Welcome to the Future Focused series of No Turning Back. As we end 2021 and take the step into 2022, we discussed future-focused topics.
No Turning Back: Maggie Hsu
Meet Maggie Hsu, the former Chief of Staff to the late CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh, who was heavily involved in the Downtown Project. In this episode, Maggie explains the intent and legacy of the Downtown Project, dives into holacracy and its connections to blockchain, how cities can be cryptofriendly, and how she thinks work, life, and play have fundamentally changed after the pandemic.
No Turning Back: Major General Heather Pringle
In this episode, we hear about Major General Pringle's team of 6,000 folks who aim to create an exhaustive portfolio of technology that predicts new fighting environments and challenges for the military. Major General Pringle speaks about the symbiosis between technology and humans, how the basic “to-do” lists for warfighters today are similar to how they've always been (though the technology applied will be different), and the role that ethics plays in her lab. Major General Pringle discusses how her team is pushing to the exciting edge of technology—and we think you'll really enjoy what she has to say.
No Turning Back: Philip Ross
What will “work” look like in 2022, and the years beyond it? Meet Philip Ross, a futurist who specializes on how technology influences how we live, work, shop, and socialize. He is the founder of UnGroup and Cordless Group, and aims to help organizations navigate the future workplace. He advises companies, runs workshops and conferences, and writes books about the Future of Work, generously giving his time to us as we look ahead to the work place awaiting us.
No Turning Back: Bob Johansen
Bob is a self-proclaimed “futurist” who looks at life backwards, focusing ten years ahead as he makes predictions about the life waiting for him. In today's discussions, Bob explains that all humans will be cyborgs in 10 years, why he dislikes the term “artificial intelligence,” and why good leaders must be digital leaders. He shared one of the more interesting and important questions in the future is: what can humans do best? And what can computers do best? He challenges us to focus on the hopeful potentials of both the human and the machine.
