A recent report puts Twitter at 80% bots and spam - if true, does that prove that the Dead Internet Theory is true? Since social proof is now almost more important than anything, it makes sense that many of the views and likes on the internet may be false. Is social proof being fabricated? --- https://ideateandexecute.com/how-to-influence-humans-a-new-unusual-perspective/ https://ideateandexecute.com/stop-copying-me-desire-and-design-thinking/ https://ideateandexecute.com
Sep 06, 2022•11 min
Some philosophers and pundits believe that we live in a matrix-like simulation. Maybe so, but even if we did, would it matter? Would we act any differently knowing we were in a simulation we couldn't get out of? --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Sep 02, 2022•11 min
Has the internet made it easier or more difficult to do things? If you ask me, pushing the tools down to the customer has made it worse. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Sep 01, 2022•8 min
Rob Rawson is a qualified medical doctor who also has significant business experience. He founded and built Timedoctor.com in 2011. Before Time Doctor, Rob moved from Australia to the Philippines and built a successful digital advertising agency with a team of over 20 people. His team was initially all working in an office. Still, he decided to get rid of the office, cut the associated costs, and have the ability to hire and work remotely from any region rather than just one location. He built t...
Aug 31, 2022•51 min
APIs are great, except for when they break. Startup Opportunity: solve the complexity in the API space. It's not glamorous, but it's a big problem, perfect unicorn fodder. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 30, 2022•8 min
AI will not be flawless. It will make the same mistakes humans make as long as they are the product of humans. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 29, 2022•8 min
Every study says that remote work is better for everyone, then why are employers forcing people back to the office? It is better for humans, the planet, and the employer. What are we missing: chance serendipitous encounters. Are you telling me that we can't figure those out? --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 26, 2022•9 min
If there are people, processes, or tools in the way of you making change within an organization, then someone likes it just like that. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 25, 2022•9 min
Gary F. Bengier is a writer, philosopher, and technologist. After a career in Silicon Valley, Gary pursued passion projects, studying astrophysics and philosophy. He’s spent the last two decades thinking about how to live a balanced, meaningful life in a rapidly evolving technological world. This self-reflective journey infuses his novel with insights about our future and the challenges we will face in finding purpose. Before turning to write speculative fiction, Gary worked in a variety of Sili...
Aug 24, 2022•56 min
Does ESG look at the past while innovation looks at the future? Why can't we look at helping all humans and the planet flourish? We need to look to the ideal future and work backward to see what we need to do next. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 23, 2022•9 min
Serendipity is essential for creativity and success, both in business and life. You can actually increase your chances of serendipity by remaining open to opportunities. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 22, 2022•9 min
Mascha is a multifaceted creative director with over sixteen years of experience in the creative field and the past seven in software. She's a certified digital marketer who develops and executes authentic visual stories that bring brands to life across different organic and paid channels. She is hands-on at every project step and works closely with her trusted network of established photographers, designers, editors, and engineers for small or large-scale projects. She guides every project from...
Aug 17, 2022•47 min
Hybrid and remote work let you integrate blocks of fun. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 12, 2022•10 min
The news is the News because it hardly ever happens, so it's a very poor indicator of a problem that needs to be solved. The news constantly reports negative things that are out of the ordinary, and if they are rare, then is it really a big problem to be solved? --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 11, 2022•10 min
Laine Clark serves as the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager for The Good Food Institute (GFI), helping emerging companies in the alternative proteins sector as they launch and scale. In addition to founding her own company that she exited through acquisition in 2016, she has worked with numerous startups for more than 20 years. Since 2017, she has been an Entrepreneur in Residence for Georgetown University’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at the McDonough School of Business. Additionally, she...
Aug 10, 2022•47 min
You don't have to be the same person you were yesterday. We see patterns in the world and think that we can predict things based on the past, but we can't. The future can be all new if we want it to be. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 09, 2022•11 min
When hiring the right people, you must understand that both the people and your organization should be flexible. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Aug 08, 2022•9 min
Dr. Ciela Hartanov was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically. --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cielarose/ https://www.instagram.com/cielarose/?hl=en ...
Aug 03, 2022•50 min
Part 4 of 4: What is the Minimum Amount of work that we will need to complete to get our jobs done? It will be different for every role. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Jul 29, 2022•12 min
Part 3 of 4: Instead of figuring out how to improve our current food infrastructure, have we been able to figure out the Minimum Viable Food product that we will need to survive. We made a lot of progress in that space, but we need to do more. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Jul 28, 2022•12 min
As an Innovation Catalyst, I help make the abstract real through innovative methodologies to build new digital products. I lead efforts in future visioning, ethnographic research, design strategy, product & market validation, and service design. Originally trained as an architect, I'm most curious lately about opportunities that weave together physical space and digital experience in both urban and rural environments. --- https:/fortive.com https://ideateandexecute.com...
Jul 27, 2022•50 min
Part 2 of 4: Have we figured out what the Minimum Viable Domicile should be for human beings? There are some basic requirements that humans need in a home; why not invent that and use that to solve the problems of homelessness? --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Jul 26, 2022•12 min
Part 1 of 4: How do we apply the concept of the Lean Startup MVP to our biggest problems: for example, what is the minimum education that students require before they are sent out into the world? Critical thinking, learning how to learn, the scientific method. --- https://ideateandexecute.com
Jul 25, 2022•11 min
Nate Joens is the Co-Founder, Head of Innovation and past CEO at Structurely. Under his 4 years as CEO, Structurely experienced 10x growth in conversations processed in the real estate industry and built a proprietary conversational AI application that 99.9% of consumers believed was human. Structurely also became a Housing Wire Real Estate Tech Top 100 company, and grew to a team of 26 employees. With over 3.5 million conversations with their AI Assistant Structurely’s Real Estate data set is n...
Jul 20, 2022•49 min
Jesson Bradshaw is the CEO of Energy Ogre, an electricity management company that uses proprietary systems to ensure its customers are always getting the best prices on their energy electricity. Energy Ogre has helped over 100,000 Texans save up to 40% on their electricity bills, over $150M since its founding. Jesson hopes to bring attention to Texas’s deregulated electricity industry by discussing topics such as renewable energy, future technologies, and consumer services. --- https://energyogr...
Jul 13, 2022•53 min
We hire too many people based on a false reality. Past events do not necessarily ensure future results. Bring back apprenticeships for all work. --- http://ideateandexecute.com
Jul 01, 2022•11 min
What is wrong with work? It needs to be completely disrupted: change only seems to occur when there is a crisis - even though remote work is better for almost everyone, we are still pressuring employees to return to the office. --- http://ideateandexecute.com
Jun 30, 2022•10 min
For the first 15 years of his professional career, Matt focused on information technology - working for a large silicon valley software companies to data center startups to a brief stint with a family foundation that, unlike his previous employers, did not create profit but rather had a goal to give it all away. In early 2000 he entered the world of logistics - mostly implementing large software systems and eventually asked to look at innovations in trucking and warehousing. In mid-2015 his empl...
Jun 29, 2022•49 min
Product Innovation: Strategize - look to the future and see where things are going. Innovate - envision new products and services your customer may love, and let them decide if it needs to pivot. How to meet supply and demand, how to make sure you know what people want - build something that you think they like and then ASK THEM... --- http://ideateandexecute.com
Jun 28, 2022•10 min
Why are we so concerned that AI is going to replace us? Even when we position it as an augment to us, and that it will take on burdensome work - but what if there are humans out there who want to do that? In the far future, we will all have the ability to do whatever we want - even things that people feel are burdensome. We need AI to augment human happiness, in the end. --- http://ideateandexecute.com
Jun 27, 2022•9 min