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01/30/2020

Calling all grown ups with college and/or high school students... if you live in Austin (or if your fam is coming into town for SXSW) registration is now open for this FREE youth event!! We cherry pick some of the most inspiring and innovative speakers for our panels and kids leave super optimistic about what the future of work will look like.

FOR COLLEGE + HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE: Join us on Saturday, the 14th of March, 2020 for a dynamic, highly participatory and enlightened career fair of the future, designed specifically for college + high school students. As advancing technologies reshape our lives, what new j...

03/11/2019

at 9:30am this morning i’ll be moderating this panel with Ron Green from Robbie Allen from , followed by a discussion at 2pm this afternoon on *The Future of Tech + Social Good* — both topics i am very passionate about!

SXSW 2019 Schedule | Just like the internet did post-Netscape, AI is forcing change in organizational structures and the creation of new roles. As AI creates new revenue opportunities, it drives operational change. The technology will also require your team, customers and suppliers to work with AI s...

03/04/2019

one very fast week from today we'll be celebrating a successful inaugural for college and high school students, thanks to all YOU have done to spread the word, speak, sponsor and/or mentor!

we have an amazing line-up of speakers! come see: http://careerfairforthefuture.com/

student registrations are going great ... but we still have room for more adult mentors to simply be present and help guide and encourage students during the interactive portion of each session. if you have time and interest, please sign-up here: https://bit.ly/2SnkXs7

thanks for all you do to make the future bright! xo



ps -- check out our cool new stickers!!

02/18/2019

Introducing the Youth CAREER FAIR FOR THE FUTURE • March 10th in Austin...

In less than three weeks over 100,000 adults will convene here for , eager to dive into dynamic conversations and exchange ideas about this fast forming future. We are excited to make part of this conversation visible to college + high school students who have the most pressing questions about what this means for their futures... and few places to get these answered.

Please help spread the word... registration for students is free and guarantees them a seat + a cool new t-shirt. ;)... and we'll do what we can to also accommodate walk-ins. Adults are invited to mentor the interactive portion of each of four themed 90min sessions: 1) the Future of Smart City Living, 2) the Future of Making + Building, 3) the Future of Playing + Paying and 4) The Future of Medicine, Well-being + Self.

Ping me to learn more. Thank you to all who have already offered to support this generously in many different ways. You are and helping build a much brighter future for these curious students.

key links:

info: https://lnkd.in/ersrvGa

registration: https://lnkd.in/eXmErXc

2min video explaining how it works: https://lnkd.in/einAw7m

02/11/2019

SXSW is just around the corner and we have lined up the most inspiring collection of technology, science, retail, smart city, and healthcare innovators to talk with college + high school students curious to learn more about what the future is (re)shaping their career futures.

it'll take place Sunday March 10th in four 90min specifically themed sessions, cleverly designed to be both flexible + highly immersive.

PLEASE help spread the word to the students you know and love at UT, ACC, St Eds and all the area high schools. we have room for 200 students + 30ish mentors per session.

tickets are free and registration ensures you snag a seat at this first-ever mind + life opening event. whoop!

Do you ever wonder… How emerging technologies such as Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, Drones and more are radically changing how things get done? And how your unique talents and passions line up with what needs to be created and shaped ahead? What the world of work will look like 5...

01/20/2019

exactly... (a really good 5 min read):

“The unintentional consequences of technology have less to do with the relationship between us and our inventions than it does between us and each other. Every technological shift brings about a societal shift that reshapes values and norms. Clearly, we are not helpless, but we are responsible. These are very difficult questions and we need to start asking them. Only then can we begin the cycle of revealing truths and building a better future.”

https://www.inc.com/greg-satell/when-innovation-goes-wrong-we-shouldnt-blame-technology-but-ourselves.html

We should ask tough questions about technological advance, just not the ones most people think

12/19/2018

it's been awesome joining this forward-thinking group of retail leaders in looking over horizon; here's a taste of what we've been up to in San Fran, NY, Toronto, and Seattle with visits to Google, Microsoft, J&J Labs. lots more to come... wanna join us?

12/06/2018

the concept of developing a stronger AQ (Adaptability Quotient) is catching a lot of attention. here are my thoughts in podcast interview with Jon Voight:

Being Agile is all about being more flexible, adaptable and being ready to change and adjust in this ever-changing world. The often forgotten

11/18/2018

cool! even the “runners up” are inspiring...

Find out which groundbreaking products made TIME's list of the best inventions of 2018.

11/14/2018

https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612293/mit-has-just-announced-a-1-billion-plan-to-create-a-new-college-for-ai/

One of the birthplaces of artificial intelligence, MIT, has announced a bold plan to reshape its academic program around the technology.

11/09/2018

a very readable overview of what makes Holochain so potentially valuable... to all of us.

Holochain's designers want to change the world. They say apps built on their new peer-to-peer platform could replace not just blockchain, but centralized apps like Facebook too. Is the hype justified?