Fast Forward

It All Starts with Data

Smart Cities, Part 2 Bill Pugh joins host Phil Bowermaster for an in-depth discussion of how smart cities are conceptualized and how smart city initiatives are rolled out. Bill explains how Smart Cities initiatives began […]

Space

Terraforming Mars

What if the planet Mars were to be made more Earth-like: the kind of place where human beings and other Earth life forms could live comfortably. Could we do it? Should we? Phil and Stephen […]

Fast Forward

A Better Citizen Experience

Smart Cities, Part 1 In this edition of Fast Forward, Frannie Mattews, CEO of the Colorado Technology Association, joins us to discuss the many ways that Smart City technologies are transforming transportation, the workplace, and […]

Big Data

Fast Forward: Asking the Wrong Question

Asking the Wrong Question The Future of Business Intelligence Is not a BI Tool Daniel Mintz, Chief Data Evangelist at Looker, steps us through some common misconceptions about who uses data for business, how they […]

Accelerating Tech

Return to the Moon

Phil and Stephen review the legacy of the first moon landing. We’re now as far in time from the moon landing as that event was from the end of World War I. What does it […]

Adjacent Realities

Digital Reality: God, the Universe, and Everything

Digital Reality: God, the Universe, and Everything (Digital Consciousness with Jim Elvidge, Part 2) We continue our three-part discussion with Jim Elvidge of his new book, Digital Consciousness. In Part 2, Jim explains how digital […]

Exploring Possibilities

Predictions 2019

Time to pick some favorites from the many lists of predictions for 2019 now circulating. Phil narrows it down to two lists with a few predictions from each State of technology in 2019 | Future […]

Exploring Possibilities

2018 Year in Review

2018 Year in Review Phil and Stephen explain that so much good stuff happened in 2018 that it’s impossible to recap. You have to just push on and report additional good news that you missed […]

Fast Forward

Fast Forward: Data to the Rescue

In this edition of Fast Forward, author, consultant, and executive advisor Jill Dyché talks about her non-profit Outta the Cage, which is dedicated to identifying animals at risk for euthanasia in high-kill shelters and ultimately […]

Fast Forward

Fast Forward: How Customers Buy

…and why they don’t. In this edition of FastForward, Martyn Lewis talks with us about one of the biggest challenges that businesses face today: understanding the buying behavior of their customers. In an online, always-on, […]

Accelerating Tech

Relentless Improvement

How do we get to the future we want? So far we have discussed Outrageous Optimism and Audacious Action, which together can bring about disruptive change. But what about incremental change? Wouldn’t that be better, […]

Accelerating Tech

Audacious Action

In our recent show about Outrageous Optimism https://youtu.be/R91LqaxqfpI, we discussed how one bold idea — one outrageously optimistic idea — may do more to end suffering from disease than anything that’s come before. We begin […]

Exploring Possibilities

Enriching Humanity in a Digitized World

A Very Human Future, Part 3 Futurist Steve Wells concludes his conversation with Phil and Stephen about his new book, A Very Human Future. Steve is a global futurist, keynote speaker, and COO of Fast […]

Exploring Possibilities

People, Jobs, Capability

A Very Human Future, Part 2 Futurist Steve Wells continues his conversation with Phil and Stephen about his new book, A Very Human Future. Steve is a global futurist, keynote speaker, and COO of Fast […]

Exploring Possibilities

Bursts of Possibility

A Very Human Future, Part 1 Futurist Steve Wells continues his conversation with Phil and Stephen about his new book, A Very Human Future. Steve is a global futurist, keynote speaker, and COO of Fast […]

Philosophy

Outrageous Optimism

Phil and Stephen celebrate their 800th (!) podcast by making the case for Outrageous Optimism. Now more than ever, we need to be pushing the limits of the possible. Reduction in Poverty Will we one […]

Accelerating Tech

Amazing Topics

Phil and Stephen present their 800th show. An Amazing Wednesday lineup of topics, including: This new Lithium battery tech can simply suck up CO2 to power itself Engineers develop process to 3-D print cells to […]

Business

Elon-Scapades Part 2

Phil and Stephen talk more about the trials and triumphs of the world’s most intriguing tech entrepreneur. Topics include: SEC has Musk step down and fines Tesla $20m ‘GET SOME SLEEP’ Richard Branson warns Elon […]

Exploring Possibilities

Elon-Scapades Part 1

What is up with Elon Musk? In this show, recorded right before Musk was fired as Chairman of Tesla, Phil and Stephen work through the timeline of events leading up to his dismissal. Has Musk […]

Fast Forward

Data Convergence: Back to the Future

Businesses today work with massive volumes of data in a confusing array of types and structures. Any tolerance that businesses (or their customers) may have once had for data bottlenecks and wait times is long […]