Unusually Well Informed: Recent Episodes
Tim Hampton
Welcome to Unusually Well Informed, the podcast that examines trends in technology, innovation and business and how we can all contribute to an abundant and just future.
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Dr. Lina Brand Correa is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. Lina and I discuss the ways energy - and the decisions we make individually and collectively - impact human wellbeing and the environment.Dr. Lina Brand Correa at York University: https://euc.yorku.ca/faculty/lina-brand-correa/
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Autumm Caines is an Instructional Designer in the Hub for Teaching and Learning Resourcesat the University of Michigan-Dearborn. We discuss ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language model that provides instant and personalized responses to questions, which has the potential to drastically impact the way students - and instructors - access and process information.Autumn’s website: autummcaines.comhttps://www.dair-institute.org/https://chat.openai.com/chathttps://www.turnitin.com/Timnit Gebru/Emily Bender/Margaret MitchellStochastic parrotshttps://venturebeat.com/ai/with-gpt-4-dangers-of-stochastic-parrots-remain-say-researchers-no-wonder-openai-ceo-is-a-bit-scared-the-ai-beat/Chris GilliardDigital redlininghttps://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/digital-redlining-access-and-privacy
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Alex Krutz is the managing director at Patriot Industrial Partners, an aerospace and defense advisory firm that focuses on manufacturing strategy and supply chain optimization. Alex and I discuss the challenges facing the aerospace industry and how companies like Boeing, Airbus and their many suppliers are responding. We also examine new technologies like cargo and passenger drones. And Alex shares his opinion on the most beautiful plane in the air today.
Guest: Alex Krutz | https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkrutz/
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton | https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
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Natty Gur is a proponent of self-managed teams based on non-deterministic management principles. He helps leaders use systems thinking and chaos theory to meet complex management and business challenges. Natty is also the author of the book titled, “Eco-Autonomous Organization” which examines ways organizations can fit the realities of modern business.
Natty and I discuss Lean and Agile management and the nature of decentralized, distributed and autonomous organizations.
Guest: Natty Gur | https://www.linkedin.com/in/natty/
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton | https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
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This episode's unusually well informed guests today are Thomas Hubbuch and Nick Van Langendonck.
Nick is the founder of Hifluence, a consulting firm that helps organizations rethink the way they are structured to liberate the talents and innovation they need to succeed in a complex world. Nick is also a guest lecturer at the University of Antwerp and Antwerp Management School.
Before joining Hifluence as a partner, Thomas was the CEO of Belgium’s leading sugar producer, Sucre Tirlemont, a company with over 1000 people.
Together, Thomas and Nick host The Unbossing Podcast.
Thomas, Nick and I discuss ways large organizations can become and remain nimble.
Guests: Thomas Hubbuch and Nick Van Langendonck
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-hubbuch-82a31a88/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickvanlangendonckhifluence/
https://hifluence.eu/
https://hifluence.eu/the-unbossing-podcast/
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Cliff Berg is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Agile 2 Academy. Cliff is an Agile and DevOps advisor and consultant, and he is one of the authors of the book titled “Agile 2: The Next Iteration of Agile”.
Cliff and I discuss the strengths of agile, its possible weaknesses and ways to address them. We’ll also explore signs of agile thinking at Elon Musk’s companies SpaceX and Tesla.
Guest: Cliff Berg | https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliffberg/ | https://www.agile2academy.com/
https://insideevs.com/news/432472/tesla-elon-musk-solve-hardware-with-software/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/spacexs-use-agile-methods-cliff-berg/
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Stacey Ashley is a High-Performance Leadership & Coaching Expert. Stacey has helped thousands of people develop their leadership competence, confidence and credibility. She is the author of five # 1 Amazon best-seller books on leadership.
Stacey and I discus her book titled “Show Up21: 5 Practical Ways to Activate Your Leadership and Rise to the Challenge”
Guest: Stacey Ashley | https://ashleycoaching.com.au | https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceyashley/
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton | https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
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Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a consultant and educator, business owner, author and is a four time TEDx speaker on topics including innovation, leadership, and sustainability.
Nadya has helped companies like Coca-Cola, IBM and Cisco to reinvent their products, leadership practices, and business models to meet new market demands and prepare for incoming disruptions.
Nadya and I discussed her latest book, “The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos”.
Guest: Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva
“How To Plan In Uncertainty” https://www.learn2reinvent.com/lab
“How To Thrive in Chaos” book preview: https://www.learn2reinvent.com/handbook
STELLAR framework: https://chiefreinventionofficer.com/youre-working-so-hard-but-still-feel-stuck-now-what/
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Dr. Robin DeRosa is the editor of Hybrid Pedagogy journal and a professor at Plymouth State University. Robin and I discuss the promise and challenge of HyFlex: teaching and learning in a hybrid and flexible manner. How can a course be taught well with some students online and some in the classroom?
Guest: Dr. Robin Derosa | https://robinderosa.net | @actualham
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ePortfolios - https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/2017/05/16/why-eportfolios-matter/
HyFlex - https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/ace/ace-practice/hy-flex-design/
ACE Framework: https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/ace/
Hybrid Pedagogy journal: https://hybridpedagogy.org
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From 1984 to 2019, Dr. Stewart Cohen served as a climate change researcher with Environment and Climate Change Canada. He has taught at York University, Royal Roads University and the University of British Columbia. He has published research in more than 100 publications and blogs at doctorclimatechange.com.
Stewart and I discuss climate change and the importance of the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference, COP26.
Guest: Stewart Cohen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/stewart-cohen-031b0549/
https://doctorclimatechange.com
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Colin Knoll is a business consultant with experience in financial services and energy. He's currently the director of strategy at FIRMA Foreign Exchange, a currency exchange and global payments service. He's also the owner and principal consultant at CKC Global, a business consulting provider helping foreign nationals and businesses invest and expand into Canada.
Colin and I discuss the basics of Bitcoin, its value as an asset and its potential impact on the world.
Please note that the content of this show is for informational purposes only. It is not legal, tax, investment or other advice.
Guest: Colin Knoll | https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-k-7b5211159/ | https://firmafx.ca
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John Thacker and Jake Harrell are the hosts of "A Quality Podcast", where they discuss all things related to Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, Leadership and more. John is the author of How to Win Right Now as an Operations Supervisor. Jake is the author of Chasing Excellence.
John, Jake and I discuss the definition and pursuit of quality and explore the contrast between the lean approach of Toyota and the agile approach of Tesla.
Guests:
John Thacker | https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-thacker-leansixsigmablackbelt/
Jake Harrell | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakeharrellchasingexcellence/
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Ethan Beute is a marketing strategist with a focus on messaging and branding. He is a bestselling author and podcast host - and the Chief Evangelist at BombBomb, a service that makes it easy to record, send and track personalized videos.
Ethan and I discuss the themes in his first book titled “Rehumanize Your Business”, co-authored with Stephen Pacinelli.
Guest: Ethan Beute | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanbeute/
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Joe Justice is the author of the book titled “Scrum Master”, published in 7 languages. Joe has worked with Bill Gates, the leadership team at Amazon, and operated the Agile program at Tesla for Elon Musk. Joe founded WIKISPEED which became an example of fast and agile automotive design and production in a fun, egalitarian culture.
Joe shared amazing insights on how Tesla maintains its pace of innovation; the merits of chaos; the use of digital twins, Elon Musk's boundless Master Plan; and the motivational difference between Elon, Bezos and Gates.
Guest: Joe Justice | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joejustice/
leanpub.com/u/joejustice
www.abi-agile.com/en
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Cynefin framework: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework
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Sandra Wendel is a book editor, feature writer, and publishing consultant. She has been the author’s editor for many award-winning, well-respected nonfiction books. Among her many happy clients is Dennis Geelen, author of "The Zero In Formula" and former guest on this podcast. Sandra is the author of "Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing". Sandra and I discuss how the first-time author can get their manuscript polished and published.
Guest: Sandra Wendel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-wendel-7509956/
Website: sandrawendel.com
"Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing" book available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback and Audiobook formats.
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Katie Anderson is an internationally recognized leadership coach, consultant and speaker with over 20 years of expertise developing people-centered learning cultures across a range of industries. Katie and I discuss her bestselling book "Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn"
Guest: Katie Anderson https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbjanderson/
Breaking the telling habit: https://kbjanderson.com/telling-habit/
"Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn" book available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback and Audiobook formats.
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Lee-Anne McAlear is an award-winning facilitator, speaker, writer and consultant. She is a program director and sought-after lecturer at the Schulich Executive Education Centre at York University, and she is a featured speaker with the National Speakers Bureau.
Lee-Anne and I discuss how organizations and leaders can develop and pursue a mission, and create innovative products and services.
Guest: Lee-Anne McAlear
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-anne-mcalear-062a69/
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Time stamps
1:00 What drew Lee-Anne to a career helping leaders innovate?
4:18 Innovation is a strategic imperative.
5:11 Internal forces and external forces.
7:07 Comfort with the status quo.
7:54 Generational leadership and changing demographic
9:15 Distinction between “leaders of innovation” and “innovative leaders”.
9:40 Innovation is not just in startups - most happens in existing organizations.
14:40 Define innovation vs creativity
15:06 Every organization is designed to get the results it gets.
17:53 John Kotter “Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail”
19:07 Culture and climate.
20:00 Vitality of ideas within an organization.
23:29 Managing disruptive innovation.
24:00 Both ends of the innovation spectrum - incremental and disruptive.
26:30 Incremental innovation engages people in organization.
28:00 Fostering disruptive innovation.
31:00 How the fastest runners lost the relay race.
32:16 Don’t reward siloed thinking.
32:36 Patrick Lencioni - Five dysfunctions of a team
34:00 Industrial vs organic models
35:23 Innovation - top down, bottom up?
36:40 Corning innovation process
42:41 Innovation: a denial of service attack?
45:28 Phillips disrupts itself - a light bulb moment.
48:00 Bob Lutz: Global warming is a crock.
48:57 User centeredness.
55:36 Is creativity what happens when people get together?
56:00 Sustaining the creativity that was unleashed during the pandemic.
60:08 Ultranauts: cognitively diverse teams.
61:46 Tailoring feedback: biodex.
66:02 Keeping employees engaged.
70:46 Using Design Thinking internally.
72:53 World Economic Forum emerging skills: Active learning and learning strategies.
75:56 Complex actions take place based on simple rules, e.g. murmuration.
77:27 Google’s 9 principles of innovation.
78:52 Swaying hearts and minds.
83:56 COVID’s impact on retail.
90:46 Is the world getting better at innovation?
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Dr. Egbert Edelbroek is the CEO and founder of SpaceBorn United. When humanity permanently settles beyond Earth, there will be a first generation of us born in space. Egbert and I discuss his work exploring the challenges of human reproduction in Earth-orbit and beyond.
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Guest: Dr. Egbert Edelbroek
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-egbert-edelbroek/
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Laura Forczyk is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist. She is founder of the space consulting firm Astralytical. Laura has worked with NASA-related research and the international space industry for over 15 years. Laura and I discuss the exciting developments in space industry and technology as well as her book “Rise of the Space Age Millennials”.
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Guest: Laura Forczyk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraforczyk/
Astralytical | Space Science, Analysis, Consulting | astralytical.com
"Rise of the Space Age Millennials" | https://www.astralytical.com/rise-of-the-space-age-millennials
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Sid Apaya is a partner at Elements Ventures Accelerator, Chief Operating Officer at Modgarden and a strategy and transformation consultant. Sid and I discuss his mission to reduce the rate of innovation failure and the future of food and nutrition.
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Guest: Sid Apaya
https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddarthapaya
EVA Ventures
http://www.eva.ventures
ModGarden
https://modgarden.com
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Kira Tchernikovsky is co-founder of Customerization, a business technology consulting firm that helps small and medium sized businesses attract and delight customers. Kira and I discuss the digital tools that entrepreneurs can use to grow their impact and their revenue.
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Guest: Kira Tchernikovsky
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiratchernikovsky/
https://customerization.ca
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Doctor George Zhu is a professor at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University. He is also a Research Chair in Space Technology and Director of the Space Engineering Design Laboratory. George has published over 300 journal and conference papers and is internationally acknowledged as a leader in astronautics; spacecraft dynamics & control; and space debris mitigation.
George and I discuss his research projects and the exciting possibilities they create.
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Guest: Dr. George Zhu
http://www.yorku.ca/gzhu/
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Sharon Hartung is a retired aerospace engineering officer from the Royal Canadian Air Force and former technology executive from IBM. Sharon is the author of the book titled Digital Executor: Unraveling The New Path For Estate Planning. The last gift you’ll leave your loved ones now has a growing digital component. Sharon and I talk about estate planning for both our physical and digital assets.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
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Guest: Sharon Hartung
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-hartung-982918123/
Digital Executor: Unraveling The New Path For Estate Planning
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B093RCS9JV/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_7AM1AP691NHDNFM5JBV8
Your Digital Undertaker: Exploring Death in the Digital Age in Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07PBFGDXV/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ZYYXY3XXQ2MYJQSABFPJ
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Robert Jacobson is an entrepreneur, advisor, and space advocate who believes that space holds the key to humanity’s successful future. Robert is the founder of Space Advisors, a strategic and financial consulting firm for space startups. Robert and I discuss his book titled "Space Is Open for Business: The Industry That Can Transform Humanity".
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Guest: Robert Jacobson
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertcjacobson/
Space Is Open For Business: The Industry That Can Transform Humanity
https://www.spaceisopenforbusiness.com/book
https://spaceadvisors.com
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Dr. Jennifer Pierce is a corporate design consultant and user experience researcher who helps artists and businesses brainstorm, empathize, ideate, prototype, and test. Jennifer and I discuss how user experience research is done and how it impacts the products and services we use.
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Guest: Dr. Jennifer Pierce
https://www.linkedin.com/in/uxresearcherphd/
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Dr. BehNaz Gholami is the founder of Dizen, a research, design & innovation consulting firm. She is a change strategist, a social scientist and a researcher. BehNaz and I discuss human experience, agile software development, change management, culture setting, design thinking and artificial intelligence.
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Guest: BehNaz Gholami
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbehnazgholami/
https://dizengroup.com
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Jared Thatcher is a Lean Transformation business consultant. He is currently a continuous process improvement program manager at the Port of Seattle. He’s also on the advisory board of the Design Thinking program at the Tambolo Institute at Bellevue College. Jared is the founder of the Virtual Lean Summit, an online event helping leaders build problem discovery and solving skills.
Jared and I discuss his book titled “Parenting the Lean Way”.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
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Guest: Jared Thatcher
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredthatcher/
Virtual Lean Summit
https://www.virtualleansummit.com
Parenting the Lean Way: Business Inspired Solutions for Empowering the Family
Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999142402/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_69ETQRZFBHHPB700SQWY
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Christie Turley is a serial entrepreneur and growth strategist who helps companies develop their communication and branding. She is also a podcaster, keynote speaker and author.
Christie and I discuss her book titled “The Intuition-Led Business”.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
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Guest: Christie Turley
Christie has shared this free copy of her book with UWI listeners
https://TheIntuitionLedBusiness.com/free
Check out resources we talked about in the show including the 4 Buying Languages and the Customer Avatar Interview:
https://ChristieTurley.com/sparkplugs
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Fotini Iconomopoulos is an author, keynote speaker, MBA Instructor, trainer and advisor. Nicknamed “the negotiator” as a child, she helps people and organizations build the negotiation skills they need to get what they want.
Fotini and I discuss her book on negotiation titled “Say Less, Get More”.
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Guest: Fotini Iconomopoulos
https://fotiniicon.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fotiniiconomopoulos/
Say Less, Get More: Unconventional Negotiation Techniques to Get What You WantLearn more: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1443459526/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_SHF3PRRS31HQ76AGWYZQ
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Hamza Khan is Managing Director at the Student Life Network, a two time TEDx Speaker, Author and award winning marketer. Hamza and I discuss his book titled “Leadership Reinvented”.
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Tim Hampton
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Guest: Hamza Khan
https://www.hamzakhan.ca
https://www.leadershipreinvented.co
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khanhamza/
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Dennis Geelen is founder of Zero In, a customer experience and innovation consulting company. Dennis and I discuss his book titled "The Zero In Formula".
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Guest: Dennis Geelen
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-geelen-5a95703/
THE ZERO IN FORMULA: The Definitive Guide to Building a Disruptive and Sustainable Business through Customer-Centric Innovation
Learn more: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08GYF4FK7/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_PATPHY0TT6M0ZCTVMR0T
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Erica Lee Garcia is an engineer and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She helps leaders in manufacturing, mining and professional services reduce operating costs while building great workplace culture. We talk about Six Sigma, Lean, and the value these approaches produce.
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Guest: Erica Lee Garcia, P.Eng.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericaleegarcia/
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Dr. Lee Vinsel is an author and historian of technology. With his co-author Andrew L. Russell he wrote a book, the focus of today’s conversation, titled “The Innovation Delusion - How our obsession with the new has disrupted the work that matters most””.
Lee and I talk about how innovation speak has displaced true, valuable innovation and the impact this has on our economy, our environment and our infrastructure.
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Guest: Dr. Lee Vinsel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-vinsel-42916b147/
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Dr. Mojgan Jadidi is a faculty member at York University’s Lassonde school of Engineering. She has a PhD in Geomatics, a Masters in Earthquake and Seismology Engineering and did her undergrad in Civil-Survey Engineering. Her work and her studies have taken her around the world from Iran to Italy to France and to Canada.
Mojgan and I talk about geomatics and its impact on our lives, her work as an engineering professor, and the importance of ethics in engineering. We explore her research interests including predicting and mitigating the impact of earthquakes and coastal erosion, automated marine vehicles and route planning, low impact development and stormwater management.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
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https://esse.lassonde.yorku.ca/people/faculty/jadidi-mojgan/
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Kerry Goyette is the Founder & President of Aperio Consulting Group. Aperio uses workplace analytics and research-based strategies to build high performance teams.
Kerry is an international speaker with a popular TEDx talk titled "Stop Trying to Motivate Your Employees".
Today, Kerry and I are discussing her book “The Non-Obvious Guide to Emotional Intelligence”.
We will also explore Aperio’s intriguing research on the use of machine learning to help angel investors make more accurate, profitable decisions.
Host and Producer:
Tim Hampton
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https://designthinkingtoronto.com
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Kerry Goyette
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-goyette/
https://www.thinkaperio.com
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Tyrenny Anderson is an innovation strategist and coach. She is the founder of the Tyrenny Anderson Consulting & Training firm, and Distinguished Faculty & Mentor at Colleagua, a social impact fund. Tyrenny and I talk about ways organizations and individuals can develop solutions to complex challenges, and create comfort with change.
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Tim Hampton
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https://designthinkingtoronto.com
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Tyrenny Anderson
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyrenny-anderson-8a77282/
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Mel Savage is a veteran in the world of advertising and marketing, including over ten years as a senior executive at McDonalds in both Canada and the UK.
Mel is also an ACTP Certified Career & Leadership Coach, a keynote & TEDx speaker and the host of the Career Reset Podcast.
Mel and I talk about creating a career with meaning and purpose.
Guest: Mel Savage https://thecareerreset.com
https://thecareerreset.com/the-career-reset-podcast/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melsavage/
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Chris Lambert is the interim CEO at Payload Technologies. Payload helps energy exploration and production companies automate their logistics allowing them to gain greater visibility into their business cycles. Chris and I discuss the impact Payload Technologies is having on the oil and gas industry and his observations on technology innovation in Canada.
Chris shares his insights on recognizing customer needs, gathering valuable feedback on software services, leading a company, building its culture and rigorous selection of people who will fit that culture. We discuss blockchain, IoT, AI and the importance of incrementally introducing new technology to ensure that it increases customer value.
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Tim Hampton
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Guest: Chris Lambert
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherdavidlambert/
Payload Technologies
https://payload.com
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Howard Green is a three-time bestselling author who spent more than three decades in broadcasting. He is one of the founders of Business News Network in Canada now called BNN Bloomberg. Howard and I discuss his most recent book, Railroader, the story of four-time railroad CEO Hunter Harrison.
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Guest: Howard Green
https://howardgreen.com
Railroader Book on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Railroader-Unfiltered-Controversy-Four-Time-Harrison/dp/1989025048/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=railroader+howard+green&qid=1617562823&sr=8-1
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Elizabeth Becker and Kelly Ehler are the founders of HiBNB, a marketplace offering cannabis-friendly accommodations and activities. Elizabeth, Kelly and I discuss their venture HiBNB, and exploring the economics and legalities of cannabis.
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This episode is for mature audiences. The host and guests of this episode are not physicians or lawyers. The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
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https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Elizabeth Becker
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-becker-93b08a2/
Guest: Kelly Ehler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyehler/
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Fabio Biancolin, Adam Trent and I discuss Non Fungible Tokens. Non Fungible Tokens are unique certificates for digital assets that sit on a blockchain. They’ve been in the news lately with NFT represented art sometimes fetching millions of dollars when sold on NFT platforms. We explore the way NFTs are listed for sale, what it is someone buys when they get an NFT, the costs of blockchain technology to the environment and the possible impact of blockchain on national fiat currencies.
References
NFTs, explained/ what they are, and why they’re suddenly worth millions - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq
Now Robots Are Making Digital Art NFTs
https://www.coindesk.com/sophia-robot-digital-art-nfts
Crypto's carbon footprint and theclimate impact of our digital future
https://genevasolutions.news/science-tech/crypto-s-carbon-footprint-and-the-climate-impact-of-our-digital-future
Bitcoin, NFTs and other crypto fads are destroying our planet
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/bitcoin-nfts-other-crypto-fads-are-destroying-our-planet-n1261139
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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Fabio Biancolin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-biancolin-p-eng-6351972/?originalSubdomain=ca
Guest: Adam Trent
https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=Adam%20trent&origin=GLOBAL_SEARCH_HEADER
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Aimee Whitcroft is a content design, service design and training consultant to New Zealand’s local and national governments. She is one of New Zealand’s top plain English experts and advocates for open source, open data and open government.
Aimee’s work also spans diverse and vital topics such as civic technology, service design, placemaking, social good and sustainability and strategy. Aimee has also contributed to futurecasting work at the New Zealand Ministry of Transport.
References
Open Source to Dominate Intelligence
https://www.afcea.org/content/open-source-dominate-intelligence
Open data and APIs — fuelling innovation
https://medium.com/proceeding-by-inquiry/open-data-and-apis-fuelling-innovation-52962468da7b
Third Wave of Open Data
https://opendatapolicylab.org/third-wave-of-open-data/
Smarter, kinder cities: data and the new age
https://medium.com/proceeding-by-inquiry/smarter-kinder-cities-data-and-the-new-age-586df505443c
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Host and Producer: Tim Hamptonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Aimee Whitcrofthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/awhitcroft/
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My unusually well informed guest today is Olav Trent.
Olav is founder, CEO and fund manager of Trent Fund, an Alternative Investment Fund. Olav is one of the youngest fund managers in Norway. Today, Olav and I are going to discuss how his company was founded, how an investment fund operates, how he identifies the right investments for clients. We’ll also talk about the impact of COVID on the economy, Norway’s Oil Fund, the viability of electric vehicles and his career in the Norwegian Navy.
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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation. The content of today’s podcast should not be taken as investment advice.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
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https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Olav Trent
https://www.linkedin.com/in/olav-trent/
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A comment on a recent Unusually Well Informed episode was “I listened for 40 minutes and my head was full”. I hope your brain has an appetite because Rohan Light is going to walk me through some mind bending concepts related to data governance and the ways data, our lives and the economy intersect. Rohan is a public interest technologist with a focus on data governance. Rohan’s work is at the intersection of the great potential - and potential for great harm - that comes with big data, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology.
References
It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate
https://www.vice.com/en/article/594aj8/its-time-to-end-the-data-is-vs-data-are-debate
Review Of 'Why Information Grows' By Cesar Hidalgo | Seeking Alpha
https://seekingalpha.com/article/3459276-review-of-why-information-grows-cesar-hidalgo
Why Information Grows — Remains of the Day
https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2017/4/22/why-information-grows
We Need Better Data Metaphors - Rohan Light
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-need-better-data-metaphors-rohan-light/
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Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Rohan Light
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Anna Crowley Redding is an Emmy-award winning investigative television reporter and journalist. She has received multiple Edward R. Murrow awards. Now Anna is the author of four published books and has more on the way. Her first book, “Google It”, was named the best STEM book of 2019 by the National Science Teacher Association.
Anna and I discus the life and lessons of Elon Musk captured in her book “Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World”, Anna’s life as a journalist, and her process of writing and getting published.
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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Anna Crowley Redding
https://annacrowleyredding.com
Anna's page on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Crowley-Redding/e/B077XY3Q5H/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
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My guest is Brett Colvin.
Brett practiced as a corporate lawyer at Canada's largest firm for four years. Then in 2019, Brett co-founded Goodlawyer, an online platform that organizes micro legal services. Goodlawyer connects entrepreneurs across Canada with a network of business-minded lawyers.
Brett and I talk about his life as a lawyer, the process of launching a startup and trends in the legal profession.
For free consultations on a wide variety of legal issues, visit goodlawyer.ca and use PROMO CODE UWI15
References
Goodlawyer Just Made Access to Legal Aid Much Easier
https://baystbull.com/goodlawyer-ceo-brett-colvin-is-making-law-services-accessible-for-all-canadians/
National | Sandboxes for legal innovation
https://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/legal-market/regulatory/2020/sandboxes-for-legal-innovation
The Only Job With an Industry Devoted to Helping People Quit - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/07/the-only-job-with-an-industry-devoted-to-helping-people-quit/375199/
The Pandemic Might Be The Tech Disruptor The Legal Industry Needs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/02/08/the-pande…ght-be-the-tech-disruptor-the-legal-industry-needs/?sh=135b7fc43a40
Never Ask A Question You Don’t Know The Answer To
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/993974-never-never-never-on-cross-examination-ask-a-witness-a-question
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Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Brett Colvin
https://goodlawyer.ca
https://www.goodlawyer.ca/podcast
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My unusually well informed guest today is Dr. Gareth Doherty.
Gareth is an organizational performance and strategic human resources management expert with extensive research and consultation experience with academic, private and public sector organizations.
Gareth has also published numerous white papers on decision support systems, business intelligence, and business analytics.
Today Gareth and I are discussing what makes organizations tick, the importance of psychology and philosophy to understanding how people work together, and how organizations can thrive in chaotic and turbulent times.
References
Mark Cuban/ Philosophy degree will be worth more than computer science
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/20/mark-cuban-philosophy-degree-will-be-worth-more-than-computer-science.html
"Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" By Daniel Pink
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi4jqjI0fvuAhUhEVkFHYpxB-IQFjAAegQIARAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.ca%2FDrive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates%2Fdp%2F1594484805&usg=AOvVaw0zz1ztM6VrR1TJkSaPrDe7
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Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
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https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Dr. Gareth Doherty
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdoherty/
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Marcel Gagné is a tech guy with a focus on Linux and Open Source software. He is a multi-award winning writer and columnist, and author of the "Moving to Linux" series of books. He has written for a number of magazines. He is probably best known as the creator of "Cooking With Linux", his trademark column which ran for ten years in the Linux Journal.
Outside of his open source wordsmithing, Marcel’s been an editor, editor in chief, and is a published science fiction and fantasy author. He's a former Top 40 DJ, a radio and television personality, YouTuber, a pilot, an enabler, and an occasional Agent Provocateur, and he folds a mean Origami T-Rex. Marcel also co-hosts TIC TEK TOE, a light-hearted technology podcast, with Evan Leibovitch, who was a former guest on the show.
Today Marcel and I are discussing his diverse career, Tesla, SpaceX, the promise and ethics of Artificial Intelligence. We also ponder VR and the possibility that Second Life was before it's time.
References
Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta is here, and it looks scary as hell
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21528508/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-first-reaction-video
Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.?
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/who-should-stop-unethical-ai
Legal Scholars, Software Engineers Revolt Against War Robots
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/04/a-treaty-to-ban-autonomous-intelligence-weapons/
Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change
https://www.wired.com/story/billionaires-use-vr-avoid-social-change/
How Roblox, a video game platform for kids, became a $30 billion company
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/how-roblox-kids-video-game-platform-became-worth-almost-30-billion.html
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Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Marcel Gagné
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelgagne/
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Marcel was right! Roblox became a $30 billion dollar company.
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Today Fabio, Adam and I are discussing solar energy and electric vehicles.
Adam Trent was my first guest on the Unusually Well Informed podcast and this is his third appearance. Adam is an IT professional in higher education. My other guest is Fabio Biancolin. Fabio is a professional engineer and project director.
References
Hyundai Declares It’s No Longer Working with Apple on a Car
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a35411762/apple-hyundai-kia-deal-car/
Tesla’s sale of environmental credits help drive to profitability
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/teslas-sale-of-environmental-credits-help-drive-to-profitability.html
Why 2021 Will Be the Year Big Automakers Strike Back in Electric Vehicles
https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/02/06/why-2021-will-be-the-year-big-automakers-strike-ba/
Why Elon Musk is Wrong about LIDAR
https://www.lasermarketsresearch.com/why-elon-musk-is-wrong-abo…_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b7e36d98ce-f72c133832-46195965
How Pioneering Solar Tech Aims To Bring Energy To Gaza’s Refugees
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2021/02/11/how-pioneering-solar-tech-aims-to-bring-energy-to-gazas-refugees/?sh=683d48df4979
Cord-cutting 2.0: Lose the power lines, embrace solar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2013/12/02/cord-cutting-2-0-lose-the-power-lines-embrace-solar/
Oil For Electricity is More Efficient than Oil for Gas
https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/oil-electricity-more-efficient-oil-gas/185046/
Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why
https://theconversation.com/solar-panels-in-sahara-could-boost-renewable-energy-but-damage-the-global-climate-heres-why-153992
Tesla vs. Buffett in the Solar Energy Race
https://banyanhill.com/tesla-vs-buffett-solar-energy-race/
Warren Buffett explains his logic for killing rooftop solar in Nevada
https://electrek.co/2016/03/01/warren-buffett-explains-his-logic-for-killing-rooftop-solar-in-nevada-video/
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Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guests:
Adam Trent
https://www.linkedin.com/in/attrent/
Fabio Biancolin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-biancolin-p-eng-6351972/
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This episode’s unusually well informed guest is Satoshi Takano.
Satoshi has had a very diverse career spanning high tech, education, sales, athlete coaching and healthcare.
Satoshi helped Hitachi Canada prepare for Y2K. At Verizon, he designed and implemented enterprise connectivity solutions. Later, at Bell Canada he focused on sales and marketing.
Satoshi led Cisco’s integration of Broadsoft, a cloud collaboration company that Cisco acquired.
Today, Satoshi’s LinkedIn lists five roles that he holds simultaneously. He is a man with many irons in the fire!
Satoshi is an agility instructor to NHL players, a leadership professor at Humber College’s School of Applied Technology, a business and career coach and co-founder of the Genus Pelino/Gordie Howe Research Institute.
Satoshi and I discuss work he is doing to help NHL players develop blistering reflexes, the role of imaging in healthcare, the advice he gives his students to propel them to success as leaders and entrepreneurs, and the impact of automation and COVID on retail, transportation and offices.
References
"Low Hanging Fruit" is for Farms, not Your Business
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/low-hanging-fruit-farms-your-business-satoshi-takano/
Liz Specht on The Future of Food, Alternative Meats
https://youtu.be/poBiQnY3y9k
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Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Satoshi Takano@SatoshiTakano
https://www.linkedin.com/in/satoshitakano/
PelinoAPC - www.pelinoapc.com
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/satoshi__takano/
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This episode’s unusually well informed guest is Evan Leibovitch.
The world is increasingly shaped by exponentially more powerful technologies. Evan and I discuss the many ways that open technology and policy can harness those technologies for a world that is both abundant and just.
Evan has experience in governance, communications strategy, relationship building and policy development. He has built and grown organizations which have promoted the sharing society through open source, open access, open standards, open government and other initiatives. Evan’s work has promoted consumer rights and improved Internet governance.
Evan’s diverse career has taken him around the world. Working for the UN he led a program that provides Internet access to refugees.
References
Linux and UN Refugee Agency with Evan Leibovitch
https://youtu.be/co7EDPkFRpI
How Signal Protects Privacy & Makes Money Staying Free
https://whatisthebusinessmodelof.com/business-models/signal-business-model/
Here’s what GitHub developers really think about Microsoft’s acquisition
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/18/17474284/microsoft-github-acquisition-developer-reaction
Vodafone foundation "classroom in a box"
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/vodafone-instant-classroom
Internet.org (formerly "Free Basics") by Facebook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org
Why Linux is Like Pizza (ZDNet, 2001)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-linux-is-like-pizza/
The Prides and Perils of Open Source Diplomacy
https://www.lpi.org/blog/2019/12/19/prides-and-perils-open-source-diplomacy
Google versus Australia
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/01/22/google-may-remove-its-search-engine-from-australia-could-the-same-happen-in-canada.html
https://micky.com.au/if-google-does-pull-its-search-engine-out-of-australia-there-are-alternatives/
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-22/google-threatens-to-pull-search-engine-australia
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-27/google-under-fire-again-as-australia-targets-advertising-power
Algorithms versus openness
https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/11/is-the-tweet-mightier-than-the-sword/
https://www.politico.eu/article/vera-jourova-platforms-need-to-open-up-algorithms-to-deal-with-disinformation/amp/
Tecno Mobile (the brand of cheap smartphone Evan bought at the refugee camp)
https://www.tecno-mobile.com
https://www.phoneplacekenya.com/product/tecno-camon-15/ (Its current $150 Android 10 phone)
Dadaab Refugee Complex (the world's second largest, near the Somali border)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadaab
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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Evan Leibovitch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanleibovitch/
@evanleibovitch / @el56
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For today’s episode I am joined by returning guest Adam Trent.
Adam and I discuss the automation of work and its impact on our finances and emotional wellbeing. Will the world need for labour run out thanks to automation? What will happen to our dignity and wealth if the cost of labour goes to zero? Are governments and central banks making things worse or better? Should I move to Mexico or invest in bitcoin?
References
A World Without Work
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/world-without-work/395294/
All We Want For Christmas Is A Four Day Work Week
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rajeebdey/2020/12/22/all-we-want-for-christmas-is-a-four-day-work-week/?sh=5232fb484b52
COVID-19 is Accelerating the Rise of the Digital Economy
https://www.bdo.com/insights/business-financial-advisory/strategy,-tech…logy-transformation/covid-19-is-accelerating-the-rise-of-the-digital-e
The Price Of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth
https://www.amazon.ca/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+cost+of+tomorrow&qid=1611519107&sr=8-3
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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Adam Trent
https://www.linkedin.com/in/attrent/
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Consequences by Nihilore
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For today’s episode I am joined by Anton Wong. Anton is a videographer who helps businesses produce video content to strengthen their brand and help their consumers.
Anton and I examine the innovation and growth in monetization tools for video creators, including Stir, Patreon, and Teespring.
References
Creator-Focused Startup ‘Stir’ Raises $4 Million From Casey Neistat, YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley, Others
https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/10/20/stir-raises-4-million-casey-neistat-chad-hurley-others/
Patreon Raises $90 Million in Financing, Creator-Membership Platform Worth $1.2 Billion
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/patreon-raises-90-million-funding-valuation-1234756351/
Teespring is offering creators the ability to sell digital merchandise like filters
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/14/21516499/teespring-digital-merchandise-creators-filters-planners-ebooks-keyboards
Stories That Stick by Kinda Hall
https://www.amazon.ca/Stories-That-Stick-Storytelling-Captivate/dp/140021193X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stories+that+stick&qid=1611432965&sr=8-1
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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Guest: Anton Wong
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anton-wong
https://antonwong.com
https://youtube/antonwongvideo
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https://www.nuance.com/
Music
Consequences by Nihilore
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For today’s episode I am joined by my friend Nicole Arsenault. Nicole is a passionate advocate of the circular economy and is the Sustainability Program Director at York University. Nicole and I are examining the challenges and opportunities of the circular economy.
References
The hot new product Amazon and Target are obsessing over? Boxes
https://www.fastcompany.com/90342864/rethinking-the-cardboard-box-has-never-been-more-important-just-ask-amazon-and-target
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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
Guest: Nicole Arsenault
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-arsenault-03531784
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https://www.nuance.com/
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Consequences by Nihilore
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This episode examines the following articles and considers their implications to future technology and innovation.
Silicon Valley Is Quietly Building Its Own Wall Street
https://marker.medium.com/silicon-valley-is-quietly-building-its-own-wall-street-9c0b34f25a27
The Automotive Industry Is On The Threshold of Massive Consolidation
https://ark-invest.com/articles/analyst-research/automotive-consolidation/
Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot got ... approval for their merger to create Stellantis
https://www.businessinsider.com/stellantis-fiat-chrysler-peugeot-merger-psa-eu-antitrust-approval-merger-2020-12
Moore’s Law Isn’t Dead: It’s Wrong – Long Live Wright’s Law
https://ark-invest.com/articles/analyst-research/wrights-law-2/
The Mean Startup, How GE Failed at Doing Innovation By The Book
https://www.icopilots.com/innovation-strategy/the-mean-startup-why-ge-failed-at-being-a-startup-1-15614
DisclaimerThe opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.
CreditsHost and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
Guest: Adam Trent
https://www.linkedin.com/in/attrent/
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Consequences by Nihilore
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Welcome to the Unusually Well Informed podcast. I am your host, Tim Hampton.
This is a brief episode - just me and a microphone. My goal is to introduce you to the themes of this show.
The show began primarily as an opportunity for me to gather the most interesting people I know and learn more about their passions and projects.
Always in motion is the future, said Yoda. I believe this is particularly true today.
Exponential changes in technology - automation - artificial intelligence - biotechnology - computing and connectivity - will create opportunities and side effects.
As citizens and consumers - as leaders and entrepreneurs - we will shape and be shaped by these changes.
Some episodes will be about how to identify and execute on that trillion dollar idea. Where do great ideas come from? How do we build on these ideas? How do we know when to pivot and when to persevere?
Other episodes will be about how we as citizens can shape a world dominated by private enterprise. Can we embrace the material abundance that technology offers without compromising our sense of purpose and community, our liberty, our privacy or our environment?
My conviction is that yes we can.
I hope you will join me to hear from experts in their field as we explore the future and our place in it. If you have a show idea, or know someone who would be an ideal guest, please email me at tim@unusuallywellinformed.com.
Stay tuned to the end to listen to the theme music for the show played in its entirety. I think it’s an arresting piece of music by Nihilore - one of his many.
Host and Producer: Tim Hampton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/
https://designthinkingtoronto.com
Music
Consequences by Nihilore
https://youtu.be/BaWaucm-ewc
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