How Do We Make It Better

Annie Harper talks about how her experience as a software engineer, traveler, and woman let her to found Equal Reality, a company that allows people to see the world through others eyes. References from the show: Equal Reality: www.equalreality.com Viveport Demo: https://www.viveport.com/apps/4ecf1c4e-1cbe-46a3-8625-90b850c59817 Hot Desq: hotdesq.com.au MIT Boot camp: http://bootcamp.mit.edu Remarkable: remarkable.org.au/accelerator Subscribe at bit.ly/hdwmib Help […]

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Luke Larson is a Marine Infantry Officer, published author, and president of Axon (Ticker AAXN), formerly Taser.  He makes the case that providing police officers with non lethal weapons greatly reduces the overall risk to society.  He also talks about Axon’s body cameras and cloud-based evidence management software, and how that can provide an indisputable […]

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This might be one of the few times that you get to hear from people who have collectively shot tens of thousands of rounds and have four decades of military experience.  Listen as we talk about guns, the second amendment, regulation, training, and common sense. Things we mentioned during the show: The Second Amendment: A well […]

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Beth Eggleston is the founder of the Humanitarian Advisory Group, an organization that tries to help governments, militaries, and nonprofits more effectively accomplish their goals in disaster-struck areas.  She describes how she tries to help everyone recognize their shared humanity, and deeply listen to each other about the solutions for the way ahead.   References […]

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Lyndon Frearson is the head of Ekistica, a consulting firm, that tries to work with people in remote areas to fulfill their goals.  More than that, he is trying to export the knowledge learned from these remote areas back to larger communities and abroad. His insights on balancing mission and profitability, broad/narrow goals, and organizational […]

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Terry Wilson made a significant mid-career change from the finance department of Westfield to trying to apply the same business acumen to the social problems of unemployment and unskilled labor.   Over 1500 people have obtained work experience in the social enterprises he has helped found.  Apologies if you feel like a fly-on-the wall in this […]

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His path veered hard right from what he was planning to do at Google, and in his social enterprise.  He is, in his own words,  ‘Taking a break from work to deal with a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis.’ He still manages to encourage and challenge people during his own difficult treatment rounds.  Good luck, Scott. […]

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  Neal ‘Rudy’ Rickner is the head of strategy and operation at Mikani, one of the GOOG/Alphabet X companies that is trying to make high-altitude power generation kites. He is also, and depending on the time of day, more importantly a father, husband, and Marine fighter pilot. His take on how to balance everything, and […]

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The son of holocaust survivors, Joe Blady spent 22 years as a successful anesthesiologist, then because a civil servant in the department of defense and a columnist. He explains how he is trying to make the lives of uniformed service members better, and provides his own ideas for how we can all help reform the […]

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Ben Harris, the co-founder of Epic Charter Schools, a fast-growing school system working in Oklahoma talks about his passion for education, how competition in that arena can make education better. He also talks about his conservative political beliefs, and how he believes we all can listen more to each other.   For information: Epic website: […]

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