The Rodcast

Jon O'Keefe is an actual Jedi.  He's the Technology Education Jedi at Logical Operations.  Working with thousands of technology training centers around the United States, Jon has a unique perspective on current and future job displacement due to automation and artificial intelligence.  Jon's clearly a data guy. And given the data, he sees the best solution as helping others train for a new career as a data analyst or data scientist. Of course, learning the skills required for data analysis or data science work doesn't just benefit those being displaced from their current work.  It also benefits everyone as the trend toward data driven decisions accelerates into the 2020s.  Join Jedi Jon and I as we discuss the future of data and the exponentially growing need for data science workers!

Brad Powell is a business coach and videographer who teaches entrepreneurs how easy it is to create engaging video campaigns with just a smartphone and good storytelling. Brad inspires entrepreneurs to find everyday moments that make great marketing and he’s dedicated to helping small businesses get over the limiting belief that video marketing is too daunting and time consuming.

Daniel Faggella is CEO and Founder of Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research.

Called upon by organizations like the World Bank, the United Nations, INTERPOL, and global pharmaceutical and banking companies, Daniel helps business and government leaders navigate the competitive landscape of AI capabilities, and build strategies that win.

Daniel is of the belief that the most important ethical consideration of the coming thirty years will be the creation or expansion of sentience and intelligence in technology. Emerj is intended first as a vehicle to proliferate an open-minded conversation about the implications and applications of AI. The business model came later, purpose was, and is, first (see “the cause“).

At entrepreneur since the age of 20, Daniel has founded and sold two previous companies (a martial arts academy he started to pay for grad school, and an Inc5000 eCommerce business) in order to gather the funds needed to focus fully on Emerj.

Daniel is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, winning the title of 2011 national champion (IBJJF Pan America Games).

Daniel graduated with a masters degree in Positive Psychology, focusing his thesis research on the science of skill development.

Daniel’s writing about the business and moral implications of AI and emerging technologies have been featured in publications such as: TechCrunch, Boston Business Journal, VentureBeat, Xconomy, VICE Motherboard, the World Economic Forum, PEW Research and more.

Daniel has spoken about AI and neurotech at some of the world’s top universities (Standford, MIT, Harvard, others), and has been asked to speak or join panel discussions at events such as AI World, AI Applications Summit, GSMA Mobile World Congress, and more.

Han Phay walks us through the story of Luminaire from concept to company. Learn the lessons Han has learned from his journey founding his AI Digital Ad company, Luminaire.

Join Stephanie Yarbrough as she shares her path to discovering her definition of success.  "Life is just too short.  Don't make your company something that drives you into the ground." Freedom and flexibility with hard work and challenges are the goal.

In this episode, Grant Humphreys - founder of the town Carlton Landing near Eufaula, Oklahoma - discusses his views on success.

In this episode on success, I sit down with my long time friend Todd Vinson.  Todd and his family founded Willow Springs Boys Ranch over 20 years ago near Chandler Oklahoma.  Then six years ago, Todd began roasting coffee in his garage.  Today, he's transitioned the Eôté Coffee Roastery and his passion for helping people closer to downtown Oklahoma City.  Even though after 20 years of helping people things look a little different, the mission hasn't changed.  Appreciation motivates people.  Hear Todd's story as he explains his definition of success and how it's changed from his youth to now being in his fifties.

Bruce Kasanoff shares his definition of success along with several other nuggets of wisdom in this episodes of The Rodcast.