHI INSIGHTS, our monthly newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Professors Ajay, Avi & Joshua, co-authors of “Power & Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence” share a bit about how to bring together a team of three creative, imaginative people – how they work together, form ideas, and ultimately shape a vision of the future of technology. “Power & Prediction” is being released Tuesday, November 15th. Ajay Agrawal is Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. He is the founder of Creative Destruction Lab, cofounder of Next 36 and Next AI, and cofounder of Sanctuary, an AI/robotics company. Avi Goldfarb is the Rotman Chair in AI and Healthcare and Professor of Marketing at Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Avi is also Chief Data Scientist at Creative Destruction Lab, a fellow at Behavioral Economics in Action at Rotman, a faculty affiliate at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Joshua Gans is the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategic Management at Toronto's Rotman School of Management. He is Chief Economist at Creative Destruction Lab, department editor (Strategy) at Management Science, and cofounder and managing director of Core Economic Research.

Think like a Virus! Viewing the Pandemic through the Lens of Game Theory | with Joshua Gans In this episode Joshua Gans shares his insights on the ongoing pandemic from a game theoretic perspective. He explains how he first got into the topic, why being deadly is generally not the best strategy for any virus, and how hidden information can help a virus thrive. Joshua then walks us through ways to counter a virus and how to prepare for the future.   Joshua Gans is professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto. His research interests are in the areas of technological competition and innovation, industrial organization and regulatory economics, among others. He is also author of several books such as "The pandemic information solution".

Innovation: it's a word that's commonly thrown around corporate settings today. But who are the key players that are actually driving change forward in industries like tech, finance and advertising? In this episode, Paul sits down with one of the creative leaders and entrepreneurs helping to drive transformation across industries today, Guga Stocco. As the co-founder of Futurum Capital, Guga has more than 20 years of experience in building up digital businesses and leading corporate transformations. In his career, he's touched several industries like digital banking, startup investments, e-commerce and more. During their discussion, Paul and Guga touch on a wide variety of topics like AI, open banking, and how technology is driving industry transformations overall.Interested in learning more about the show? Check out our website: https://www.transformitforward.com/

Today's guest is Susan Schneider, Founding Director at the Center for the Future Mind of Florida Atlantic University, NASA Chair in Astrobiology Exploration and Technical Innovation, and Distinguished Scholar Chair at the Library of Congress. In this week's episode, Susan discusses the big picture of the future of AI and the brain-computer interface. She also gives examples that help provide a lens into the possibility for post-human trajectory decades into the future of artificial intelligence and more. If you're interested in unlocking our AI best practice guides, frameworks for AI ROI, and specific resources for AI consultants, visit emerj.com/p1.

Stanford health economics professor Jay Bhattacharya has said that the coronavirus is one of the biggest failures of the economics profession. And whether or not that's an exaggeration, it's true many economics have stayed quiet throughout the course of this virus. But not Joshua Gans.Joshua Gans is a Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto (with a cross-appointment in the Department of Economics). He is also Chief Economist of the University of Toronto's Creative Destruction Lab.Listen as we dive into all things pandemic today: COVID-19 as a disease vs a function of behavior, gauging risk, privacy laws, and the range of COVID testing options. “Epidemiology in many respects is closer to a social science than it is to a natural science.”Episode Quotes:On pandemic research within Economics:"Economists had looked at infectious diseases, most notably AIDS. There was some work done, but it was, to say it was a fringe would be almost an understatement. There was no work done on if we have a global pandemic, what is the optimal macroeconomic response? There was nothing there."On creating public policy during a pandemic:"Here's where it gets frustrating. Here are the scientists doing their business, coming up with various studies and, you know, critical facts. But at the same time, they've got to take that and it's got to go all the way to public policy. And in between, there is this lump of stuff they don't know about: social science. And so they make guesses."On the fundamental information problem of pandemics:"It took me a little while to come around to realize that this calamity was more solvable than people were saying. And it wasn't going to require necessarily vaccine and other things like that. If we could just get our head around it. But that turned out to be a non-obvious view to a lot of people. And it certainly wasn't the way in which health people that I was speaking to had talked about it. So it was more a uniquely economic strategy type approach. What is the fundamental problem here? And can we solve that?"Show Links:Joshua Gans WebsiteJoshua Gans Substack: Plugging The GapOrder Book:The Pandemic Information SolutionOrder Book:The Pandemic Information GapOrder Book: Prediction MachinesOrder Book: The Disruption Dilemma

Scott Newsome is the CFO and a board member at Dexwet (https://dexwet.com), an Austrian company which has patented and developed an air filtration technology that 1) operates at both high and low airflow rates that are difficult/impossible for conventional media filters to handle, 2) has much lower maintenance requirements and costs than traditional media filters. Dexwet has concentrated on markets it can easily dominate, and Scott is making sure that his entire organization is engaged in engaging every part of his customers to maximize value delivery. There are lessons here for every company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

POLICY SEMINAR Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation: Implications for research and the One CGIAR agenda MAR 19, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT “Innovations do not diffuse independently of enabling market, regulatory, and sociocultural environments. Scaling promising technological advances requires sociotechnical innovation bundles of context-dependent, customized combinations of mutually reinforcing innovations.” > Expert Panel report on “Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation” convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability IFPRI is pleased to host a conversation with Professor Christopher Barrett and other experts on what is required to bring about healthy, equitable, resilient, and sustainable (HERS) food systems and the pressing need to bundle social and technological innovations to most effectively accomplish this. Introductory Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI Speaker: Christopher B. Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University Panelists: Channing Arndt, Director, Environment, and Production Technology Division, IFPRI Enock Chikava, Deputy Director, Agricultural Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Karen Macours, Chaired professor, the Paris School of Economics (PSE); Senior Researcher, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE); and Chair of CGIAR's Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Links: Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles For Agri-Food Systems Transformation (Full report): https://www.nature.com/documents/Bundles_agrifood_transformation.pdf Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles For Agri-Food Systems Transformation (Summary): https://www.nature.com/documents/Bundles_agrifood_transformation_Summary.pdf More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/socio-technical-innovation-bundles-agri-food-systems-transformation-implications-research-and Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Florian Gamper has been Chief Technology Officer at a variety of companies, and is a former Engineering Director of BCG Digital Ventures. We caught up with him to talk through what corporates need to consider when building technical products and businesses, and considered the current state of tech-led innovation in Europe.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March, a self-isolating and easily distracted economist resolved to take himself in hand. "I decided I would do what I was good at: I would write a book" about the complex interplay between epidemiology and economics and the policy dilemmas it poses. By June, Joshua Gans had published Economics in the Age of COVID-19 and, within days, he had started work on the expanded version - The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19 (MIT Press, 2020) - to come out in the autumn. Its central thesis is that "at their heart, pandemics are an information problem. Solve the information problem and you can defeat the virus”. Joshua Gans is Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Global Advisors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March, a self-isolating and easily distracted economist resolved to take himself in hand. "I decided I would do what I was good at: I would write a book" about the complex interplay between epidemiology and economics and the policy dilemmas it poses. By June, Joshua Gans had published Economics in the Age of COVID-19 and, within days, he had started work on the expanded version - The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19 (MIT Press, 2020) - to come out in the autumn. Its central thesis is that "at their heart, pandemics are an information problem. Solve the information problem and you can defeat the virus”. Joshua Gans is Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Global Advisors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March, a self-isolating and easily distracted economist resolved to take himself in hand. "I decided I would do what I was good at: I would write a book" about the complex interplay between epidemiology and economics and the policy dilemmas it poses. By June, Joshua Gans had published Economics in the Age of COVID-19 and, within days, he had started work on the expanded version - The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19 (MIT Press, 2020) - to come out in the autumn. Its central thesis is that "at their heart, pandemics are an information problem. Solve the information problem and you can defeat the virus”. Joshua Gans is Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Global Advisors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March, a self-isolating and easily distracted economist resolved to take himself in hand. "I decided I would do what I was good at: I would write a book" about the complex interplay between epidemiology and economics and the policy dilemmas it poses. By June, Joshua Gans had published Economics in the Age of COVID-19 and, within days, he had started work on the expanded version - The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19 (MIT Press, 2020) - to come out in the autumn. Its central thesis is that "at their heart, pandemics are an information problem. Solve the information problem and you can defeat the virus”. Joshua Gans is Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Global Advisors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March, a self-isolating and easily distracted economist resolved to take himself in hand. "I decided I would do what I was good at: I would write a book" about the complex interplay between epidemiology and economics and the policy dilemmas it poses. By June, Joshua Gans had published Economics in the Age of COVID-19 and, within days, he had started work on the expanded version - The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19 (MIT Press, 2020) - to come out in the autumn. Its central thesis is that "at their heart, pandemics are an information problem. Solve the information problem and you can defeat the virus”. Joshua Gans is Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Global Advisors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March, a self-isolating and easily distracted economist resolved to take himself in hand. "I decided I would do what I was good at: I would write a book" about the complex interplay between epidemiology and economics and the policy dilemmas it poses. By June, Joshua Gans had published Economics in the Age of COVID-19 and, within days, he had started work on the expanded version - The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19 (MIT Press, 2020) - to come out in the autumn. Its central thesis is that "at their heart, pandemics are an information problem. Solve the information problem and you can defeat the virus”. Joshua Gans is Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Global Advisors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Houseman, Principal Consultant at 1898 & Company, A Burns & McDonnell Division. Previously, CTO at Capgemini and Vice President of Technical Innovation at EnerNex. And certainly one of the premier Grid Modernization movers and shakers in the world.

In this episode I had the great pleasure of chatting to someone who I have known for about 25 years and has had a profound influence of cycling over the last 30 years. Uli Schoberer is the inventor of the first power cranks and founder of SRM. Since then SRM cranks have been considered the gold standard of power measurement and thus have been seen at world championships and in the pro-peleton for the last 25 years transforming our understanding of cycling performance. In the interview Uli gives as great historical account of the development of SRM right up to the most recent product the X-power pedals, SPD mountain bike pedals - the first mountain bike pedals to the market. Another first for SRM.

In this episode I chat to Daniel Cain who is putting his university degree to good use in inventing a brand new aero wheel platform (AIR). As a keen racer he recognised the limitations and cost of existing wheels on the market and came up with the concept of a base rim with interchangeable aero attachments to give you the full range of 50, 70mm and full disc options. The discussion with Daniel goes into detail on the aerodynamic characteristics of deep section rims and the special modelling software that he has developed to design his different covers. More details can be found at (www.streamlinecycling.co.uk) with pre-ordering opening soon.

In a slight departure from our normal format we are introducing a new technical innovation series where we will bring interviews from different inventors of technical innovation in cycling. On the Cycling Science Podcast we do not do simple endorsements or marketing of new cycling products products and we only interview people if they are doing something really innovative, breaking the mould or bringing something that is first to market. First we have Shokbox (www.shokbox.co.uk) invented by Martin Greene, this is a very interesting story where Martin recognised from personal experience that many of the bike boxes on the market had significant flaws and decided to do something about it. Martin tells us about the thought process that went into designing his new bike box by improving on all of the key important features that can be problematic in packing and transporting your bike in a bike box. For each of the new Technical Episodes I will post a longer article on the website www.cycling-science.com if you would like a bit more detail.

Listen to Prof. Joshua S. Gans, Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical #Innovation and #Entrepreneurship Professor of Strategic Management at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto discussing with #IIMA #ICICIBank Chair, Chairperson of #CMHSIIMA, Prof. Chirantan Chatterjee on his recent book, "Economics in the Age of Covid-19".

"Creating the Life You Want," a monthly PODCAST discussing different components and topics of designing, manifesting and building the happy, healthy, purposeful life of your dreams. Your host, Dr. Sonya M Kelly, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Author, Spiritual Healer and founder of Golden Temple Meditations (GTM) based in Cotati, CA. Each month, Dr. Kelly will interview a guest on how they have created the life they want; engage in conversations with guests on a particular topic related to living one’s dream life; or share her knowledge, insights and personal experiences surrounding a particular component of a consciously designed life. This third podcast episode is called, “Turning Tragedy into Triumph.” Our guest this month is John M. Speicher, a Mechanical Engineer, inventor, and Rocket Scientist. He is listed as an inventor or co-inventor on over 35 US and foreign patents. One of his inventions was featured at the San Jose Museum of Technical Innovation for 20 Years. He survived a debilitating car accident, recovered and has gone on to invent a workstation that helps others with major back and neck injuries to continue being productive. Currently, Mr. Spiecher is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and one of the founders of Altwork, the company that sells the workstations. You can see a video of the workstation in action at https://www.facebook.com/altworkstations or find out more at www.Altwork.com Dr. Kelly has over 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist specializing in goal setting and implementation; life balancing skills, stress management as well as anxiety and depression management. She is available for Video or Telehealth psychotherapy sessions as well as seeing clients in person in her Santa Rosa and Petaluma, California offices. She accepts Medicare and Medi-Medi Insurances as well as debit and credit cards. Dr. Kelly is now an in-network Provider for BEACON HEALTH OPTIONS Insurance as of December 2019. Her audiobook, "Meditative Visualization; How 2 Minutes a Day Can Change Your Life," is available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, Audible, CDbaby.com and at her website, www.GoldenTempleMeditations.com/marketplace Dr. Kelly can be contacted via her business smartphone at 707-292-6714 or by email, GoldenTempleMeditations@gmail.com. We hope you have enjoyed this podcast and will join us for next month's podcast.

I first met Pete Armstrong as he was pitching at the Ecosummit event in Berlin in 2018 and last year. The scale of the impact possible in transforming our heating and water storage systems in our homes blew my mind. I’ve always been so involved in the ‘electrification of everything’, so I’ve watched since with interest. Mixergy were also mentioned in a recent podcast episode with Robert Trezona of IP Group, one of their early (and follow on) investors. So I thought I’d invite Dr Pete Armstrong to join us. About our guest Dr Pete Armstrong is CEO and co-founder of Mixergy, an Oxford University spin-out company which has brought to market a unique hot water tank. Pete completed his PhD on intelligent hot water tanks at Oxford Uni with fellow student and co-founder Ren Kang, before going on to win a Technical Innovation award within the 2013 Shell Eco-Marathon electric car competition, and a prize in a Climate KiC venture competition, which was the genesis of Mixergy in 2014. Mixergy has since received investment from IP Group, Oxford Science Innovation, Centrica Innovations and Foresight Williams to grow and develop the business. About Mixergy Mixergy has developed an intelligent hot water tank, which is unlike others on the market. The Mixergy tank operates on an integrated Internet of Things platform and is designed to selectively heat smaller portions of water. As a fleet, Mixergy aims to offer a Demand Side Response (DSR) service to the National Grid, absorbing excess power load and time shifting demand to help balance the grid. This “Internet of Tanks” vision will help to facilitate the generation and utilisation of more renewables nationwide to support a greener future. The Mixergy tank is also a benefit to consumers, saving up to 40% on hot water bills through sophisticated machine learning. GUEST LINKS Mixergy Website- www.mixergy.co.uk Mixergy on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mixergy-ltd/ Mixergy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MixergyLtd EPISODE LINKS Cleantech Mixergy Raises £3.6M - https://www.businesscloud.co.uk/news/cleantech-mixergy-raises-36m Mixergy on Fully Charged - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Z4JCoPAGc Mixergy at Ecosummit 2019 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AL_wDpTVEc Chaos: Making a New Science – James Gleick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos:_Making_a_New_Science Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantech Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

In this episode of #AmeerApproved I sit down with Joshua Gans to talk about his new book INNOVATION + EQUALITY. All innovation entails uncertainty; there's no way to predict which new technologies will catch on. Therefore, rather than betting on the future of particular professions, we should consider policies that embrace uncertainty and protect people from unfavorable outcomes. To this end, they suggest policies that promote both innovation and equality. If we encourage innovation in the right way, our future can look more like the cheerful techno-utopia of Star Trek than the dark techno-dystopia of The Terminator. Get access to all my weekly content, episodes, live events, and business-related updates http://tiny.cc/3p9mcz Listen on Itunes http://tiny.cc/fwtvcz Sticher http://tiny.cc/so9mcz Google Podcast http://tiny.cc/dekncz Spotify http://tiny.cc/fxtvcz Guest: https://www.joshuagans.com/innovation-equality Joshua Gans is a Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (with a cross appointment in the Department of Economics). Joshua is also Chief Economist of the University of Toronto's Creative Destruction Lab. Prior to 2011, he was the foundation Professor of Management (Information Economics) at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne and prior to that he was at the School of Economics, University of New South Wales. In 2011, Joshua was a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research (New England). Joshua holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an honors degree in economics from the University of Queensland. In 2012, Joshua was appointed as a Research Associate of the NBER in the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. At Rotman, he teaches MBA students entrepreneurial strategy. He has also co-authored (with Stephen King and Robin Stonecash) the Australasian edition of Greg Mankiw's Principles of Economics (published by Cengage), Core Economics for Managers (Cengage), Finishing the Job (MUP), Parentonomics (New South/MIT Press) and Information Wants to be Shared (Harvard Business Review Press) and The Disruption Dilemma (MIT Press, 2016); Scholarly Publishing and its Discontents (2017) and Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence (HBR Press, 2018). His most recent book is Innovation + Equality (MIT Press, 2019). In 2007, Joshua was awarded the Economic Society of Australia’s Young Economist Award. In 2008, Joshua was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia. Details of his research activities can be found here. In 2011, Joshua (along with Fiona Murray of MIT) received a grant for almost $1 million from the Sloan Foundation to explore the Economics of Knowledge Contribution and Distribution. In 2017, Joshua won the Roger Martin Award for Research Excellence at the Rotman School of Management. In 2019, Joshua was awarded the PURC Distinguished Service Award from the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida for his contributions to regulatory economics. On the consulting side, Joshua is managing director of Core Economic Research and an Academic Associate with The Brattle Group. In the past, Joshua has worked with several established consulting firms including London Economics, Frontier Economics and Charles River Associates. He has also been retained by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Federal Trade Commission where he worked on expert testimony in several abuse of market power cases as well as on issues in telecommunications network competition. Overall his consulting experience covers energy (gas and electricity markets), telecommunications, financial services and banking, pharmaceuticals and rail transport.   Blog http://www.Ameerrosic.com Twitter http://www.Twitter.com/ameerrosic Instagram http://www.Instagram.com/ameerrosic   #JoshuaGans

In this podcast, Neil Gomes shares his experience on how to set culture, decision making, and business priorities by focusing on passion and empathy from the perspective of the patient.  Through the process of understanding what patients want that are not expressed, his team has been wildly successful in developing custom solutions to improve quality, service, and outcomes.  … Continue reading Episode 20: Technical Innovation and Consumer Experience feat. Neil Gomes →

Every single day we learn new processes and develop new solutions that can help save us time and money. There are few people alive today that don't have smartphones or don't use some type of virtual assistant or smart device at either their home or workplace. Innovations in automation and smart design have permeated our entire culture rapidly. Who would have thought that five years ago there would be hundreds of thousands of Wi-Fi adapters that people could buy for $30 and install in their own home to control lights? That same convenience and untapped potential for growth is scaling all the way up to complete smart environments and their designs. Our guests today, Yiannis Cabolis and Andy Batwinas, Director of Technical Innovation and Design Supervisor at Electrosonic, come on the podcast to explain how these smart built designs and environments are driving unprecedented collaboration in the space, and putting more emphasis on the experience, for both the end-user and the AV professional. For the consumer, using this kind of design for immersive environments is giving them unparalleled experiences, from interactive museum exhibits to AR digital signage in retail. Cabolis and Batwinas explain their project at the Nature Research Center in Raleigh, NC, one that demanded unique designs for a plethora of media rich exhibits, a true multi-use space called the Daily Planet, and very specific video projection demands. With this project, Cabolis learned he had to go against the grain to deliver an experience-focused design for the end-user. "You need to know all the rules associated with any applications you design and only then one can know which one to break to create magic," Cabolis said. For the manufacturers, the experience-focused direction is bringing new collaboration to the industry, and a necessity for a deeper knowledge base around network efficiency. Since content is flowing in and out of the designs consistently, the equipment must be tested for functionality consistently during the installation process and periodically after deploymeny to ensure the scope of work has been included from the design. Beyond that, Cabolis and Batwinas explain how the designers and integrators on these smart built environment projects are being pushed to new creative heights, and how that's setting new standards within Pro AV. For more information on Electrosonic's work in smart environment design, what the biggest missed opportunities and pitfalls are, how to avoid the “Flavor of the Month” syndrome, and what their favorite project driven by “The Experience” has been, give this podcast a listen.

Every single day we learn new processes and develop new solutions that can help save us time and money. There are few people alive today that don’t have smartphones or don’t use some type of virtual assistant or smart device at either their home or workplace. Innovations in automation and smart design have permeated our entire culture rapidly. Who would have thought that five years ago there would be hundreds of thousands of Wi-Fi adapters that people could buy for $30 and install in their own home to control lights? That same convenience and untapped potential for growth is scaling all the way up to complete smart environments and their designs. Our guests today, Yiannis Cabolis and Andy Batwinas, Director of Technical Innovation and Design Supervisor at Electrosonic, come on the podcast to explain how these smart built designs and environments are driving unprecedented collaboration in the space, and putting more emphasis on the experience, for both the end-user and the AV professional. For the consumer, using this kind of design for immersive environments is giving them unparalleled experiences, from interactive museum exhibits to AR digital signage in retail. Cabolis and Batwinas explain their project at the Nature Research Center in Raleigh, NC, one that demanded unique designs for a plethora of media rich exhibits, a true multi-use space called the Daily Planet, and very specific video projection demands. With this project, Cabolis learned he had to go against the grain to deliver an experience-focused design for the end-user. "You need to know all the rules associated with any applications you design and only then one can know which one to break to create magic," Cabolis said. For the manufacturers, the experience-focused direction is bringing new collaboration to the industry, and a necessity for a deeper knowledge base around network efficiency. Since content is flowing in and out of the designs consistently, the equipment must be tested for functionality consistently during the installation process and periodically after deploymeny to ensure the scope of work has been included from the design. Beyond that, Cabolis and Batwinas explain how the designers and integrators on these smart built environment projects are being pushed to new creative heights, and how that's setting new standards within Pro AV. For more information on Electrosonic’s work in smart environment design, what the biggest missed opportunities and pitfalls are, how to avoid the “Flavor of the Month” syndrome, and what their favorite project driven by “The Experience” has been, give this podcast a listen.

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In episode 5 we talk to Joshua Gans, who is a Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is also the Chief Economist of the Creative Destruction Lab. Joshua has written various books ranging from general economics, the disruption dilemma to applying principals from economics to parenting. In today's episode, we talk about his latest book, "Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence", which explains what AI means for businesses, policy-makers, and society in general.

How will Canada's leading AI research impact our economy? Amanda Lang and Jodie Wallis explore this question with guests Hon. Navdeep Bains, Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Joshua Gans, who holds the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto. They're also joined by Rebecca Finlay, VP of engagement and public policy at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).

While we have been busy concentrating on viruses, malware, firewalls, phishing attempts, and ransomware, how many of you think about social media attacks and social media cyber crimes? James Foster, ZeroFOX’s CEO, discusses the growing issue of social media cybercrime. He also highlights specific attacks/scams plaguing Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, respectively, and explains his company’s role in keeping users safe. Foster also talks about what companies and individuals should be doing to protect themselves and what’s on the horizon in terms of future social media attacks. ZeroFox ZeroFOX was named "2017 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winner Leader in Social Media and Digital Security Recognized for Technical Innovation and Financial Performance" About James Foster: Foster is a prominent thought-leader on cybersecurity, having spoken on Capitol Hill about the increase in international cyber threats. Prior to his role at ZeroFOX, he founded cyber security firm Ciphent in 2006, which he led to a three-year growth rate of 8900% with 100 employees and 1000 customers by 2010 when it was acquired by Accuvant.

ENJOY THIS EPISODE: Janice grew up on a quaint fruit farm in Garners, Pennsylvania. She would pick apples, trim trees, learn how to manage an orchard, but this experience grew to something more- Janice learned how to cultivate a strong work ethic along with honing in on her effectiveness and efficiency. Following her experience at...

In this episode, we learn the story of how technology and convenience meet the personal touch of old-fashioned medical care delivered straight to the home. Taking a cue from Uber and Lyft, the idea was born by a young couple in Dallas who saw a need in the marketplace to serve patients requiring urgent medical care when their primary care physicians were otherwise not readily available. MEND, their newly created company, specializes in the treatment of common illnesses and injuries, which require prompt evaluation, but aren't serious enough to require a visit to an emergency room. In today's on-demand world, MEND seems to be just what the doctor called for.

In this episode, we learn the story of how technology and convenience meet the personal touch of old-fashioned medical care delivered straight to the home. Taking a cue from Uber and Lyft, the idea was born by a young couple in Dallas who saw a need in the marketplace to serve patients requiring urgent medical care when their primary care physicians were otherwise not readily available. MEND, their newly created company, specializes in the treatment of common illnesses and injuries, which require prompt evaluation, but aren't serious enough to require a visit to an emergency room. In today's on-demand world, MEND seems to be just what the doctor called for.

Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2014 winner interviews. Technical Innovation Within the Public Sector Start2

"Technical Innovation in the Regulated World: How to Do Something New in a World Full of Rules." Jarlath McEntee, Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Ocean Renewable Power Company

Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society. "Technical Innovation in the Regulated World: How to Do Something New in a World Full of Rules." Jarlath McEntee, Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Ocean Renewable Power Company Friday, November 8, 2013.

This week, Trevor talks to Kevin Leach, creator of the very handy IP DTL piece of software, that goes places Skype... won't. It's won a Technical Innovation award too. Very fancy. All that, plus the news with Roy Martin and of course, the ever fascinating Radio Moments, with David Lloyd.

Selling the Electronic Sizzle