The Future Of The Future

Today’s episode is about something that sounds simple but is incredibly hard to scale: building high-performing teams without compromising kindness.  In a world obsessed with speed, metrics, and technical excellence, we’re exploring a different competitive edge, the power of nice people, strong culture, and values-driven leadership. Our guest today is Mahesh Paolini Subramanya, a seasoned technolo...

Today’s guest is Yevgeny Khessin, CEO and founder at DIMO, a Company that is helping reshape one of the most entrenched industries in the world: automotive. Yevgeny's journey spans software, blockchain infrastructure, and building products in emerging tech ecosystems, but what makes his work stand out is the ambition behind it. DIMO isn’t just another connected-car platform. It’s a decentralized m...

Today, we’re diving into one of the most powerful and underestimated forces reshaping our world: the Silver Tsunami, the rise of the Silver Economy, and the role of technology in an aging society.  As populations around the globe grow older, the social, economic, and technological implications are profound. This isn’t just a demographic shift, it’s a transformation that will redefine healthcare, w...

Today’s guest sits right at the intersection of creativity, communication, and what it really means to be human at work. Victoria Flynn has built her career in marketing and communications, helping brands find their voice, tell better stories, and connect in ways that actually resonate. But Victoria isn’t just a go to market expert, she’s also a stand-up comedian, and that combination makes her pe...

Today’s guest is Tom Lenoble, a leader whose career spans Fortune 500 giants, fast-moving startups, and some of the most human, high-pressure environments you can imagine. Tom has led global customer care and service organizations at companies like Walmart, Palm, and Facebook.  But long before boardrooms and global teams, his career started in hospitals, hotels, and restaurants. Those early experi...

APIs are one of the most fundamental building blocks of modern software. They’re how products talk to each other, how teams move fast, and how developers avoid reinventing the wheel every time they ship something new. For years, APIs have been the quiet infrastructure layer that makes scale, integration, and reuse possible. Now AI is putting real pressure on that layer. As more applications become...

If Scrum was designed today from scratch, in a world of autonomous agents, large language models, and software written at the speed of thought, would it look any different? There’s a provocative idea emerging right now: that Scrum was always, in a way, an AI protocol.  A system built on empiricism, rapid feedback loops, small batch sizes, and adaptive planning,  principles that align almost perfec...

Today’s episode is a special one. It’s not often that you get to sit down with someone who has operated at the highest levels of public-sector technology, advised global organizations on the future of innovation, and brought that experience into the classroom and onto the page as a professor and author. That’s why it’s truly an honor to welcome Jonathan Reichental to the show. Jonathan served as C...

Today we’re joined by a guest who’s built his career at the intersection of Latin American entrepreneurship, tech, and global opportunity,  Matias Barbero. Matias is an entrepreneur, investor, and ecosystem builder. He is the Founder of 401, a Miami-based platform investing in bold ideas and venture funds, accelerating high-potential startups, and connecting Latin America with the U.S. through a s...

The way we discover, consume, and trust news is changing faster than at any point in modern history. Audiences are no longer loyal to platforms, distribution is no longer owned, and technology, especially AI, is reshaping not just how content is delivered, but how media organizations think about their very purpose and sustainability. Today’s guest sits right at the intersection of media, technolog...

My guest today is Bobby Tahir,  a highly experienced CTO and technology executive with a track record of building, scaling, and modernizing engineering organizations in high-growth and private equity–backed companies. In this conversation, we unpack what really changes for a CTO the moment private equity enters the picture: the shift in expectations, the compressed timelines for value creation, an...

Today’s guest lives right at the intersection where strategy, technology, and organizational reality collide. Noureddine Oirkha is a Strategy & Transformation Director at Deloitte, where he works with large, complex organizations on some of their most ambitious, and most risky, initiatives: digital transformations, global ERP implementations, and enterprise-wide change programs. This is the kind o...

Today’s guest has lived through several major waves of technology, and helped shape a few of them along the way. Rupen Chanda is currently the CTO at Bluescape, and over the years he’s held senior engineering and product leadership roles at companies like Adobe and BlackBerry, working at the intersection of platforms, collaboration, and large-scale technology change. In this conversation, we go be...

We often wonder why the transition from being a great engineer to becoming a great leader feels so hard. Why do some individual contributors thrive when they step into leadership, while others struggle? At what point does technical excellence stop being enough, and what new skills need to take its place? How much do networking and personal branding really matter in an engineering career, and why d...

Today’s guest is Franco Pinto, CTO and co-founder of The Mobile-First Company, a startup helping small businesses build mobile-first digital experiences without the traditional complexity of software development. Franco is an engineer and entrepreneur from Argentina who has built his career at the intersection of technology, product, and scale. Alongside his co-founder, Jérémy Goillot, he’s growin...

Today’s guest is Karl-Gustav Kallasmaa; founder, engineer, and one of the sharpest voices thinking about how AI is changing search, visibility, and attention on the internet.  He’s built search systems from the ground up and now helps companies understand how they’re discovered by AI, not humans.  We’ll talk about AI retrieval, startup lessons, and what founders are getting wrong about visibility...

Today’s guest is Mo Balakrishnan, a software engineering leader working at the intersection of building products, leading teams, and navigating the fast-moving world of AI. In this episode, we’ll talk about how Mo is using AI in his own work, how it’s changing the way teams build software, and what engineers should be excited, or cautious, about as AI becomes part of everyday development. We’ll ex...

Today on The Future of the Future, we’re joined by someone who embodies the intersection of creativity, entrepreneurship, and human-centered innovation: Simone Vascotto. Simone is a founder, builder, and global thinker whose work spans branding, marketing, human capital, and now, through his latest venture, HumanaQ, the future of how organizations understand and empower their people. His journey h...

If you follow me, you know there is a phrase I like to say over and over. Relationships Matter. The way we get along... with coworkers, clients, etc, matters. We want to have fun and thrive in our own unique ways. Well, today's guest is a living testament of this mantra. Mickeli Bedore is a relationship builder. He is amazing at it! And I want you to hear his story, what he does for a living, and...

Today's episode is about Marketing and AI. My guest is Victoria Olsina, a global marketing strategist, SEO expert, and award-winning stand-up comedian.  Victoria has built a truly international career, working across multiple countries and industries, from fintech and Web3 to SaaS and major global brands. In our conversation, we’ll explore her story: how she got started in marketing, how living ar...

Today’s guest, Bruce D. Randall, has spent more than 25 years at the front lines of that question — leading teams at Oracle Cloud, AT&T, and multiple startups through waves of digital transformation. As a CEO, COO, and strategist, he’s helped organizations harness AI, cloud, and now quantum computing to drive real innovation. But Bruce also brings something rare to the tech world — a lifelong prac...

Today’s guest is a leader who has proven time and again that true success starts in the mind. Des Hague is a globally recognized CEO, author, and leadership strategist who has led multibillion-dollar organizations across industries,  from hospitality and retail to sports and philanthropy.  Des is the author of Think Your Way to the Top: Like a Boss!, a year-long leadership journey designed for amb...

Jennifer Larson is back in our show to talk about her latest Coffee Shop adventures. I interviewed Jennifer last year to talk about Diversity in the Tech Industry through the lens of her 20+ years of experience in the field (episode 89 if you want to check it out). And then I met her in Minneapolis for Coffee, and she told me she was jumping on a new adventure, owning a Coffee Shop in Wisconsin. T...

When you get to a certain age in life, you start wondering. What are the next decades going to look like? What am I going to do during this time? How can I make the most of it? We reflect more on what success is, what makes us happy. On this podcast, I get to interview a lot of people that I admire. Today's guest, Dan O'Sullivan, is no exception.  Dan has an impressive career in Sales. He is a pas...

Today, we are diving into the critical connection between design and business success. For organizations striving to unlock the full potential of their design capabilities, our guest offers a blueprint for transforming the design function into a powerful strategic asset. Our guest is Dean T. Barker, author of Advance: How to Move Your Business Forward with Design Strategy. The book blends the best...