Fast Forward: the Post-Pandemic Innovation Podcast

Charlie shares her hot picks of 30 films (out of over 150) to watch at this year’s Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival taking place September 20-25 (virtually and online).  If you missed the festival, fret not. The movies (which are all independent and, primarily, short films) will likely still be available online, if not on the festival site then elsewhere. There’s some great picks here with something for everyone. As a way of exploring the narratives around accelerating emerging technologies, we’ve produced several scifi themed events including What Sci-Fi Movies Can Teach Us About Socially Responsible Innovation, The Future of Human/Robot Relationships & Conflicts with Dan Chen – a Screening of Automataand, and Using Science Fiction to Predict the Future Impact of Emerging Technologies. These have been some of our most popular events. Here’s her blog post with complete list of 30 films:  http://bit.ly/top30scifi

In this episode, Charlie has a happy reunion with Erik Martin (Chief Community Officer at Teal, a membership platform to help enable meaningful careers) . Charlie last interviewed Erik 10 years ago for a viral media Meetup in NY. Clearly, a lot has changed since then! Erik is a true innovator in community building in tech. He has spent the past decade building and cultivating some of the most successful communities in business. In addition to leading teams at Nike,  Depop, Airtime, & WeWork, Erik was General Manager at Reddit and the company’s fifth employee.  Charlie and Erik shoot the breeze about the mindblowing changes in in tech over the past ten years and how we will build communities in the post-COVID era. Topics they discuss include: how emerging technologies are changing how we define and cultivate communities; how children are building communities today differently than prior generations (online, etc.); the challenges of managing a community in a society that is becoming increasingly splintered; how our assumptions and beliefs about who we are and what we are becoming are changing through new community models; new models of community building and engagement; the ethics of building communities on platforms owned by big companies; how companies can build engaging communities responsibly; why smaller communities are becoming the preferred model over larger, hard-to-manage communities. ABOUT ERIK MARTIN Erik Martin is a community management expert who has led teams at Nike, reddit, Depop, Airtime, & WeWork. He’s currently the Chief Community Officer at Teal, a membership platform to help enable meaningful careers. Prior to Teal, he was a Lead Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Nike. Erik was the longtime General Manager at reddit and the company’s 5th employee. As noted in the recent book about reddit, We Are The Nerds, “Martin was the company’s first nontechnical leader and managed to create a cohesive group and grow it into a strong if scrappy creative force…Martin quickly became an empowering boss. In the eyes of his employees, he was honest, compassionate, and creative. He encouraged employees to explore new concepts by giving them tools to learn, and then challenging them to produce something that would benefit the site or its community.” He’s been named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time Magazine and a top 50 innovator by Adweek. In a profile, The Washington Post said this about Erik, “It can’t be understated how poorly Martin fits the start-up culture stereotypes: the extravagance, the arrogance. He’s not overtly extroverted or introverted; he’s a quietish, funny, normal dude.” Before his internet addiction fully took hold, he worked as an aspiring documentary filmmaker, and then transitioned to marketing documentary and independent films. Erik was born in Switzerland, grew up in Chapel Hill, NC, and lives in Portland, OR. CONNECT WITH ERIK: Twitter: @hueypriest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmartin/   REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: http://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

On this episode, Charlie crowns Greg Kihlström “King of Agile” and with good reason! Greg (founder of The Agile World where he consults, writes and hosts a podcast) has spent the past several years helping companies to incorporate agility into their digital transformation strategies and also advising on customer and employee experience. He has written several books on how companies can become more agile including: The Agile Workforce (2021), Center of Experience (2020), The Agile Consumer (2019), Digital Delight, 2nd edition (2019), The Agile Brand (2018), Ever Seeking (2018), The Agile Web (2016).  Greg and Charlie discuss what it means to be agile during and post-pandemic, how companies should navigate bringing employees back to the office in a way that optimizes employee experience, and how the pandemic is forcing companies to innovate in ways they never imagined before the pandemic (and why that’s great but also challenging).  ABOUT GREG   Greg is a best selling author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has worked with some of the world’s leading organizations on customer experience, employee experience, and digital transformation initiatives, both before and after selling his award-winning digital experience agency, Carousel30, in 2017.  He has worked with some of the world’s top brands, including AOL, Choice Hotels, Coca-Cola, Dell, FedEx, GEICO, Marriott, MTV, Starbucks, Toyota and VMware. He currently serves on the University of Richmond’s Customer Experience Advisory Board, was the founding Chair of the American Advertising Federation’s National Innovation Committee, and served on the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Marketing Mentorship Advisory Board.  Greg is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certified, and holds a certification in Business Agility from ICP-BAF. Greg’s newest book, The Agile Workforce (2021) explores the current and future state of the workforce and envisions a world where individuals thrive in a new world of work opportunities enabled by technology, decentralization, and a shift in the power dynamics between employers and employees. His previous book, The Center of Experience (2020) talks about how customer and employee experience can be operationalized into a cohesive brand experience. Greg was named a 2018 50 on Fire winner from DC Inno as one of DC’s trendsetters in Marketing. He is a regular contributing writer to Forbes, and has been featured in publications such as Advertising Age, SmartCEO, Website Magazine, and The Washington Post. He’s participated as a keynote speaker, panelist and moderator at industry events around the world. CONNECT WITH GREG: Website: https://www.theagile.world/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snyderjen/ The Agile World Podcast:  https://bit.ly/3yeAZWh His Books: https://www.theagile.world/writing  Twitter: @gregkihlstrom REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: http://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

This week, Charlie makes a strong case for why anyone who is interested in technology innovation should be following GovTech closely and consistently. According to new research, thanks to the pandemic governments (federal, state and local) are out-innovating the private sector in many areas. Could this be the dawn of a new era in government innovation? You betcha! Joining the Charlie to explore how government agencies are adapting to innovating at the speed of light (and why private companies will be stealing tech talent from government agencies) is Jennifer Snyder (Chief Evanglist at GovQA).  CONNECT WITH JENNIFER: Twitter:  @jensnyder05 GovQA Website: https://www.govqa.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snyderjen/ LINKS TO GOVTECH RESOURCES: Charlie’s favorite govtech podcast, Federal Drive: https://bit.ly/3hhzsYK GovTech News: https://www.govtech.com/news FedScoop: https://www.fedscoop.com/ Federal News Podcast:  https://bit.ly/3ycfRQK NextGov Tech News: https://www.nextgov.com/ REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: http://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

It’s a bit of a reunion on this episode as AI Ethicist and cohost of Let’s Chat Ethics podcast, Oriana Meldicott, who taught a workshop at Tech 2025 two years ago, reconnects with Charlie to discuss all things AI ethics. After much laughter and reminiscing, Charlie and Oriana delve into the thorny, controversial issues surrounding AI ethics today and in the future (especially with the next generations). ABOUT ORIANA Oriana Medlicott is a writer, researcher and consultant in AI Ethics. Passionate about the future of technology, philosophy and art; she believes ethics should be a critical focal point in the design, development and deployment of new technologies. Oriana is part of the research team of the Z-Inspection project started by Roberto V. Zicari at Goethe University and sits on the advisory board for the AI Ethics Journal at the University of California. Oriana graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a Masters in Philosophy, her thesis focused on the effects of Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence on Human Nature. She is currently enrolled in CodeOp Data Analytics bootcamp to develop her technical skills. CONNECT WITH ORIANA: Let’s Chat Ethics podcast: linkedin.com/in/oriana-medlicott LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oriana-medlicott/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/orianajanem    LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED: Episode of Let’s Chat Ethics Podcast featuring Charlie:  https://spoti.fi/3x8TM4Q  All Tech is Human: https://alltechishuman.org Event: Jobs of the Future – If Software Is Eating the World, Who’s Going to Feed the Beast? (June 24): https://bit.ly/nocodejobs REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: http://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicated Charlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

Joining the podcast this week is Paul Spiers (Founder, The New P&L Brand Purpose Institute and host of The New P&L business podcast series). Charlie and Paul delve deep into the waters of what it means to be a substantive and effective business leader today, that can lead organizations into the future post-pandemic. You definitely don't want to miss this one. Paul has some fascinating insights and advice! CONNECT WITH PAUL: Website: https://www.principlesandleadership.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulspiers/YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBnswAM2tQB05Ly98g_a03w LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED: Episode of P&L Podcast featuring Charlie:  https://spoti.fi/3vZYIJ6 Event: Citizen Development at Work – Upskilling Employees and Transforming Enterprises (June 10):  https://bit.ly/3fPvdE5 Event: Jobs of the Future – If Software Is Eating the World, Who’s Going to Feed the Beast? (June 24): https://bit.ly/nocodejobs REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: http://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

In this special second episode in our series on next-gen innovators, Charlie chats with Anya Berlova. Anya Berlova is a student at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder and an entrepreneur who launched her social cause startup in her freshman year of college. Her startup focuses on combatting bullying in a creative and technology-driven way. To support the development of the technology and to further raise awareness for the mission, she launched a fashion label, Anya Berlova Designs. Anya started her brand because she had a mission: to combat bullying and encourage people to show their uniqueness and unique selves. She believes that one of the keys to a bullying-free society is for every person to build confidence around their individuality and not succumb to any fear surrounding the expression of who they are. She hopes to inspire YOU to #ShowYourUnique! Charlie and Anya discuss: her passion for innovation and what drove her to launch a social cause startup on anti-bullying; how the pandemic has changed school life and what the long-term impact will likely be to higher education; why she sees a silver "digital" lining in the pandemic; why communication and data privacy is of particular interest to her when thinking about the post-pandemic future   CONNECT WITH ANYA: Website: https://anyaberlova.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anya-berlova/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/anyaberlovaofficial/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/anyaberlovaofficial/ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3a64JLK REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

In this special episode (one of two dedicated to next-generation innovators), Charlie welcomes young legend, Amara Leggett (19-year-old computer scientist, CEO of Dual Enrollment Company, and author of The Strategic Mind of a Young Legend). Amara’s path to success at the young age of 19 is truly exceptional. She graduated college in December of 2017 with her Associate of Science degree and high school diploma at 16 years old. Driven by ambition and experience making the impossible possible (thanks in no small part to her mother who is an entrepreneur), she soon began helping other students to define and achieve education goals by launching her own company, A Young Legend, and Dual Enrollment Company. In addition to being a sought-after public speaker where she has spoken at TEDx, corporations, and universities on everything from building a brand to Generation Z insights, Amara also authored a book, The Strategic Mind of a Young Legend. Charlie and Amara discuss: developing the next generation of innovators and why Generation Z is exceptional; why and how she decided, at the age of 13, to define her life through the lens of building a legacy; her love of emerging technology (and focus on cybersecurity and quantum cryptology), problem-solving, and how to nurture this love in young people early; the challenges of being on lockdown and graduating college in a “pandemic recession”; launching a startup offering alternative methods of energy sources; and the future, of course!  Question of the Week: How are the young people in your life who are Amara's age processing the pandemic and their role now? How has it changed how they see the future? LINKS MENTIONED DURING SHOW: Amara’s TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2inO7P1rgQI Amara’s Book:  The Strategic Mind of a Young Legend Article:  The class of 2020 was full of hope. Then the pandemic hit. Article:  Over 6 in 10 Business Leaders Have Slowed College Hiring Due to COVID-19 Article:  ‘A Slap in the Face’: The Pandemic Disrupts Young Oil CareersArticle:  The quest for quantum-proof encryption just made a leap forward Article:  Volunteerism can help solve the employee morale crisis CONNECT WITH AMARA: Website: https://www.ayounglegend.com/ LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaraleggett Email:  contact@ayounglegend.com REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

Dan Christensen (aka "Bus Driver Dan") loves his job driving a bus for TriMet bus company in Portland, Oregon, and is fiercely and unapologetically proud of his Blue Collar roots. He also embraces emerging technology and is constantly exploring new and innovative ways to use technology to tell "the stories of the now." In this episode, Charlie and Dan meet face-to-face for the first time (albeit virtually via video). As the story goes, Charlie and Dan met in social media 11 years ago after she stumbled across his popular transit blog (before most people even knew what a blog was!) where he shared stories about his life as a bus driver, highlighting the human side of the passengers who rode his bus every day. For over a decade, Dan has used emerging technologies and mixed media to tell stories that resonate with an ever-growing audience and to explore his own creativity.  He continues to experiment with immersive storytelling and is well on his way to building his "media empire about bus drivers around the world." Dan and Charlie discuss: why he's proud of blue-collar roots and what society gets wrong about blue-collar workers transit technology innovation through the years and how it has empowered him to tell human stories and grow an audience how COVID-19 has changed what it means to be an "essential worker" and how he does his job the technologies we can expect to see disrupting transportation in the next few years and which ones excite him (and which ones are "meh") FAKEovation 😏 staying connected in an increasingly disconnected world the struggle to stay true to your story and resist the temptation to create false narratives As Dan would say, "Roll easy!" LINKS MENTIONED DURING SHOW: Charlie's blog post about Dan: If Ralph Kramden Had a Blog (March 2009) Follow Dan on Twitter: @Dan_Christensen The Honeymooners Episode 11: A Promotion The Honeymooners Theme Song: You're My Greatest Love Article: Covid Wears On, Essential Workers Carry On: ‘Everybody Forgets That You’re Still on the Front Line’ Article: COVID-19 Fueled Innovation in Public Transit Solutions Resource: New York City Transit Innovation AcceleratorReddit:  Bus Driver Appreciation Reddit:  Bus drivers of Reddit, what is something you wish customers knew or would do more? Reddit:  I am a Former Pubic Transit Bus Driver - Ask Me Anything Bus Driver Forum: http://forum.bustalk.info/ REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

Part 4 of 4 interviews from our end-of-year event, The Pain and Triumphs of 2020: The Biggest Lessons We Learned This Year, where we asked guest speakers (several of our favorite people who have been part of the Tech 2025 community for years!) what their most profound lesson of 2020 was and how it changed their outlook on the future. In this episode, longtime friend of the community and advisor, Ed Maguire (Research Principal, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.) shares lessons we should take away from the experiences of people who struggled the worst last year. Ed Maguire brings more than 17 years of Wall Street experience in equity research and investment banking to his role as Insights Partner at Momenta Partners, with deep domain expertise in enterprise software.  He has proven success identifying strategic opportunities and articulating actionable insights based on rigorous analysis of technology, operations, competition and markets. Most recently he was Senior Analyst and Managing Director at CLSA Americas, LLC, covering the software industry, technology and innovation. Prior roles include CEO of strategic consultancy firm MAGNet Strategies, Director at Merrill Lynch’s technology investment banking group, Senior Director at Merrill Lynch’s equity research department, and Research Associate at CIBC World Markets. Prior to Wall Street, he was Senior Sales Manager for Twinbrook Music Distribution and worked extensively performing and recording as a professional musician. Mr. Maguire holds a B.A. in music from Columbia University and an MBA in finance and management information systems from Rutgers Business School.  He has appeared extensively in major media including CNBC, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BNN, NPR and other outlets.

Part 3 of 4 interviews from our end-of-year event, The Pain and Triumphs of 2020: The Biggest Lessons We Learned This Year, where we asked guest speakers (several of our favorite people who have been part of the Tech 2025 community for years!) what their most profound lesson of 2020 was and how it changed their outlook on the future. They gave us much food for thought! In this episode, Samara Karasyk (Chief Policy Officer & EVP, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce) shares her revelations on how the pandemic has impacted women in the workforce and the struggle to juggle everything. At the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, she oversees their policy agenda, legislative and intergovernmental affairs, marketing, and public relations. Before her work at the Chamber, Samara worked for the government of New York City for many years. She began her public service career at the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation working on workforce development and job readiness training, later moving to the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission to focus on transportation policy and constituent affairs. She then handled intergovernmental affairs at the NYC Department of Transportation. Between 2011 and 2017, Samara was Assistant Commissioner of External Affairs at the NYC Department of Finance, managing all public affairs for the organization. Samara has a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Hispanic Studies from Brown University and a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn with her family and loves living here and working with the people and businesses of this dynamic borough. Learn more about NY Small Business Resource Network: https://www.nycsmallbusinessresourcenetwork.org/

Part 2 of 4 interviews from our end-of-year event, The Pain and Triumphs of 2020: The Biggest Lessons We Learned This Year, where we asked guest speakers (several of our favorite people who have been part of the Tech 2025 community for years!) what their most profound lesson of 2020 was and how it changed their outlook on the future. They gave us much food for thought! In this episode, David Ryan Polgar (Tech Ethicist, Founder of All Tech is Human) explains how this past year has shown him things about building communities (which he specializes in) that we will continue to grapple with as we work remotely more post-pandemic. David is a pioneering tech ethicist who paved the way for the hotly-debated issues around Facebook, privacy, ethical design, digital well-being, and what it means to be human in the digital age. He is the founder of All Tech Is Human, an initiative to better align tech with the human interests of users and society, and is the co-host of Funny as Tech–a live show and podcast that tackles the thorniest issues in tech. David serves on the advisory boards for Common Sense’s Digital Citizenship Advisory Council, the non-profit #ICANHELP, and Hack Mental Health. In 2015, he co-founded the global Digital Citizenship Summit. David is currently researching the impact that “scaling intimacy” has on human relationships, and whether we are becoming botified (and less authentic) in our communications. Read The Guide to Responsible Tech (published by All Tech is Human). Listen to Charlie's interview on David's podcast: "What is the future of work? LIVE show with Charlie Oliver, Galina Ozgur & Lisa Cervenka"  . CONNECT WITH DAVID LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2uLO0rZ Twitter: @TechEthicist    REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

Part 1 of 4 interviews from our end-of-year event, The Pain and Triumphs of 2020: The Biggest Lessons We Learned This Year, where we asked guest speakers (several of our favorite people who have been part of the Tech 2025 community for years!) what their most profound lesson of 2020 was and how it changed their outlook on the future. They gave us much food for thought! In this episode, the incomparable Faith Legendre shares her big 2020 lesson. Faith has been a member of the Tech 2025 community since day one! Faith specializes in corporate and social good, benefitting both at Cisco and The Aspen Institute. And she is a self-professed “hoarder of #humansideoftech use cases of tech.” In addition to being an accomplished Strategist with 15+ years of experience working with 200+ organizations worldwide on innovative and pioneering business solutions, she is also passionate about helping people. Listen to a previous episode of the podcast where Charlie interviews Faith on corporate innovation:  https://bit.ly/ffepisode7 CONNECT WITH FAITH LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/faithlegendre/ Twitter: @FaithLegendre REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

VIEW EPISODE VIDEO HERE:  https://youtu.be/NZGfXWaGB9E With most people working from home throughout the pandemic, we're hearing from a lot of folks that the one thing they miss about working in an office is being able to casually and quickly bounce ideas off coworkers (when you used to be able to stop a coworker at the coffee machine for quick feedback!). Well, that's why we're launching this video interview series for the podcast. We have a ton of ideas and questions about what's happening in emerging tech (and we get a lot of questions from our community), so Charlie (show host), is reaching out to thought-leaders in our network to ask them for advice about an idea or hot topic. For this first Quick Question, Charlie taps manufacturing entrepreneur Rich Mokuolu (coFounder of Partsimony, ) for advice on whether people should take an intriguing new 3D entrepreneur course that she found on Kickstarter to diversify their technology upskilling and, perhaps, to create new opportunities to provide 3D printing consulting services as a freelancer. There are a ton of 3D printing courses online, but Charlie seems to think this one, in particular, is unique and wants to know if it's a good move or too good to be true. Rich is just the person to help her figure this out! View the 3D printing course they discuss HERE.  LINKS & RESOURCES --   Discover 15 Great 3D Printing Business Ideas (read more) --   3D Printing Entrepreneurship And Innovation: Behind The Scenes With XJet’s Hanan Gothait (read more) --   3D Printing Investment Going Vertical As Big Exit Looms (read more) --   How to Make 3D Printing Better (read more) --   10 3D Printing Startups To Watch Out For In 2020 (read more) CONNECT WITH RICH Website:  https://www.partsimony.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardmokuolu/ REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

We’re kicking off the Fall, pumpkin spice season with a spicy conversation between Charlie and this week’s guest, Greg Larkin (best-Selling Author, This Might Get Me Fired, faculty at Singularity University, guest lecturer, Columbia Business School, and self-professed “innovation punk”). Warning: this conversation might piss you off and get you fired! Charlie and Greg explore the boundaries of what it means to innovate within the confines of a restrictive system (like enterprise companies) and  as an outlier, renegade entrepreneur disrupting old systems (pleasure, pain and everything in between). They discuss how the pandemic will shape the next era of disruptors and why it won’t be led by the atypical founders Silicon Valley still worships (young, college-drop out kids) and why companies will bleed the next generation of disruptive entrepreneurs from within their ranks over the next 5-10 years, during the greatest transfer of wealth in human history. They touch on how their pre-Guilliani, New York City roots and Gen-X “chip on the shoulder” attitudes proved to be crucial ingredients in learning how to embrace non-conformity at an early age and how Greg used this advantage to make bold predictions (the 2008 housing market crash), build disruptive products, and help other would-be entrepreneurs to unleash their inner-badass. ‘Nuff said. Enjoy the show!   CONNECT WITH GREG Website: https://www.thisisgreglarkin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregilarkin/ Twitter: @innovationpunk Get his book This Might Get Me Fired: https://www.thisisgreglarkin.com/book Watch Greg on our “Tech News Roundtable at BraveIT”: https://bit.ly/t25newsrt REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicated Charlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

Welcome to another episode in our Friday Flashback series where we revisit awesome episodes from the past (and our first podcast) with special guest speakers who gave us such compelling food for thought, that it still resonates to this day (especially during these pandemic times!). In this flashback episode from 2018, Charlie interviews Faith Legendre (Sr. Circular Economy Solutions Strategist and Intrapreneur, Cisco Systems). Faith (whose personality embodies the definition of her name perfectly) has been an awesome member of the Tech 2025 community since we launched our very first event January 11, 2017 (Battle of the Chatbots & Conversational Interfaces in 2017). Faith specializes in corporate and social good, benefitting both at Cisco and The Aspen Institute. And she is a self-professed “hoarder of #humansideoftech use cases of tech.” In addition to being an accomplished Strategist with 15+ years of experience working with 200+ organizations worldwide on innovative and pioneering business solutions, she is also passionate about helping people. Charlie and Faith have a deep-dive conversation about the importance and impact of building communities around emerging technologies that everyone can participate in and how companies can avoid becoming “zombie organizations” in these exponentially innovative times. Faith’s unique insights and advice on how to embrace change and the future is just what we need right now (that and humility). "It’s not about what people think they need. It’s about creating solutions for the future that they didn’t know they needed." -- Faith Legendre CONNECT WITH FAITH LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/faithlegendre/ Twitter: @FaithLegendre H&M and the circular economy (mentioned in podcast): http://bit.ly/2DQtLgqBook recommendation from Faith: Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change by David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

SHOW NOTES  This week, Charlie enjoys the opportunity to interview one of Tech 2025's awesome advisors, Meg Charles (Global Corporate Attorney and former managing partner with 20 years of experience working in corporate law policy for telecoms, Start-Up Board Director/Advisor, Angel Investor and Founder of Frame Advisory LLC which offers legal and strategic advisory to startups and small businesses with "non-traditional founders"). Meg is a first generation child of immigrants coming from a family and culture where creative endeavors and careers were devalued as not being serious or conducive to getting good job. She chose law, but she has always embraced her creative side and credits it as being a core ingredient in her success. She has lived in several parts of the world including  London, Sweden, the Philippines, and New Delhi which gives her a global, unique perspective on innovation. Among other things, they discuss: how and why Meg segued from being a partner in a law firm to starting her own business and how people in corporate can find their voice and follow it wherever it leads them; what companies should do to facilitate courage during this era of displacement of jobs and workers; the crucial role creativity and critical thinking plays in helping us to develop the necessary new business frameworks and foundations that will carry us into the future successfully; why we need to recognize creativity as a human right that should be developed in context; how diversity destroys inevitability; and why the future belongs to those who embrace their creativity and are passionate about collaboration and partnership.   CONNECT WITH MEG Website:  www.frameadvisory.com LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/megcharleshorn/ Email:  meg@frameadvisory.com REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

Want to know what the next era of innovation will be like? On this week's episode, Charlie explores what post-pandemic innovation might be like for enterprise companies and startups with guests Taran Hughes (Startup Sales & Performance Coach, Founder TCS Sales Accelerators,  co-Founder of PitchSLAP and author of The Conscious Sale: Using the Power of State, Intention and Belief – A Guide to Sales Success) and Zineb Layachi (CMO in Residence at Adington Technologies, Founder of Rev Marketing Accelerators for Startups and coFounder of PitchSLAP). Together, as co-founders and co-hosts of PitchSLAP, Taran and Zineb (who are based in Spain) help founders of young companies to perfect their virtual pitch, refine their value proposition, and narrow in on their market with laser precision. In a nutshell, it's a weekly live pitching show where you founders whos already have traction or are very close to MVP stage, get immediate actionable feedback to polish their investor pitch virtually. Since launching their platform at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the PitchSLAP has quickly exploded into a community of 250+ founders from over 26 countries. Charlie, Taran and Zineb discuss how innovation is evolving and more including: --  who gets to define the new value system that will be the undercurrent of the post-pandemic innovation era and why it most likely will not be Silicon Valley; --  how the next era of innovation might play out for enterprise companies and startups alike; --  how companies should reimagine their innovation strategies; --  how COVID-19 is changing the culture of big companies in unintended ways (including product development); --  why VCs and corporate boards need to change their mindset and filters in order for innovation to be truly inclusive and equitable; --  the startup’s community responsibility to help the millions of people recently unemployed as a result of the pandemic to become innovative; --  why young companies need to focus less on market valuation and more on the actual value they’re delivering; --  how becoming “conscious buyers” will help us to develop and purchase more ethical tech; and --  And why privacy is the pandemic’s biggest loser! Also, check out Episode 4 of the podcast where Charlie interviewed Taran solo (The Promise and Peril of Communicating Your Value Proposition Virtually with Taran Hughes).   ARTICLES MENTIONED IN SHOW: --  Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft close at all-time highs as Big Tech rallies back from coronavirus (LINK) --  Top global VCs demystify unconscious bias in venture capital and corporate innovation (LINK) --  Direct-to-consumer startup studio Innovation Department raises $3.7M (LINK) --  14 Technology Winners and Losers, post-COVID-19 (LINK) --  Farewell to Gummy Bear Jars: Tech Offices Get a Virus Safety Makeover (what's the new tech office culture) (LINK) --  The stark new reality for American CEOs (LINK) --  Pioneers of the new world: 80 European founders and companies shaping the post-pandemic world (LINK) CONNECT WITH SPEAKERS Taran Hughes Website:  www.pitchslap.live LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/taranhughes Book:  The Conscious Sale Twitter:  iamtaranhughes Email:  taran@theconscioussale.com Zineb Layachi Website:  www.pitchslap.live LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/zineblayachi/ Twitter:  @VoxHazel REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicated Charlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

Back in 1964, futurist and science fiction arthur, Arthur C. Clarke predicted that, by the year 2000, human beings would "no longer commute, they will communicate" and that ninety-five percent of all office work would be done without ever having to leave the home. Well, he was right. Thanks to the global pandemic, most of us are doing all of our work from home and it appears to be the cultural shift reverberating around the world, ushering in the next era of communication and disruptive business models and technologies far sooner than governments and companies anticipated.   We are changing the way we buy, sell and communicate with each other, especially in business, in profound ways we won't fully understand for some time to come. But undeniably, the change is happening. And even as we are adapting surprising well, we are also struggling with even the most basic things -- like communicating with each other on video meeting platforms. This week, Charlie has a thought-provoking conversation with Taran Hughes, Startup Sales & Performance Coach, Founder TCS Sales Accelerators,  co-Founder of PitchSLAP and author of The Conscious Sale: Using the Power of State, Intention and Belief – A Guide to Sales Success. Taran has two decades of experience in sales, working primarily in enterprise telecommunication companies, where he perfected the art of sealing the deal. He would eventually turn his attention and career to working with experienced startup founders by helping them to define market and true value proposition. In April of this year (just one month into the pandemic) Taran launched PitchSLAP with his co-Founder, Zineb Layachi, as a global virtual platform for startup founders who already have traction or are very close to MVP stage to get immediate, actionable feedback to polish their sales or investor pitch.  Charlie and Taran discuss how businesses and people are adapting to this shift in communication happening and the innovation needed in order for us to truly embrace and maximize our new remote reality. NOTE: Charlie also has a slight meltdown over her rude Alexa but such is life now that we're all working remotely from home! ARTICLES MENTIONED —  Why Does Zoom Exhaust You? Science Has an Answer (WSJ) (link) —  The future of work—the good, the challenging & the unknown (Microsoft Research) (link) —  How to Negotiate — Virtually (HBR) (link) —  Zoom aims to be the next big platform for start-ups to build billion-dollar businesses (NBC) (link) —  Zoom, but in VR: Why Spatial’s free meeting app feels like a leap forward (CNET) (link) —  Keep it Together, Microsoft: New mode for vid-chat app Teams reminds everyone why Zoom rules the roost (The Register) (link) —  Arthur C. Clark video clip on the future of work and communication (YouTube) (link) CONNECT WITH TARAN HUGHES Website:  www.pitchslap.live LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/taranhughes Book:  The Conscious Sale Twitter:  iamtaranhughesEmail:  taran@theconscioussale.com REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter:  @itscomplicatedCharlie on Instagram:  @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny

It was a Friday in late August 2019. The temperature in NYC was scorching hot and the city was empty as everyone escaped the heat for vacation elsewhere (anywhere!). The conversation in the podcast studio that day with our guest speakers was enlightening, fun and laid back. We decided to revisit that brief but special moment in time. In this first Flashback Friday episode where, every Friday for the rest of the Summer, we share an episode from our media vault time capsule, Charlie interviews Tony Bacigalupo (Founder of New Work City, one of the first coworking spaces in New York City, influencer and expert in building global communities, and Remote Event Producer) and Hazel Alvarado (Regulatory & Compliance consultant for fintech and technology firms, Relationship Manager, Small Business Consultant). In addition to discussing Tony and Hazel's interesting background, they discuss our collective fears and imaginations about dystopian technologies and the future including: how to overcome our anxiety with surveillance technologies; why and how everyone should develop a deep, long-lasting passion for cybersecurity; building meaningful communities that matter (even during the apocalypse); tapping into your unique voice and value proposition; how the tech industry has evolved; whether Mark Zuckerberg is the most dangerous man in the world; and a "not so serious" debate on our preferred apocalypse (killer robots or zombies) It was the perfect conversation for a Friday in August. Enjoy! CONNECT WITH SPEAKERS Tony Bacigalupo Website: tonybacigalupo.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybacigalupo/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonybacigalupo Twitter: @tonybgoode Instagram: @tonybgoode Crash Course In How to Organizing Online: https://gumroad.com/l/organizing-online Hazel Alvarado LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/hazelalvaradonyc Twitter: @VoxHazel   REACH OUT TO THE SHOW: Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/ Twitter: @fastforward2025 Instagram: @fastforward2025 Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook Email: fastforward@tech2025.com Charlie on Twitter: @itscomplicated Charlie on Instagram: @charlieoliverbk Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny