Chasing The White Rabbit

The road to success can be fraught with difficulties, but for Dee Murthy it truly has been a journey of discovery. He is co-founder of the LA-based fashion brands Five Four Group and Young & Reckless, and is also a presenter of the Deetour podcast and co-host of the Group Chat podcast. In this fascinating conversation, he explores how he had to shift his mindset to create a brand that really connects with its customers. He realised that to front this brand he needed to become famous – so he started a podcast, began vlogging, became more active on Twitter, and above all else, and stopped caring so much about the opinions of others and ignored anyone who didn’t support him. Dee also offers practical advice you can take to follow in his footsteps.

• Dr Michael Gillam is CEO of HealthLab
• The company uses AI to analyse “dark data”
• He highlights the enormous scale of data available to us
• Explains the power of “backcasting” in decision making
• Discusses our move into the “biotech age”

In this episode, we meet two people who consider themselves cyborgs. The cultural challenges of being born colorblind led Neil Harbisson on a mission to create a system that would allow him to defy his limitations. Astonishingly, he did it! When he met Manel De Aguas, who designed the two fins attached to his skull which allow him to hear changes in the weather, they decided to set up the Transpecies Society, an association that gives a voice to people with non-human identities. Both describe their additional senses in vivid detail and explain why they, and people like them, seek to alter and improve upon their human capabilities.