Podcasts about Technological innovation

My guest today is Eric von Hippel, Professor of Technological Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Eric is the author of numerous academic articles and books, including Free Innovation, Democratizing Innovation, and The Sources of Innovation, all published by MIT Press and available for free. Eric has accumulated over 90,000 citations on Google Scholar and has received many awards, including the Schumpeter School Prize (2017)—a particularly interesting recognition given his work on non-Schumpeterian innovation.In our conversation, Eric and I explore the role of free innovation in today's economy. Eric highlights some of his favorite examples of free innovation and discusses how, despite being developed at personal cost, it is scaling at an impressive rate. We explore the mechanisms that best enable this scaling—whether through recognition, institutional support, IP protections, or alternative incentives. By the end of this talk, you will understand what free innovation is, how it develops, and how it interacts with producer innovation.You can follow me on X (@⁠ProfSchrepel⁠) and BlueSky (@⁠ProfSchrepel⁠) to receive regular updates.References:Sources of Innovation (1988) https://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www-old/books/sources/SofI.pdfDemocratizing Innovation (2005) https://direct.mit.edu/books/book-pdf/2425023/book_9780262285636.pdfFree Innovation (2016) https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/26044/1004041.pdf

Talking Points from the Newsletter's EditorialCritique of European Commission's Regulatory Actions • The editorial strongly criticizes the European Commission's enforcement of interoperability requirements under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), particularly targeting Apple. It views these measures as an example of governmental overreach into business decisions, arguing that market forces are sufficient to regulate companies like Apple. • Key EU demands include opening iOS features to third-party developers, which Apple claims will hinder innovation and compromise user privacy. • The editorial contrasts this regulatory approach with the organic diffusion of AI technologies, as described by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who likens AI's impact to the transistor—ubiquitous, cheap, and transformative.Technological Innovation vs. Ideological Divides • The editorial highlights a growing ideological divide between progressives and conservatives regarding technology. Progressives are portrayed as skeptical of technological advancements, while conservatives embrace innovation and acceleration. • Jaye Chen's essay on STEM graduates leaning toward conservative ideologies underscores this shift, attributing it to progressives' failure to integrate technical talent into their causes and their tendency to view technology as a problem needing control.Celebration of Recent Tech Achievements • The editorial celebrates notable technological breakthroughs, including: • OpenAI's launch of its high-performance O1-Pro AI model. • BYD's unveiling of EV batteries capable of recharging in five minutes. • Nvidia's announcement of next-generation products that are 100 times faster than current offerings.Introduction of ‘Reflect' App • The editorial introduces a new app called Reflect, designed to help teens privately discuss life challenges. It leverages AI tools such as OpenAI, Perplexity, and Anthropics Claude as conversational partners for emotional support.Advocacy for Market-Driven Innovation • The overarching theme advocates for minimizing government interference in economic and technological decisions. It argues that markets are better equipped to judge corporate failures or successes without regulatory micromanagement This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

What does the future hold? Neil deGrasse Tyson teams up with comic co-host Chuck Nice, Gary O'Reilly, and astrophysicist Charles Liu to break down our visions of the future – and take Neil to task on his own predictions.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:https://startalkmedia.com/show/can-we-predict-the-future-with-charles-liu/Thanks to our Patrons Walter Kinslow, Eric Johnston, Marta M, Rick Stevens, Miguel, Gary Randall, Daniel Rhea, Sam Rodriguez, Mike Parker, Duncan Weatherspoon, Bonney M ELY, Claudio Gallo, Sidney Carthell, Scott Starr, Victor Herbrecht, Lawrence, Dylan Quay, Ablu, Sean Smitth, James Falconi, Rottenjosh aka Transmedal2, Hilbert Malada, TronoWolf, Courtney Makara, William Flaherty, Justin Andrade, Dipen, Krystal Tellez, David Murdock, John Tedesco, Sasank, Bill Herbert, Ismail Shahtakhtinski, and Scott Wasserman for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

In this episode, co-founding director David Stern is joined by Johnny McQuade, a software developer at IDEMS, for his first discussion on the show. Prompted by recent advancements in AI technology from Chinese company DeepSeek, they consider the impact of resource limitations on technological development, within the field of AI and more generally. They consider how IDEMS' approach of building technology for low-resource environments has the potential for global benefits in terms of innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in technology, linking this to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

On this episode of Tradeswork: The Rocky Mountain Mechanical Contractors Association Podcast, we welcome Benny Baltrotsky, Vice President, Partnerships & GTM for DEWALT. From their website: "When we put the DEWALT® name on something, it's a commitment to get the job done right. It's the mark we've left over 100 years of helping world-builders build the modern world." Here are some of the questions you can expect to be answered on this show: What are the key technological advances DEWALT has achieved? Where are they headed in the future? How does AI impact the construction industry? What can it be used for? What concerns Benny the most about the future of construction? What excites him the most? What was Benny's career path that led him to this role? How does DEWALT stand out from its competition? This episode is available on podcatchers everywhere. Please rate, review and subscribe. For more information about DEWALT, please visit their website. For more information about Rocky Mountain Mechanical Contractors Association, please visit our website.

Listen to this conversation with Judy Warner and Eric Bogatin as he shares insights ahead of DesignCon 2025, exploring advancements in interconnects, solutions to power distribution and thermal management challenges, and opportunities for engineers to grow. Don't miss this engaging discussion, packed with resources and strategies to help you grow and thrive as a professional engineer!   Episode Links: Eric Bogatin, DesignCon 2025 Presentations https://dcon25.mapyourshow.com/8_0/explore/session-gallery.cfm?sessionspeakers=348   Join The EEcosystem today for these FREE Eric Bogatin Resources. Register here: https://theeecosystem.com Free 90-day access to the Signal Integrity Academy with over 200 hours of Eric Bogatins online training   Free Download to Eric Bogatin's 100+ tips for PCB to help avoid Signal Integrity Problems     Signal Integrity Journal University https://www.signalintegrityjournal.com/articles/3546-sij-university   Sponsor Links:

In this conversation, Stewart Alsop welcomes Ekue Kpodar for a thought-provoking exploration of technology, history, and societal evolution. The discussion traverses topics such as DARPA's pivotal role in technological innovation, the symbiotic relationship between governments and big tech, and the trajectory of AI in reshaping everything from scientific research to social organization. They touch on the influence of open-source movements, the philosophical underpinnings of accelerationism, and the complex ethical landscapes AI introduces. You can connect with Ekue through Twitter or LinkedIn.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversation!Timestamps00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:24 Diving into DARPA's Origins02:21 DARPA's Technological Contributions03:44 Government and Big Tech Interactions05:07 Historical Context of Technology and Empires11:58 Big Science vs. Little Science16:55 AI's Role in Future Research32:40 Political Implications of AI and Technology41:14 Future of Human and AI Integration47:03 Conclusion and FarewellKey InsightsDARPA's Role in Modern Technology: The conversation highlights DARPA as a central player in shaping key technological advancements such as the internet and the early development of Siri. The agency's strategy of fostering innovation through collaboration with universities and private companies underpins much of the progress in tech we see today, illustrating how government initiatives have historically catalyzed transformative breakthroughs.The Symbiosis of Government and Big Tech: A recurring theme is the deeply intertwined relationship between governments and big tech companies. From providing cloud services to pioneering research projects, companies like AWS and Oracle play a vital role in national operations, emphasizing how modern economies depend on these partnerships to push forward technological frontiers.Generative AI and Science Evolution: Ekue Kpodar discusses how generative AI is revolutionizing fields like biology and chemistry. Tools like protein folding models and molecule generators are paving the way for breakthroughs in medicine and materials science, demonstrating how AI can accelerate complex research that previously required vast resources and specialized teams.Centralization vs. Decentralization: The episode delves into how societal systems toggle between centralized and decentralized models. While the U.S. strikes a balance, contrasting approaches like China's centralized focus highlight the impact of governance structures on innovation and societal organization.Philosophy of Accelerationism: The discussion explores accelerationism, a concept arguing that the rapid advancement of technology and capitalism could lead to societal upheaval, potentially necessitating a systemic restart. This philosophical lens is applied to understand the dissonance between human values and the unchecked growth of AI and economic systems.AI as a Management Tool and Existential Threat: Both hosts ponder the future role of AI in society, ranging from its potential to replace human managers with algorithmic oversight to Elon Musk's controversial stance on merging humanity with AI through initiatives like Neuralink. These reflections underscore the growing influence of AI in shaping human interactions and decisions.Imagination and the Cost of Knowledge: The advent of AI significantly lowers the cost of generating and accessing new knowledge, which raises profound questions about how humanity will adapt. The hosts speculate on how AI might impact creativity, societal evolution, and even the formation of entirely new paradigms that transcend existing frameworks of understanding.

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Senior Director of FDD's Center on Cyber and Technological Innovation.Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

In this episode of the Becker's ASC Podcast, Alan Condon is joined by Caleb Miller, MBA, Senior Vice President of Carle Specialty and Ambulatory Care. Caleb discusses the trends reshaping the ASC landscape, the integration of cutting-edge technologies like the DaVinci robotic system and AI, and Carle Health's forward-looking approach to delivering patient-centered care.

In this episode of the Becker's ASC Podcast, Alan Condon is joined by Caleb Miller, MBA, Senior Vice President of Carle Specialty and Ambulatory Care. Caleb discusses the trends reshaping the ASC landscape, the integration of cutting-edge technologies like the DaVinci robotic system and AI, and Carle Health's forward-looking approach to delivering patient-centered care.

Join us for an engaging conversation with Brad Plothow, Chief Growth Officer for Intergalactic (An Aerospace Company), as we venture into the future of warfare technology and entrepreneurship. Discover how small autonomous drone swarms are altering military strategies and challenging the dominance of traditional assets like manned helicopters. We also navigate the economic and infrastructural changes in Southern Utah, tackling issues like housing, water, and electricity while examining the role of media in fostering regional growth. Brad shares invaluable insights on how to maintain an entrepreneurial spirit while scaling businesses, emphasizing the fine balance between innovative ideas and structured systems for sustained success. Our exploration extends into the intriguing intersections of real estate and agile development principles. Real estate transactions often carry emotional weight and personal connections, and we highlight how applying flexibility and adaptability from agile methodologies can benefit various industries. We close with a thought-provoking discussion on the social and economic challenges facing rapidly growing regions like Southern Utah and Las Vegas. The pressing issues of water sustainability, housing affordability, and economic diversification are tackled with an eye towards long-term planning and strategic development. Guest: Brad Plothow, Chief Growth Officer at Intergalactic Intergalactic Webpage: https://ig.space/team/brad-plothow-chief-growth-officerBrad Plothow is also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brad_plothow/?igsh=MXI3YTU5MXJjeGE0cA%3D%3DNovember is Diabetes Awareness Month!Link to Washington County Diabetic Youth Association: https://www.wcdya.com/-Donations are always accepted to help sent a T1D youth to summer camp. Donations can be sent via Venmo '@wcdya' or visit webpage: https://www.wcdya.com/copy-of-why-how to scan QR code. Looking for a Real Estate expert? Find us here!https://realestate435.kw.com/www.wealth435.com https://linktr.ee/wealth435Below are our wonderful friends!Find FS Coffee here:https://fscoffeecompany.com/Find Tuacahn Amphitheater here:https://www.tuacahn.org/Find Blue Form Media here:https://www.blueformmedia.com/#TechInnovation #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #realestate #WarfareTech #economicgrowth #southernutah #stg #435podcast [00:00:00] Intro.[00:01:49] The Future of Warfare and Entrepreneurship.[00:07:57] Real Estate Agents and Agile Development.[00:12:16] Hot Dog Stand and Agile Development.[00:16:35] Zombie Apocalypse Education Partnership.[00:26:26] Challenges and Opportunities in Southern Utah.[00:32:26] Economic Development and Housing Challenges.[00:43:00] Strategic Play for Housing Market Opportunity.[00:45:59] Aerospace Development and Economic Growth.[00:57:23] Long-Term Energy and News Trends.[01:04:03] The Future of News Media.[01:16:21] Social Media and Free Speech Challenges.

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Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging business, technology, and society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.Articles Discussed:McFlurry now McFree to McRepairhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/thewordinlaw/f/d/us-copyright-office-frees-the-mcflurry-allowing-repair-of-ice-cream-machines/You can't check out retro video gameshttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/feds-say-you-dont-have-a-right-to-check-out-retro-video-games-like-library-books/Drone Coffeehttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/you-can-now-get-coffee-by-drone-and-the-internet-isnt-sure-how-to-feel/New Portal to Far Away Places Openshttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/new-portal-opens-in-philadelphia-connecting-residents-to-cities-around-the-world-with-identical-installations/A bus sized asteroid makes passhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/bus-sized-asteroid-to-pass-between-earth-and-moon-next-week/Oceangate gets investigatedhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/oceangate-faces-federal-investigation-a-year-after-the-titan-submersible-implosion/Technological Innovation in Light Railhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/san-francisco-is-spending-212-million-to-ditch-floppy-disks-in-light-rail-control-system/Festival o'Jack'o'Lanternshttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/i-visited-a-halloween-festival-with-7000-jack-o-lanterns-at-a-17th-century-mansion-see-the-jaw-dropping-displays/Hallmark Age Discriminationhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/hallmark-hit-with-age-discrimination-lawsuit/Viral Honda Civic gets Vandalized

In this episode, Andy and his guests discuss Artificial Intelligence in social work. They explore the concept from three angles—how might AI play a role in social care in terms of direct support for people who use services, how might it assist social workers in their practice and finally, how is AI being used in the education of social workers. The discussion focuses on how AI is already helping, how it may help further, and what issues must be considered in terms of the ethics and risks associated with the use of Artificial Intelligence.Joining Andy are social workers Tommy Henderson-Reay, Digital Engagement Programme Manager at NHS England's Digitising Social Care Programme, Julia Ross, Chair of BASW UK and author of the novel, The Laughing Robot, and Dr Paul Best, Director of the Centre for Technological Innovation in Mental Health and Education at Queen's University Belfast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as Tom Altman, a former DJ turned web developer and now a technology leader, dives into the world of Artificial Intelligence and fractional CTO roles. In this episode, Tom shares his journey from radio to tech, revealing how diverse backgrounds can fuel innovation. Discover how fractional leadership is reshaping the tech landscape, the potential of AI in business processes, and strategies for integrating cutting-edge technology into your company's DNA. Whether you're a startup or a seasoned enterprise, Tom's insights will guide you through the complexities of modern technology and how to harness it for growth and efficiency. To connect with Tom, visit his website: https://altuscxo.com/ Disclaimer: Not advice. Educational purposes only. Not an endorsement for or against. Results not vetted. Views of the guests do not represent those of the host or show. Do your due diligence. Click here to join PodMatch (the "AirBNB" of Podcasting): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/drchrisloomdphd We couldn't do it without the support of our listeners. To help support the show: CashApp- https://cash.app/$drchrisloomdphd Venmo- https://account.venmo.com/u/Chris-Loo-4 Spotify- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christopher-loo/support Buy Me a Coffee- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chrisJx Click here to schedule a 1-on-1 private coaching call: https://www.drchrisloomdphd.com/book-online Click here to check out our e-courses and bookstore here: https://www.drchrisloomdphd.com/shop Click here to purchase my books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2PaQn4p For audiobooks, visit: https://www.audible.com/author/Christopher-H-Loo-MD-PhD/B07WFKBG1F Follow our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/chL1357 Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/drchrisloomdphd Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thereal_drchrisloo Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thereal_drchrisloo Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drchrisloomddphd Follow our Blog: https://www.drchrisloomdphd.com/blog Follow the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NkM6US7cjsiAYTBjWGdx6?si=1da9d0a17be14d18 Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://substack.com/@drchrisloomdphd1 Subscribe to our Medium newsletter: https://medium.com/@drchrisloomdphd Subscribe to our email newsletter: ⁠https://financial-freedom-for-physicians.ck.page/b4622e816d⁠ Subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=6992935013231071233 Thank you to our advertisers on Spotify. Financial Freedom for Physicians, Copyright 2024 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christopher-loo/support

The founders of Pizza 4P's, Masuko Yosuke and Sanae Masuko, began their journey in Vietnam in 2011 with the mission of providing high-quality Italian dining experiences through a “farm-to-table” approach

We sit down, in-person, with the unorthodox mathematical theorist and actor, Terrence Howard. Terrence joins us to discuss his geometric model of physical reality, which resurrects the luminiferous aether...sort of. Instead of taking the aether to be a formless fluid, Terrence proposes a subunit structure for the fabric of reality, which is based on a fractal system of three dimensional shapes. We discuss the need for physical alternatives to the 'fabric of spacetime,' challenges to the standard models, why the aether was initially abandoned, and then take a walk through his geometric universe - complete with actual physical models of Terrence's aetheric structures. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV More details: https://www.terryslynchpins.com/knowledge-base (00:00) Go! Introduction and Overview (00:03:12) Quest for Fundamental Answers (00:05:32) Wave-Particle Duality Revisited (00:11:05) Dynamic Field Interpretations (00:24:13) Critique of Quantum Electrodynamics (00:25:37) Meaning and implications of a mathematically driven universe (00:27:13) Pitfalls of oversimplification in science (00:31:33) Role of science versus engineering in research (00:32:30) The quest for a holistic understanding in science (00:33:49) Balancing scientific knowledge and spiritual beliefs (00:45:25) Challenging established systems (00:46:18) Desire for freedom and new possibilities (00:49:41) Embracing a future of truth and paradigm shift (00:51:44) Motivation beyond traditional recognition (00:55:24) Trusting the process and long-term impact (01:06:51) Physics and Technology Integration (01:09:30) High-Pressure Refolding for Radioactive Materials (01:11:32) Technological Innovation and Peer Review (01:16:03) Challenges to Established Mathematical Models (01:28:05) The nature of mathematical operations in calculators (01:31:20) Abstract representations in mathematics and their physical correlates (01:35:06) Challenges with multiplicative operations in non-integer contexts (01:50:34) Magnetic vs. Electric Fields (01:51:42) Nature of Polar Interactions (01:54:00) Reevaluation of Magnetism (01:58:24) Unified Theory of Physics (02:13:06) Harmonic Relationships in Elemental Spectra (02:16:00) Exploring Spectral Line Harmonics (02:21:45) Frequency and Elemental Creation (02:38:42) Tetreyen Theory and Manipulation (02:39:25) Magnetic Dynamics and Vortex Formation (02:41:00) Self-Referencing Systems and Structural Repetition (02:42:29) Proposal for an Etheric Structure (02:44:06) Further Exploration and Evaluation #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #TerrenceHoward #QuantumPhysics, #WaveParticleDuality, #FieldTheory, #QuantumElectrodynamics, #MathematicsInScience, #ElectromagneticRadiation, #PhysicsVsEngineering, #ScienceAndSpirituality, #ParadigmShift, #TechnologicalInnovation, #UnifiedTheory, #SpectralHarmonics, #MagneticFields, #EthericStructure, #ElementalSpectra, #PhysicsRevolution, #MathematicalUniverse Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S

John Patrick Mullin is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur and builder, focused on DeFi, blockchain technology, digital assets, and Web3. John has been investing/building in the crypto and digital assets space for over 10 years, having worked in decentralized finance and exchange/brokerage businesses.John helped found MANTRA, a Layer 1 blockchain for RWA tokenization, and has raised tens of millions of dollars for various ventures while working with a dedicated team of 50+ builders worldwide.In this conversation, we discuss:- Reason for strong interest in RWAs & MANTRA- Convergence of Blockchain & TradFi's- RWA's hype or real show- Institutional adoption of RWAs, where is retail lacking?- Challenges of building regulated RWA blockchain- Success with Mag Global (real-estate in Dubai) & Novus Aviation- Technological innovation in the RWA space + future of RWAs- Crypto needs the killer consumer facing app- RWAs = opening financial access to the masses - 3 phases of RWA = adoption, liquidity, discoverability - The future of MANTRAMANTRAWebsite: www.mantrachain.ioX: @MANTRA_ChainTelegram: t.me/MANTRA_ChainJohn Patrick MullinX: @jp_mullin888LinkedIn: John Patrick Mullin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by technology, especially when change and innovation seem to come so rapidly.Tom Koulopoulos, founder and chairman of the Delphi Group and author of Reimagining Health Care, joins Health Calls for the premiere of Season Five, "Technology and Humanity." Koulopoulos discusses how he began to research health care as a futurist and why he thinks providers have an immense opportunity to utilize technological innovation to their advantage. He also names potential pitfalls of technological dependence while giving an optimistic outlook on the future of health care technology.If you enjoyed this episode, you can subscribe to Health Calls on any of your favorite podcast streaming services or on our website, www.chausa.org/podcast. Give us a five-star rating while you're at it… we'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas about what conversations we should have next!ResourcesVisit Tom Koulopoulos's website to purchase Reimagining Health Care or his latest book GigatrendsRead the Catholic Health World story covering Tom's keynote speech at the 2024 Catholic Health AssemblySubscribe to Catholic Health World for the latest stories on tech trends and innovations around the Catholic health ministry

In this episode of Zero to CEO, I speak with Marc Plinke, Founder of Ceres Greenhouse Solutions, about bringing technological innovation to agriculture. We explore the complexities of controlled environment agriculture, discussing which innovations are truly necessary and viable. Marc shares insights into the significance of growing in greenhouses, balancing technology with natural principles, and the patented Ground to Air Heat Transfer (GAHT®) system that enhances greenhouse efficiency. We also delve into the importance of food production, believing in your mission, and how advanced greenhouse technologies can revolutionize our food systems by empowering communities to produce high-quality, local food year-round.

The Venus Project was started in the 1980s by Jacques Fresco and Roxanne Meadows with the aim of showing that it was possible to lead a more human centered existence… as long as you built outside of the capitalist market system. Over the decades, the fortunes of the project have fluctuated - from an initial burst of enthusiasm and action (Meadows and Fresco built almost all the structures on the property by hand themselves) to the grinding reality of what it means to grow a stable and vibrant community, to the immense surge of popularity just as Fresco's life came to an end. Project members Roxanne Meadows and Nate Dwindiddie come by the show with previous guest Simon Michaux to talk about the failures and successes of the project, and what it might look like when its reborn as the framework for Michaux's Prometheus Project. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link for Fresco's work: https://amzn.to/3WNYMdx (00:00) Go! (00:01:10) Evolution from Venus Project to Prometheus Project (00:02:45) Challenges and Iterations in Alternative Social Systems (00:05:19) Vision for Societal Change (00:22:59) Fresco's Innovations in Architecture and Design (00:29:34) Technocracy Inc. and its Influence on Jacques Fresco (00:31:53) Jacques Fresco's Impact on Science Fiction (00:39:20) Jacques Fresco's Move to Venus, Florida and Community Building (00:44:54) Jacque Fresco's Vision and Beginnings (46:18) Social Engineering and Technological Innovation (47:41) Shift from Technical Designs to Social Values (49:13) Impact of Digital Age and Global Outreach (51:44) Jacque Fresco's Vision for a Resource-Based Economy (57:14) Simon Michaux and Continuing Fresco's Legacy (01:09:18) Sustainable City Design (01:13:36) Challenges and Successes of the Venus Project (01:19:12) Funding and Economic Models (01:26:02) Experimentation with Alternative Systems (01:31:20) Building a City According to Jacque Fresco's Design (01:32:41) Research Institute and Industrial Clusters in the City (01:37:02) Shifting Focus: Optimizing for Quality of Life (01:53:08) Community Structure and Stability (01:56:19) Societal Experiments and Human Nature (02:00:11) Advancements in System Science (02:05:14) Urban Living and Cultural Development (02:14:33) The Future Vision of The Venus Project (02:15:01) The Role of Advisory Board in The Venus Project (02:16:52) Educational Initiatives at The Venus Project (02:18:27) Prometheus: Testing and Innovating Building Materials #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #VenusProject, #PrometheusProject, #JackFresco, #ResourceBasedEconomy, #SustainableCities, #SocialRedesign, #TechnocracyMovement, #FutureOfSociety, #UtopianDesign, #CircularEconomy, #AlternativeSociety, #EcoInnovation, #SocialExperiment, #FutureTech, #GlobalSolutions Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y

Send feedback for the showIn this power-packed episode of Rizzology, host Nick Rizzo is joined by two visionary guests, Ian Parker and Matt Vogel, to discuss revolutionary technology and its potential to reshape our world. From the murky waters of industry practices to innovative solutions for a sustainable future, Parker and Vogel peel back the layers of deception and misinformation. Dive into the provocative conversation as they reveal the hidden dangers of fracking solvents, the unyielding influence of money and power, and the dire need for better standards in water purification.Discover how their transformative water deposition technology promises to produce clean water and energy more efficiently than ever before, while navigating the geopolitical and ethical challenges of its implementation. Unearth the secrets behind atmospheric water generation, delve into the myth of desalinization, and explore the ambitions of Healixa's future groundbreaking advancements.The episode also reminisces about tech icon Steve Jobs, critically examines the current direction of major tech companies, and engages in a reflective discussion on how innovation has arguably stagnated. Plus, hear about the practical steps they're taking to protect public health from water contaminants and their strategy for introducing disruptive technology to the market.Get a firsthand look at the personal stories and the professional journey of Parker and Vogel as they discuss everything from product development, partnerships, and field application to the nuances of reverse osmosis and the arid conditions their technology can conquer. Join us for an eye-opening episode that bridges the gap between technology and ecology, steers clear of the status quo, and propels us towards a balanced future.Support the Show.YouTubeInstagram Tik Tok

My Reflections from ITSPmagazine's Black Hat USA 2024 Coverage: 
The State of Cybersecurity and Its Societal ImpactPrologueEach year, Black Hat serves as a critical touchpoint for the cybersecurity industry—a gathering that offers unparalleled insights into the latest threats, technologies, and strategies that define our collective defense efforts. Established in 1997, Black Hat has grown from a single conference in Las Vegas to a global series of events held in cities like Barcelona, London, and Riyadh. The conference brings together a diverse audience, from hackers and security professionals to executives and non-technical individuals, all united by a shared interest in information security.What sets Black Hat apart is its unique blend of cutting-edge research, hands-on training, and open dialogue between the many stakeholders in the cybersecurity ecosystem. It's a place where corporations, government agencies, and independent researchers converge to exchange ideas and push the boundaries of what's possible in securing our digital world. As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve, Black Hat remains a vital forum for addressing the challenges and opportunities that come with it.Sean and I engaged in thought-provoking conversations with 27 industry leaders during our coverage of Black Hat USA 2024 in Las Vegas, where the intersection of society and technology was at the forefront. These discussions underscored the urgent need to integrate cybersecurity deeply into our societal framework, not just within business operations. As our digital world grows more complex, the conversations revealed a collective understanding that the true challenge lies in transforming these strategic insights into actions that shape a safer and more resilient society, while also recognizing the changes in how society must adapt to the demands of advancing technology.As I walked through the bustling halls of Black Hat 2024, I was struck by the sheer dynamism of the cybersecurity landscape. The conversations, presentations, and cutting-edge technologies on display painted a vivid picture of where we stand today in our ongoing battle to secure the digital world. More than just a conference, Black Hat serves as a barometer for the state of cybersecurity—a reflection of our collective efforts to protect the systems that have become so integral to our daily lives. The Constant Evolution of ThreatsOne of the most striking observations from Black Hat 2024 is the relentless pace at which cyber threats are evolving. Every year, the threat landscape becomes more complex, with attackers finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities in areas that were once considered secure. This year, it became evident that even the most advanced security measures can be circumvented if organizations become complacent. The need for continuous vigilance, constant updating of security protocols, and a proactive approach to threat detection has never been more critical.The discussions at Black Hat reinforced the idea that we are in a perpetual arms race with cybercriminals. They adapt quickly, leveraging emerging technologies to refine their tactics and launch increasingly sophisticated attacks. As defenders, we must be equally agile, continuously learning and evolving our strategies to stay one step ahead. Integration and Collaboration: Breaking Down SilosAnother key theme at Black Hat 2024 was the importance of breaking down silos within organizations. In an increasingly interconnected world, isolated security measures are no longer sufficient. The traditional boundaries between different teams—whether they be development, operations, or security—are blurring. To effectively combat modern threats, there needs to be seamless integration and collaboration across all departments.This holistic approach to cybersecurity is not just about technology; it's about fostering a culture of communication and cooperation. By aligning the goals and efforts of various teams, organizations can create a unified front against cyber threats. This not only enhances security but also improves efficiency and resilience, allowing for quicker responses to incidents and a more robust defense posture. The Dual Role of AI in CybersecurityArtificial Intelligence (AI) was a major focus at this year's event, and for good reason. AI has the potential to revolutionize cybersecurity, offering new tools and capabilities for threat detection, response, and prevention. However, it also introduces new challenges and risks. As AI systems become more prevalent, they themselves become targets for exploitation. This dual role of AI—both as a tool and a target—was a hot topic of discussion.The consensus at Black Hat was clear: while AI can significantly enhance our ability to protect against threats, we must also be vigilant in securing AI systems themselves. This requires a deep understanding of how these systems operate and where they may be vulnerable. It's a reminder that every technological advancement comes with its own set of risks, and it's our responsibility to anticipate and mitigate those risks as best we can. Empowering Users and Enhancing Digital LiteracyA recurring theme throughout Black Hat 2024 was the need to empower users—not just those in IT or security roles, but everyone who interacts with digital systems. In today's world, cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility. However, many users still lack the knowledge or tools to protect themselves effectively.One of the key takeaways from the event is the importance of enhancing digital literacy. Users must be equipped with the skills and understanding necessary to navigate the digital landscape safely. This goes beyond just knowing how to avoid phishing scams or create strong passwords; it's about fostering a deeper awareness of the risks inherent in our digital lives and how to manage them.Education and awareness campaigns are crucial, but they must be supported by user-friendly security tools that make it easier for people to protect themselves. The goal is to create a security environment where the average user is both informed and empowered, reducing the likelihood of human error and strengthening the overall security posture. A Call for Continuous ImprovementIf there's one thing that Black Hat 2024 made abundantly clear, it's that cybersecurity is a journey, not a destination. The landscape is constantly shifting, and what works today may not be sufficient tomorrow. This requires a commitment to continuous improvement—both in terms of technology and strategy.Organizations must foster a culture of learning, where staying informed about the latest threats and security practices is a priority. This means not only investing in the latest tools and technologies but also in the people who use them. Training, upskilling, and encouraging a mindset of curiosity and adaptability are all essential components of a successful cybersecurity strategy. Looking Ahead: The Future of CybersecurityAs I reflect on the insights and discussions from Black Hat 2024, I'm reminded of the critical role cybersecurity plays in our society. It's not just about protecting data or systems; it's about safeguarding the trust that underpins our digital world. As we look to the future, it's clear that cybersecurity will continue to be a central concern—not just for businesses and governments, but for individuals and communities as well.The challenges we face are significant, but so are the opportunities. By embracing innovation, fostering collaboration, and empowering users, we can build a more secure digital future. It's a future where technology serves humanity, where security is an enabler rather than a barrier, and where we can navigate the complexities of the digital age with confidence.Black Hat 2024 was a powerful reminder of the importance of this work. It's a challenge that requires all of us—security professionals, technologists, and everyday users—to play our part. Together, we can meet the challenges of today and prepare for the threats of tomorrow, ensuring that our digital future is one we can all trust and thrive in.The End ...of this story. This piece of writing represents the peculiar results of an interactive collaboration between Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence._____________________________________Marco Ciappelli is the host of the Redefining Society Podcast, part of the ITSPmagazine Podcast Network—which he co-founded with his good friend Sean Martin—where you may just find some of these topics being discussed. You can also learn more about Marco on his personal website: marcociappelli.comTAPE3, which is me, is the Artificial Intelligence for ITSPmagazine, created to function as a guide, writing assistant, researcher, and brainstorming partner to those who adventure at and beyond the Intersection Of Technology, Cybersecurity, And Society.________________________________________________________________Enjoy, think, share with others, and subscribe to the "Musing On Society & Technology" newsletter on LinkedIn.

Today's episode of Discover Daily by Perplexity kicks off with the United States' impressive performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where Team USA topped the medal table with 126 medals, including 40 golds. We then dive into Tesla's launch of its first fully electric "Giga Train" in Germany, offering free rides to employees and the public alike. Our tech segment highlights MIT researchers' development of a new algorithm that enables robots to train themselves. This innovative technology integrates large language models with robot motion data, allowing household robots to adapt to new tasks and environments more efficiently.For our deep dive, we examine Bill Gates' vision of a three-day workweek enabled by artificial intelligence. Gates believes that AI-driven productivity gains could lead to a society where people work less and machines handle more mundane tasks. We discuss the potential benefits, challenges, and implications of this futuristic concept, including its impact on employee earnings, job security, and the overall structure of work in an AI-enhanced future.From Perplexity's Discover Feed:https://www.perplexity.ai/page/mits-algorithm-for-self-traini-Lewzl1W_RfusEK8Lpd6VTwhttps://www.perplexity.ai/page/bill-gates-on-the-3-day-workwe-roA3WR9cTQiJEH8wDljTmgPerplexity is the fastest and most powerful way to search the web. Perplexity crawls the web and curates the most relevant and up-to-date sources (from academic papers to Reddit threads) to create the perfect response to any question or topic you're interested in. Take the world's knowledge with you anywhere. Available on iOS and Android Join our growing Discord community for the latest updates and exclusive content. Follow us on: Instagram Threads X (Twitter) YouTube Linkedin

In the latest episode of the Capitalist Investor, hosts Tony and Luke, alongside guest Mike Hudzinski, a patent attorney and a returning guest, delve into some of the most pressing economic and job market trends of the day. Here are the five hot topics that dominated this week's discussion: 1. The Rise of Public Sector and Healthcare JobsLuke opened the conversation by highlighting a significant trend in the job market: the predominance of public sector and healthcare jobs in recent employment growth statistics. With 50% of new jobs being created in these sectors, the hosts and guest pondered whether this signals an increasing dependency on government-driven employment. The concern was raised that as the government grows, there might be greater outsourcing of jobs, leading to a potential over-reliance on public sector employment.2. Stock Market Indicators and Election ImplicationsTony and Luke transitioned to discussing the stock market as a predictor of election outcomes. Luke shared an intriguing statistic: a smaller intra-year drawdown typically forecasts an incumbent win, while a more significant drawdown suggests a potential loss. The current year's moderate 5-6% drawdown seems to indicate a Biden victory, with AI and Federal Reserve interventions possibly bolstering this scenario. The conversation naturally veered towards the role of major tech stocks in propping up the market.3. Government and Patent RightsAn unexpected but captivating segment arose when Luke inquired whether governments can file patents. Mike shed light on this by explaining that various government departments, like the Navy and Army, do hold patents, often resulting from collaborative efforts with private vendors. This led to a deeper conversation about the implications of government-owned innovation and its potential impact on the public sector job market.4. Artificial Job Inflation and Economic SustainabilityTony voiced his concerns about the current administration's spending practices, suggesting that the trillion-dollar expenditure in the first part of the year is artificially inflating economic indicators, including job numbers. He argued that while this might temporarily sustain the economy, it may not be sustainable in the long run. The notion of "make work" jobs versus legitimate, sustainable employment was explored, with the consensus being that many current jobs might not survive in the long term.5. Technological Innovation and Job DisplacementThe episode concluded with a thought-provoking discussion on the impact of technological advancements on the job market. Luke pointed out that industries such as automotive manufacturing are increasingly shifting towards electric vehicles (EVs), which require fewer parts and thus fewer employees. This trend, coupled with the rise of AI, raises concerns about job displacement. The critical question remains: Will these technological advances create new jobs, or are we approaching a tipping point where innovation leads to permanent job losses?This week's Capitalist Investor episode offered a thorough analysis of the interplay between government policies, stock market trends, technological advancements, and their collective impact on the job market. As always, the insights provided by Tony, Luke, and guest Mike Hudzinski foster a deeper understanding of the evolving economic landscape. Stay tuned for the next episode as the team delves further into the implications of electric vehicles on traditional manufacturing jobs and continuing technological changes.For more detailed discussions and expert opinions, don't forget to subscribe to the Capitalist Investor podcast.

This story represents the results of an interactive collaboration between Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence.Enjoy, think, share with others, and subscribe to the "Musing On Society & Technology" newsletter on LinkedIn.Sincerely, Marco Ciappelli and TAPE3________Marco Ciappelli is the host of the Redefining Society Podcast, part of the ITSPmagazine Podcast Network—which he co-founded with his good friend Sean Martin—where you may just find some of these topics being discussed. Visit Marco on his personal website.TAPE3 is the Artificial Intelligence for ITSPmagazine, created to function as a guide, writing assistant, researcher, and brainstorming partner to those who adventure at and beyond the Intersection Of Technology, Cybersecurity, And Society. Visit TAPE3 on ITSPmagazine.

In this episode, host Jaime Hunt sits down with J-S. Stansel, founder of Saturn 9 Media and former social media manager at the University of Central Arkansas, to explore the landscape of social media management both inside and outside higher education. In this episode, J.S. and Jaime discuss:The transition from higher ed to managing social media for major entertainment brands like Amazon Prime Video and the Avatar franchise.The complexities and nuances of using humor in social media, including the risks and rewards.The importance of social listening and how it can transform marketing strategies.The universal challenges faced by social media managers, such as dealing with silos, micromanagement, and the undervaluation of their roles.Listeners will gain valuable insights into how social media can be a powerful tool for engagement, the critical need for higher ed institutions to stay current with social trends, and the importance of empowering social media managers with the resources they need. Guest Name: Jon-Stephen Stansel, founder of Saturn 9 MediaGuest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsstansel/Guest Bio: Jon-Stephen Stansel is an award winning social media professional with over a decade of experience managing, building, and creating content for brand social media accounts. He has run social media accounts for Amazon Prime's Invincible animated series, Hyper RPG, Better Place Forests, the University of Central Arkansas, Texas State University, the Texas Department of Transportation, as well as consulting for many television series, films, and small businesses. As Director of Social Media for Chaotic Good studios, Jon-Stephen worked on social media strategy and content for AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER and Amazon Prime Video's LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER among several other major entertainment franchises.In addition, he has taught courses in social media management and presented at many national and international conferences including HighEd Web, PSEWeb, the International Congress of Technological Innovation in Buenos Aires, and the Association of International Educators. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Radio and Television Production and a Master's degree in English both from Arkansas State University. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Jaime Hunthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimehunt/https://twitter.com/JaimeHuntIMCAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Some of our favorites include Talking Tactics and Higher Ed Pulse. Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com. Connect with Us at the Engage Summit:Exciting news — Jaime will be at the 2024 Engage Summit in Raleigh, NC, on June 25 and 26, and we'd love to meet you there! Sessions will focus on cutting-edge AI applications that are reshaping student outreach, enhancing staff productivity, and offering deep insights into ROI. Use the discount code Enrollify50 at checkout, and you can register for just $200! Learn more and register at engage.element451.com — we can't wait to see you there!

Join us for an enlightening episode of Invest in Yourself: The Digital Entrepreneur Podcast, where host Phil Better sits down with the esteemed Glenn Gow. With over two decades as a tech company leader, Glenn offers invaluable insights into the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), leadership, and strategic advisory. From his venture capital days to his role as a renowned CEO coach and keynote speaker, Glenn reveals how AI is revolutionizing the business landscape. Discover the secrets to thriving in a digital world, the importance of continuous learning, and practical advice for both seasoned entrepreneurs and AI enthusiasts. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your understanding of AI's impact on business and how you can leverage it for your entrepreneurial journey. Tune in now and get ready to invest in your future!

The U.S. EPA Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains has launched a new initiative - the Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Technology Assessment Initiative (EMRTAI) - that is focused on innovative technologies to recover critical minerals from waste materials at Superfund legacy hard rock mine and mineral processing sites. The goal of EMRTAI, which is being developed to support stakeholders across the mining industry, is to generate credible data through a quality-driven technology assessment program to promote advancement of innovative technologies and informed decision-making. At present, there are nearly 100 mining or mine-related sites on EPA's Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), and many more sites throughout the U.S. in variable stages of remediation. EMRTAI will advance EPA's mission to protect human health and the environment by assisting technology developers and vendors with performance assessments that target site clean-up and critical minerals recovery technologies as part of sustainable materials management.  Environmental justice is critical to the just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of income, race, color, national origin, Tribal affiliation, or disability, in agency decision-making and other Federal activities that affect human health and the environment so that people are fully protected from disproportionate and adverse human health and environmental effects (including risks) and hazards, including those related to climate change, the cumulative impacts of environmental and other burdens, and the legacy of racism or other structural or systemic barriers. EMRTAI will assist public entities such as non-profit organizations, Tribes, industries, businesses, states, individuals, and communities in making better informed decisions when selecting new or existing environmental technologies for use at contaminated sites.  A stakeholder group to support EMRTAI will be forming in July 2024. Please join this webinar to learn more about EMRTAI and how to become involved. To view this archive online or download the slides associated with this seminar, please visit http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/EMRTAI_061824/

The U.S. EPA Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains has launched a new initiative - the Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Technology Assessment Initiative (EMRTAI) - that is focused on innovative technologies to recover critical minerals from waste materials at Superfund legacy hard rock mine and mineral processing sites. The goal of EMRTAI, which is being developed to support stakeholders across the mining industry, is to generate credible data through a quality-driven technology assessment program to promote advancement of innovative technologies and informed decision-making. At present, there are nearly 100 mining or mine-related sites on EPA's Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), and many more sites throughout the U.S. in variable stages of remediation. EMRTAI will advance EPA's mission to protect human health and the environment by assisting technology developers and vendors with performance assessments that target site clean-up and critical minerals recovery technologies as part of sustainable materials management.  Environmental justice is critical to the just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of income, race, color, national origin, Tribal affiliation, or disability, in agency decision-making and other Federal activities that affect human health and the environment so that people are fully protected from disproportionate and adverse human health and environmental effects (including risks) and hazards, including those related to climate change, the cumulative impacts of environmental and other burdens, and the legacy of racism or other structural or systemic barriers. EMRTAI will assist public entities such as non-profit organizations, Tribes, industries, businesses, states, individuals, and communities in making better informed decisions when selecting new or existing environmental technologies for use at contaminated sites.  A stakeholder group to support EMRTAI will be forming in July 2024. Please join this webinar to learn more about EMRTAI and how to become involved. To view this archive online or download the slides associated with this seminar, please visit http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/EMRTAI_061824/

Join us for an enlightening episode of BioTalk with Rich Bendis as we welcome Dan Berglund, President and CEO of SSTI. With nearly four decades of experience in tech-based economic development (TBED), Dan has been a pivotal figure in shaping the landscape of innovation and entrepreneurship across the nation.   In this episode, Dan shares the history and evolution of Technology Based Economic Development, discussing key initiatives in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, and at the federal level. He highlights the importance of partnerships, detailing a compendium of state and federal cooperative technology programs that have driven progress in the field.   We explore the early years of SSTI, looking into its creation, mission, and initial goals, and how it has grown to support a nationwide network dedicated to fostering tech-based economies. Dan discusses the evolution and growth of state TBED programs, and the changing role of the federal government in supporting these initiatives through agencies like STCS, OSTP, Commerce, NIST, and EDA.   Dan also emphasizes the importance of private/public TBED partnerships, sharing insights into how these collaborations have bolstered economic growth and innovation. As he prepares to step down from his role after 28 years,and assume a part time role,  Dan discusses the recruitment of a new CEO and reflects on SSTI's achievements, his legacy, and his vision for the organization's future.   Additionally, Dan talks about Rich Bendis's role as an original founding board member of SSTI, and his significant help in the early development of the organization. He also highlights the presence of several SSTI members in the BioHealth Capital Region.   Finally, Dan outlines SSTI's current initiatives and projections for the future, offering a glimpse into the ongoing efforts to support prosperity through science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.   Experience an engaging discussion with Dan Berglund, a leader who has dedicated his career to advancing tech-based economic development and is now ready to embark on a new chapter.   Tune in to BioTalk to gain valuable insights from one of the most influential figures in the field and learn about the future of tech-based economic development.   Dan Berglund is the President and CEO of SSTI, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving initiatives that support prosperity through science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. SSTI is the most comprehensive resource available for those involved in technology-based economic development. Leading SSTI since its inception in 1996, Mr. Berglund has helped SSTI develop a nationwide network of practitioners and policymakers dedicated to improving the economy through science, technology and innovation. SSTI works with this network to assist states and communities as they build tech-based economies, conduct research on best practices and trends in tech-based economic development, and encourage cooperation among and between state and federal programs. Prior to joining SSTI, Mr. Berglund worked as a consultant and for the Ohio Department of Development in a variety of positions, including Acting Deputy Director of the Division of Technological Innovation.

A Note from James:Today, we've got a returning guest, a fan favorite, and someone whose work has consistently left a mark on this podcast—Ryan Holiday. We've talked about many of his books, from "Trust Me, I'm Lying" to his series on stoicism, including "The Obstacle is the Way". His latest work, "Right Thing Right Now: Good Values, Good Character, Good Deeds", is part of his Stoic Virtue series and is packed with insightful stories and practical advice on how to live a virtuous life. Ryan always brings fascinating examples and compelling narratives that not only entertain but also offer deep, actionable insights. So, let's jump right into it with Ryan Holiday.Episode Description:In this episode, James Altucher sits down with Ryan Holiday, a prolific author and modern stoic philosopher, to discuss his latest book, "Right Thing Right Now". This book is a profound exploration of the virtues of good values, good character, and good deeds, and how these principles can be applied to everyday life to achieve peak performance and personal growth. Ryan shares powerful stories and historical examples that highlight the importance of doing the right thing, even when it's difficult. Listeners will gain unique perspectives on how to navigate challenges and make ethical decisions that benefit both themselves and society.What You'll Learn:The Real Benefits of Virtue: Discover how practicing good values and character can lead to a more fulfilling and successful life.Historical Lessons: Learn from historical figures who embodied stoic principles and made significant impacts on society.Practical Stoicism: Get actionable advice on how to incorporate stoic virtues into your daily routine.Overcoming Modern Challenges: Understand how ancient wisdom can be applied to solve contemporary problems and improve personal resilience.Chapters:[01:30] – Introduction and Background on Ryan Holiday[03:15] – The Unique Dimensions of "Right Thing Right Now"[07:00] – The Evolution of Ryan's Stoic Journey[14:26] – Thomas Clarkson and the Abolition of the Slave Trade[20:00] – Historical Parallels and Modern Applications[25:01] – The Importance of Community in Practicing Virtue[33:45] – Learning from Past Leaders: LBJ, Malcolm X, and More[45:13] – The Role of Storytelling in Spreading Wisdom[51:46] – Personal Reflections on Changing One's Mind[01:03:00] – Concluding Thoughts and Future ProjectsAdditional Resources:Ryan Holiday's Official WebsitePurchase "Right Thing Right Now" on AmazonThe Obstacle is the Way by Ryan HolidayEpictetus' Discourses and Selected WritingsMarcus Aurelius' Meditations ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

In the third episode of the Conference on the Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence, we hear from speakers Marc Aidinoff, Institute for Advanced Study; Andy Russell, SUNY Polytechnic Institute; Mar Hicks, University of Virginia; and moderator Susannah Glickman, Stony Brook University on the topic of alternative models of technological innovation in history. The mission of the Roy and Lila Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation is to develop ideas and foster practices for equal and inclusive, multi-racial and multi-ethnic democracy and self-government. Visit the Ash Center online, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. For updates on the latest research, events, and activities, please signup for our newsletter.Music is Wholesome by Kevin McLeod.

This week's guest is Nolan Bederman of Bederman Capital discusses the evolving landscape of private equity, emphasizing the importance of strategic growth, innovation, and building strong management partnerships. He highlights the need to balance technology and business operations, address regulatory challenges, and prioritize psychological insight in investment decisions. Bederman also critiques the Canadian regulatory environment, calling for a more supportive approach to entrepreneurship to drive productivity and economic growth.About Nolan Bederman:Nolan Bederman is the Executive Chair of the Lifespeak and is also the founder and managing partner of Bederman Capital Corp., a private equity business focused on investing in North American growth companies.In 2017, he formalized a partnership with New York-based Reynolds Channel Capital Partners, a private equity fund focused on making similar investments.Before founding Bederman Capital Corp., Nolan was a co-founding partner of Genuity Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity fund, where he spent almost ten years leading numerous successful private equity investments. Prior to joining Genuity, Mr. Bederman was an Executive Director in private equity at CIBC Capital Partners. Mr. Bederman was also a Vice President in the US Mergers & Acquisitions group of Merrill Lynch & Co., where he focused on advising global companies in the capital/consumer goods, transportation, food, and pharma sectors.He graduated with a combined JD/MBA program from the University of Toronto and a BA (Econ.) from the University of Western Ontario.In this episode, we discuss:(01:00) Career Transition and Private Equity Beginnings(02:25) Building and Growing Businesses(04:00) Notable Investments and Lessons Learned(08:13) Challenges and Learning from Failures(11:00) The Role of Trust in Private Equity(15:22) Engagement in Companies and Private Equity Dynamics(20:14) Psychology in Private Equity(25:17) Private Equity Landscape Changes(29:00) Advice for Aspiring Private Equity Professionals(34:35) Technological Innovation and Business Strategy(41:11) Mental Health in the Workplace(45:52) Impact of Canadian Economic PoliciesFast Favorites

Guest Jeannette Bohg is an expert in robotics who says there is a transformation happening in her field brought on by recent advances in large language models. The LLMs have a certain common sense baked in and robots are using it to plan and to reason as never before. But they still lack low-level sensorimotor control — like the fine skill it takes to turn a doorknob. New models that do for robotic control what LLMs did for language could soon make such skills a reality, Bohg tells host Russ Altman on this episode of Stanford Engineering's The Future of Everything podcast.Episode Reference Links:Jeannette Bogh: WebsiteStanford Profile: WebsiteJeannette's Lab: WebsiteRobotics startup Jeannette discusses: Diligent RoboticsConnect With Us:Episode Transcripts >>> The Future of Everything WebsiteConnect with Russ >>> Threads or Twitter/XConnect with School of Engineering >>> Twitter/XChapters:(00:00:00) IntroductionRuss introduces guest Professor Jeannette Bohg, an expert in robotics from Stanford University.(00:01:58) AI's Impact on RoboticsHow AI is transforming robotics and the use of AI in high-level planning and reasoning in robotics.(00:04:26) Challenges of Applying Language Models in RoboticsThe challenges and potential of using large language models for robotic task planning and interaction between humans and robots.(00:07:06) Data Shortages in RoboticsThe scarcity of training data in robotics compared to other AI fields and its impact on development.(00:10:43) Human-Robot Interaction and AugmentationThe potential for robots to augment human capabilities rather than replace them and different approaches to autonomy in robotics.(00:16:41) The Future of Robotic HardwareThe current state of robotic hardware, its limitations, and what the future might hold for robotic development.(00:19:53) The Financial and Practical Realities of Robotic ResearchCost and maintenance challenges associated with robotic research platforms, as well as practical applications of robotics in everyday life.(00:25:11) Humanoid Robots vs. Practical RobotsThe practicality and implications of designing robots that mimic human appearance and capabilities.(00:27:55) Future Outlook and Commercial ViabilityThe future outlook for robotic platforms and when they might become commercially available.(00:29:08) Conclusion Connect With Us:Episode Transcripts >>> The Future of Everything WebsiteConnect with Russ >>> Threads or Twitter/XConnect with School of Engineering >>> Twitter/X

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Independence Day is the day the Israel Prize is handed out. This year's recipient of the Israel Prize for Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation is being awarded to Eyal Waldman. One of the leading entrepreneurs in Israel, he was the founder of Mellanox, which produces components for high speed communication networks.  Waldman has been a harsh critic of the government and even more so since his daughter Danielle was murdered at the massacre at the Nova Party on October 7th. Education Minister Yoav Kish tried to keep the prize from Waldman, but he pushed ahead to receive the award. He spoke with reporter Arieh O'Sullivan about his efforts and his vision for Israel. (photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Ed Skoudis, President at SANS Technology Institute [@SANS_EDU]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/edskoudis/At RSAC | https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/ed-skoudisHeather Mahalik Barnhart, Faculty Fellow & DFIR Curriculum Lead at SANS, Sr Dir of Community Engagement at Cellebrite [@Cellebrite]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-mahalik-cellebrite/On Twitter | https://twitter.com/HeatherMahalikAt RSAC | https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/heather-mahalikJohannes Ullrich, Dean of Research at SANS Technology Institute [@sansforensics]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannesullrich/On Twitter | https://twitter.com/sans_iscOn Mastodon | https://infosec.exchange/@jullrichAt RSAC | https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/johannes-ullrich____________________________Hosts: Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast [@RedefiningCyber]On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/sean-martinMarco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society PodcastOn ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli____________________________Episode NotesIn this new episode of the On Location Podcast with Sean and Marco, listeners were treated to an in-depth preview of the RSA Conference SANS Keynote, featuring engaging dialogues with industry luminaries Ed Skoudis, Heather Mahalik Barnhart, and Johannes Ullrich. Each brought to the fore their unique perspectives and expertise, providing a fascinating glimpse into the current state and future direction of cybersecurity.Ed Skoudis, President of the SANS Technology Institute College, stands at the forefront of cybersecurity education, guiding the future of the field through his leadership and vision. As moderator of the RSA Conference keynote panel, Skoudis emphasized the panel's history and its focus on burgeoning cybersecurity threats and innovations. His dual role as a SANS fellow and the founder of CounterHack challenges underscores a commitment to practical, real-world applications of cybersecurity knowledge.Heather Mahalik Barnhart brings a wealth of experience as the Curriculum Lead at SANS and a Senior Director of Community Engagement at Celebrite. Her expertise in mobile threats and digital intelligence is pivotal in an era where mobile devices are ubiquitous. Barnhart's focus on the escalation of mobile security threats underscores the critical need for continuous vigilance and advanced protective measures in cybersecurity practices.Johannes Ullrich, Dean of Research for the SANS Technology Institute College, brings his profound insights into web application security to the discussion. His leadership at the Internet Storm Center provides him with a unique vantage point on the latest cyber threats and defensive strategies. Ullrich's work exemplifies the essential nature of forward-looking research in developing effective cybersecurity defenses.The conversation highlights not just individual achievements but also the collective effort of the panel to address current cyber threats while preparing for future challenges. The keynote panelists discussed their approach to selecting topics that not only resonate with current issues but also anticipate future threats. This proactive approach is a testament to their deep understanding of the cybersecurity landscape and their commitment to equipping professionals with the knowledge to stay one step ahead.Terrence Williams, a new addition to the panel and a notable figure in cloud security from Amazon, and Steve Sims, an authority on offensive security curriculum at SANS, were also mentioned as key contributors to the upcoming keynote session. Their inclusion promises to bring fresh insights and a broader perspective to the discussions, enriching the discourse on cybersecurity's most pressing and complex issues.Key Questions AddressedHow does SANS choose the five topics for the RSA Conference SANS Keynote?What are the key cybersecurity trends and threats for the future?How can individuals and organizations mitigate these identified threats?Be sure to follow our Coverage Journey and subscribe to our podcasts!____________________________Follow our RSA Conference USA 2024 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/rsa-conference-usa-2024-rsac-san-francisco-usa-cybersecurity-event-infosec-conference-coverageOn YouTube:

Archaeology is always seen as a field pursuit and for the most part, it is. However the interpretations of archaeology should be accessible to all. Our guests today, Dr. Alessandro Sebastiani and Dr. Laura Morabito presented their thoughts on accessibility in archaeology at the World Archaeology Summit in Alula, Saudi Arabia in September 2023. They discuss things like 3D reconstruction and VR as tools to bring people to archaeological sites and research without physically bringing them there.Contact Chris WebsterTwitter: @archeowebbyEmail: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Paul ZimmermanTwitter: @lugalEmail: paul@lugal.comArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Liquid I.V.Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeologypodnetworkfeed to save 20% off anything you order.

Archaeology is always seen as a field pursuit and for the most part, it is. However the interpretations of archaeology should be accessible to all. Our guests today, Dr. Alessandro Sebastiani and Dr. Laura Morabito presented their thoughts on accessibility in archaeology at the World Archaeology Summit in Alula, Saudi Arabia in September 2023. They discuss things like 3D reconstruction and VR as tools to bring people to archaeological sites and research without physically bringing them there.Contact Chris WebsterTwitter: @archeowebbyEmail: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Paul ZimmermanTwitter: @lugalEmail: paul@lugal.comArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Liquid I.V.Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

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Archaeology is always seen as a field pursuit and for the most part, it is. However the interpretations of archaeology should be accessible to all. Our guests today, Dr. Alessandro Sebastiani and Dr. Laura Morabito presented their thoughts on accessibility in archaeology at the World Archaeology Summit in AlUla, Saudi Arabia in September 2023. They discuss things like 3D reconstruction and VR as tools to bring people to archaeological sites and research without physically bringing them there.Contact Chris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Rachel Rodenrachel@unraveleddesigns.comRachelUnraveled (Instagram)ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Liquid I.V.Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeologypodnetworkfeed to save 20% off anything you order.

Join me in an insightful conversation with Elijah Allen Blitz, as we delve into the intricate relationship between technology and society. This episode explores the evolving landscape of digital innovation, touching on artificial intelligence (AI), brain-computer interfaces like Neuralink, and the broader implications of our increasingly digital lives. Elijah brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective on how technology shapes our world, our identities, and our future. Main Sections & Timecodes: Introducing Elijah Allen Blitz [00:00:00 - 00:03:34] Gabby introduces Elijah and sets the stage for a discussion on technology's impact on society. The Potential and Pitfalls of AI [00:03:35 - 00:07:14] Elijah shares his insights on AI's advancements and the dual-edged nature of technological progress. Exploring Neuralink's Breakthroughs [00:07:15 - 00:09:08] A look into Neuralink and its revolutionary approach to merging human cognition with technology. The Acceleration of Technological Innovation [00:09:09 - 00:12:02] Discussion on the exponential growth of technology and its future implications. Mindfulness in the Digital World [00:12:03 - 00:14:27] The conversation shifts to the importance of mindful engagement with digital tools and platforms. Addressing Societal Challenges Through Tech [00:14:28 - 00:17:30] Insights into how technology can be leveraged to solve pressing social issues. Seeking Balance in the Digital Age [00:17:31 - End] Gabby reflects on the need for a balanced approach to technology, focusing on its potential to enhance human life. More About Elijah Allan-Blitz:  Elijah Allan-Blitz is an Emmy Award-winning director. He was the first VR director for Time magazine with an experience about the Holocaust created as a companion piece for the Ken Burns documentary, "Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War." He has since partnered with Van Jones to create the Messy Truth VR experience, a virtual reality series starring Marvel actors designed as a curriculum for empathy. Most recently, he directed the first AR short film for Disney+ called "Remembering." Elijah has also directed VR experiences for Aloe Blacc, PBS, Laird Hamilton, HBO, and Michael Pollan.  Connect with Elijah @elijah_a.b | www.elijah-ab.com  Everything Gabby Reece: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialGabrielleReece/ Gabby Reece Website - https://gabriellereece.com/ Gabby Reece Show Transcript: https://gabriellereece.com/podcast/ The Gabby Reece Show Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEINLNlGvIceFOP7aAZk5A Want to see the transcript for this episode? Check out my website where we put full transcripts for every episode and so much more: https://gabriellereece.com/ Bio: Gabrielle 'Gabby' Reece is an American actress, podcaster, and former model and professional volleyball player best known for hosting a lifestyle, health & fitness podcast titled The Gabby Reece Show. Additionally, she is the co-founder of XPT | Extreme Performance Training and Laird Superfood alongside her husband and big wave surfer Laird Hamilton. The Gabby Reece Show talks to top experts with the goal of extracting the best information you will need to navigate the universe of health, fitness, relationships, parenting, and business. Gabby keeps it simple but gets to the heart of the conversation with the hopes of providing you with realistic takeaways. Thank you for tuning into "The Gabby Reece Show." If you found this information helpful, consider sharing this episode with someone who needs it. And subscribe to make sure you never miss informative conversations like this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear how we can all embrace the notion of productization, not fear it Today I bring to you an exceptional businesswoman and innovator whom I would also call a futurist, Eisha Tierney Armstrong. Eisha specializes in helping B2B companies transform their customized services into more scalable products. In other words, she helps them productize, which is also the title of her best-selling book. She shows businesses how to take a service that is delivered by people and standardize it, usually by automating it with technology. This is not to be feared, she says, but welcomed, because of the many possibilities it enables. Listen and share! Watch and listen to our conversation here Key takeaways from our discussion: B2B buyers are changing. They're more comfortable buying products, not talking to people, doing all their research on the internet.  The cultural attributes that make you a great professional services firm, like always knowing the answer to a client question, can actually get in the way of productizing. Because if you're productizing and trying to innovate, you don't necessarily know what the right answer is. You have to go out and learn and be open to failure and experimentation and not seeing failure as a bad thing.  One of the cultural attributes that's really important to do this successfully is the ability to learn and be open to change. People get afraid and they think, Am I going to lose my job? Am I still going to have value? How am I going to keep up with all the skills required? Those are very valid, important fears. But the most exciting thing about productization is the potential for growth. You can now grow faster than the rate at which you have to add headcount. You can serve new markets. You can impact more people and that can be very rewarding. We are at the precipice of a massive explosion in growth and if we focus on that, people will be more willing to embrace the change. How to connect with Eisha You can find Eisha on LinkedIn and her website Vecteris. You can also email her at eisha.armstrong@vecteris.com. Want to learn more about preparing your business for the future, now? Check out these: Unlocking New Opportunities: Exploring Blue Ocean Strategy® To Understand Your Future Customers Navigating The Future: The Vital Need For Leadership Training In The Post-Pandemic Era Jennifer Kluge—Meet The Leader To Build Your Business Into One Of The Best And Brightest Byron Reese—How Humans Learned to See the Future, and You Can Too! Additional resources for you My two award-winning books: Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in Business and On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights Our new book, Women Mean Business: Over 500 Insights from Extraordinary Leaders to Spark Your Success, co-authored by Edie Fraser, Robyn Freedman Spizman and Andi Simon, PhD Our website: Simon Associates Management Consultants Read the transcript of our podcast here  Andi Simon: Welcome to On the Brink With Andi Simon. Hi, I'm Andi Simon. I'm your host and your guide. My job is to help you get off the brink. I've been doing this for almost 400 podcasts now, and it's absolutely wonderful that you, our audience, keep enjoying it, sending us ideas about people whom we should interview and really celebrating the fact that you've gotten off the brink, picking up ideas from the people we bring to you to help you do something important for you to change. You need to see, feel, and think in new ways. I always say you take your observations and turn them into innovations, and today is particularly interesting. For that reason, I have Eisha Armstrong here. Jennifer McCollum (who was on this podcast in August of last year) brought her to us and suggested we should have a conversation, particularly about the work she's doing in the B2B world of professional services. But I think it's important for you listening to her to see what she sees out in the market and how that could help you do better for yourself and your business.  Now, I must say, I listen to Amy Webb at SXSW and her video is just wonderful, and I watch it as many years as I can. But she is talking about the fourth industrial revolution coming now, and I would tell you that you cannot wait. It's here. And that question is really important for you and your business. So we'll be weaving that in a little bit today as well. Who is Eisha? Eisha Armstrong is a co-founder and executive chairman of Vecteris. She's dedicated to helping business-to-business companies transform their customized services into more scalable products. Prior to co-founding Vecteris, Eisha held Senior Product Leadership roles at the E.W. Scripps Company and at CEB, now Gartner, the world's largest membership-based corporate performance research and advisory company. She has a best-selling book, Productize: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Professional Services into Scalable Products and her other book is Fearless: How to Transform a Services Culture and Successfully Productize. I think we'll talk about productize today a bit. I'm delighted to have you here. I should thank you for joining me. Eisha Armstrong: Well thank you, Andi, it's a pleasure to be here. Andi Simon: I am delighted you came back from Costa Rica in time for us to have a great conversation, although I have met with someone in Costa Rica for a podcast, so the world is very flat and small. Tell the audience about your own journey because you are at a point now that's very timely and important for them to know about you and about what we're going to talk about and Vecteris today. Who is Eisha Armstrong? Eisha Armstrong: Well, thank you Andi. So I started my career, as you mentioned, at CEB, which was purchased by Gartner about eight years ago. As a data scientist right out of undergrad, of course we didn't call them data scientists at the time, so my title was research analyst. But I was doing research on different corporate performance topics that were specifically focused on data analysis to uncover root causes of corporate performance, and I ended up spending a good 15 years of my career there, working my way up. CEB sponsored me to go to business school, so I was fortunate enough to get my MBA while I was there and that moved me into a very early product management role. And at the time, the company didn't have product managers. So we had to kind of define what that role meant, what that looked like, and learn from people in the software industry about what product management was. And by the time I left, I was leading a portfolio of products. Fast forward to 2018, and I co-founded Vecteris with a former colleague of mine, specifically to help B2B professional services firms learn how to, as you mentioned, the title of my book, productize, which means taking a service that is delivered by people and standardizing it, usually automating it, with some form of technology. Perhaps, delivering it in a more scalable fashion, which tends to improve profit margins. If they're selling, they can usually do that on a more subscription basis, which improves renewable revenue, and makes it easier to run their firms. So we've been focused on that for the last six years,and as you mentioned, I published two books. I have my third one coming out later this year because my passion is really understanding what are the keys to being successful in this type of transformation. So I've focused a lot of my time now on researching that and then publishing those findings. Andi Simon: So clarify for the audience, what professional services firms are. Eisha Armstrong: Oh great question. So it could be anything from a law firm, an accounting firm, management consulting firm, training and development, HR services, engineering and architecture, IT services. But usually where you have professionals who are providing you with their expertise and their time in exchange for money, versus a product company, which is providing a kind of a prepackaged set of features and value, in exchange for money. Andi Simon: And so we're going to take the people part and somehow turn it into something that you can sell that could be accessed without necessarily as much people interface on it. And this has interesting implications both for the company producing it and selling it and those who are buying it and their expectations. So I have a hunch that as you've gone through your six years into Vecteris now, I'm 23 years in business and I've watched many generations of changes come and go. This one is the most exciting for me because I do think it's transformational.  But for a B2B company, my accounting firm client, for example, I've been working with for six years, what could they do to sort of productize something? Is there something you can sort of share with us that you've seen work particularly well? Eisha Armstrong: Yeah. So we talk about productization in terms of different levels. The first level would just be what we call productized services, where they're still delivering value through people. But perhaps the engagement of this accounting firm, let's take an audit for example, is more standardized. So there's a set of templates and tools that their professionals can use to deliver that audit the same way for every client. And perhaps they have different packages. So rather than selling the audit engagement based on time and materials, we're going to charge $500 an hour. They say the audit's going to cost you $50,000 all in. If you want A, B, C type service, if you want to upgrade and get A, B, C plus D, then it's going to cost you $75,000. So they're doing kind of the same set of activities, the same way from client to client. They're able to package it up and price it more on kind of value-based pricing versus time and materials pricing. And there may also be some technology that their professionals are using in the background to help them deliver those engagements more efficiently. And perhaps generative AI is one of those technologies they're using. But most of the interface with the client is still human-to-human. So that's what we call productized services. Then you have more products which are not services. They're not delivered by humans. But, perhaps it's a piece of software that the accounting firm has developed and that they install at their client to help them improve reconciliation between their accounting software and perhaps some type of inventory management system or something like that. And then they're charging that client a monthly fee to license the software that this accounting firm has developed. And that would be an example of a product. So software is an obvious example, but data could also be another example of a product. You know, perhaps the accounting firm has developed some proprietary data set and they want to license it to their clients. That could be a product. It could be an off-the-shelf kind of online training program that their clients go in and access and take online training. So there's no human-to-human involvement in the delivery of it, but you still need humans for relationship development and account management and things like that. Andi Simon: This is so interesting because when you productize it like other Microsoft products, it comes with annual updates and upgrades. I love your monthly fees for service and a support staff that is located maybe in the Philippines. So there's all kinds of ways that you can now optimize the talent you have without simply adding more talent. Correct? And this becomes a mind shift, if I know enough about enough of my professional service firms to know that their minds are about doing what they do now better, maybe cheaper, faster, but not by making it into a product per se, but by simply having more talent. The pandemic gave them the options of having more attorneys who were remote, or more accountants who were remote. That sounded really unthinkable before the pandemic. And now it's quite normal. But, now you're talking about taking what we do and looking at it as a different thing. A product is different from a service. So we can talk about many of these things. One thing that you and I were sharing was that we must change the culture inside the firm and the firms that are using those services. I don't want to lose the opportunity in our conversation to talk about what that means as you move from people and services to a product and sales from a cultural point of view, and I have a hunch you're seeing that. You and I can share some cases, but what are you seeing? Eisha Armstrong: Yeah. Great question. So I think first of all, you have to take a step back and look at this as a fundamental transformation for most organizations. So if you're, let's say a law firm and now you want to also sell software alongside your legal services, this is a significant change because you're not only having to think differently about how you create value, because it's a little bit of a business model transformation, but you're going to need new skills, new technical skills, skills that people are skilled in, lean product development or agile, for example. It's just kind of a different way of operating, and so if you think about your business model transformation, digital transformation, trying to become more innovative, fast-paced, that is a very different culture than a traditional law firm.  And some people may find that very threatening, especially if you're saying, okay, we used to create value based on the expertise in Andi's head. Well, Andi, now we're going to create value based on the intellectual property of the entire firm that has been documented. Andi could deliver it or somebody else could deliver it. Or maybe it's delivered digitally. So we don't even need a person like that who can be very threatening to people who've defined their entire careers based on my expertise is what creates value. And so that's a big change. And I think it's important for organizations to think about that before they embark on a product decision strategy. Andi Simon: Have you seen any illustrative case studies you can share where they've done it well or where it blew up? Eisha Armstrong: Oh, yes. Countless. So one is a management consulting firm that we've worked with now for several years. And they go in and they work with manufacturing companies, industrial companies, and their consultants created an algorithm to help manufacturers batch custom manufacturing jobs and do it in a more productive way. And their senior partners were like, we could turn this algorithm into a piece of software and we could sell it and we could productize it and wow, you know, multiples on software businesses are much larger than multiples on the consulting businesses like this. This is a great idea. And we're like, yes, there's a great need. There was nobody else in the market doing this. They had the skill set. But let's think about the culture change and what's going to be required. So what they ultimately decided to do was to set it up as a separate organization and so they kind of insulated it from the primary consulting business. It had its own dedicated team that was fully funded full time working on this, this software product, not off the side of their desk.  They had different performance measures. They had a different name in the marketplace. So they weren't using the name of the parent company to really distinguish that this is not just kind of a different way of delivering value, but it's also a different culture. Yeah. And they've been quite successful operating this as kind of a separate business that still has the benefit of the strength of the balance sheet of the consulting firm, the client relationships where they're able to feed them leads. They're recognizing that it's a significant difference in cultures and operating them as two separate businesses. So that would be a great success story. Andi Simon: It is brilliant. But on their part, they understood that an artwork and a draft don't necessarily come out with something better. This was different and needed a whole different model for it to be successful. That is a brilliant company with amazing leadership to understand that. So often we work a lot on observation to innovation, a lot of innovation that never gets out of the starting gate, mostly because they try to add it on to their current staff whose minds are in a whole different place. You know, people say, what's culture? I say, it's what you do every day and believe it's the way we should do it. Let's not get too sophisticated here. But for those who are doing the service part, it is what we do every day. And for those who are developing the product, it has nothing to do with what we do every day. And unless you understand that you cannot succeed in prioritizing your services without a different way of doing that.  Eisha Armstrong: Absolutely. Yes.  Andi Simon: Now, with that in mind, as you're talking, I'm saying, okay, now how are they creating these products and are they eliminating the service part or are they just rapid fast forward using, I don't know, generative AI. What do you see happening on the productization part? Eisha Armstrong: So we see a couple of different what we call archetypes. So the first one is, we are going to develop products that are bundled in with our services. I mentioned perhaps there's a piece of software that's installed alongside some consulting work that might be done and that's sold as a kind of a single solution to a client.  Say, you have this problem. For example, you want to improve your ability to attract highly skilled talent. You need some consultants to come in and understand what type of skills you need. What might be preventing the organization right now from attracting that talent? But you might also need some compensation benchmarking data and you might need that to be updated monthly, and so it's a mix of the kind of data technology that is delivering value. And so we call that kind of the bundled solutions approach to productization. And I think it's actually, Andi, a brilliant move for a lot of professional services firms because it leverages their existing competitive advantage, which is their service professionals and the existing relationships that they have with clients. So they're bundling those products along with that. The other option might be like this management consulting firm that decided to kind of run it as a separate business because what they found is that the manufacturers that were interested in the software product were actually different from the manufacturers that they worked with on their consulting engagements. So it was an entirely new market. And that also fed into their decision to run it as a separate business because it really didn't make sense to bundle the two, given they were separate markets who were interested in the services versus interested in the software product. And then the third archetype is where you decide you're going to fully sunset being a services business, and you're going to transform to be a 100% products business that is less common. And when we do see it, it's usually with younger professional services firms who start offering professional services. They uncover a great need that they can meet with a product and aren't yet at the level of maturity where it doesn't make sense to sunset the services business. They can kind of eat that cost and transform and become a full products business. So those are the three different archetypes that we see. Andi Simon: So let me repeat them back. The first one bundles it, and the second one is segregated, and the third one is young and can see opportunities and aren't so wedded to the way we've always done it here that they can reinvent themselves. Eisha Armstrong: Correct. Yes. Andi Simon: And I love to summarize what you've said, because for the listener, Eisha has said some very important things. There isn't a single way that you can take what you do. So don't look at it as a thing. Begin to think about it. And I think it's very important outside in, it isn't. What you do is what a customer does and which customer wants or needs for this manufacturing service provider. Some of their customers probably are older and are much more set in their ways and are happy to talk to people. And younger may be very unhappy talking to people. I had one logistics company and their salespeople couldn't get the people they used to talk to to answer the phone. They were still doing calls. And when I interviewed the folks who they thought would be their buyers, they had retired. And the new folks who had come in were all 30 somethings who said to me very quietly, we don't use the phone. And I say that because the point is that times are changing fast, and the people in the times, they are changing fast and so assume nothing. You're in a startup mode. It's a whole new time for reinvention. Both of them have an understanding of what the new clients need because they're younger too, in many cases. You know, let's stop being angry about the fact that Gen Z is the largest workforce. And let's figure out how to work with them to change it. Now, what's interesting from just the lifespan of some of these products, they're startups in many ways now. Are they aggressively now elevating them to the next stage, or are they so happy they got a product? I was curious about how people see things. Got it, got the product. Now what? What do you see? Eisha Armstrong: So let's say we're working with a company who's noticing the same changes that you're talking about. B2B buyers are changing. You know, they're more comfortable buying products, not talking to people, doing all their research on the internet. They are more comfortable buying things on a subscription basis. Plus, they also see shifts in the competitive landscape. You have digital first startups who are saying this, solving the same problem that services companies used to solve. Plus, you have generative AI. Lots of things are changing and your labor force is getting more expensive. Wouldn't it be nice if you could grow and not have to add headcount at the same rate? So all of these things might lead a business leader to want to productize. And the first thing we talk about is, okay, this is a different way of thinking. Usually what you want is a portfolio, just like if you were a venture capitalist, because some of your product ideas are going to be home runs and some are going to be stinkers, and you don't really know right now which idea is going to be which. You may have some assumptions and hypotheses that we can go out and test and validate, but you don't have a crystal ball that's going to give you the answer. So let's think about this as a portfolio. What are some quick one things that are lower investment? Perhaps you've already validated because a couple of clients have asked for this and even helped pay for some of the R&D. They are really easy to bundle with your existing services or serve your existing clients. And then what are some of these moonshot ideas where there's perhaps more investment required over time, but perhaps much more value and potential. And what are some steps that we can start to take today to test and research and validate some of your hypotheses about those moonshot ideas. And then let's come back either monthly or quarterly, and look at the performance of this portfolio of product ideas and see how it's doing. Are our assumptions correct? If so, add a little bit more investment, just like a venture capitalist would. Or did we invalidate some of our hypotheses and realize that some of these great ideas are actually stinkers and we need to stop investing in them, sunset them, and put our efforts elsewhere. Andi Simon: I laugh listening to you because that requires a completely different mindset that detaches you from the products themselves. They aren't about you. I once taught at Washington University a course for entrepreneurs, and I brought in some entrepreneurs and they left some lasting things in my head. And one guy said, Well, I built three businesses. Some worked, some didn't. It requires a detached relationship with that product, because it isn't that you didn't have a good idea. Some work, some don't. So what? Move on. Right. But you need to have an open mind about what is working and be wise enough to know how to redirect investment as if you're your own investor as opposed to the runner of the business. And that changes the whole relationship. Even with each other and with a client and that's a maturity that could come in youth, but it requires a different sense of what this product is and how it operates. And what do I mean to it? And how am I almost like a business school case study as opposed to a real life thing? Does that make sense? Eisha Armstrong: It does. Absolutely. It's really interesting, Andi, because we talk to professional services firms, leaders, and say, look, the cultural attributes that make you a great professional services firm, like always knowing the answer to a client question, can actually get in the way of productizing. Because if you're productizing and trying to innovate, you don't necessarily know what the right answer is. You have to go out and learn and be open to failure and kind of experimentation and not seeing failure as a bad thing. So you've got this on the one hand, a cultural attribute of knowing that has made you a great professional services firm is now going to get in the way of learning and experimenting.  Andi Simon: And I'll put a pitch in for, again, an anthropologist to go out to those clients while you're introducing these things and observe. You have no idea how many times I work with clients who have launched products and assume they know how their customers are using them, and then I go, and I often love to take them with me, because if I see and they don't, they won't believe me. So I take them along and I say, Be an anthropologist, just hang out, watch. And they get shocked by the fact that this wonderfully complex thing that their engineers over-engineered isn't being used at all the way they thought, and they usually see one little piece of it so that it serves their purpose as opposed to the overarching complex services that they have productized without calling it that. But this is what they did. And it is interesting to me how we cannot see the world through our own eyes. You kind of look backwards. You know what's going on with the customer who think they gave you a good question to answer, and you answer that question, but it was the wrong question. It really had nothing to do with what they really needed. And I often find that particularly when the question has come down through a company and a more junior person has come to find a solution, only to realize they didn't really know what the question was that was being asked way up the line. And as a result, they come back with an answer that doesn't match. It's the old telephone game. It is so interesting. So you are in a moment of watching these companies potentially transform themselves, not quite putting the services sector out of business, but transforming the whole business. This is really cool stuff. We have a few more minutes, and I want to just talk briefly about the training and skill development. Are you finding them beginning to understand that they have to rethink the training and skill development of their teams? Eisha Armstrong: Oh, absolutely. I mentioned, for example, one of the cultural attributes that's really important to do this successfully is the ability to learn. So one of the skill sets that you could look for are people who have kind of a hypothesis-based research background: could be from hard sciences, social sciences, but people who are used to developing hypotheses, testing them and being somewhat removed in terms of the outcome. So they're dispassionate about that and try to put on their scientist hat as the great organizational psychologist Adam Grant calls it and be open to changing their mind. So that's one that's very important. Another one is, the ability to do what we call: think from a market segment standpoint. So market-minded, because professional services companies have been thinking very 1:1. What does Andi Simon need? Okay. I'm going to go and deliver exactly what she needs. Now you're thinking about, what is a market segment that is similar to Andi Simon. What does this entire market segment need and how can we deliver something of value that meets maybe 80% of their needs, but not 100% of their needs? And that's a very different way of thinking. Usually people who've done market research, you mentioned ethnographic research, people perhaps who have a finance background, can think about market segments, attractive market segments, market needs, things like that. And then the third one, which we can't forget, is digital literacy. And I say the word literacy very deliberately because often we think, oh, we need to go out and hire software engineers. And I'm like, no, that's digital fluency. I just want everyone in the organization to be digitally literate. Knowing kind of what are the tools out there and how could we use these in our day to day work would be digital literacy. And it's really shocking how many organizations we get brought into, Andi, where the leadership team is saying, we're going to make these investments in technology, we're going to productize, and there are people on the leadership team who have very, very low digital literacy. So they're not modeling that behavior for the rest of the organization. Andi Simon: The rest of the organization says, okay, you show me first and then I'll change, because change is literally pain. You know, we specialize in helping organizations and the people inside them change. And one thing the listeners should remember is your brain hates me. It hates to think about something in a new way. It doesn't like the energy it needs to learn something. The oldest reptilian part of the brain, the amygdala, hijacks it. It says, go away. I'm going to hate you. I'm going to flee you. I'm going to fight you. I'm going to appease you, but I'm not going to change. And that's just the way your brain works. It's there to protect you from all this foreign stuff coming at you called digital literacy. But it is a time where you probably should rethink your thinking and change your mindset. This has been such fun. You should give the audience 1 or 2 or 3 things you don't want them to forget, because they often remember the ending better than the beginning. And we've had a nice beginning and I've enjoyed our conversation. A couple of things you want them to remember. Eisha Armstrong: I think the biggest one, and you just brought it up, is that when we start talking about things like generative AI, the fourth industrial revolution, perhaps reducing the amount of services and delivering products, people get afraid and they think about, Am I going to lose my job? Am I still going to have value? How am I going to keep up with all the skills required? And yes, those are very valid, important fears to talk about. But the most exciting thing about all of this is the potential for growth. I mean, imagine again, if you're a B2B professional services firm, you can now grow faster than the rate at which you have to add headcount. You can serve new markets. You can impact more people and that can be very rewarding, not only from a financial standpoint, but also just from the personal reward that you get out of your work every day. And so the one thing that I try to stress with the executives that I work with is, let's talk about the opportunity rather than the change required. You know, yes, there is going to be change required, but that makes people afraid. And instead, let's paint that vision and talk about the growth opportunity. How can jobs become more rewarding? How can we serve more people? That's what I truly believe. We are at the precipice of just a massive explosion in growth and if we talk about that, I think people will be more willing to embrace the change. Andi Simon: I hope so. I know you're a research person by background. Have you started to collect the number of services firms that have productized? Is there any Gartner research that says, hey, guys, you know, of all of those, I don't know why percent have already started to productize. You're running late in the process. Any idea? Eisha Armstrong: Yeah, it's nine out of ten, so 90%. And again, that could be very early productized services where they're standardizing tech-enabled delivery of their services. But it's still kind of looks and feels the same way to the client all the way up to creating new separate software businesses. But yeah, nine out of ten organizations. And yeah, if you're not doing it yet, you are massively behind.  Andi Simon: I'm laughing. And that doesn't matter whether you're an attorney or management consulting firm, anything that is people-based is ready to be rethought. Not that the people are wrong or bad, but that the solutions to the problems are not going to necessarily be delivered by you and I talking about it. And I'm not going to say maybe I could have done this, but I was kidding around with my physician the other day and I said, your portal is so good. One day I'll just have it take a picture of my body and I'll tell me how my vital signs are. And he said, that's not so far away. And I said, it's not. Everything's going to be productized. It's very exciting. Well, this has been such fun. I should thank you. Where can they reach you? What's your website? Eisha Armstrong: It's Vecteris.com. And I love to connect with people on LinkedIn, so feel free to also connect with me on LinkedIn: Eisha.Armstrong. Andi Simon: It's been a pleasure. And thank you. And thank you, Jennifer McCollum, for introducing us. And I think we should do a follow up in six months to see what we have seen and what's working well, and you'll have your third book out and I'd love to celebrate with you. It's very cool stuff for our listeners and our viewers. Thank you for coming. As you know, we like to take observation and turn it into innovation. And as an anthropologist, my job is to help you see, feel and think in new ways. If you have not spent a day in the life of your customer, it's time, because they may be prioritizing already, leaving you behind in the process, but you don't really know what they're thinking until you go and just hang out. They say, what does an anthropologist do? We hang out and we listen to the things that you can't see because they can't even tell you what they're doing. So watch them and begin to think about what that means for you. My books are all on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights, the topic for this podcast, has won awards and been a bestseller, and people show it to me on the beach, wherever they're reading about how anthropology can help their business grow. Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in Business is about 11 women who did just that. And our newest book, Women Mean Business: Over 500 Insights from Extraordinary Leaders to Spark Your Success, all of whom have simply said, of course they can and have done extremely well, and their wisdoms are very wise for all of you men and women. And we've developed a program, we've productized the book into a program to help corporations and CEOs begin to think about how to harness the wisdom of women to optimize their business. And as an anthropologist, I was reading Gregory Beaton's work about how everything is the opposite. You know who you are by what you're not. And so maybe we should start seeing the benefits of difference as opposed to worrying about being identical. And I couldn't agree more. It's time for rethinking what we're trying to do with the talent that we have. It's been great fun. Thank you all for coming. I'm going to say goodbye to Eisha Armstrong. Thank you for joining me today. It's been a pleasure. Goodbye, everybody. Come again. See you now. Bye bye.     WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS® is a registered trademark of the National Association of Women Business Owners® (NAWBO)

Kevin T. Carter is an investment expert with a rich history rooted in the evolution of financial markets and a deep dive into emerging economies. Throughout our conversation, we explored Carter's journey from a fresh college graduate with a keen interest in investment, sparked by the iconic book "A Random Walk Down Wall Street," to a visionary in the field of emerging markets. His early career began in an investment bank, where a casual interview turned into the launchpad for his investment career.Carter shared the profound influence of Burton Malkiel's work on his professional outlook, notably Malkiel's revolutionary idea of index funds which laid the groundwork for Carter's own innovations in investment strategies. "It was just an idea to Burt Malkiel back then," Carter recalls, highlighting the transformative potential of indexing and ETFs which now dominate the investment landscape.The narrative then shifts to Carter's disillusionment with the mutual fund business and his pioneering work in fractional share trading and direct indexing. His collaboration with Malkiel not only refined his investment philosophy but also led to the creation of groundbreaking financial services that democratized stock market access. "We filed a patent on fractional share trading... and now almost every brokerage firm in the world offers fractional share trading," Carter proudly notes, underlining the shift towards more inclusive investment models.Carter's journey took another significant turn with his engagement with Google employees and his eventual focus on emerging markets, particularly China and India. His firsthand experiences with these economies offered him a unique perspective on their potential for growth and innovation. "China's economy was growing at over 10%," he recalls, capturing the dynamism of these regions long before they became focal points for global investors.The discussion delves into the intricacies of emerging market investments, emphasizing the consumer-driven growth in these regions. Carter's approach to investment in emerging markets is not just about recognizing their growth potential but understanding the transformative impact of technology, particularly mobile internet, on these economies. "The second wave was China, right behind us, 2005 to 2020... Now, there's still growth in China, but... the third wave is going to be giant, and it's already happening," he explains, highlighting the ongoing evolution of global market dynamics.Carter's narrative on India's transformation is richly detailed, attributing a significant part of this change to Nandan Nilekani, Infosys' co-founder, who led the Aadhaar program since its inception in 2009. This initiative was a critical move towards digitizing the nation's identity verification processes, issuing a unique twelve-digit identification number linked with biometric data to every citizen. It was a monumental step in addressing the critical lack of formal identification and laid the foundation for the India Stack, an advanced digital infrastructure that facilitated the opening of 800 million digital bank accounts and propelled the country towards financial inclusivity. Coupled with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system revolutionizing payments—showcasing an 80% shift towards digital transactions with over 12 billion monthly transactions—India's narrative underlines a nation on the cusp of a technological and economic revolution. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, a vibrant middle class, and a tech talent pool, under Prime Minister Modi's leadership, the country is poised to redefine its global stance, making it a focal point for investors in technology, consumer goods, and fintech sectors.