Future Design Podcast

Have you ever woken up and realized you are in your dreams? That’s lucid dreaming. You are in this fuzzy area where your conscious mind meets your subconscious mind. You can fly, you can have sex with the person of your dreams, but also tune in to the psychological trauma you have inside you. No need for therapy, no need for drugs, you can get in touch with your subconscious and understand yourself and heal.

In this episode, I speak with Aldo Barba, a lucid dreaming coach from Mexico, about why we need to have lucid dreams and how. He left his day time job to pursue his dream to help people, he wrote a book about it and hosts his podcast (in Spanish). 

Here’s what you will learn in this episode;

• Why we should have lucid dreams
• Messages we will receive from the dreams
• How the subconscious mind works in the dream
• How to achieve lucid dreams
• How to prolong the effects

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Guest: Aldo Barba (Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Zoom fatigued? I guess we are in the same boat. Nobody wants to be on another Zoom call or attend a webinar. We just want to get back to meeting people, listen to live music and get inspired by live speeches.

Certainly, during this time, people got creative and thought of new ways to interact online and there were new trends that were starting to spark pre-COVID. In this episode, I speak with Ed Vincent, CEO of festivalPass, a market place for live events, talks to us about what types of live events we are going to see in the future and how technology is helping festival organizers be creative about combining the best of live and virtual shows. 

Here is what we will learn;

• Why is Austin becoming the hot destination
• How festivalPass is improving the way we find live events
• How is the pandemic going to change our relationship with events
• Ways of human connectivity changing how events are organized
• Pre-COVID and future trends of festivals

Ed Vincent is an entrepreneur with over 25 years of business, technology, and management experience including 6 years of banking and valuation experience. Founded an e-commerce business in 1999 which was sold to a competitor in 2001. Repeat Founder including SimplyEngage, myProducer, & Predict Ventures. Currently Founder & CEO of festivalPass.

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Guest: Ed Vincent (LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

In this episode, I speak with Dustin Miller, the host of The Polymath Polycast, who has been interviewing polymaths to learn about their traits and mental modes to become multi-disciplinary in numerous fields.

I have read many articles and books about the debate of whether being a specialist or generalist is better. Being a jack of all trades, master of none, is not a disadvantage anymore. Moreover, having many different skills and continually mastering them is something we should be doing. 

Here is what you will learn in this episode,

• What is a polymath
• Modular education models are the future
• Positivity from AI disrupting jobs
• Connecting the educational dots together
• Common traits and motivation of polymaths

Dustin is also creating a modular education system. Modular education breaks down degrees into smaller, Lego-like building blocks of learning, and allow both children and adults to tailor their education background to better position them for job prospects and career mobility.

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Guest: Dustin Miller (Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

In this episode, I speak with Shalaka Verma, Director of Microsoft about the kind of future we can see with quantum computing. She was previously a guest on my COVID-19 Special series: “What’s Next for AI” and wanted to get her back on the show. 

The use cases for quantum computing are vast, ranging from agriculture, medical, finance, etc but still, the technology can be only used on a small scale as the results still need to be validated by quantum simulators. However, the future is promising as many of the ambiguities in science can be potentially solved with much more accuracy than the present. 

Here is what you will understand in the episode;

• What is Quantum Computing
• What Does it Solve and the Future Applications
• How Businesses Needs to Quantum Proof Their Data Encryption 
• Can Quantum Computing Help with Developing General AI
• Philosophy of Quantum Physics

Shalaka Verma leads a team of Global Cloud Solution Architects to drive the development of differentiated industry-aligned solutions on Microsoft Cloud and Services around it. 

She also leads the Azure Quantum adoption within Microsoft partner ecosystem to develop early use cases and PoCs.
Previously she drove Technology Sales Strategy Transformation towards the next-gen at IBM. Delivered several first of its kind wins for IBM across Data and AI platforms, Hybrid Cloud, and DR/BC Strategies. Chosen to be the first Quantum Ambassador for IBM in the ISA region.

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Guest: Shalaka Verma (LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

In this episode, I speak with Jonathan De Potter, founder of Behold Retreats, which provides bespoke holistic wellness programs incorporating plant medicine retreats in beautiful, safe, and legal locations. The information we read and/or hear about the healing effects of plant medicine, but there’s no point to this if the experience is a one-off situation. It’s only effective if it can be integrated into our stressful and busy modern life.

Here’s what to expect from the episode;

• How modern life created a void in Jonathan’s life
• Comparison with the West and Eastern perspective of society
• 5 Reasons for Plant Medicine
• What are the healing, growth, and transcendence 
• Integration with Modern Life
• Spirituality in Modern Society

Jonathan de Potter is the Founder of Behold Retreats, passionate about plant medicine, and believes that absolutely everyone can improve their mental health and consciousness. He believes that in these times of change, the single most valuable contribution any of us can make is to focus upon our own personal and spiritual development.

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Guest: Jonathan De Potter (LinkedIn )
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

The first episode of 2021 is on redesigning social media that can incentivize better content sharing to reduce fake news and propaganda using reputation as an indicator. The relationship with the original content creator and who’s sharing is disconnected. There’s the reputation of the publisher and the sharer that needs to be set straight to understand the quality behind the information that is spread.

Jenna Pilgrim is the CEO of Streambed, a company that is building a social media content analytical tool for content creators on top of blockchain infrastructure. By being able to track the content for its virality, it can put the source and the people who share it accountable and be able to get the network of those people closer than before.

Here is what to expect from the episode;

• Lessons learned from blockchain leader from the early days
• How she thinks the influencer market can be better
• Thoughts about corporations and governments on content censorship
• How reputation capital will work on social media and blockchain
• What reputation in virality should really mean

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Guest: Jenna Pilgrim (Twitter | LinkedIn )
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

In this 2020 year end special, I had an awesome chat with my friend and also the music producer of the Future Design Podcast, DJ toMU:吐夢 (aka ShowNing).

We explored the future of turntablism and DJing as technology has been changing how musicians are creating and recording music. Also the landscape of DJ has changed drastically since DJ toMu started DJing.

This episode is a special one for me as I was a turntablist when I was back in school, obviously not as good as DJ toMU. He went on to become the 1st runner up in DMC NY in 2005, which is the most prestigious DJ competition in the world and he's the only Japanese that made it that far.

He created a DJ toMu FDP Special Set for us just for this show. Check his set out on 1:05:40!

Here's what to expect from the episode;

- How has technology changed DJing
- Different concepts of DJs
- Finding your sound
- Why he got into Hip-hop and moved to NYC
- DMC NY experience
- Future of Music

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Guest: DJ toMU:吐夢 aka ShowNing
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Decentralized Finance, DeFi as it’s called in the crypto community, has gained so much popularity during this year. The market size went from just under U$1bn to over $11bn, which is still small compared to the colossal size of the traditional finance markets, but it’s becoming a force to be reckoned with. 

In this episode Edmund Lowell, CEO of KYC-Chain, talked to us about all the nuts and bolts of the DeFi industry and how AML/KYC is an essential part of keeping this industry together if and when another crash comes along.

Here’s what you can expect from this episode;

• What is decentralized finance
• How do many of the DeFi platforms work
• What are the existential threats to this industry
• How does AML/KYC play a key role in the DeFi space legitimized
• How self-sovereignty through protecting our digital identity is important in this digital world
• Is monetization of digital identity the right incentive model

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Guest: Edmund Lowell (LinkedIn: )
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

You can go here to find more about projects that Edmund is involved in;
KYC-Chain | Self Key | Key Fi

In this episode, I speak with Johnson Chong who was my former yoga teacher but also he’s so much more. He’s an artist, life coach, and dharma teacher. Currently, he resides in Sydney and released his book Sage Sapien. It’s an autobiography about his difficult upbringing and how he reconciled with his past by embracing the emotional adversities and finding his opportunities for growth to be his true authentic self. 

Here is what you will find in this episode;

• Struggles between family values and influences from a multicultural city of New York
• Acting as a way to escape the emotional dilemmas and rebellious times
• Inflection point from finding yoga practices
• Breaking free of the past patterns and judgment from others
• Finding spirituality and oneness 
• Busting the myths of positive thinking and result-oriented mindset
• Finding the beauty in tragedy and understanding dharma

He is a dharma teacher at Ten Percent Happier and a Shamanic guide helping conscious leaders break through the mental and emotional obstacles that keep them in self-doubt and fear ... so that they can lead more powerfully without sacrificing their inner peace and joy. You can find his sessions here.

You can also find him here;
Exodus Retreats | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn

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Guest: Johnson Chong (Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (Twitter | LinkedIn)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

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In this episode, I speak with Johnson Chong who was my former yoga teacher but also he’s so much more. He’s an artist, life coach, and dharma teacher. Currently, he resides in Sydney and released his book Sage Sapien. It’s an autobiography about his difficult upbringing and how he reconciled with his past by embracing the emotional adversities and finding his opportunities for growth to be his true authentic self. 

Here is what you will find in this episode;

• Struggles between family values and influences from a multicultural city of New York
• Acting as a way to escape the emotional dilemmas and rebellious times
• Inflection point from finding yoga practices
• Breaking free of the past patterns and judgment from others
• Finding spirituality and oneness 
• Busting the myths of positive thinking and result-oriented mindset
• Finding the beauty in tragedy and understanding dharma

He is a dharma teacher at Ten Percent Happier and a Shamanic guide helping conscious leaders break through the mental and emotional obstacles that keep them in self-doubt and fear ... so that they can lead more powerfully without sacrificing their inner peace and joy. You can find his sessions here.

You can also find him here;
Exodus Retreats | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn

Subscribe to our weekly/monthly newsletter here!

Guest: Johnson Chong (Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (Twitter | LinkedIn)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

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