Episodes
Nov. 2, 2022
The Future of Retail & Technology: How Many Happy Returns? Part 2
I LIKE IT. NO I HATE IT. IT FITS, NO IT DOESN’T FIT. I’M RETURNING IT! The Buzz 1: Retailers expect 17.8% or $158Bn of merchandise sold during the 2022 holiday season will be returned, according to the National Retail Federat...
Oct. 26, 2022
Our Cyber Future In 2030: Will The Livin’ Be Easy? – Part 2
Looking ahead to 2030: How will we work? How will we travel? What will we eat? How will we dress? Will we have ANY privacy? Will we all be space travelers? What old and new challenges will we face? The Buzz: The top 7 emergin...
Oct. 19, 2022
The Future of Drones: Landing Near You Soon? – Part 4
The Buzz 1: Drones have been around for more than two decades, but their roots date back to World War I when the U.S. and France worked on developing automatic, unmanned airplanes…The last few years have seen significant dron...
Oct. 12, 2022
The Future of IoT and Edge Computing: What’s In It For YOU?
The Buzz 1: Dozens of song titles have “Edge” in the title, including: Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen, Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks, and Living on the Edge by Aerosmith. But what does EDGE mean in our ...
Oct. 5, 2022
The Future of Smart Homes & Sustainability: Intelligent Ecosystem
Buzz 1: For some, a ‘smart house’ is chock-full of gadgets that automate or monitor almost every conceivable part of a house. For others, a smart house is extreme simplicity with only the slightest of technological intrusions...
Sept. 28, 2022
The Future of Financial Literacy: Can We Raise Kids’ ‘Money IQ'?
The Buzz 1: “Reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic – taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.” School Days, song written in 1907 by Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards, is about a couple looking back sentimentally on primary school. Th...
Sept. 21, 2022
The Future of Women in Tech Careers: Should I Stay or Go?
The Buzz 1: Women in technical roles are less likely than men to win promotions early in their careers, and many are exiting the field. Only 86 women are promoted to manager for every 100 men at the same level…in technical ro...
Sept. 14, 2022
The Future of Creativity: Is Technology Helping or Hindering?
The Buzz 1: “What will be the most coveted skill of the future?…Creativity…A computer lacks imagination or creativity to dream up a vision for the future.…the emotional competence a human being has… We must embrace and develo...
Sept. 7, 2022
The Future of Your Digital Identity: All About The NFTs?
The Buzz 1: “NFTs are not just for digital art—and their popularity is growing. Now The Economist is experimenting with an NFT, to raise money for a good cause. – One candidate for the Oxford English Dictionary’s “Word of the...
Aug. 31, 2022
The Future of Business Social Selling: Crickets or Ca-Ching?
The Buzz 1: “The science of social selling actually originated from academia. In a 2009 paper…'The Persuasive Role of Incidental Similarity on Attitudes and Purchase Intentions in a Sales Context,' researchers concluded that ...
Aug. 24, 2022
The Future of Publishing and Technology: Read All About It!
The Buzz 1: In 1440 – 600 years after The Diamond Sutra, the world’s oldest printed book – Gutenberg invented the wooden mass-printing press. In 1845 Richard Hoe invented the rotary press and first paperback. In 1993, Peter J...
Aug. 17, 2022
The Future of Automotive Retail & Tech: How Will YOU Buy A Car?
The in-person experience of car buying has always been alluring, letting you inhale the new car scent, examine the shiny power under the hood, literally kick the tires, ask questions of a human salesperson, and feel the road ...
Aug. 10, 2022
Data Data Everywhere: Is Data Privacy In Your Future? – Part 2
The Buzz 1: “Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.” [Margaret Cho, comedian] The Buzz 2: “Millions of people are unaware of and uninformed about how their pers...
Aug. 3, 2022
The Future of Women in Tech: Time to Smash the Glass Ceiling?
The Buzz 1: “There is such a thing as a glass ceiling…the invisible barrier which prevents women from advancement in their profession. Do we have an unacknowledged barrier that is an obstacle for women in Tech who are indeed ...
July 27, 2022
The Future of Single Dads & Technology: Family Ties?
The Buzz 1: While the majority of solo parents are single mothers, up to 2.6 million families in the US are headed by single dads…The research on single fathers is limited. [healthline dot com] The Buzz 2: As a single dad, ke...
July 20, 2022
The Future of Women’s Wealth: Innovators, Investors, Influencers
The Buzz 1: “85% of the women I interviewed make money in ways that really aren’t any different from how women made money in 1980: a third have jobs that pay salaries and bonuses, perhaps with a bit of a twist; about a quarte...
July 13, 2022
The Future of Fictional Characters: What’s In A Name?
The Buzz 1: “Coming up with a great name for your characters is one of the hardest tasks you’ll ever complete as a fiction writer… going too ‘creative’ with your name choices can distract or even confuse your reader.” (nybook...
June 29, 2022
The Future of Music and Technology: The Sweetest Sounds? – Part 2
The Buzz 1: ** “If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually y...
June 22, 2022
The Future of Sustainability and Technology: Is It Enough? Part 2
The Buzz 1: Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword, but an environmental, economic and social driver that’s changing our day-to-day lives… committing to sustainable practices is no longer a “nice to have” but a “must do”...
June 15, 2022
The Future of Inventors & Technology: Passion, Patents, Patience
The Buzz 1: There’s no telling what the futuristic inventions of the world hold, but we can start by taking a few wild and speculative guesses: Robot butlers – Fully immersive VR – Cryonics – Exo-skeletons – Flying Cars –Arti...
June 8, 2022
The Future of Drones: Landing Near You Soon? – Part 3
The Buzz 1: Headlines: Drones are helping to restore power in Puerto Rico. A drone attacked targeted the U.S. electrical grid. Google’s drone service will deliver library books. Submarine drone can swim for months and then fl...
June 1, 2022
The Future of Work and Technology: Who’s The Boss in 2025??
Remember the TV sitcom “Who’s The Boss?” (ABC TV 1984 – 1992) It’s time to ask the question again! The Buzz 1: Everyone will be a leader in the workplace in 2030. Work will thrive in teams, not with dictators. The Chief of Wo...
May 25, 2022
The Future of Retail and Technology: How Many Happy Returns?
The Buzz 1: Retailers expect 17.8% or $158 billion of merchandise sold during the 2022 holiday season will be returned, according to National Retail Federation. [digitalcommerce360.com] The Buzz 2: Retail returns jumped to an...
May 18, 2022
The Future of Sensors on The Edge: What’s In It For You and Us?
We’re living 'on the edge', but in ways you might not be aware of: edge computing. The Buzz 1: Edge computing means putting processing power, software services, and data as close as possible to end users – like you – where th...