Radar - by nexxworks

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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Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Pascal Coppens, Peter Hinssen, Laurence Van Elegem and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss Web3, Netflix shares falling almost 40%, the metaverse, the devaluation of Jack Dorsey's first tweet, Lululemon’s membership program, the stranger than fiction tale of Worldcoin, the Shanghai lockdown, creative AI and NIO’s battery as a service model.

The 'basics of Web3' document Laurence is referring to, can be found here: www.nexxworks.com/blog/web3-for-dummies

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Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss Pascal's brand new book "Can we trust China?", the Russo-Ukrainian War, the evolving world order, the top visits from our LA Customer Experience Tour (SpaceX/Starlink, Snap Inc., KCC & Everytable), the back to the office trend, gamification, Pinduoduo, the metaverse, AR and Rik Vera's new book 'The guide to the Ecosystem Economy'. Enjoy!

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Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss ESG standards and ratings, the Super Bowl ads, Walmart entering the metaverse, an electric highway in Detroit, the world expo in Dubai, China supporting Russia in the Ukraine expansion, the four day work week, the Great Resignation and a new international sourcing platform for semiconductors.

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Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen and Pascal Coppens talk about Meta looking into NFT, DAO and blockchain expansion, Alibaba's DingTalk AR glasses, Best Buy launching an in-house media company, supermarket chain Jumbo's partnership with fast grocery delivery service Gorillas, the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes trial, John Deere’s new fully self-driving tractor & the common prosperity trend in China. 

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In this special End of Year episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Laurence Van Elegem discuss what they believe are important trends for the coming years: Web 3.0, DAOs, Central bank digital currencies (CBDC), NFTs, metaverse commerce, affective technology as well as sustainability as a force of disruption and innovation.

They also answered some listener questions (send in yours at [email protected] if you have any) about the Chinese crackdown, carbon emissions, the API strategy of companies and what the Radar crew members would do if they were the next Prime Minister of Belgium.

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Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem talk about Amazon manipulating search results to push its own brands, Patagonia launching a brand of wines, China's energy crisis, scenario planning and hedge fund Third Point asking Shell to split into multiple companies. The Radar crew also answers listener questions about ethics, Facebook’s rebranding, Best Buy launching into healthcare, privacy, Solid, the hybrid way of working and the disconnect between employers and employees when it comes to employee exits.

Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem talk about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation investing in online supermarket Picnic, Walgreens rolling out a bank account, Evergrande Real Estate Group's 'Lehman moment', sustainable metropolis Telosa, cancel culture in China, Wall Street Journal's Facebook Files, Facebook glasses, Uber's possible profit and the war for talent.

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Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos talk about Elon Musk’s humanoid robot, the 600 million dollar Polynetwork heist, how Amazon is now bigger than Walmart, the technology crackdown from Beijing, the US (IBM) and Japan working together on quantum computing to counter China's masterplan in the matter, NFTs, back to the office madness, rules and systems regarding vaccinations and Facebook’s metaverse for work, Horizon Workrooms.

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