thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future

Sometimes, you need to be useless to create something useful. --- https://ideateandexecute.com

unlike in craps, you need to investigate your failures prior to handing the dice to the next shooter. --- https://ideateandexecute.com https://ideateandexecute.com/interview-request/

to get your people to ideate, you need to unstick their brains from the problems of today. you need them to travel to the "land of make believe" --- https://ideateandexecute.com https://ideateandexecute.com/interview-request/

Lucy Turner is a human rights advocate and author with 14 years of experience working with the United Nations in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Pacific, and HQ (Geneva and New York). Lucy has a strong track record of designing and delivering innovative peacebuilding and development initiatives, driven by data and strategic partnerships engaging government, civil society, and the private sector. He...

how to persuade? use both storytelling and data, not just data. we used to transfer all of our information between humans using stories, but since the advent of technology, we are leaning more and more on data. instead of using data, we need to combine story and data for a compelling vision.  --- http://ideateandexecute.comGet Interviewed: https://ideateandexecute.com/interview-request/

Watching Stange New Worlds reminded me of the original vision of the future that Gene Roddenberry built. You know, the one where despite all of the technology, we all just get along. We all put aside our petty squabbles and do what's right for the human race. We all need to work to uplift ourselves into the future.  --- http://ideateandexecute.comGet Interviewed: https://ideateandexecute.com/...

it's the same old story - people-to-people social media always gets eclipsed by big media. instead of constantly creating new social media to restart the p2p connection, social networks should help people drive the relationships. --- http://ideateandexecute.com

to innovate, we need to free our minds. will any state be bold enough to create innovation zones that lift local laws and restrictions? --- http://ideateandexecute.com

The free web is hurting our personal privacy and our access to truth.  And because a healthy democracy depends on an informed citizenry, that's hurting the body politic. But if we're not willing to pay for email, search, entertainment, and facts, somebody else will.  It doesn't have to be this way.    - Web pioneers tried to invent new payment methods.  - Google’s fou...

we humans have been running from risk for far too long - if we really want to innovate and grow, we need to start taking risks again. --- http://ideateandexecute.com

do you live in your own reality tunnel? how often does your reality tunnel intersect with others? innovation and growth lives in the intersections. --- http://ideateandexecute.com

To innovate, look outside.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com

How do we know what makes our customers happy? --- http://ideateandexecute.com

Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Narrator(narrator.ai). Narrator enables companies to make better decisions by providing them with the ability to answer any question in under 10 minutes. --- https://narrator.ai https://ideateandexecute.com

Human beings have huge issues embracing the new. We need to use our capacity for reason to make it happen. --- http://ideateandexecute.com

When innovating, strive for distinction, not disruption. --- http://ideateandexecute.com

An award-winning storyteller, PR influencer, and podcast host working with visionaries changing how we live in the future. 

Raphaelle has long focused her attention on nutrition, health, innovation, and community-building through shared, positive, creative experiences.  Rapha imagined the regenerative dinners as her main project for the Design Science Studio - Buckminster Fuller’s Institute “(r)Evolutionary incubator for ART inspiring a regenerative future that works for 100% of life”.  Raphaelle has produced...

Evan is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Recruiter.com, an on-demand recruiting platform providing flexible talent acquisition solutions that scale from startups to the Fortune 100. He is a frequent contributor to CNBC and Yahoo! Finance and demonstrates expertise in a diverse set of industries, including Wi-Fi, Instant Messaging, data security, customer relationship management (CRM), a...

How often do we spend the time to understand our customers deeply before we try to innovate for them? --- http://ideateandexecute.com

Pamela serves as Senior Advisor to Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship.  She began working with social entrepreneurs twelve years ago as a mentor for Miller Center's programs while she continued her career as a software executive.  Prior to joining the Center eight years ago, she worked with and for early-stage software companies as a business and marketing strategy leader, helping...

Failure leads to innovation. and sometimes you need to force yourself to fail.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com

Mayur is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Ned(nedhelps.com), a platform that helps small business owners raise capital from friends and family.   Ned helps business owners manage and stay accountable when they raise money from their personal network. With Ned, business owners can work with anyone they know to build fast and easy revenue-sharing partnerships. When it's difficult to...

When blog posts have to be over 1500 words and videos have to be over 8 minutes in order to be read and shown, then length trumps relevancy. You don't need a long video or blog post to impart useful information. --- https://ideateandexecute.com

Can you imagine what the human race would be like if we embraced the new instead of fearing the new? --- http://ideateandexecute.com