This episode’s unusually well informed guest is Satoshi Takano.

Satoshi has had a very diverse career spanning high tech, education, sales, athlete coaching and healthcare.

Satoshi helped Hitachi Canada prepare for Y2K. At Verizon, he designed and implemented enterprise connectivity solutions. Later, at Bell Canada he focused on sales and marketing.

Satoshi led Cisco’s integration of Broadsoft, a cloud collaboration company that Cisco acquired.

Today, Satoshi’s LinkedIn lists five roles that he holds simultaneously. He is a man with many irons in the fire!

Satoshi is an agility instructor to NHL players, a leadership professor at Humber College’s School of Applied Technology, a business and career coach and co-founder of the Genus Pelino/Gordie Howe Research Institute.

Satoshi and I discuss work he is doing to help NHL players develop blistering reflexes, the role of imaging in healthcare, the advice he gives his students to propel them to success as leaders and entrepreneurs, and the impact of automation and COVID on retail, transportation and offices.

References

"Low Hanging Fruit" is for Farms, not Your Business

Liz Specht on The Future of Food, Alternative Meats

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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/

Guest: Satoshi Takano

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Consequences by Nihilore

This episode’s unusually well informed guest is Evan Leibovitch.

The world is increasingly shaped by exponentially more powerful technologies. Evan and I discuss the many ways that open technology and policy can harness those technologies for a world that is both abundant and just.

Evan has experience in governance, communications strategy, relationship building and policy development. He has built and grown organizations which have promoted the sharing society through open source, open access, open standards, open government and other initiatives. Evan’s work has promoted consumer rights and improved Internet governance.

Evan’s diverse career has taken him around the world. Working for the UN he led a program that provides Internet access to refugees.

References

Linux and UN Refugee Agency with Evan Leibovitch

How Signal Protects Privacy & Makes Money Staying Free

Here’s what GitHub developers really think about Microsoft’s acquisition

Vodafone foundation "classroom in a box"

Internet.org (formerly "Free Basics") by Facebook

Why Linux is Like Pizza (ZDNet, 2001)

The Prides and Perils of Open Source Diplomacy

Google versus Australia

Algorithms versus openness

Tecno Mobile (the brand of cheap smartphone Evan bought at the refugee camp)

Dadaab Refugee Complex (the world's second largest, near the Somali border)

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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Evan Leibovitch

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For today’s episode I am joined by returning guest Adam Trent.

Adam and I discuss the automation of work and its impact on our finances and emotional wellbeing. Will the world need for labour run out thanks to automation? What will happen to our dignity and wealth if the cost of labour goes to zero? Are governments and central banks making things worse or better?  Should I move to Mexico or invest in bitcoin?

References

A World Without Work

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/world-without-work/395294/

All We Want For Christmas Is A Four Day Work Week

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rajeebdey/2020/12/22/all-we-want-for-christmas-is-a-four-day-work-week/?sh=5232fb484b52

COVID-19 is Accelerating the Rise of the Digital Economy

https://www.bdo.com/insights/business-financial-advisory/strategy,-tech…logy-transformation/covid-19-is-accelerating-the-rise-of-the-digital-e

The Price Of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth

https://www.amazon.ca/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+cost+of+tomorrow&qid=1611519107&sr=8-3

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/

https://designthinkingtoronto.com

Guest: Adam Trent

https://www.linkedin.com/in/attrent/

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https://www.nuance.com/

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Consequences by Nihilore

https://youtu.be/BaWaucm-ewc

For today’s episode I am joined by Anton Wong. Anton is a videographer who helps businesses produce video content to strengthen their brand and help their consumers.

Anton and I examine the innovation and growth in monetization tools for video creators, including Stir, Patreon, and Teespring.

References

Creator-Focused Startup ‘Stir’ Raises $4 Million From Casey Neistat, YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley, Others

https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/10/20/stir-raises-4-million-casey-neistat-chad-hurley-others/

Patreon Raises $90 Million in Financing, Creator-Membership Platform Worth $1.2 Billion

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/patreon-raises-90-million-funding-valuation-1234756351/

Teespring is offering creators the ability to sell digital merchandise like filters

https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/14/21516499/teespring-digital-merchandise-creators-filters-planners-ebooks-keyboards

Stories That Stick by Kinda Hall

https://www.amazon.ca/Stories-That-Stick-Storytelling-Captivate/dp/140021193X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stories+that+stick&qid=1611432965&sr=8-1

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/

https://designthinkingtoronto.com

Guest: Anton Wong

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anton-wong

https://antonwong.com

https://youtube/antonwongvideo

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https://www.nuance.com/

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Consequences by Nihilore

https://youtu.be/BaWaucm-ewc

For today’s episode I am joined by my friend Nicole Arsenault. Nicole is a passionate advocate of the circular economy and is the Sustainability Program Director at York University. Nicole and I are examining the challenges and opportunities of the circular economy.

References

https://www.fastcompany.com/90342864/rethinking-the-cardboard-box-has-never-been-more-important-just-ask-amazon-and-target

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Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Nicole Arsenault

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This episode examines the following articles and considers their implications to future technology and innovation.

Silicon Valley Is Quietly Building Its Own Wall Street

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Credits

Guest: Adam Trent

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Welcome to the Unusually Well Informed podcast. I am your host, Tim Hampton.

This is a brief episode - just me and a microphone. My goal is to introduce you to the themes of this show.

The show began primarily as an opportunity for me to gather the most interesting people I know and learn more about their passions and projects.

Always in motion is the future, said Yoda. I believe this is particularly true today.

Exponential changes in technology - automation - artificial intelligence - biotechnology - computing and connectivity - will create opportunities and side effects.

As citizens and consumers - as leaders and entrepreneurs - we will shape and be shaped by these changes.

Some episodes will be about how to identify and execute on that trillion dollar idea. Where do great ideas come from? How do we build on these ideas? How do we know when to pivot and when to persevere?

Other episodes will be about how we as citizens can shape a world dominated by private enterprise. Can we embrace the material abundance that technology offers without compromising our sense of purpose and community, our liberty, our privacy or our environment?

My conviction is that yes we can.

I hope you will join me to hear from experts in their field as we explore the future and our place in it. If you have a show idea, or know someone who would be an ideal guest, please email me at [email protected].

Stay tuned to the end to listen to the theme music for the show played in its entirety. I think it’s an arresting piece of music by Nihilore - one of his many.

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