thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future

for XR to be successful it needs two things a) it needs to bypass our senses and get plugged right into our brain and b) it needs to stop emulating real life and start being BETTER than real life.

media is now subtle as a hammer - have we lost the ability to be subtle and intuit things - or if everyone has a hammer have we all turned into nails? we should all try to make our audiences THINK, it's what humans are best at after all.

Donnell Layne is a leading-edge technology executive committed to the creation of sustainable, efficient, service-orientated innovation environments. He previously served with the Noble Network of Charter Schools, Chicago’s largest charter school network, directing all IT operations to meet customer requirements as well as the support and maintenance of existing infrastructure, applications, and d...

when we lived in small villages we could easily demonstrate trust - its much more difficult now - but we can still do it - we have the technology

do you know why you should ignore past successes? because they occurred in a completely different reality from the here and now.

Dr. Shannon Clute is Director of The Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation.  His career has been evenly divided between academia and industry, and in both sectors he has created education-enterprise partnerships that aim to improve the learning outcomes and lives of target audiences.  Working at the crossroads of innovation, brand strategy, media and instructional design, he has launched...

are we leaning into the collective?

we need to create, not consume

Optimizing Adoption of Technology. Tech is innovating rapidly and here to stay. 50 percent of IT projects fail for different reasons. We discuss a few of these and how to overcome the barriers. Technology should support a program/not dictate and provide value.

to innovate, you need to feed your brain many different things - not just tech

you need to look at things from a completely different angle

Innovation Management enthusiast with skill sets in Service Design, Design Thinking, User Research & Design, Strategic Foresight with experience on student projects for the world's foremost energy company and Footwear brands. support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

if you can't take a small risk, can you take a big one?  support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

insight can come at the intersection between work and leisure  support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

Bernard Moon is a Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group, which is a network of accelerators and venture capital funds that have invested in over 300 companies across 6 continents since 2013. With 11 accelerators in locations such as Seoul, Taipei, Sydney, Singapore and working with major research universities, such as Arizona State University. SparkLabs Global Ventures is a seed and Series A...

to change the culture of an organization, you need to open the Overton window a little at a time... support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

in innovation, incongruency is your friend  support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

Helen Figge, BS, Pharm. D. MBA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS  Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and Lean Sensei   Helen is a passionate healthcare innovator and futurist with expertise supporting c suite executives and peers ensuring team unity. She excels in strategic global governance programs, building collaborations and client loyalty, and formulating global best practice solution portfolios.  ...

i want to live 5000 years. don't you?  support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

passion - skill and demand. you need all 3 to succeed.   support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

River is a new content discovery & news platform - the culmination of a 2+ year project by Jeremy whose investors include Founders Fund, .406, Box Group, Josh Kushner, and Scooter Braun. Similar to observations that led Jeremy to first conceptualized the 24-hour video sharing format (which we know as Stories) in 2012, he realized the need for a platform to act as a native home for a wide bread...

everyone keeps asking me "what is the ROI of innovation". this answers that question once and for all.   support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

Many startup founders (or corporate innovators) have an issue with the concept of an MVP. The definition of a Minimum Viable Product varies greatly – but in the purest sense, it should be “the least you can do”  support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

Choice is a community bank and forward-thinking in the technological sense so we blended that together in People First. We truly put people before banking. We have created an atmosphere of empowering employees to do things that go above and beyond what a typical banking experience would be. That is our focus

much of life is trudging through painful events to get to the other side. to get better at it - you need to find pleasure in pain.