Future Design Podcast

In this episode, we will talk about the dark side of fashion and its impact on our everyday life. Founder of 365Fashion Networks and former model, Anina Net shares with us the issues she has to face first hand as a fashion model and how she wants to bridge the gaps through Technology in the industry.

Fashion is one of the largest causes of pollutants in the world. With consumer culture constantly promoting the need for new and trendy pieces, the evolution of fast fashion has since sparked a number of problems. Issues such as inhumane working conditions and the large amount of textile waste accumulating in landfills.

 Here are a few episode highlights:

• The dark side of fashion: Its impact on the environment
• How industrialization has changed the way we view our clothes. 
• What it means to consume fashion more purposefully. 
• Ways Technology can help solve some of these issues. 

Growing up with a family of computer engineers and having worked as an international top model, Anina has emerged as an innovative fashion technologist for the last 10 years. She has partnered with brands such as Nokia, Samsung, Intel, IBM, and many more to apply the latest technologies to the fashion industry. 

She runs the 360Fashion Network in China and her HQ in Michigan. The developer of the 360Fash Tech Kits – IOT maker kits for the fashion industry and soft circuit e-textiles, Anina just recently launched a line of tech-enabled fashion products for women who travel featured in Target Open House.

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Guest: Anina Net (Twitter | Facebook | IG) Anina's site (Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (Twitter | IG | LinkedIn)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

We discuss the workings of the subconscious mind with a certified hypnotherapist, Wendi Friesen. She shares with us her intimate experiences and personal stories. Hypnotherapy has been said to provide a range of impacts from curing addiction to enhancing brain functions. We find out how we can create the most fulfilling life just by changing the way we think!

 Here are a few episode highlights:

• Does hypnotherapy really work?
• How effective is it when applied to our professional and personal lives?
• Hypnotherapy techniques to unlock your potential. 
• Insomnia: Cure sleep deprivation and how to heal negative thought patterns.
• What it really means to be wealthy. 

Wendi is on a mission to change the way the world treats addiction. The crisis of addiction is one that she takes personally. Her success in helping those who've lost hope is proof that she can change the minds, hearts, and lives of both addicts and their families.

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Guest: Wendi Friesen (Facebook | Twitter | IG) Website
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

We often perceive the future of technology leading us to either a dystopian versus utopian society or us versus the robots. But how far is that from our reality? Are we closer to that than we think? 

“ Strap yourself in; technology is going to change the world. The current political and economic turmoil is nothing compared to what the next two decades will bring.”

 Here are a few episode highlights:

• Trends in technology and why we need to adapt.
• The future of jobs; will AI really take over?
• The education debate: How relevant is the education system in these changing times. 
• Pandemic and its effects on retail, commerce, and innovation.
• Debt driven economy; how will we crawl ourselves out of this mess.
• Discussions on Universal Basic Income (UBI). 

Michael Baxter is a technology and economics writer with an entrepreneurial background. Julien de Salaberry, is an entrepreneur, CEO, digital health thought-leader, and investor. Authors of Living In The Age Of The Jerk. Enjoy!

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Guest: Michael Baxter (LinkedIn | Twitter) / Julien De Salaberry (LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

According to Buddha, all problems originate from misunderstanding life's reality. In this week's episode, we discussed with David Roylance, a Buddhist teacher, about the nature of reality. In the modern world, we seek success, and it is often tied with power, money, and fame, preventing us from understanding what is most important in life. How can we apply Buddha's philosophy in conjunction with our current mode of operation? 

Learn the basic Buddhist teachings and ways to apply its philosophy to everyday life.

- “Buddhism awakens the mind to the Natural Law.” What is "The Natural Law"?   
- The importance of meditation and the techniques to attain complete peace of mind.
- Finding importance and meaning in life and why happiness is only temporary.
- Navigating through and out of our human desires for material success, cravings, desires etc.

David Roylance is a dedicated practitioner and teacher of Gotama Buddha’s teachings. He has been part of the Thai community since 2001. He visited Thailand for the first time in 2002 and brought back the Traditional Thai Healing Arts back to the United States of America to share with people in the Western World. He now resides in Thailand.

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Guest: David Roylance (Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

In the last 40 years, the region that has moved out of the poverty line and over the income bracket of over $5 was the Asia Pacific. However still nearly half of them live below that line. Africa has increased its population but still the majority of them live underneath this line.

Perhaps fintech's super USP is being able to serve the un / under-banked population due to the rise in mobile phone penetration. However financial literacy is still an issue amongst all other societal issues.

Naureen Hyat is the co-founder of Tez Financial Services based in Pakistan. Her social responsibility and business acumen have led the company to be the leading neo-banks in the country. She tells us that she's not even close to being satisfied yet.

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Guest: Naureen Hyat (Website | LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Ever wondered why you have trouble getting new habits to stick? Or simply struggle with dropping old patterns? The problem might be found in our subconscious mind, the part of our brains we use 95% of the time. How can we stir the auto-pilot brain to work for us? First, let’s go deeper into what the subconscious mind means.

The subconscious mind is our operating system and the conscious mind is the application. If we improve the OS, we can also improve the application.

Neuroscience is backing what hypnotherapy has been doing for centuries. Norman Plotkin, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist explains it to us on our show!

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Guest: Norman Plotkin (Website | LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

The political and monetary systems haven't been working for the majority of the developed nations for quite some time. We ask the government to come up with better solutions and bit by bit we offer our freedom in exchange for more intervention in our economic and political lives. Are we expecting too much from our governments, when they are head deep into conflicts and stagnation themselves?

Inequalities in our world are further distancing us from an egalitarian future. The failure of how we put our dependency on capitalism, at least the version of capitalism we run today, is no longer functioning as the original theory suggested.

How do we maintain our liberty and sustainable economic lives?

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Guest: Jim Mosquera (Website | LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

The political and monetary systems haven't been working for the majority of the developed nations for quite some time. We ask the government to come up with better solutions and bit by bit we offer our freedom in exchange for more intervention in our economic and political lives. Are we expecting too much from our governments, when they are head deep into conflicts and stagnation themselves?

Inequalities in our world are further distancing us from an egalitarian future. The failure of how we put our dependency on capitalism, at least the version of capitalism we run today, is no longer functioning as the original theory suggested.

How do we maintain our liberty and sustainable economic lives?

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Guest: Jim Mosquera (Website | LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

The polarization of people, especially in the US stems from inequality in my view. Inequality isn’t just about the capital-rich and the working poor. There’s much more depth in the definition of rich and poor. Future Design Podcast hopes for an egalitarian future but if the system is already set up so that equal opportunities can’t turn into reality, hoping for it, voicing for it, won’t simply do.

If governments were to tax the rich, the ideology can be based on the egalitarian start of a new life, not the equal result of every life, reducing the wealthy down towards the lower denominator.

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Guest: Preity Upala (Uupala Foundation)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

The U$720bn dairy industry is about to be disrupted. Being a large polluter of greenhouse gas emissions, representing about 10%, and water, it is an unsustainable product and business. An alternative is on its way.

Turtletree Labs is using stem cell technology to reproduce dairy without animals. Not only it can create dairy products but it can also produce human breast milk. For mothers having difficulty in expressing, this can be the best solution without relying on formula milk.

Guest: Max Rye (LinkedIn | Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)
Music: ShowNing (Website)