Friday Flashback: Faith Legendre on Humble Innovation, Building Communities and Embracing the Future
Fast Forward: the Post-Pandemic Innovation Podcast
Release Date: 08/08/2020
My Pick of 30 Films to Watch at Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival (online)
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Charlie shares her hot picks of 30 films (out of over 150) to watch at this year’s Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival taking place September 20-25 (virtually and online).
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Erik Martin: Building Meaningful Communities in an Increasingly Fragmented World
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Charlie has a happy reunion with Erik Martin (Chief Community Officer at Teal, a membership platform to help enable meaningful careers). Charlie last interviewed Erik 10 years ago for a viral media Meetup in NY.
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Greg Kihlström: King of Agile
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On this episode, Charlie crowns Greg Kihlström “King of Agile” and with good reason! Greg (founder of The Agile World where he consults, writes and hosts a podcast) has spent the past several years helping companies to incorporate agility into their digital transformation strategies.
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Jennifer Snyder: Government Innovation Ain’t What It Used to Be and Why You Should Be Following GovTech Now!
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This week, Charlie makes a strong case for why anyone who is interested in technology innovation should be following GovTech closely and consistently.
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Oriana Meldicott: Cynicism, Legislation and Inspiring the Next Generation in AI Ethics
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It’s a bit of a reunion on this episode as AI Ethicist and cohost of Let’s Chat Ethics podcast, Oriana Meldicott, who taught a workshop at Tech 2025 two years ago, reconnects with Charlie to discuss all things AI ethics.
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Paul Spiers: Successful Digital Transformation for Companies Begins and Ends with Principled Leadership
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Joining the podcast this week is Paul Spiers (Founder, The New P&L Brand Purpose Institute and host of The New P&L business podcast series).
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NextGen Innovator: Anya Berlova on Anti-Bullying, Pro-Individuality and Using Art+Tech to Change the World
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In this special second episode in our series on next-gen innovators, Charlie chats with Anya Berlova.
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Next-Gen Innovator: Amara Leggett, 19-Year-Old Computer Scientist, on Gen-Z Ambitions and Being Unapologetically Exceptional
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In this special episode (one of two dedicated to next-generation innovators), Charlie welcomes young legend, Amara Leggett (19-year-old computer scientist, CEO of Dual Enrollment Company, and author of The Strategic Mind of a Young Legend).
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"Bus Driver Dan" Talks Transit Innovation, Blue Collar Creativity and the Power of Human Storytelling
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Dan Christensen (aka "Bus Driver Dan") loves his job driving a bus for TriMet bus company in Portland, Oregon, and is fiercely and unapologetically proud of his Blue Collar roots. He also embraces emerging technology and is constantly exploring new and innovative ways to use technology to tell "the stories of the now."
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Biggest Lessons Learned in 2020: Ed Maguire
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Part 4 of 4 interviews from our end-of-year event, The Pain and Triumphs of 2020: The Biggest Lessons We Learned This Year, where we asked guest speakers what their most profound lesson of 2020 was and how it changed their outlook on the future.
info_outlineWelcome to another episode in our Friday Flashback series where we revisit awesome episodes from the past (and our first podcast) with special guest speakers who gave us such compelling food for thought, that it still resonates to this day (especially during these pandemic times!).
In this flashback episode from 2018, Charlie interviews Faith Legendre (Sr. Circular Economy Solutions Strategist and Intrapreneur, Cisco Systems). Faith (whose personality embodies the definition of her name perfectly) has been an awesome member of the Tech 2025 community since we launched our very first event January 11, 2017 (Battle of the Chatbots & Conversational Interfaces in 2017).
Faith specializes in corporate and social good, benefitting both at Cisco and The Aspen Institute. And she is a self-professed “hoarder of #humansideoftech use cases of tech.” In addition to being an accomplished Strategist with 15+ years of experience working with 200+ organizations worldwide on innovative and pioneering business solutions, she is also passionate about helping people.
Charlie and Faith have a deep-dive conversation about the importance and impact of building communities around emerging technologies that everyone can participate in and how companies can avoid becoming “zombie organizations” in these exponentially innovative times. Faith’s unique insights and advice on how to embrace change and the future is just what we need right now (that and humility).
"It’s not about what people think they need. It’s about creating solutions for the future that they didn’t know they needed." -- Faith Legendre
CONNECT WITH FAITH
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faithlegendre/
Twitter: @FaithLegendre
H&M and the circular economy (mentioned in podcast): http://bit.ly/2DQtLgq
Book recommendation from Faith: Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change by David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney
REACH OUT TO THE SHOW:
Website: https://tech2025.com/fast-forward-podcast/
Twitter: @fastforward2025
Instagram: @fastforward2025
Facebook: https://bit.ly/fastforwardfacebook
Email: [email protected]
Charlie on Twitter: @itscomplicated
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Charlie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny