The Human Factor

By Inc. Magazine

A dive into the messy, imperfect and all-too-human side of today’s leading business stories, inspired by the real-life, behind-the-scenes stories of struggle, innovation, creativity, resilience and ul... more

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How many episodes does The Human Factor have?

The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

The Human Factor episodes:

April 09, 2024 Savvy Ways to Secure Funding
Whether you’re crowdfunding, getting a bank loan, or seeking venture capital, you need to be able to pitch yourself and your business successfully. Today's episode features some of the biggest lessons learned from the founder of clean fragrance brand MOODEAUX, who has secured funding in an incredibly challenging market.
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54min
July 06, 2023 Computer Freaks - Chapter Four: The French Connection
Louis Pouzin is a French academic who some experts say really invented the Arpanet. But is that true, and should any one person be given all the credit?
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42min
June 29, 2023 Computer Freaks - Chapter Three: Let's Have a Ball
It’s the 1970s and both the government and academia are doing everything they can to spread the word of the Arpanet. But as the Arpanet gains popularity everywhere after its 1972 coming-out ball in Washington, D.C., through its new phone book, it also faces detractors who don’t want it to be available to all.
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37min
June 22, 2023 Computer Freaks - Chapter Two: In the Air
Many historians say the Arpanet (and ultimately the internet) was born on October 29, 1969. But is that really when the Arpanet began, and who should be given credit for this key moment in internet history?
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44min
June 15, 2023 Introducing 'Computer Freaks' - Chapter One: The Dollhouse
After World War II, the U.S. had to change the way it communicated if it was going to keep up with the Soviets in the Cold War, especially once Sputnik was launched. It was the vision of a Missouri boy called Lick that would solve those communication issues and spark the creation of the internet.
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38min
May 04, 2023 Inc. Magazine Presents: Computer Freaks
This is the untold history of how the internet almost didn’t happen. It’s an ode to fathers and daughters. And it’s a tale about the origins of the man-computer symbiosis that’s still profoundly relevant to our society today.
Host Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, an editor-at-large at Inc., is a James Beard Award-winning journalist who has worked for NBC News as well as three of the nation’s largest newspapers, and who created the Emmy-nominated Netflix series Rotten. Dare-Bryan’s connection to the story is deeply personal—her father, Joseph Haughney, was one of the internet’s founding fathers.
By looking to the past, Computer Freaks dives into modern debates: Could we have prevented online harm from the start? What is the balance between free speech and online content moderation? How much human work should be delegated to technology and A.I.? And what direction should this growing labyrinthine network of computers take?
Computer Freaks tells the dramatic, untold history of the internet straight from the mouths of its pioneering inventors: Len Kleinrock, Robert Kahn, Charley Kline, Steve Crocker, Vinton Cerf, and Bob Metcalfe, among many others. Exclusive interviews uncover hidden stories found nowhere else about the Arpanet, online harm, hacking, authentication, cybersecurity, Ethernet, TCP IP, packet switching, queuing theory, and the early contributions of women in tech.
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2min
December 28, 2021 The Human Factor: Dorie Clark, author and executive education professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business
In this week's lastest Human Factor, Eric talks to Dorie Clark. She is a professional speaker, a professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and author of The Long Game: How to be a Longer-Term Thinker in A Short-Term World.

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38min
December 21, 2021 The Human Factor: Gillian Tett, author and journalist at the Financial Times
In this flashback episode of the Human Factor, Eric talked to British author and journalist at the Financial Times, Gillian Tett. She spoke to Eric about her insight on Donald Trump and Brexit through her knowledge in Social Anthropology.
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40min
December 14, 2021 The Human Factor: Dr. Robin Berzin, Founder and CEO of Parsley Health
Today on The Human Factor, Eric talks to Robin Berzin MD., Founder and CEO of holistic healthcare membership company, Parsley Health.
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39min
December 07, 2021 The Human Factor: Charles Whitaker, Dean + Professor at Northwestern University Medill
Over the summer, Eric sat down to have a conversation with the first African American dean to run Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University, Charles Whitaker. In this episode, the professor shares his thoughts on the strides he's been taking towards diversifying the industry of journalism.
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33min

FAQs about The Human Factor:

How many episodes does The Human Factor have?

The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.