Dave McLaughlin is the Global Head of Community at WeWork. He was previously the CEO and Co-founder of Vsnap, on the Board of Directors at Boston World Partnerships, and the Co-founder and Vice President of Business Development at Fig, later acquired by PayPal. Dave is also an award-winning screenwriter, producer, and film director, co-writing Southie and the independent feature, On Broadway. Dave has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Boston College and was a guest instructor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Dave joins me today to discuss our life. He explains how the world is moving away from hierarchies and toward networks. He reveals how our surrounding culture influences our learning and direction. Dave explores the three stages of the web and the practical advantages of digital value transmission. He outlines how crypto and blockchain make it less likely for centralized institutes to make bad decisions for society and describes the three components of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO). Dave also points out how the question affects the answer and why question-building skills are critical in life and decision-making.

“To be great at anything takes a lot of work, and very simply stated, it’s easier to do the work if you enjoy it and lose track of time.” - Dave McLaughlin

This week on Insert:Human

• How the world is shifting from hierarchies to networks and what this means for leaders
• How connection, belonging, and culture affect your direction and how you handle diversity
• Finding what moves you and expressing what you find true, authentic, and useful
• The three generations of the web: informational, social, and value transmission
• How decentralized architectures make it less likely for centralized institutions to make bad decisions for society and how crypto is infiltrating gaming
• The three components of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
• The importance of developing question-building skills and the Question Formulation Technique
• Managing the risks in decision-making using the one-way and two-way door hypotheses

Resources Mentioned:

• Twitter: Chris Dixon
• Right Question Institute

Connect with Dave McLaughlin:

• WeWork
• Dave McLaughlin on LinkedIn
• Dave McLaughlin on Twitter

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