Christopher Mims on seeing what’s next, filtering tools, valuable conversations, and tapping expertise (Ep17)

Michell Zappa on how technology evolves, scouting what’s emerging, assessing technologies, and designing useful future infographics (Ep16): Michell Zappa is a technology futurist, information designer and founder of Envisioning, a technology foresight institute. His work aims to illustrate the implications of accelerating change and facilitate a higher level of awareness about our relation... by Thriving on Overload

44 min listen

Stephen Poor on discerning relevance, distilling facts, thriving for lawyers and legal students, and consciously seeing connections (Ep21): Stephen Poor is Chair Emeritus of leading employment law firm Seyfarth & Shaw, which has 900 lawyers across 17 offices and multiple continents. He led the firm as Chairman for 15 years, introducing a range of industry-leading innovations, by Thriving on Overload

33 min listen

Julie Rasmussen on her 7 S’s system, using Slack for note-taking, identifying systemic issues, and finding white spaces (Ep25): Julie is a highly experienced corporate executive and entrepreneur, taking senior leadership and board roles in a range of industries and several countries for major organizations including Mary Kay, CVSL and EnXray. by Thriving on Overload

34 min listen

Madeline Ashby on watching the fringes, finding common threads, sensing and sensemaking, and using murder walls (Ep18): Madeline Ashby on watching the fringes, finding common threads, sensing and sensemaking, and using murder walls by Thriving on Overload

29 min listen

R “Ray” Wang on constant curation, learning from private networks, finding temporal patterns, and seeing the impact of trends (Ep11): R “Ray” Wang is the founder and chairman of the highly regarded tech analyst firm Constellation Research. He is the author of Disrupting Digital Business and most recently Everybody Wants To Rule The World on the future of business. Since 2003, by Thriving on Overload

32 min listen

Marshall Kirkpatrick on source selection, connecting ideas, diverse thinking, and enabling serendipity (Ep14): Marshall Kirkpatrick was the first writer hired by the TechCrunch and helped drive its early growth through the quality of his work, then moved to become Co-Editor of ReadWriteWeb, then one of the defining publications on the Internet economy. by Thriving on Overload

45 min listen

Christopher Mims on seeing what’s next, filtering tools, valuable conversations, and tapping expertise (Ep17): Christopher Mims is a technology columnist at Wall Street Journal. Before joining the Journal in 2014 he worked as a science and technology journalist and editor for a variety of august publications including Quartz, Technology Review, Wired, by Thriving on Overload

30 min listen

Cindy Otis on the disinformation landscape, analyzing content, identifying trustworthy sources, and information communities (Ep34): Cindy Otis is an author, disinformation expert, and former CIA officer. She is the author of books including True or False: A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Spotting Fake News. Cindy is a frequent media commentator on the Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, by Thriving on Overload

31 min listen

Dion Hinchcliffe on the architecture of ideas, creating visual frameworks, object-oriented thinking, and the potential of generative AI (Ep33): Dion Hinchcliffe is an internationally recognized business strategist, enterprise architect, transformation consultant, futurist, analyst and in-demand keynote speaker. He is currently VP and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research where he heads u... by Thriving on Overload

30 min listen

Brenda Ramokopelwa on using external and internal lenses, developing young futurists, connecting rural Africa to global thinking, and validating ideas (Ep26): Brenda is a Futurist, Author, Keynote Speaker, and Award-Winning Risk and Governance professional. She is the CEO of the Transdisciplinary Agora for Future Discussion and Managing Director at D@leo Consulting Services in Johannesburg. by Thriving on Overload

34 min listen

Harold Jarche on personal knowledge mastery, the Seek, Sense, and Share framework; networked learning, and finding different perspectives [REPOST] (Ep67): Harold Jarche has been an independent consultant for almost two decades, working with individuals, organizations, and public policy influencers to to improve collaboration, knowledge sharing, and sensemaking. by Thriving on Overload

47 min listen

Annalie Killian on serendipitous learning, the network as filter, finding voices at the edge, and value from deep connections (Ep13): Annalie Killian’s mission in life is to catalyze the magic of human ingenuity to make the world, and especially corporate life, a better place. She is currently VP of Strategy and Partnerships for Omnicom’s leading cultural intelligence agency Sparks &... by Thriving on Overload

34 min listen

Gary Swart on achieving balance, prioritization factors, filtering by relationships, and using frameworks (Ep15): Gary Swart, General Partner of leading venture capital firm Polaris Partners, focusing on investing in technology and healthcare companies. Prior to joining Polaris he was CEO of oDesk, now Upwork, the world’s largest online work marketplace. by Thriving on Overload

34 min listen

Berit Anderson on mapping influencers, noticing breaks in patterns, ignoring headlines, and information warfare (Ep27): Berit is COO of Strategic News Service and director of programs for the Future in Review conferences. She co-founded and was CEO of Scout.ai, a media company exploring the future of technology. Her work on information warfare has been widely featured i... by Thriving on Overload

34 min listen

Gerd Leonhard on understanding between the lines, his favorite apps and tools, sharing bookmarks and tags, keynote storylines, and using visual catalogs (Ep19): Gerd is a Futurist and a Humanist, a leading global Keynote Speaker (live-on-stage as well as virtually and remotely), the Author of 5 books including 'Technology & Humanity’, the CEO of The Futures Agency, by Thriving on Overload

33 min listen

Greg Satell on writing daily, building your own ideas, seeking different perspectives, and conceptual models (Ep40): Greg Satell is a transformation and change expert, international keynote speaker, and bestselling author, most recently of Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change. He is also a lecturer at The Wharton School; his work has... by Thriving on Overload

28 min listen

Robin Good on questioning authority, finding trusted advisors, focus sharing, and information design (Ep35) by Thriving on Overload

42 min listen

Joyce Gioia on identifying trends, scanning processes, stakeholder experience, and adopting personas for communicating (Ep22): Joyce is a strategic business futurist and President of The Herman Group appears regularly in the media, including in Entrepreneur Magazine, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. by Thriving on Overload

31 min listen

Abhijit Bhaduri on divergence and convergence, the power of sketchnotes, multidisciplinary sensemaking, and skill portfolios (Ep20) by Thriving on Overload

35 min listen

Pia Lauritzen on the possibilities of questions, collective curiosity, diverse question cultures, and making room for exploration (Ep32): Pia Lauritzen is the co-founder and chief scientific officer at Qvest, a technology company that unleashes the power of questions in companies and communities. She is the author of the book Questions and a regular contributor to strategy+business magaz... by Thriving on Overload

29 min listen

Remi Kalir on social annotation, self curation, the connective tissue of ideas, annotation tools, and nuance for synthesis (Ep31): Remi is Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology at the University of Colorado Denver, and a leading scholar of annotation. He is co-author of the book Annotation, published by MIT Press, and many journal articles on the subject. by Thriving on Overload

34 min listen

Robin Athey on intellectual cocaine, the journey to purpose, slow leadership, and finding your North Star (Ep12): Robin is the founder of Integral Growth, which guides founders and leaders in fast-moving, complex, high-growth environments through transformational change, to tap and trust their inner wisdom. She comes from a high powered corporate career including ... by Thriving on Overload

34 min listen

Danny Hatcher on skill acquisition, ecological dynamics, from Notion to Obsidian, and exploring interests (Ep53): The easiest way for me to explain this is I want it to be as simple as possible. I don't want to have to worry about what buttons to push, where to store things, how to save anything, or worry about how the tech is working, I just want to add it, by Thriving on Overload

35 min listen

Rohit Krishnan on looking for surprise, passionate curiosity, dynamic loops, and creating your worldview (Ep30): Rohit is Investment Director at leading global venture capital firm Unbound, focusing on software and fintech. He was previously VP at Eight Roads Ventures and was leader of McKinsey’s growth tech practice. by Thriving on Overload

30 min listen

Nick Abrahams on purpose and prioritisation, talking for mutual value, deliberate sharing and engagement, and telling stories for understanding (Ep23): Nick Abrahams is a leading lawyer, futurist, and keynote speaker. He is the Global Co-leader of the Digital Transformation Practice at Norton Rose Fulbright advising major organisations on technology M&A, blockchain and cryptocurrency, by Thriving on Overload

31 min listen

Sam McRoberts on connecting the dots, being humbly curious, introducing randomness, and thought experiments (Ep29): Sam is the CEO of global SEO agency VUDU Marketing, and the bestselling author of Screw the Zoo. He is the co-host of The Entrepreneur Cast podcast and frequently appears in media such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider and many others. by Thriving on Overload

29 min listen

Stephanie Barnes on radical knowledge management, the power of art, tapping intuition, and building curiosity (Ep49): Stephanie is founder and chief chaos organiser of Entelechy, a global network that works with organisations to solve problems in creative and innovative ways. She has a background in knowledge management IT and accounting, by Thriving on Overload

32 min listen

Ari Popper on storytelling for meaning, structural frameworks, taming complexity, and creative synthesis (Ep43): Ari is the Founder and CEO of SciFutures, a foresight and innovation firm that works with leading organizations such as Visa, Ford, and NATO to create inspiring and insightful visions of the future to drive innovation and positive change. by Thriving on Overload

30 min listen

Derek Laney on transcending emotional overload, openness for serendipity, balancing focus and discovery, and using threads well (Ep28): Derek Laney is Technology Evangelist for the Future of Work at collaboration platform Slack, having previously held a range of senior roles at Slack’s parent company Salesforce. by Thriving on Overload

39 min listen

Roger Spitz on the future of strategic decision-making, thriving on disruption, resilient systems and thinking, and beginner’s mind (Ep59) by Thriving on Overload

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