Can a machine harbor the soul of an artist? This question leads our latest discussion with Harvard professor and acclaimed artist Matt Saunders.It's not a simple question to answer. Creativity is a complex concept and we have to dig into the many ways that word could be defined. Who better to ask about creativity than someone who is both an accomplished artist himself and an instructor at one of the most distinguished art schools in the country?Matt is a Professor of Art, Film, and Visual Stu...
Feb 7, 2024
1 hr 5 min
Welcome back, after two months of silence, to Road Work Ahead, a podcast that explores the unmapped future of business and technology.My name is Sam Gerdt, and today I'm sharing a recent conversation with one of my long-time colleagues, Larisa Aslanyan. A few months ago, Larisa and I were talking about big changes in paid advertising. Obviously, artificial intelligence is a major factor in these changes, but there's a lot more than that happening under the surface.At the core of our talk is h...
Jan 24, 2024
1 hr 8 min
Welcome everybody, once again, to Road Work Ahead, a podcast that explores the unmapped future of business and technology. My name is Sam Gerdt, and today I'm talking to the co-founder of a company that has, without exaggeration, changed my life. I'm talking about Reclaim.ai, and my guest is Henry Shapiro.Most people are familiar with the negative impact of meetings stacked on meetings or poor time management in the workplace. As our jobs get more complex, so does the task of managing an effe...
Nov 15, 2023
56 min
We have a bad habit that we need to talk about. We tend to think that everybody has the same problems that we have. And every time we have a problem, we tend to go to the same places to find a solution. It's a bad habit for two reasons. First, we're limiting the kinds of solutions that we're going to get; and second, we're missing out on hearing from a lot of incredible problem solvers - people who would bring new and innovative perspectives if we took the time to find them and listen to them...
Oct 25, 2023
59 min
Last episode, we talked a lot about the importance of retrospection in the process of growth and innovation. Thinking back through all the talks I've had over the past several months on this podcast, this idea is the one that stood out to me as being the most helpful for anyone who is feeling uncertain about the future. In looking back, we can revisit those core values and principles that should be guiding our decision making. We can find and help the people around us who've been falling behi...
Oct 18, 2023
1 hr 22 min
Hi everybody, No episode this week, I'm sorry! We're busy people and sometimes we have to take a week off. But I do have a request:We're two months into this podcast and we want to know if the content of our interviews is helping you to think more productively about the future of business and technology. What have you liked? How can we make it even better?Would you email us? The address is [email protected]. You won't be added to any lists, and we won't publish what you write without...
Oct 11, 2023
1 min
As someone who is diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, there is an incredible amount of friction that I have to account for in my work and personal life. The same goes for other neurodivergent people - whether they have Autism, ADHD, dyslexia, or something else - there are a significant number of genuinely talented people in the workplace who are, to a certain extent, drained of their capacity for excellent work because they lack the freedom or confidence to work in a way that fits the...
Oct 4, 2023
1 hr 39 min
I talk a lot about new technology with my guests, but maybe the most valuable way to connect with your audience isn't new at all. Email has been used and abused to the point that most people, marketers and salesmen included, have given up on investing any real thoughtfulness into their approach. As an industry, we've reduced email to a numbers game.But email could be so much more! We should be realizing that email is the last remaining opportunity to claim complete ownership of a communicatio...
Sep 27, 2023
1 hr 4 min
#5 - Kristi Hoffmaster: Cybersecurity Risk Management, Individual Responsibility, AI Impact, Freedom
How do you approach your duty and responsibility to protect yourself and those around you from cyber threats? Whether you're a large organization or an individual, it's never right to assume that someone else is protecting your best interests.Our generation is living in an incredibly significant transitional period, and the rules and expectations about how people should be treated are still being tested and hotly debated. The only way to ensure that you and your business remain safe is to tak...
Sep 20, 2023
1 hr 2 min
When you work and live deeply within the realm of new technologies, it can be easy to forget that most of the world doesn't share that same perspective. Many of us have been spending the last 9 months freaking out about the generative AI arms race and the end of white-collar work, but my conversation this week with Mark Johnson steered my thinking in a very different direction.Mark is the co-founder and CTO of an online learning platform called Pathwright, and the majority of our conversation...
Sep 13, 2023
58 min
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