Real People, With Jason Dunstone - Consumer Insights, Market Research, Customers, Design Thinking and More

From growing up as an active outdoors obsessed young girl with a big imagination and a note book of business ideas, Kristi Zuhlke has launched and exited successful start-ups and is now the CEO and Founder of Knowledge Hound, a global tech company working with brands as diverse as Spotify, lyft, Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool.

Kristi is passionate about the role of data to help the world better understand people, and how decision makers can better make sense of the huge volume of data available to them.

We go for a wonderful journey from Kristi's willingness to embrace thinking different as a child into adulthood, to her insight from sitting down in the lounge rooms of people in developing countries and that 'happy means different things to different cultures,' from the joys and lessons from raising $5 Million and successfully launching and growing Knowledge Hound, to what makes the US, Australia and Europe culturally similar and different, and how Kristi finds zen in an ever uncertain world. And much, much more!

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeople

Connect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=en

Send Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/

Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/

Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

From growing up as an active outdoors obsessed young girl with a big imagination and a note book of business ideas, Kristi Zuhlke has launched and exited successful start-ups and is now the CEO and Founder of Knowledge Hound, a global tech company working with brands as diverse as Spotify, lyft, Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool.

Kristi is passionate about the role of data to help the world better understand people, and how decision makers can better make sense of the huge volume of data available to them.

We go for a wonderful journey from Kristi's willingness to embrace thinking different as a child into adulthood, to her insight from sitting down in the lounge rooms of people in developing countries and that 'happy means different things to different cultures,' from the joys and lessons from raising $5 Million and successfully launching and growing Knowledge Hound, to what makes the US, Australia and Europe culturally similar and different, and how Kristi finds zen in an ever uncertain world. And much, much more!

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeopleConnect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=enSend Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

From growing up as an active outdoors obsessed young girl with a big imagination and a note book of business ideas, Kristi Zuhlke has launched and exited successful start-ups and is now the CEO and Founder of Knowledge Hound, a global tech company working with brands as diverse as Spotify, lyft, Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool.

Kristi is passionate about the role of data to help the world better understand people, and how decision makers can better make sense of the huge volume of data available to them.

We go for a wonderful journey from Kristi's willingness to embrace thinking different as a child into adulthood, to her insight from sitting down in the lounge rooms of people in developing countries and that 'happy means different things to different cultures,' from the joys and lessons from raising $5 Million and successfully launching and growing Knowledge Hound, to what makes the US, Australia and Europe culturally similar and different, and how Kristi finds zen in an ever uncertain world. And much, much more!

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeopleConnect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=enSend Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

Dr Phillip Alvelda, artificial intelligence innovator, technologist and educator, joins us from Washington DC.

We joined Dr Alvelda during Hybrid World Adelaide, just after his mind boggling 60 minute deep dive into Artificial Intelligence. Please stay tuned following my interview with Dr Alvelda in today's episode for a fascinating 20 minute slice of his talk about the amazing world of AI.

Dr. Alvelda is the founding CEO of Cortical.ai, a U.S. based developer of anthropomorphic AI and machine learning tools, digital twins, and synthetic personalities.

We discussed Dr Alvelda's start as a funny Argentinian kid, inspired by man first landing on the moon, and seeded by a childhood of microscopes, models of computers, electronics kits, a Lego obsession, and not getting discouraged by how science was taught at his school. This ignited an positive university experience and love of experimentation, and a career driving technological discovery, including travelling through AI winters and more buoyant times, as the support and technology started to catch up with the dream.

Dr Alvelda has worked in areas from incorporating technology into our brains to communicate with each other, to developing AI to be more human, understanding context and learning from memories. How do we allow robots to be more human? And, from the work Dr Alvelda and his associates are doing the question is not if but when!

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeople

Connect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=en

Send Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/

Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/

Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

Dr Phillip Alvelda, artificial intelligence innovator, technologist and educator, joins us from Washington DC.

I joined Dr Alvelda during Hybrid World Adelaide, just after his mind boggling 60 minute deep dive into Artificial Intelligence. Please stay tuned following my interview with Dr Alvelda in today's episode for a fascinating 20 minute slice of his talk about the amazing world of AI.

Dr. Alvelda is the founding CEO of Cortical.ai, a U.S. based developer of anthropomorphic AI and machine learning tools, digital twins, and synthetic personalities.

We discussed Dr Alvelda's start as a funny Argentinian kid, inspired by man first landing on the moon, and seeded by a childhood of microscopes, models of computers, electronics kits, a Lego obsession, and not getting discouraged by how science was taught at his school. This ignited an positive university experience and love of experimentation, and a career driving technological discovery, including travelling through AI winters and more buoyant times, as the support and technology started to catch up with the dream.

Dr Alvelda has worked in areas from incorporating technology into our brains to communicate with each other, to developing AI to be more human, understanding context and learning from memories. How do we allow robots to be more human? And, from the work Dr Alvelda and his associates are doing the question is not if but when!

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeopleConnect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=enSend Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

In this episode we sit down with polar explorer, speaker, film maker and environmental scientist Tim Jarvis.

A very 'cool' interview in many ways that is likely hard to not be inspire one to fulfil the dreams we had as a child to explore the unchartered and to live a life worth living, even if it all seems scary.

Tim's latest focus project is 25zero - please click here https://www.25zero.com/ for more! As it says on the web site ...

"25 mountains at the equator had a glacier at the time of the UNFCCC treaty in 1992. Most of them will be melted completely away within 25 years. This is our last chance to tell their stories."

In today's interview we hear about how Tim's 'explorer club' as a young boy has guided his conquering of Antarctica, including replicating Sir Douglas Mawson's and Sir Ernest Shackleton's historic Antarctic expeditions, and a further record breaking Antarctic crossing in 1999.

Tim is Author of multiple books including Shackleton's Epic (I have read and highly recommend) and Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica.

We go on a fascinating journey from what goes into preparing for such monumental expeditions, how to build a team that's got what it takes, knowing your limits, how it is everyone's responsibility to help save Antarctica and much, much more.

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeople

Connect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=en

Send Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/

Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/

Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

In this episode we sit down with polar explorer, speaker, film maker and environmental scientist Tim Jarvis.

A very 'cool' interview in many ways that is likely hard to not be inspire one to fulfil the dreams we had as a child to explore the unchartered and to live a life worth living, even if it all seems scary.

Tim's latest focus project is 25zero - please click here https://www.25zero.com/ for more! As it says on the web site ...

"25 mountains at the equator had a glacier at the time of the UNFCCC treaty in 1992. Most of them will be melted completely away within 25 years. This is our last chance to tell their stories."

In today's interview we hear about how Tim's 'explorer club' as a young boy has guided his conquering of Antarctica, including replicating Sir Douglas Mawson's and Sir Ernest Shackleton's historic Antarctic expeditions, and a further record breaking Antarctic crossing in 1999.

Tim is Author of multiple books including Shackleton's Epic (I have read and highly recommend) and Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica.

We go on a fascinating journey from what goes into preparing for such monumental expeditions, how to build a team that's got what it takes, knowing your limits, how it is everyone's responsibility to help save Antarctica and much, much more.

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeopleConnect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=enSend Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

In this episode we sit down with polar explorer, speaker, film maker and environmental scientist Tim Jarvis.

A very ‘cool’ interview in many ways that is likely hard to not be inspire one to fulfil the dreams we had as a child to explore the unchartered and to live a life worth living, even if it all seems scary.

Tim’s latest focus project is 25zero – please click here https://www.25zero.com/ for more! As it says on the web site …

“25 mountains at the equator had a glacier at the time of the UNFCCC treaty in 1992. Most of them will be melted completely away within 25 years. This is our last chance to tell their stories.”

In today’s interview we hear about how Tim’s ‘explorer club’ as a young boy has guided his conquering of Antarctica, including replicating Sir Douglas Mawson’s and Sir Ernest Shackleton’s historic Antarctic expeditions, and a further record breaking Antarctic crossing in 1999.

Tim is Author of multiple books including Shackleton’s Epic (I have read and highly recommend) and Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica.

We go on a fascinating journey from what goes into preparing for such monumental expeditions, how to build a team that’s got what it takes, knowing your limits, how it is everyone’s responsibility to help save Antarctica and much, much more.

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeopleConnect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=enSend Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

Today we meet with Michael O'Brien on the country of Kaurna people.

We recognise Kaurna as the Traditional Owner and Custodians of the Adelaide Plains.

We recognise the significance for Kaurna people and of their cultural and spiritual relationship with the land, sea, waterways and sky, cultural heritage and beliefs.

The acknowledgement is of continuing importance to Kaurna people living today.

Thank you to Mickey for the welcome to Kaurna country to start this episode.

Mickey is a spokesperson, trainer and leader of the Kaurna people, and a passionate advocate for Aboriginal culture, language and history.

Today Mickey shares is story from a young boy as the sixth born male in his family, with a younger sister, to priorities for the future locally and globally.

We have a fascinating discussion about generally forgotten Aboriginal history, and the importance of community and giving back to support a positive future.

Real People is focused on understanding people and cultural differences, and it was great to gain some insights into the world's oldest living population on earth.

We discussed the importance of persevering and educating the history of Aboriginal people, its language and values for future generations. And, that a strong community doesn't just look after the needs of the majority, but also the minority and vulnerable.

Aboriginal people continue to have a low life expectancy and are significantly over-represented in many areas illustrating worrying socio-economic gaps.

We discuss what we can learn from Aboriginal people including connection to land, sea, waterways and sky, and the importance of only taking what we need and investing in the future.

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeople

Connect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=en

Send Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/

Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/

Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

Today we meet with Michael O’Brien on the country of Kaurna people.

We recognise Kaurna as the Traditional Owner and Custodians of the Adelaide Plains.

We recognise the significance for Kaurna people and of their cultural and spiritual relationship with the land, sea, waterways and sky, cultural heritage and beliefs.

The acknowledgement is of continuing importance to Kaurna people living today.

Thank you to Mickey for the welcome to Kaurna country to start this episode.

Mickey is a spokesperson, trainer and leader of the Kaurna people, and a passionate advocate for Aboriginal culture, language and history.

Today Mickey shares is story from a young boy as the sixth born male in his family, with a younger sister, to priorities for the future locally and globally.

We have a fascinating discussion about generally forgotten Aboriginal history, and the importance of community and giving back to support a positive future.

Real People is focused on understanding people and cultural differences, and it was great to gain some insights into the world’s oldest living population on earth.

We discussed the importance of persevering and educating the history of Aboriginal people, its language and values for future generations. And, that a strong community doesn’t just look after the needs of the majority, but also the minority and vulnerable.

Aboriginal people continue to have a low life expectancy and are significantly over-represented in many areas illustrating worrying socio-economic gaps.

We discuss what we can learn from Aboriginal people including connection to land, sea, waterways and sky, and the importance of only taking what we need and investing in the future.

Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player.

Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.

Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeopleConnect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=enSend Jason an email - [email protected] Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/