The Boundless Podcast

“The rare metals in the quantity and the quality that you need to produce Electric Vehicle batteries are almost exclusively produced in China. So imagine for a second, the power China will have, for any specific economical or political reason, to influence the global production of cars.”

This is a conversation with Esaú Flores. Esaú is a trusted Executive Advisor on Funding Management, Commercial Excellence and Business Strategy.

In this episode, Esaú talks about the impact that COVID-19 is having on investment, risk profiling and ESG. He explains that corporates and fund managers are entrenched in historical processes when it comes to investment strategies, how we might see a green revolution led by finance, but how electric vehicles are solving one problem and creating another.

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“If we can’t make better decisions, we're screwed. Climate change, geopolitical conflicts, war. We can train ourselves to be more compassionate already without tech. But as a transhumanist, I believe that as technology gets more powerful, it will help us become better problem solvers. Let's use this to solve the problems worth solving; like how we can be kinder and more altruistic to each other, and our planet.”

This is a conversation with Dr Martin Dinov. Martin is the CEO of Maaind, a company developing mental state feedback technology using Artificial Intelligence. He is passionate about applying science and technology for the betterment of the individuals and society.

In this episode, Martin talks about his views on transhumanism – specifically human-machine augmentation and what that could mean for our decision making abilities and problem solving approaches.

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“This is a conviction and I could be wrong, but I believe that the corporations that replace humans with AI are going to regret it. It’s a bad move. But the companies that use AI to remove monotony from smart individuals and then advance their abilities with training. Those are the companies that are going to win, and they'll progress humanity the best,”

This is a conversation with Thom Ives. To serve his passion to build things, Thom has continually sought, throughout his life, to grow his predictive modelling skills. He hopes to positively impact humanity with his creations, his implementations, and his teachings on the same.

In this episode, Thom talks about what he hopes to see happen in data science during his lifetime, and shares advice for new practitioners entering the field of AI. He explains why facial recognition AI can be so racially biased, and what politicians need to know about machine learning. Thom shares what changes he would like to see in educational approaches and why we need to teach our children about preparing data for models as early as possible.

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“I hope we can see a world more driven towards all of humanity. It doesn't make sense to have capital just generating capital. The point of cash is to deploy it to do good things. And that doesn't mean doing up houses and selling them to rich people. That means putting it to work for the people that need it the most and we don't see enough of that.”

This is a conversation with Thomas Power. Thomas is an authority in business dynamics, reporting and discussing how technologies, data, market forces, corporate strategies and investment are shaping companies and societies around the world.

In this episode, Thomas talks about the problems that emerge when we can’t trust or react fast enough to new data. He shares his thoughts on how capital needs to flow and to where and whom. In essence, he gets to the heart of what really matters and what needs to change for us to have a fairer and most inclusive future.

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In a recent interview that I did with Susanne Chishti from FinTech Circle. Susanne asked if she could turn the mic around, so to speak and asked me a couple of questions around artificial intelligence and our future. It's not normal that I share my own words on this podcast. I tend to take the opportunity to share and celebrate the words of others, but I thought I'd publish the conversation that we had, and I hope you enjoy it.

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“There's been an awful lot of attempts at mimicking the human creative process in artificial intelligence. But the replication of the creative process remains really tough. Those flicks of the synapse on the subconscious, just throwing things out, is something that is uniquely human.”

This is a conversation with Kate Baucherel. Kate is a business development and emerging technology consultant with a focus on blockchain and distributed ledger technology. She has held senior technical and financial roles in businesses across multiple sectors. Her writing includes Blockchain Hurricane: Origins, Applications and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (2020) and the SimCavalier scifi series you can find her work at www.katebaucherel.com.

In this episode, Kate takes about the hype and hope of blockchain particularly in helping to reduce losses in supply chain and the success that distributed ledger technologies have already had on reducing unnecessary insurance claims that were putting great financial stress of farmers in developing nations. We went on to talk about Artificial Intelligence and creativity and the future of jobs.

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This is a synch up conversation with Rudradeb Mitra of Omdena, Jack Lawton of Aiimi, David Troy of 410Labs and John Kamara of the Machine Learning Institute of Africa as we prepare for their talks about Using AI for Good at MKAI’s Expert Forum this Thursday 25th June 2020.

The wide-ranging discussion with these four global influencers turned to whether bottom-up business models create more positive impact than top down regulation, when it comes to good and fair use of AI.

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“When you think about discrimination, so far it has been from one person to another, the danger of AI is that it scales this up. AI solutions have such an important impact on our societies, perhaps they need be approved. Maybe we can learn something from the medical world where medicine has to be approved before it can be launched.”

This is a conversation with Susanne Chishti. Susanne is the CEO of FINTECH Circle, Europe's first Investor Network focused on fintech investments. She is also the Co-Editor of "The FINTECH Book" which has been translated into 10 languages. Her other titles, compiled with crowd wisdom include The WealthTECH Book, The InsurTECH Book, The PAYTECH Book, The LEGALTECH Book and The AI Book.

In this episode, Susanne talks about how AI could scale up discriminatory decision making in FinTech and beyond, how AI is so powerful, impactful and unexplainable that it may need medical level approval. She also tells the story of crowd sourcing the authors for the AI Book which was published in 2020 by Wiley and features a chapter by yours truly about AI and our financial future.

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“We talk about the ‘snowflake’ generation, but actually what they are is more awakened. There are many things that we can learn from younger people; how they operate and what they want to see in the business and from a business. It's not the same as 20 years ago, there's lots we can learn from them.”

This is a conversation with Yvette Lamidey. Yvette is a business growth and innovation expert. Her client work has spanned strategy, innovation, growth, efficiencies, change and implementation. She coaches and mentors board members and leadership teams to facilitate change and deliver sustainable business growth.

In this episode, Yvette talks about how we have an opportunity in business now to learn from early Quaker led companies that operated on the principals of human kindness, employee wellbeing and sharing success. An opportunity to become heart centred businesses. To still make tough choices, to have high standards and to thrive profitably in business, but making sure that at the same time, every decision is connected to the heart and carried out with kindness.

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“’We attracted some criticism for allowing cameras in when visitors were banned from visiting the hospital. And I entirely understand people's reactions and concerns, but it was about getting across to people the very serious messages of what was going on. And from the feedback I received, I think the decision was absolutely vindicated. It gave a very human side of what was going on at the hospital. That transparency and open culture is, to me, absolutely essential.”

This is a conversation with Simon Lloyd. Simon has a background in law and previously worked as the Chief People Officer for Santander UK, He leads the Board of Directors and Council of Governors in developing Milton Keynes University Hospital as a world-class health facility.

In this episode, Simon talks about the experiences of being the Chairman of a major UK hospital going through the Covid-19 pandemic. How people pulled together under strong executive leadership, what technology they used and what challenges lie ahead.

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