In this brand new episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss how LinkedIn saved Julie’s day, Neuralink’s first human trials, Elon Musk’s big plan, cyborgs, invasive technology, all things Japan and business - from time machine investing, to omotenashi, humility, declining demographics, finding the perfect knife & more - Elon Musk’s algorithm, Walter Isaacson’s biography about him, all the people Peter Hinssen feels sorry for, Huawei Connect, the chip war, a European ban on EVs, effective altruism, accelerated altruism and much more!

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Radar is back with its exciting first episode! Join your host, Steven, as we delve into a summer filled with adventures and discoveries. Get ready to say yes to a captivating invitation from Peter Hinssen, where we explore the sizzling topic on every CIO's plate: Content Science. Pascal Coppens will bring you peace of mind amidst the storm of troubling news about China's economy, while Julie Vens-De Vos reveals her surprising love for the Barbie movie.

Steven will stir things up by dissecting the good, the bad, and the ugly in CX this summer. The #nexxworks crew will take you on a journey from Mattel to Patagonia, from OpenAI (of course) to Tesla. Join them in exploring topics like the present and future of telemarketing, the need for talent strategy, the evolution of social consciousness ("woke"), and demographics: find out if, and why, China's population is expected to change significantly.

In this last episode of the season (back in September!), Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss non-negotiable rules in CX, this month’s Tesla news, EV market price wars, Elon Musk’s adventures in China (or is it Yilong Ma?), the Apple Vision Pro, AI regulation, P(doom), the learnings of our latest Art of Talent Tour with Behavioral Scientist Frederik Anseel, Ørsted, Maersk, Novo Nordisk, our new Never Normal Masterclass, the crackdown of the SEC on Binance and Coinbase in the US, China’s national blockchain center, the Hong Kong crypto exchange and the very latest on general-purpose humanoid robots.

Here's Scott Galloway’s Twitter thread with all the past calls for tech regulation that Laurence referred to: https://twitter.com/profgalloway/status/1659034629129601026

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In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss generative AI's data problem, private company versions of ChatGPT, Drake, Grimes, Twitter, TikTok, Walmart versus Amazon, Schmidt Futures and AI investment strategies, our Never Normal Tour with Mediafin in New York (guided by nexxworks Founder Peter Hinssen and General Editor at 'De Tijd' Isabel Albers), the human energy crisis, Apple's new high-yield savings account with a whopping 4.15% interest rate, its Buy Now Pay Later services, the return of (travel in) China, the EV price war, Chinese EV car company BYD successes, CATL’s next-generation sodium-ion battery, youth unemployment in China, inflation going down in China, why some companies are looking for old steel warships, the power of proximity, the end of Buzzfeed news and much, much more.

Shownotes:

You can check the Amazon and Walmart chart Julie was talking about here.

The website haveibeentrained.com allows artists to opt-in or opt-out of AI training.

Here is the link to the website with the latest AI hits.

www.heygen.com is where you can upload an avatar of yourself and create a video.

ai.syllaby.io will help you write a script for your video.

Here is Steven and Pascal’s video about Tesla and BYD.

Check our awesome Never Normal Tour with Mediafin in New York here.

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In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss the top visits of our 'CX More Than Ever Tour' in LA (Liquid Death, Niels Juul, Nanxi Liu & the ConCreates ad agency), LA versus San Francisco as innovation hubs, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the impact of remote work, the Waluigi Effect in AI, the New Gatekeepers (from Benedict Evans' big yearly presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry), ChatGPT (what else?), Henchman, Confirm, China outpacing US in critical tech research (report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Xi Jinping's third term and China's The Two Sessions. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Laurence Van Elegem discuss the escalating COVID protests in China, Disney’s Disney+ troubles and the high expectations around the new (but old) CEO Bob Iger, the FTX saga, the whole crypto world meltdown and the need for regulation, the fediverse, decentralization and interoperability, the wild Elon Musk and Twitter chaos, the recent big tech layoff bloodbath and India as the next China.

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In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Julie Vens - De Vos & Laurence Van Elegem discuss Walmart, Meta’s new generative AI video tool, Elon Musk’s Twitter saga & his “everything app”, Google’s new circular economy accelerator, ROSI (return on sustainability investment), the clash between the world of technology, innovation & regulation, hybrid work & the impact of global challenges like the energy crisis, productivity paranoia, quiet quitting versus quiet firing, Kim Kardashian & her SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) fine and Warner Music’s partnership with OpenSea.

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In this last episode of the season (we’re back in September), Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Laurence Van Elegem and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss Unicorns and down rounds, our awesome work trend report by Frederik Anseel, Decathlon’s new subscription model, EdTech post Covid in China, The Google engineer who believes that a chatbot has become sentient, Web3 applications for employee engagement, The metaverse in China as a booming business, technology and the senses, the top gun effect and the great resignation versus the great recession.

You can find the interview that Blake Lemoine and a collaborator at Google conducted with LaMDA here.

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Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss the highlights from our Web3 tour in London, the metaverse, a VR literate generation, China's endless shopping festivals and Chinese Valentine, the Return-to-Office War, the Great Resignation, rituals at work, a record-high number of college graduates unable to find work in China and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

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