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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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652 EXTRA Shocker! Is Twitter 80% Bots?

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, 202211 min

651 EXTRA If We Lived In A Simulation, Would It Matter?

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, 202211 min

650 EXTRA Lets Make Intermediation Great Again

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, 20228 min

649 Enabling Global Work From Anywhere with Rob Rawson @ Time Doctor

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, 202251 min

648 EXTRA Apps Are A Complex Layer Cake Of Trouble

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, 20228 min

646 EXTRA Remote Work Is Better

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, 20229 min

644 Charting The Non-Linear Future with Gary Benger @ Unfettered Journey

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, 202256 min

643 Are ESG and Innovation Mutually Exclusive

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, 20229 min

642 Most Success Is Serendipity

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, 20229 min

641 Finally Effective Social Networking with Mascha Moore @ HATCH

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, 202247 min

639 EXTRA The News Hardly Ever Happens

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, 202210 min

638 The Future Of Food with Lanie Clark @ Good Food Institute

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, 202247 min

637 EXTRA Does The Past Exist?

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, 202211 min

636 EXTRA Humans Are Not Tetris Pieces

When hiring the right people, you must understand that both the people and your organization should be flexible. --- https://ideateandexecute.com

Aug 08, 20229 min

635 Reshaping Work For The Future with Ciela Hartanov @ humcollective

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, 202250 min

634 EXTRA What Is Minimum Viable Work?

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, 202212 min

633 EXTRA What Is Minimum Viable Food?

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, 202212 min

632 A Powerful Innovation Process with Dave Roselle @ Fortive

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, 202250 min

631 EXTRA What Is A Minimum Viable Home?

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, 202212 min

630 EXTRA What Is A Minimum Viable Education?

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, 202211 min

629 Conversational AI For Lead Nurturing with Nate Joens @ Structurely

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, 202249 min

628 The Future Of Energy: Any And All with Jesson Bradshaw @ EnergyOgre

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, 202253 min

627 EXTRA Disrupting Talent Acquisition

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, 202211 min

626 EXTRA Disrupting The Future Of Work

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, 202210 min

625 Supporting Our Civilization with Matt McClelland @ Covenant Logistics

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, 202249 min

624 EXTRA The Core Of Product Innovation

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, 202210 min

623 EXTRA AI And Human Happiness

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, 20229 min
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