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thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future

chris kalaboukisthinkfuture.com
Welcome to thinkfuture, where host Chris Kalaboukis explores the bold ideas shaping tomorrow. From AI-driven creativity and personal growth to leadership in remote work, this podcast delves into the intersection of innovation, technology, and human connection. With visionary guests and thought-provoking conversations, thinkfuture helps listeners unlock new possibilities, challenge the status quo, and create the future they want to see. Tune in for fresh insights, actionable strategies, and unexpected inspiration.
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Episodes

472 EXTRA Going After The High Hanging Fruit

So I talked in the past about low-hanging fruit. I talk about how the heat the term low hanging fruit because everybody uses the term low hanging fruit. It's always it's the easy stuff. Let's go after the easy stuff. Everybody's okay with going after the easy stuff. Nobody has a problem with the low-hanging fruit; in fact, everybody loves it because it's easy. Human beings, that's what we're like we'd like easy we don't like doing anything difficult we don't like doing anything hard well it's so...

Aug 19, 20217 minSeason 1Ep. 472

469 EXTRA Fear Of Change And Fear Of Exclusion

Fear is the mind-killer. Everyone knows the old saw right what's the difference between fear and anxiety. Fear is being tied to the railway tracks anxiety is thinking about being tied to the railways tracks.

Aug 16, 20217 minSeason 1Ep. 469

468 How Having No Clue Works with Finn Thormeier @ Project 33

Dropped out of college in 2017 because I was doing it for other people and not myself, flew from my hometown in Germany (Bremen) to NYC with no plans, documented the journey on social media, and built an audience of 35,000 followers across platforms (LinkedIn, Instagram & Youtube).

Aug 15, 202156 minSeason 1Ep. 468

467 EXTRA Factor Human Ingenuity

Their statistics tell them all these things will happen, and the end of the world is not. Some of them use it as a grift. The user is a way to get more money out of people. I mean, because people will use all sorts of tactics to try and get more money out of people, you know, they don't necessarily need to be truthful.

Aug 13, 20219 minSeason 1Ep. 467

466 EXTRA Favor Reversible Decisions

To understand where the future is going to go, but when you're making decisions favor their reversible ones because reversible decisions may be completely wrong moments after you make them.

Aug 12, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 466

465 Fostering A Culture Of Innovation with Cecile Leroux @ UKG

Cecile Alper-Leroux is the Group Vice President of Research and Innovation at UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) where she writes and speaks extensively on the changing nature of work, people, and technology in the workplace. Since 1999, she has focused on fostering a culture of innovation in the workplace, resulting in the delivery of advanced, people-centric technology solutions and services. A best-selling author of From Dissonance to Resonance; Bringing your people and organization into sync, Cecil...

Aug 11, 202155 minSeason 1Ep. 465

463 EXTRA Intentional Vs Unintentional Communications

And one of the biggest problems I see with remote work was a study when I was a Stanford on working from home and how remote piece affects employees when they're out of the office and study after study after study. We have through tons of different studies. Employees to work from anywhere, not to mention the connections they can make innovative connections they can make if they worked in various places. If they didn't come could go to the same office every day, hang out with the same people ever...

Aug 09, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 463

461 EXTRA We Need Personal AIs, Now

All these virtual assistants don't work for us today. They work for Google, or they work for Apple, work for Amazon. They work for whatever corporations created them, so the Alexa sitting on my desk right now is listening in on every bit of my conversation, which works for Amazon. It's like having an Amazon employee sitting in your office. We need personal AIs. We need an A. I. they can help us to fight back and negotiate with these corporate AIs because we're in a fragile position right now. I ...

Aug 06, 202110 minSeason 1Ep. 461

460 EXTRA Electricity Is Social

We need to push human beings closer together to take advantage of electricity, so if you think about it, this might be part of the pushback against electricity across the board because it's anti indeed individualistic and tough. To be an individualistic hi Tracy lover when you need to be connected to a grid to get sufficient electricity to run your life because that's the life we're in if we ran out of electricity today. Only those with internal combustion engines would be able to provide electr...

Aug 05, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 460

459 The Future Of Meetings with Darren Chait @ Hugo

Darren is the Co-Founder & COO, of Hugo (www.hugo.team). Originally from Sydney, Australia and now based in San Francisco, Darren co-founded Hugo following his shared frustration with costly, inefficient meetings that he experienced first-hand in a prior life as a corporate lawyer. Today, Hugo is the leading meeting workflow solution, powering meetings for tens of thousands of customers. Backed by Google, Slack and leading VCs, Hugo is on a mission to connect the way we meet, to the way we w...

Aug 04, 202135 minSeason 1Ep. 459

455 EXTRA Death-Bed Thinking

On your death bed, imagine yourself where you whether your home in your hospital or whether you're wherever you are, imagine yourself dying you're in your death that you're just about ready to go, and you're looking back on your life. People want to talk about today. People want to talk about positive things. Nobody wants to talk about the future.

Jul 30, 20217 minSeason 1Ep. 455

453 Our Decentralized Blockchain Future with David Vorick @ Sia

David is the Co-Founder, and Lead Developer of Sia , which is a decentralized cloud storage network that ultimately allows its users to have more control over their data. Sia leverages blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace that is more robust and more affordable than traditional cloud storage providers. David has been active in Bitcoin and the larger cryptocurrency space since 2011. He studied computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and co-founded Sia parent com...

Jul 28, 202144 minSeason 1Ep. 453

447 Innovation In Health And Happiness with Manpreet Randhawa @ Syntheon

Manpreet Randhawa is a beauty enthusiast, author, avid hiker, and aspiring entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in the health & wellness industry. She brings expertise in scientifically driven health care solutions in different categories with a passion to innovate and create products that connect with consumers and deliver meaningful results. With an educational background in cellular biology and clinical evaluation, her career is dedicated to providing scientifically sound solutions fo...

Jul 21, 202145 minSeason 1Ep. 447

446 EXTRA Mimetic Theory & Your Customers

kalaboukis discusses Girard's Mimetic Theory and how it applies to design thinking and other customer-centric desire determination methodologies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic_theory https://amzn.to/3BhaDW4

Jul 20, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 446

445 EXTRA What Is Truth?

So many of us have lost touch with objective reality or truth. How can we get back to it?

Jul 19, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 445

444 Chatbots Of The Future with Peter Voss @ aigo.ai

Serial Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor, and a Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence. Coined the term ‘AGI’ (Artificial General Intelligence) with fellow luminaries in the space. Started in electronics engineering, then fell in love with software. The first major success was developing a comprehensive ERP package and taking that company from Zero to 400-person IPO in seven years. Fueled by the fragile nature of software, I embarked on a journey 15+ years ago studying what intelligence is, how it de...

Jul 18, 202149 minSeason 1Ep. 444
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