Lab To Market: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Lab to Market where we talk about the latest developments in business and how artificial intelligence can solve today’s most challenging problems.
Previously Recorded: May 02, 2022
We've switched formats a little with Lab To Market; every episode is now done live for LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook and will end up as an episode of the podcast later. This week Fuad and I have a chat about measuring corporate culture and the importance of coaching team members to be their best selves and, of course, doing it all with Artificial Intelligence.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.bluecap.ai
This week, Justin Hacker, Debra Workman and Fuad Miah cover Entrepreneurship In The Digital Age with special guest Eli Fathi.
Eli is a serial entrepreneur launching several successful innovative technologies corporations within North America that served a global customer base. He has achieved this by defining ambitious goals and empowering teams to take on the challenges and accomplish them. Eli has founded or co-founded companies that currently employ over 400 people and generated $500 Million plus in annual salaries and other benefits to the economy since their inception.
Topics discussed:
- We’re at the start of our journey, and we’re in the weeds, so we’re living it, but we want to know more about your journey through the tech world as an entrepreneur.
- No one likes to talk about it, but money is significant for anyone, startups especially - what are some things to keep in mind when you’re trying to attract investors to take a chance on you?
- What are some of the critical factors for making it in this industry?
- With the advent of new technologies throughout your time in the industry, have you found it easy to adapt? Have some made it more difficult? Have others made it easier?
- Where do you see AI taking business or even the world over the next 10 - 20 years?
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://www.mytakeonbusiness.com
- https://www.bluecap.ai
- https://www.uclab.ai
This week, Justin Hacker, Fuad Miah and, Debra Workman cover the growth of AI as an assistive tool and the risks associated with training AI on copyrighted works. The group also talks about AI in toys and the potential for AI to not only be misled by outright trained to lie.
Topics discussed:
- Accidental copyright infringement
- Accidental code theft or mislicensing
- The dangers of AI in toys
- Can AI be trusted to figure out what's fact or fiction?
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://www.uclab.ai
- https://www.bluecap.ai
This week, Justin Hacker, Fuad Miah, and Debra Workman cover the future of AI driven E-Commerce from marketing to fulfillment and what new technologies mean for merchants......
Topics discussed:
- At this point we’re all, at least vaguely, familiar with what digital marketing is but what is AI allowing merchants to do now that wasn’t available or was cost prohibitive in the past?
- So we’ve talked about what’s happening with AI and personalization in digital ads and messaging, but what are merchants doing on their websites in these regards?
- The end of cookies is near, what are advertising / marketing platforms doing to combat this change to stay effective in what will be a more competitive playing field than ever before?
- You’re a merchant, you’ve got your customers - now you have to fulfill their orders. What advances have been made in AI that helps get products out the door and into the hands of customers? And how do you keep customers happy and engaged once they have your product?
- Tell us about the online stores of the future, maybe not 2050 but, the next ten years?
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://www.uclab.ai
- https://www.bluecap.ai
This week, Justin Hacker, Debra Workman and Fuad Miah cover The Future of Healthcare.....
Topics discussed:
- What is the current state of technology in healthcare?
- What are some advances driven forward by the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Speaking specifically to AI, where are some areas that AI is improving care and maybe even surpassing humans?
- Is there any risk to giving AI more access to health records? And do the benefits of AI outweigh these risks?
- How do you see technology changing the industry for the better and what are some additional ways that AI can be applied for the benefit of patients?
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://www.bluecap.ai
- https://www.uclab.ai
This week, Justin Hacker, Debra Workman and Fuad Miah cover Artificial Intelligence and how it affects our daily lives and buisnesses.
Topics discussed:
- What are some obvious ways in which we’re seeing AI enter our lives and business’?
- How about some less obvious ones, things we may only be vaguely aware of or not aware of at all?
- What are some of the perceived pitfalls or pandora's boxes being opened with this level of AI involvement?
- How can AI further be used to improve the customer and business experience?
- What do we see as the future of AI, and how far are we from that future?
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://www.uclab.ai
- https://www.bluecap.ai
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This week, Justin Hacker, Debra Workman and Fuad Miah cover Burnout and the effects it's having on an ever changing workforce.
Topics discussed:
- According to Robert Half Research, up to 44% of workers report experiencing meeting fatigue, an exacerbated side effect of remote work. Is this a trend or a problem more related to today’s pandemic?
- Should meetings be used as a tool to verify compliance? Making sure that workers are actually working rather than doing their groceries, getting haircuts, staring at the sky.
- How can AI measure employee health rather than arbitrary metrics of attendance?
- How accurate is AI and is it ethical to take actions on flagged problems based on AI findings? Is this a Pandora's box?
- How can AI be used to reduce workload in general, to augment an employee's ability to get work done faster, smarter, and effectively?
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/44-of-workers-are-suffering-from-video-call-fatigue-robert-half-research-shows-861261964.html
- https://www.uclab.ai
- https://www.bluecap.ai
This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm