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A lot of us are working from home these days. Sam Dunn is the CEO of workplace management software, Robin, and frankly he's worked from home more in 2020 despite his company's mission: to make places of work more efficient. That's why we thought it the perfect time to check in and ask: how will the workplaces of tomorrow be designed in a manner to be socially distant, assuming COVID is still a thing? How can offices going forward be designed in a more inclusive manner? And, how can we take this time to rethink corporate culture as well?

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Tudor Gîrba is a software environmentalist and co-founder of feenk where he works with his team on Glamorous Toolkit, a novel IDE that enables moldable development. He has won the prestigious Dahl-Nygaard Junior Prize for his software engineering research, being the only non-university professor to ever receive that prize.

On this episode, we discuss the software environmentalism - what it is, and why we need to adjust the way we develop and maintain software. We also discuss how the software industry behaves more like the plastics industry thank you might expect, why we abandon successful technology and programming languages, and how the way that we shape tools - everything from spreadsheets to apps to devices - impacts how we use data and shape the future.

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Is higher education broken? Maybe a four-year degree followed by graduate school and six figures of debt makes sense for some professions like doctors and lawyers, but what about for the rest of us?

Frequent listeners may know that Jeremy spent a bit of exile during the early months of the pandemic in Ohio, which made us really want to spotlight some of the state’s interesting entrepreneurial stories. Enter Dwight Heckelman, who founded Columbus, Ohio-based Groove U, which offers two-year diplomas in Music Industry Entrepreneurship in focal areas like Music Business, Live Sound, Interactive, and more.

Jeremy had a chance to sit down with Dwight to talk about ways in which higher education must evolve, what programs should really be judged on, and the universal value of entrepreneurial skills.

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Technology needs to serve humanity, not the other way around, right? But sometimes - let’s face it - we’ve come across some technologist who is peddling one type of technology or another without thinking about how it can actually serve people and solve a business problem or make the world a better place.

That’s why we wanted to speak to a really sharp technical director, Joshue Ott of HUSH, a technologist tasked with creating dynamic experiences for companies. We talk about whether or not COVID has been “beneficial” for AR & VR, the limitations of these technologies at present time, how tech solutions might impact society’s approach to remote work, and much more.

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It seems like everywhere these days, we are confronted with all sorts of distractions, and it’s becoming clear to me that one of the ways we can futureproof ourselves is by becoming as indistractable as possible. That’s why I was keen to speak to Nir Eyal, the author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, which came out late last year and I highly recommend. You might have heard of Nir’s previous book, Hooked, a bestseller which covered how products influence our behavior.

Nir’s work covers the intersection of psychology, technology, and business, which he calls "behavioral design." The topic encompasses user experience, behavioral economics, and a dash of neuroscience. Previously, Nir taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Design School, and he’s sold a few tech firms and been an investor in a few others - and I think you’ll find it fascinating how he dovetailed into his research of how individuals can become indistractable in an increasingly distracted world. So let’s jump right in!

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Let’s face it: a lot of us are talking about health these days - probably more than before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. One of the problems that’s been with us for awhile is how disjointed and inefficient the world of healthcare has been, and health data in particular. Particle Health was created to bring clarity to an overly convoluted system. They build a better way to connect networks, payors, and providers to vital patient health data, which is (hopefully) the kind of world we’ll be living in sooner rather than later. 

We caught up with Particle Health's CEO, Troy Bannister, to discuss why what the company is doing, why it’s so important in the marketplace, how to challenge the status quo, the “fun” of fundraising amidst a pandemic, the unanticipated consequences of of disrupting healthcare, and much more.

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We all like to think about the future of sexy new technologies, sure, but frankly, sometimes we need to think about things that aren’t sexy. You know, like metal packaging. 

Virtually all of us need metal packaging to get by - it’s the backbone of our society in many ways. That’s why we wanted to feature the story of Trivium Packaging. They’re one of the biggest companies ($2.7B!) you’ve never heard of, and they deliver innovative and sustainable metal packaging that helps some of the leading brands on the market - Conagra, Anheuser Busch, Nabisco, and many more - protect their products and stand out on store shelves. 

Considered an essential business, Trivium kept its factories open to continue production and keep up with demand. And, due to swift and early action taken by Trivium’s CEO Michael Mapes earlier this year--with the health and safety of his 8,000+ employees the number one concern--supply chains have been kept intact without any major disruptions. So I’m delighted we were able to get some time on Michael’s calendar to discuss black swan events, how a company like Trivium prepares for risks and pre-plans to avoid shocks to their supply chain, how COVID might very well speed up automation, and how to be a better futurist on an ongoing basis. So let’s jump right in!

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In one of the most popular classes at Parsons School of Design, director/photographer/writer/professor B. Jeffrey Madoff gave students a reality check: "Most of us have had the feeling of 'I could've done that,' whether at an art gallery, watching a performance, or finding a new product or even a new business idea. What's the difference between you and them? They actually did it. You didn't." With his new book, Creative Careers, Madoff says he’s striving to teach others how to do it, too - to basically employ your own creativity to have a sustainable, profitable career, and do what you love in the process.

In this episode, we discuss common misconceptions regarding creativity, building unique career paths, and whether or not machine learning and automation has made human creativity even more essential than ever.

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As some of you know Jeremy have a keen interest in journalism, and most of his background is in marketing, so it’s a special treat for us to be thinking about the future of how we market news. There’s no better person to talk to than Miki Toliver King, whom Jeremy met at this year's Collision From Home conference.

Miki is the Chief Marketing Officer of the Washington Post - the first to take on the role of CMO at the publisher. She oversees the Post's subscriptions business and national marketing campaigns, and I wanted to talk to her about the shift in the news business model, educating consumers on the importance of news and the cost it takes to produce quality journalism, the changing role of the CMO, and the overall health of the news media heading in the future.

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 What’s the business case for diversity? What should diversity & inclusion at a corporate level be in 5-10 years? And, can big tech be doing more to promote diversity in the workplace? To delve into these questions, we knew exactly who to turn to: Apple’s head of diversity and inclusion, who I met a few years back thanks to our former guest Dorie Clark. I actually caught Christie as she was exiting Apple, having accomplished much of what she had set out to do a few years before - she joined Apple in 2017 after 16 years at consultancy Deloitte. By the way, this was her first interview after leaving...what a scoop! 

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