Humanity In The Loop

Michael Dila is a design and innovation leader, designer of conversation, and a steward of community. He is the project director for Oslo for AI, a year-long project that will invite participants to co-design a new kind of constitutional process for the governance of AI. Michael is also the founder of System 3 Coaching, focused on helping leaders navigate the dynamics of ethical and technical comp...

Eric Miller is the Director of the Ecological Footprint Initiative, a research, training, and analytics hub that produces the National Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts used around the world, plus fee-for-service work. The initiative is housed in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. Eric has two undergraduate degrees, a BSc in Biology from Carleton Universi...

Dr. Peter Victor is an economist who has worked on environmental issues for over 40 years as an academic, consultant and public servant. He was the first President of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics and one of the founders of that discipline. From 1996 to 2002, Peter served as the Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto. We discuss Peter’s book titl...

Denise Brouder is a hybrid work skills expert and founder of SWAYworkplace, a New York city professional training and coaching firm that focuses on driving performance for workers that are united by purpose but not always location. We discuss the adoption of hybrid work models, how to ensure remote worker productivity and the future of jobs. Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisebrouder Host: T...

Carlos Sentís is the founder and CEO of the World Innovation Alliance, a Board Member at the World Humanitarian Forum, a Member of the Steering Committee of Higher Education Innovation at OECD, and Presidential advisor to the Organization of Young Entrepreneurs of the European Union. This is on top of lecturing at 21 universities and business schools, providing training at dozens of corporations a...

Maggie Greyson is Chief Futurist and CEO of Futures Present, a foresight consulting company. Making predictions is hard, especially about the future. Even so, Maggie helps people think long term and decide what they really want. We discuss futurism and it’s impact on the choices we make in the present. Guest: Maggie Greyson https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggiegreyson Host: Tim Hampton https://www.li...

Elena Yunusov is a Deep Tech Marketing and Strategy Leader with a focus on artificial intelligence. Elena has been in AI before ChatGPT, leading Marketing at Borealis AI, an AI research institute founded by RBC. She was nominated for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards for her work with her agency, Communicable Inc., and was named among ‘Top Women in Canadian Tech’ by BetaKit. Elena and I d...

“Never in human history has technological change caused such a fundamental shift in the world’s systems. The speed, scope, and complexity of this change is opening previously unimaginable risks and opportunities.” This is the call to action of the Engineering Change Lab, where Mark Abbott is director. Mark also leads Tech Stewardship at the MaRS Discovery District, an organization that aims to ide...

Rohan Light 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 and artificial intelligence.  This is my second chance to speak with Rohan who appeared in Episode 12 of the Unusually Well Informed Podcast. Guest: Rohan Light https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohanlight Host: Ti...

Cynthia Morinville is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. Cynthia has contributed to journals such as Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Geoforum and Water Alternatives. Cynthia and I discuss her work examining the the environmental sustainability and social costs of resource extraction in...

Dr. Robin Sutherland-Harris is an educational developer in the Teaching Commons at York University. Robin is currently teaching a course called “Taking It Online (The ChatGPT Edition)”, offered to York University instructors who want to examine effective teaching online in the age of AI (artificial intelligence). Robin and I are discussing the impact of AI tools on higher education, and what can b...