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Quantum Minds PodcastQuantum Minds Episode #5 Trailer | Kapil Dhiman in Conversation with Copper.co’s Takatoshi Shibayama!What’s Driving the Future of Finance and Crypto? Explore how innovation meets resilience as Takatoshi Shibayama joins Kapil Dhiman and Olivia Karlsson, revealing the forces shaping Web3 and beyond!Highlights to Come:The role of custodians in institutional crypto adoption.Copper.co’s unique way of managing risks in crypto transactions.Takatoshi’s journey from finance to crypto.How AI is transforming the security of crypto custody solutions.Key mindset strategies for overcoming challenges.🎧 Ready to explore how innovation meets resilience in the crypto...
2025-03-261h 07
The Guiding VoiceNavigating Two Worlds of Finance and Why Believe in Blockchain's Game-Changing Potential | #TGVGlobalSpeakerFestival | Takatoshi Shibayama | #TGV416This is Ep.4 from the #TGVGlobalSpeakerFestival series and our guest is from Japan.Tune into #TGV416 to get clarity on the above topic. Here are the pointers from Taka’s conversation with Naveen Samala on The Guiding VoiceFirst rapid fire/Introduction and context settingTaka’s PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY AND THE TOP 3 THINGS THAT HELPED IN His SUCCESSHow has his global journey shaped your unique insights into finance and blockchain?With 18 years in finance, including navigating crises like the dot-com bubble and subprime mortgage, his key lesson in risk mana...
2024-01-0431 min
Future Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #9 - The Poison That We TakeThis is a short form episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2021-11-2805 min
Thriving After 40064 - Takatoshi Shibayama – Financial/Cryptocurrency expert, CEO Blockshine Singapore, Head of Sales APAC at Copper | Custody, Prime and Settlements for Digital AssetsTakatoshi talks about his path to finding true happiness and contentment in his career, his secret to landing roles within the best finance companies, what reaching the peak of financial success taught him and the life lesson that has brought him the most joy. Takatoshi Shibayama is the Head of Sales for Copper, a crypto prime brokerage and custodial service. He runs blockchain education on the side, educating enterprises and business leaders on the power of blockchain. He is also the host of Future Design Podcast where he converses with visionaries to empower listeners with p...
2021-11-241h 08Future Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #8 - Reality is an IllusionThis is a short form episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2021-11-0703 min
Future Design Podcast#069 Intera: Restoring Energy to Repair the World - Ki Gong Master's ViewEnergy is delivered to the body through not only the foods and liquids that we consume but also from etheric matter. In Indian terminology, our body has also an invisible body known as Pranamayokosha, and Prana (energy) is distributed from the outer world to the physical body through this energy body. When Prana energy is flowing and glowing, we feel positive and healthy. When Prana is subdued, we can feel negative and sick. We can also reverse this energy externally as well.In this episode, I speak with Peter Paul Parker, a meditation coach, Ki Gong instructor...
2021-10-311h 07Future Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #7 - Teaching Kids about GritThis is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2021-10-2504 min
Future Design Podcast# 068 Intera: Lonely but Not Alone - The Loneliness EpidemicTechnology was supposed to bring us together but somehow it has divided us. We have traded in convenience for human connection. We can do every daily activity while staying in the comforts of our house. Shopping can be done on Amazon, food delivery on Food Panda, exercise on Peleton or gym apps, calls on Zoom, etc. Our opinions can even be canceled on social media. Even though we aren't actually isolated, jobless, or friendless, why are we becoming more lonely?In this episode, Peng Fong, a 20-year veteran journalist and podcast host of Alone Together, discusses the...
2021-10-0450 minFuture Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #6 - Trifecta of LifeThis is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2021-09-2004 minFuture Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #5 - Go All In or NothingThis is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2021-09-1304 minFuture Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #4 - Letting Them BeThis is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2021-09-0604 min
Future Design Podcast# 066 Intera: The Quest for Peace - Spirituality Beyond ReligionReligions create conflict all around the world. However, was religion really created so that it polarizes people? Doesn't all religions teach us how to love each other and seek a peaceful world? Did it also say, as long as it's between religious members? I don't really think so. If it did, was it the original intention, or was it because the teaching became a doctrine to organize people?In this week's episode, I invited Jerry Zehr, the author of The Peacemaker's Path: Multifaith Reflections to Deepen Your Spirituality. We talk about how we have to look at...
2021-08-021h 00Future Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #3 - The Power of NetworkingThis is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2021-07-2604 minFuture Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #2 - Unsure About Being A Parent?This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2021-07-1904 minFuture Design PodcastDesigns for Happiness #1 - The Love of GrandparentsThis is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
2021-07-1203 min
Future Design Podcast#065 Extera: Reflections on Nihilism - Mitigating the PitfallNihilism is permeating in Western Societies but it's starting to spread across the world. Distrust in politics, economy, financial markets, science, and perhaps even technology. It isn't just the bifurcation of ideology but the classification of people, failed monetary policies, diversion from value to price, and widespread misinformation and propaganda. Has everything lost its meaning and value?In this episode, we bring back Jim Mosquera from Episode #24 Reflections on Freedom, to talk about why there's nihilism in pretty much everything we see today and the way out of it. Perhaps we are at the end of the e...
2021-07-051h 04
Future Design Podcast#064 Intera: Bringing Sanity to the World (Part 2.) - What We Need To DoWajid Hassan is back on our show again to discuss the concept in greater detail that we couldn't get into in our last episode.Here's what we discuss in this episode;- What is the significance of the Age of the Aquarius- Earth's evolutionary history from a spiritual perspective - What can be these out-of-place artifacts - Why ancient civilization understood the cosmic consciousness- What it means that Earth is rising its vibrations- What can bring people together Wajid's book The Struggle for World Sanity ...
2021-06-2841 min
Future Design Podcast#063 Intera: Bringing Sanity to the World (Part 1) - How to Break Free of Our StrugglesHave we exhausted our efforts to bring about world peace? We have slowly evolved to have better ethics and principles throughout history. However, does the timeline to cure this world in line with our speed of progress? We only advance in a linear manner. In this episode, I speak with Wajid Hassan, the author of "The Struggle for World Sanity". He speaks from the view of the Aetherius Society, which sheds a thought provoking perspective of how we can bring about peace and unity. We have tried many methods to make us come together but perhaps it'll...
2021-06-2146 min
Future Design Podcast#062 Extera: Beyond Finance for the Unbanked - How Crypto Can Humanize FinanceCryptocurrency is in the spotlight for the seemingly lucrative trade opportunities but there's the almost forgotten aspect of why Bitcoin came about. Trading is for the ones who have a certain level of wealth. What about the others who are left out in the economic activities that we all enjoy and benefit from? Crypto was invented for everyone, and in my view especially for the ones that have no access to traditional finance, the unbanked and underbanked. In this episode, I speak with Taynaah Reis, the CEO of Moeda Seeds Bank from Brazil. She not only set...
2021-06-1451 min
Future Design Podcast#061 Extera: Decoding Age and Living Forever - A Challenge or Upgrade to Humanity?Discovering the fountain of youth has been the millennia-old dream of humans. We have seen it in the old stories of Herodotus to the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs talk about it. The gene-editing technology such as CRISPR has made possible of preventing diseases before it happens, which could eradicate many of the incurable illnesses we have today. However, it has also allowed us to dream once again to the possibility of eternal life. I've always in the belief that we try to maximize our time in our bodies because life is finite. What will we do with our lives if...
2021-05-3141 min
Future Design Podcast#060 Intera: War, Work and Sex with Robots - Remaining Human in the Future with AI in SocietyIn the near future, there will be a society where we all live among robots. They will be utilised for war, work and sex. In this future, we will need to reexamine how to maintain our human dignity. War without mobilizing humans can either turn us more vicious as we aren't the ones pulling the trigger. Needless to say about work; we are already experiencing the replacement for humans for robotic automation. Sex is a big concern, which I think may end our human civilization. How do we maintain our humanity among all of this radical change without us...
2021-05-241h 03
Future Design Podcast#059 Extera: Breaking Down Barriers of the Status Quo - Crypto Networks that are Beginning to Recreate the Social ConstructThe more I examine the crypto industry, I can’t help but feel a generational and paradigm shift that started to happen in the backdrop of the global financial crisis in 2008. No longer do the Millenials, GenZs and even GenXers want to accept the economic and systematic construct that keeps them out of control of not only their wealth but how their society is run. The crypto community wants clarity, transparency, and a system that works, not by fuzzy man-made decision-making processes but by technology that truly opens up equal opportunities to all.In this episode, I sp...
2021-05-171h 03
Future Design Podcast#058 Intera: A New Pathway To Success with Jonathan Troen (Life Mastery Coach)We need to challenge the definition of success that society showcases for all of us. The stardom, the big house, and cars, the luxurious vacations. All of that is empty without the human connection. The ties to family, friends, colleagues, etc are fundamentally more important. Without them how do you enjoy your so-called success? We have seen people like Chris Cornell, Robin Williams, Anthony Bourdain, Chester Bennington, etc take their lives even though from the outside, all they looked were nothing but successful.In this episode, I speak with Jonathan Troen, a life master coach who spearheads...
2021-05-0354 min
Future Design Podcast#057 Extera: Tech Driven Incentives Pushing Societal Change with Justin Goldston (Professor Penn State University)Why are governmental incentives and punitive measures not enough to drive societal change to tackle problems like climate change, ethical sourcing of labor, etc? Shareholders demand profit at all costs and that most likely won't change. But what if we the consumers, end-users, and economic participants demand change and influence their value in society? How do we do that?In this episode #57, Justin Goldston, professor of Penn State University, talks about the use of technologies like blockchain that already has incentive structures built-in, and also the transparency system can directly influence how we value corporations that are...
2021-04-2656 min
Future Design Podcast#056 Intera: Zen Life in Capitalism with Dan Tricarico (Zen Teacher)Is it possible to live a life in tranquility when you have to face the forces of capitalism in your everyday life? You have sale targets to hit, shareholders you have to answer to and make sure your family is provided for. Does the life of zen can really exist in this busy modern lifestyle that we experience?In this episode, I speak with Dan Tricarico, a zen teacher, who has left his life as a school teacher and been teaching how to incorporate zen into the capitalistic society we live in. We always talk about work...
2021-04-1253 min
Future Design Podcast#055 Extera: What it Takes to Survive with Michael Pachan (CEO Mountain Made)What does it take to survive in a world where traditional jobs are being destroyed and new ones created? There are no job descriptions or a full set of skillsets that can be brought into these roles. You have to have the flexibility to mold into these new positions. You have to piece together the skills that you have accumulated and dive right in with a mindset that you are going to have to figure it out as you go.In this episode, I speak with Michael Pachan, CEO of Mountain Made, a CBD brand in Colorado...
2021-04-0558 min
Future Design Podcast#054 Intera: Creative Cocooning & Shifting Reality with Ellie Shoja (Founder PeaceUnleashed)The reality that you think you are living in is actually what you create. There is no such thing as a pre-destined future. What we create in our minds who we think we are becoming a reality. Then why not shift that reality.In this episode, I have Ellie Shoja, the founder of PeaceUnleashed and an author of The 13th Planet. She motivates her clients through touching consciousness within our inner selves. We also talk about how we are now in a creative cocooning moment where were are going to come out of this pandemic with an...
2021-03-291h 01
Future Design Podcast#053 Extera: What's Going on in Crypto? with Naomi Oba (Marketing Director Bitcoin.com Exchange)Crypto is the talk of the streets these days, almost similar to 2017. What's different is that corporates and institutional investors are getting involved. It's not just a retail craze anymore. I thought it would be good to get back on the topic to talk about all things crypto and perhaps make it into a regular topic to pick up.In this episode, I speak to Naomi Oba, the marketing director of Bitcoin.com Exchange. We get into the topics of crypto payments, DeFi, derivatives and education. We've kept it broad just so that we cover many topics...
2021-03-2155 min
Future Design Podcast#052 Intera: Innerspace Discovery & Integration with Greg Lawrence (Psychedelic Transformation Coach)Research is underway, after many decades, psychedelics are back in the spotlight for academics and physicians to discover safe ways to cure people with trauma and mental illnesses. Some states in the US are decriminalizing them. However, in the past 2 episodes, I've covered that.In this episode, we dive a little bit deeper into how we can heal, integrate and transform our lives. It's not just for the mentally ill, but even for all of us. There are self-discovery and transformation that can be done. We are all buried in everyday life that we don't get to...
2021-03-1554 min
Future Design Podcast#051 Extera: Imagining Creative Manufacturing with Cesar Keller (Chief Experience Officer Alliance Systems)3D printers are going to revolutionize manufacturing as we know it. They have been around for a while now but it’ll be years until we see a complete transformation of the manufacturing industry. The environmental impact could also be phenomenal when manufacturers will start producing products that are designed to be reused by personal 3D printers and their business model will change into a recurring revenue-focused business like the software industry. Ideas around it are limitless.However, we do need to think about, after we see a world full of 3D printers, the considerations around job re...
2021-03-0852 min
Future Design Podcast#050 Intera: The Search for Happiness with Vernon Brown (Happiness Coach)Peace of mind is what I look for in life but especially in this time of a pandemic, happiness is something that we should look for to get by on a daily basis. If you don't taste the sour, you never know what sweet is. We should be looking for happiness for every bitterness we have in life. In this episode, I have Vernon Brown a Happiness Coach, who talks to us about his upbringing and how we can find the happiness in our every day lives. Here what you will learn in the episode,
2021-02-2854 min
Future Design Podcast#049 Extera: Hidden History of the Cannabis Industry with Colleen Higgins (Cannabis Pharmacist)The cannabis industry has grown exponentially grown in the last decade or so. But this plant medicine has been around since ancient civilizations. It has been pushed into the abyss of a century now but it’s coming back from the darkness. In this episode, I speak with Colleen Higgins, who is a cannabis pharmacist, and author of the book The Cannabis Prescription, one hell of a book with so much information that it’ll be all that you need to know about the medicinal usage of marijuana.Here you will learn about;The misco...
2021-02-2126 min
Future Design Podcast#048 Intera: Entering the Lucid Dream with Aldo Barba (Lucid Dreaming Coach)Have you ever woken up and realized you are in your dreams? That’s lucid dreaming. You are in this fuzzy area where your conscious mind meets your subconscious mind. You can fly, you can have sex with the person of your dreams, but also tune in to the psychological trauma you have inside you. No need for therapy, no need for drugs, you can get in touch with your subconscious and understand yourself and heal.In this episode, I speak with Aldo Barba, a lucid dreaming coach from Mexico, about why we need to have lucid dr...
2021-02-141h 06
Future Design Podcast#047 Extera: Future of Live Events with Ed Vincent (CEO festivalPass)Zoom fatigued? I guess we are in the same boat. Nobody wants to be on another Zoom call or attend a webinar. We just want to get back to meeting people, listen to live music and get inspired by live speeches.Certainly, during this time, people got creative and thought of new ways to interact online and there were new trends that were starting to spark pre-COVID. In this episode, I speak with Ed Vincent, CEO of festivalPass, a market place for live events, talks to us about what types of live events we are going to...
2021-02-0743 min
Future Design Podcast#046 Intera: Education as Lego Blocks with Dustin Miller (The Polymath Polycast Host)In this episode, I speak with Dustin Miller, the host of The Polymath Polycast, who has been interviewing polymaths to learn about their traits and mental modes to become multi-disciplinary in numerous fields.I have read many articles and books about the debate of whether being a specialist or generalist is better. Being a jack of all trades, master of none, is not a disadvantage anymore. Moreover, having many different skills and continually mastering them is something we should be doing. Here is what you will learn in this episode,What is a polymathModular e...
2021-01-3154 min
Future Design Podcast#045 Extera: The Future With Quantum Computing with Shalaka Verma (Director Microsoft)In this episode, I speak with Shalaka Verma, Director of Microsoft about the kind of future we can see with quantum computing. She was previously a guest on my COVID-19 Special series: “What’s Next for AI” and wanted to get her back on the show. The use cases for quantum computing are vast, ranging from agriculture, medical, finance, etc but still, the technology can be only used on a small scale as the results still need to be validated by quantum simulators. However, the future is promising as many of the ambiguities in science can be potenti...
2021-01-2433 min
Entelechy Leadership StoriesDesigning the Future, with Takatoshi Shibayama“My experiences in economics, technology, and meditation made me think about what our society needs for systematic change for a better future,” says our guest Takatoshi ShibayamaToday’s episode is an undeniably powerful and awakened discussion with Takatoshi Shibayama, CEO of Blockchain Singapore and host of Future Design Podcast. Our discussion covers the range of technology, investments, self-awareness and improvement, spirituality, AI (Artificial Intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things), blockchain, cryptocurrency, shareholder maximization, conscious capitalism, leadership, egalitarian, empower the people and achieve profits, the importance of the youth and how they can support the future.Takatos...
2021-01-2128 min
Future Design Podcast#044 Intera: Making Sense of Plant Medicine with Jonathan De Potter (Founder Behold Retreats)In this episode, I speak with Jonathan De Potter, founder of Behold Retreats, which provides bespoke holistic wellness programs incorporating plant medicine retreats in beautiful, safe, and legal locations. The information we read and/or hear about the healing effects of plant medicine, but there’s no point to this if the experience is a one-off situation. It’s only effective if it can be integrated into our stressful and busy modern life.Here’s what to expect from the episode;How modern life created a void in Jonathan’s lifeComparison with the West and Eastern perspect...
2021-01-171h 10
Future Design Podcast#043 Extera: Using Reputation For Better Social Media with Jenna Pilgrim (CEO Streambed)The first episode of 2021 is on redesigning social media that can incentivize better content sharing to reduce fake news and propaganda using reputation as an indicator. The relationship with the original content creator and who’s sharing is disconnected. There’s the reputation of the publisher and the sharer that needs to be set straight to understand the quality behind the information that is spread.Jenna Pilgrim is the CEO of Streambed, a company that is building a social media content analytical tool for content creators on top of blockchain infrastructure. By being able to track the cont...
2021-01-1058 minFuture Design PodcastYear End Fun: Future of Turntablism and DJing with DJ toMU:吐夢 (aka ShowNing)In this 2020 year end special, I had an awesome chat with my friend and also the music producer of the Future Design Podcast, DJ toMU:吐夢 (aka ShowNing).We explored the future of turntablism and DJing as technology has been changing how musicians are creating and recording music. Also the landscape of DJ has changed drastically since DJ toMu started DJing.This episode is a special one for me as I was a turntablist when I was back in school, obviously not as good as DJ toMU. He went on to become the 1st runner up in D...
2020-12-271h 08
Future Design Podcast#042 Extera: Navigating Through Muddy Waters of DeFi with Edmund Lowell (CEO KYC Chain)Decentralized Finance, DeFi as it’s called in the crypto community, has gained so much popularity during this year. The market size went from just under U$1bn to over $11bn, which is still small compared to the colossal size of the traditional finance markets, but it’s becoming a force to be reckoned with. In this episode Edmund Lowell, CEO of KYC-Chain, talked to us about all the nuts and bolts of the DeFi industry and how AML/KYC is an essential part of keeping this industry together if and when another crash comes along.Her...
2020-12-2053 min
Future Design Podcast#041 Intera: Conscious Breakthrough from Karma with Johnson Chong (Dharma Teacher) Part 2In this episode, I speak with Johnson Chong who was my former yoga teacher but also he’s so much more. He’s an artist, life coach, and dharma teacher. Currently, he resides in Sydney and released his book Sage Sapien. It’s an autobiography about his difficult upbringing and how he reconciled with his past by embracing the emotional adversities and finding his opportunities for growth to be his true authentic self. Here is what you will find in this episode;Struggles between family values and influences from a multicultural city of New YorkActing as a way t...
2020-12-1554 min
Future Design Podcast#041 Intera: Conscious Breakthrough from Karma with Johnson Chong (Dharma Teacher) Part 1In this episode, I speak with Johnson Chong who was my former yoga teacher but also he’s so much more. He’s an artist, life coach, and dharma teacher. Currently, he resides in Sydney and released his book Sage Sapien. It’s an autobiography about his difficult upbringing and how he reconciled with his past by embracing the emotional adversities and finding his opportunities for growth to be his true authentic self. Here is what you will find in this episode;Struggles between family values and influences from a multicultural city of New YorkActing as a way t...
2020-12-1356 min
Quest for QuestionsThrive in Chaos, Challenge the Norm & Create a Better Future | Takatoshi ShibayamaShow Notes:
Welcome to the Quest For Questions podcast, where each week I ask not so common questions, to not so common humans in search of not so common answers.
Joining me today is someone who was either thrown or intentionally threw himself into chaos since he was 5 years old. Taka, went from trading on Wallstreet for the likes of JP Morgan, through 17 years of investing for big-ass hedge funds to founding two businesses in the blockchain space.
From moving back n' forth between Japan and the U.S since he was a little kid to finally settling down in...
2020-12-131h 52
The Polymath PolyCast with Dustin PolyInnovatorDecentralized Future Design with Takatoshi Shibayama [Interview]Someone I have been wanting to have on the show for a while, and is such a really cool down to Earth dude. Today we are talking with Takatoshi Shibayama the Founder and CEO Blockshine in Singapore, and host of the future design podcast!Compassion, Empathy, and BlockchainLinks:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fdpodhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/takatoshi-shibayama-9a7b022/https://www.podchaser.com/creators/takatoshi-shibayama-107aDv2Ai9https://fdpod.co/https://fdpod.co/podcast/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZxSJ808...
2020-12-071h 43
Future Design Podcast#040 Extera: Reclaim Biodiversity with Alternative Protein - Eugene Wang (CEO Sophie's BioNutrients)In this episode, I speak with Eugene Wang, CEO of Sophie’s BioNutrients, a Singapore based food biotech company that’s developing large scale facilities to grow alternative protein using micro-algae. We have lost nearly three-quarters of our land environment's biodiversity due to industrialized agriculture to raise livestock. Like cell-based protein, this can be produced in a lab but unlike lab-grown food, this can be scaled bigger and faster.Here are the highlights from this episode;How is micro-algae so much more nutrient than most protein sourcesHow is micro-algae such an efficient way to grow...
2020-12-0650 min
Future Design Podcast#039 Intera: Consciousness of Ancient Civilizations - Betty J. Kovacs PhD (Author)In this episode, I speak with Dr. Betty Kovacs, author of Merchants of Light, about how the ancient civilizations had higher interconnectivity with cosmic consciousness through their shaman-mystic traditions.Today this consciousness is surfacing once again all around the world. It is rising out of the dreaming, symbolic, visionary mind that is sensitive to deeper orders of reality and in tune with the creative principles of both the human psyche and the universe. This mode of consciousness can heal the wounds of our current worldview by igniting these creative principles within modern, rational consciousness.Here’s w...
2020-11-291h 04
Future Design Podcast#038 Extera: Radical Transparency for IoT Data - Tim Panagos (CTO Microshare)In this episode, I have Tim Panagos, CTO of Microshare. He is developing smart sensors in buildings for contract tracing and preventative cleaning. In the first half of the episode, we focused on how we can prevent ourselves from a data-driven surveillance state. There is a dire need for us to flip the script from handing over our data with no accountability from the data collector to reclaiming our data rights.Here’s what to expect from the episode;- Why radical transparency is needed for both data collectors and producers- Wh...
2020-11-221h 07
Future Design Podcast#037 Intera: Using VR in Social Media Branding - Eugene Capon (CEO Studio Capon)In this episode, I have Eugene Capon, CEO of Studio Capon. They are known for creating the first TV-style VR talk show called “Glitched”, you can find it on YouTube here.AR/VR is known for its application in gaming, but it’s not just about that. Immersive experiences can be created in social media, a leap from the existing relationships we have online. Here’s what to expect from the episode;- How did Eugene construct his career from an intern at a digital signage company to running a VR content creation company...
2020-11-1559 min
Future Design Podcast#036 Extera: Farming the Desert - Ole Kristian Sivertsen (CEO Desert Control)In this episode, I have Ole Kristian Sivertsen, CEO of Desert Control. I found about him and his company from reading a CNN article and I immediately reached out to him.They have invented “Liquid Nano Clay”, a liquified form of clay to be sprayed onto the desert so that farming can be done. It attaches to sand particles and retains water/nutrients and it has turned a small part of the Dubai desert green.Here’s what to expect from the episode;- What is Liquid Nano Clay?- How does Liquid Nano C...
2020-11-0839 min
Future Design Podcast#035 Intera: Psychedelic Awakening - Adam Andros Aronovich (Psychedelic Researcher)In this episode, I have Adam Andros Aronovich, a researcher for the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC). He also conducts workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light in the Peruvian Amazon.Psychedelics, after being criminalized in the 1970s, for 4 decades of being in the shadows, have now started to be researched for its profound impact in curing mental diseases. But it also allows us to see a different perspective of reality, one that is not molded in the rationalistic, and materialistic world view that we are accustomed to.Here’s what to expect fr...
2020-11-011h 08
Future Design Podcast#034 Extera: Is General AI Coming? - Peter Voss (CEO AIGO.ai)In this episode, I chat with Peter Voss, CEO of AIGO.ai (Ahy-go) and the gentleman who coined the term “Artificial General Intelligence". AGI has been long talked about for decades but it wasn’t because of computational power that is helping it become a reality but a diversion from how AI has been developed. Data scientists and cognitive psychologists both are needed to make this AI come to life.Here’s what to expect from the episode;The 3 waves of AI - the history of AIThe difference between Programmers / Data Scientist v.s. AGI Are...
2020-10-2554 min
Future Design Podcast#033 Intera: Plastic Pollution Revisited- Leslie Maliepaard (CEO The Planet Calls)This week on the Future Design Podcast we chat with Leslie Maliepaard, CEO of The Planet Calls, on the pressing issue of Climate Change and more essentially, the Plastic Crisis. With new economical models of thinking such as the Circular Economy, can foundational pillars of these systems help us to re-think how we handle Climate Change? Here are a few episode highlights:The Linear vs Circular Economy.The false advertising of Recycling: Why it doesn’t really work.Is money involved in the Circular Economy system?How can we make a difference as consumers and encourage our...
2020-10-1942 min
Future Design Podcast#032 Extera: Carbon Circulating Feeds - Brian Reddy (CEO Kinnva)We talk to Brian Reddy about the impact of carbon on our environment and his plans to encourage carbon circulating practices. Are there better ways to mitigate the impact of carbon in our environment which is causing ripples of problems — security of food and water for our future generations due to our chronic use of land? Is this a catalyst for change to the way we “feed the future”? Here are a few episode highlights:Mitigating the social costs of carbon, who are the key stakeholders and what role can they play?Addressing the importance of the gro...
2020-10-1243 min
Future Design Podcast#031 Intera: Uniting with Sentientism - Jamie Woodhouse (Community Leader)We discuss a lesser-known philosophy, Sentientism. Sentience is defined as the animal's capacity to experience. It is a framework that focuses mainly on logic, evidence, and morals to improve our thinking as well as decision-making regarding the development of a social construct. Does this mode of thinking reprogram our society towards functioning more effectively as a sentient whole rather than being human-centric? Here are a few episode highlights: Understanding Sentientism: What defines a Sentientist?How can sentient-harming industries move away from it?Sentientism and its benefits in the modern world. Can Sentientism work in developing nations?Deb...
2020-10-0550 min
Future Design Podcast#030 Extera: Impact Hi-Tech Couture - Anina Net (CEO 360Fashion Network/ Former International Model)In this episode, we will talk about the dark side of fashion and its impact on our everyday life. Founder of 365Fashion Networks and former model, Anina Net shares with us the issues she has to face first hand as a fashion model and how she wants to bridge the gaps through Technology in the industry.Fashion is one of the largest causes of pollutants in the world. With consumer culture constantly promoting the need for new and trendy pieces, the evolution of fast fashion has since sparked a number of problems. Issues such as inhumane working...
2020-09-2843 min
Future Design Podcast#029 Intera: Altered Subconscious at Work - Wendi Friesen (Hypnotherapist)We discuss the workings of the subconscious mind with a certified hypnotherapist, Wendi Friesen. She shares with us her intimate experiences and personal stories. Hypnotherapy has been said to provide a range of impacts from curing addiction to enhancing brain functions. We find out how we can create the most fulfilling life just by changing the way we think! Here are a few episode highlights:Does hypnotherapy really work?How effective is it when applied to our professional and personal lives?Hypnotherapy techniques to unlock your potential. Insomnia: Cure sleep deprivation and how to heal negative th...
2020-09-2143 min
Future Design Podcast#028 Extera: Living in the Age of the Jerk - Michael Baxter & Julien De Salaberry (Futurist Authors)We often perceive the future of technology leading us to either a dystopian versus utopian society or us versus the robots. But how far is that from our reality? Are we closer to that than we think? “ Strap yourself in; technology is going to change the world. The current political and economic turmoil is nothing compared to what the next two decades will bring.” Here are a few episode highlights:Trends in technology and why we need to adapt.The future of jobs; will AI really take over?The education debate: How relevant is the ed...
2020-09-141h 03
Future Design Podcast#027 Intera: Walking Buddha's Way - David Roylance (Buddhist Teacher)According to Buddha, all problems originate from misunderstanding life's reality. In this week's episode, we discussed with David Roylance, a Buddhist teacher, about the nature of reality. In the modern world, we seek success, and it is often tied with power, money, and fame, preventing us from understanding what is most important in life. How can we apply Buddha's philosophy in conjunction with our current mode of operation? Learn the basic Buddhist teachings and ways to apply its philosophy to everyday life.- “Buddhism awakens the mind to the Natural Law.” What is "The Natural Law"...
2020-09-0746 min
Future Design Podcast#026 Extera: True Mission of Fintech - Naureen Hyat (Co-founder Tez Financial Services)In the last 40 years, the region that has moved out of the poverty line and over the income bracket of over $5 was the Asia Pacific. However still nearly half of them live below that line. Africa has increased its population but still the majority of them live underneath this line. Perhaps fintech's super USP is being able to serve the un / under-banked population due to the rise in mobile phone penetration. However financial literacy is still an issue amongst all other societal issues. Naureen Hyat is the co-founder of Tez Financial Services based in Pakistan...
2020-08-3128 min
Future Design Podcast#025 Intera: Reprogram the Subconscious - Norman Plotkin (Hypnotherapist)Ever wondered why you have trouble getting new habits to stick? Or simply struggle with dropping old patterns? The problem might be found in our subconscious mind, the part of our brains we use 95% of the time. How can we stir the auto-pilot brain to work for us? First, let’s go deeper into what the subconscious mind means.The subconscious mind is our operating system and the conscious mind is the application. If we improve the OS, we can also improve the application.Neuroscience is backing what hypnotherapy has been doing for centuries. Norman Pl...
2020-08-2447 min
Future Design Podcast#024 Extera: Reflections on Freedom Part 2.- Jim Mosquera (Economic Journalist)The political and monetary systems haven't been working for the majority of the developed nations for quite some time. We ask the government to come up with better solutions and bit by bit we offer our freedom in exchange for more intervention in our economic and political lives. Are we expecting too much from our governments, when they are head deep into conflicts and stagnation themselves?Inequalities in our world are further distancing us from an egalitarian future. The failure of how we put our dependency on capitalism, at least the version of capitalism we run today...
2020-08-1926 min
Future Design Podcast#024 Extera: Reflections on Freedom Part 1. - Jim Mosquera (Economic Journalist)The political and monetary systems haven't been working for the majority of the developed nations for quite some time. We ask the government to come up with better solutions and bit by bit we offer our freedom in exchange for more intervention in our economic and political lives. Are we expecting too much from our governments, when they are head deep into conflicts and stagnation themselves?Inequalities in our world are further distancing us from an egalitarian future. The failure of how we put our dependency on capitalism, at least the version of capitalism we run today...
2020-08-1726 min
Daily Wisdom - Walking The Path with The BuddhaEp. 57 - (Podcast Interview) - Open Discussion About Buddhist Teachings with Takatoshi Shibayama on Future Design Podcast(Podcast Interview) - Open Discussion About Buddhist Teachings with Takatoshi Shibayama on Future Design Podcast
This is a Podcast interview by Takatoshi Shibayama on Future Design Podcast. Takatoshi invited me as a guest onto his podcast to discuss the teachings of Gotama Buddha.
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2020-08-1446 min
Future Design Podcast#023 Intera: Waking Intellectual Individuality - Preity Upala (Geopolitical Analyst)The polarization of people, especially in the US stems from inequality in my view. Inequality isn’t just about the capital-rich and the working poor. There’s much more depth in the definition of rich and poor. Future Design Podcast hopes for an egalitarian future but if the system is already set up so that equal opportunities can’t turn into reality, hoping for it, voicing for it, won’t simply do. If governments were to tax the rich, the ideology can be based on the egalitarian start of a new life, not the equal result of every li...
2020-08-1050 min
Future Design Podcast#022 Extera: Dairy Minus the Animals - Max Rye (Chief Strategist Turtletree Labs)The U$720bn dairy industry is about to be disrupted. Being a large polluter of greenhouse gas emissions, representing about 10%, and water, it is an unsustainable product and business. An alternative is on its way. Turtletree Labs is using stem cell technology to reproduce dairy without animals. Not only it can create dairy products but it can also produce human breast milk. For mothers having difficulty in expressing, this can be the best solution without relying on formula milk.Guest: Max Rye (LinkedIn | Website)Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter | IG)Music: ShowNing (Website)
2020-08-0324 min
Future Design Podcast#021 Intera: Discovering Energy Medicine - Mark Hernandez (Holistic Practitioner)Energy medicine has its deep roots in traditional methods of medicine. Be it Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Ayurveda or shamanic traditions. They are oriented around a different model where healing is based on energy fields of the body unlike its Western counterpart that focuses on matter and chemical. As of today, many academics are researching the existence of our meridians (primo-vascular system). Soon we will be equipped with hard science for creating applications and architectural designs to prevent or neutralize dissonance from electromagnetic pollution to the energy field of our body. Guest: Mark Hernandez (LinkedIn...
2020-07-2934 min
Future Design Podcast#020 Extera: Grassroots Crypto Movement - Akane Yokoo (Founder Satoshi's Angels)The original use of cryptocurrency was for peer to peer electronic payment. This got lost somewhere between the in-fighting of the Bitcoin community and the ICO madness. However there are people who believe in Satoshi Nakamoto's idea of using crypto for medium of exchange. Akane Yokoo is one of them.Akane is the founder of Satoshi's Angels who is organizing Bitcoin Cash meetup groups since the early days of Bitcoin and still keeping the dream alive by grassroots movement. She knocks on the door of merchants to empower them with the ideals and structures available to adopt...
2020-07-2438 min
Future Design Podcast#019 Intera: Breaking Free of the Matrix - Harry Sherwood (Consciously.org)How do we trust our inner-callings for more in a world geared towards external gratification? How can we fill in the gaps and live more fulfilling lives? Harry Sherwood, founder of Consciously.org, deep dives into all things that limit ourselves with human psyche, ego, identity and the masks we choose to wear in society and how we can see ourselves from a different light. Harry Sherwood aspires to help people transform their lives by choosing a conscious lifestyle. Harry’s journey into holistic living took a true leap of faith when he left behind the onl...
2020-07-2138 min
Future Design Podcast#018 Extera: Shift in Economic Paradigm - Patrick Young (Economic Analyst)How do you prepare yourself financially when the economic tides are changing? Governments and central banks are working on a monetary solution to COVID19 recession but public spending and Keynesian policies have diminishing returns every time they are executed. "No longer can people expect a hand out from the government, so we need to invest more. However, education in investment is necessary to grow capital in the future"Becoming a financial expert is not the immediate answer but looking at local communities for investment opportunities where you have information advantage or preserving wealth through gold...
2020-07-1745 min
Future Design Podcast#017 Extera: Refining Content Discovery - Ian McKee (CEO Vuulr)Have you started to notice more and more international content like Money Heist and Dark hitting the global market through Netflix and other streaming services? We are now in the era of being able to access so many varieties of movies and series than ever before. It's only about to accelerate.Vuulr is a company that's creating an open marketplace for global content creators to have access to distribution channels that were never accessible before. Ian McKee, their CEO talks to us about how they are driving the traditional film industry into a game-changing digital transformation.
2020-07-1430 min
Future Design Podcast#016 Intera: The Regenerative Life - Carol SanfordHave you felt that you are limited in the capacity to make an impact in the world? You are not a CEO, a social activist, or working for an NPO so you can't make a difference. I have that feeling too but Carol Sanford shows us a different perspective.She has advised many Fortune 500 companies as a regenerative thought leader, received the Lifetime Trust Award, and has recently been added to the 2018 Top Conscious Company Leader's List. She also has 5 multi-award winning books (The Responsible Entrepreneur, The Responsible Business, The Regenerative Business, No More Feedback) and her...
2020-07-1037 min
Future Design Podcast#015 Intera: Ayurvedic Life Equilibrium - Vaidya Priyanka (Ayurvedic Healer)Ayurveda is considered one of the world’s most sophisticated and powerful mind-body health systems.It is not just a system for treating illness or preventing diseases, but Ayurveda is a science of life (Ayur = life, Veda = science or knowledge). According to the ancient Ayurvedic proverb “When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need”. From the advancement of Western medicine, we have slowly forgotten that, if nature and our constitution are not living in harmony, we cannot be healthy . Maybe we should be listening to the ancient words...
2020-07-0755 min
Future Design Podcast#014 Intera: Get Your Voice Heard - Cynthia Zhai (Voice Coach)What do you do when you have a strong message that you want to share with the world but you don't have the ability to project and make good use of your voice that it sounds convincing and captivating?Cynthia Zhai, who's a voice coach and TEDX speaker, shares her techniques to give your voice color and dynamism. You can find her at https://www.powerfulexecutivevoice.com/
2020-07-0329 min
Future Design Podcast#013 Intera: Branding in New Normal - Joe Esobedo (CEO Esco Media)Just because we are in a post-COVID19 world, or the people are standing up to racial justice doesn't mean you should jump on the bandwagon. However, it's a good time to re-evaluate what your brand should mean to the world. What Joe Escobedo means by this is that it's hard for anybody to sell anything at the moment so take some time to think about what you are providing to the world with your brand. Think about value creation rather than financial creation.Guest: Joe Escobedo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-escobedo/)Host: Takatoshi...
2020-06-3040 minFuture Design PodcastQuick Thank You for Listening to the COVID19 SpecialI want to give massive gratitude to everyone who has been listening to my podcast, especially the COVID19 Specials.I will focus on creating content to focus on topics, technologies, and ideas that will build a better society with planetary value.Please let me know what you would like to hear about in the comments section and please don't forget to subscribe!Love, Takatoshi ShibayamaSound: www.bensound.com
2020-06-2903 minFuture Design Podcast#19 "COVID19 Special": Future Cities with Pandemics - Pieter FourieIf we can predict human mobility, we can potentially stop deadly diseases before they turn into a pandemic in cities. How are researchers who are building our smart cities, with the use of AI, IoT, and image sensors, going to combat future pandemics?Pieter Fourie, and academic at the Future Cities Laboratory for Singapore ETH Centre, and his team is working with digital twins, a virtual version of yourself, to see how people move around in cities and what happens when a contagious virus is dropped into a city like Singapore.
2020-06-2633 minFuture Design Podcast#18 "COVID19 Special": Dealing with Cyberbullying - Anuradha RaoWhile our physical lives merge more into our virtual lives, cyberbullying has become a social problem, whether it's an adult or a child. Studies show that 50% of parents with children aged 6 -18 have reported them to be bullied. 1/5th of that takes place online so with that in mind how do we prepare our children for the negative effects of social media?Anuradha Rao, Ph.D. of Communications and New Media, also a founder of Cyber Cognizanz, works with people to understand the promises and perils of living and working in cyberspace and how to combat its...
2020-06-2332 minFuture Design Podcast#012 Reinventing Meat - KaYi Ling (Co-founder Shiok Meats)Haven't we been extracting more from Mother Nature than it can provide us? The population of the world is going to reach 10 billion by 2050 by the rate of growth that we are experiencing so our extractive nature, especially for our food sources, needs to stop.KaYi Ling, the co-founder of Shiok Meats, is on a mission to replace our habit of consuming live animals to cell-based meat, using stem cell technology. No longer do we have to kill wild animals or lock up animals and slaughter them for human consumption. As pandemics rooted from consuming animals are...
2020-06-1930 minFuture Design Podcast#17 "COVID19 Special": What's Next for AI - Shalaka VermaAI is already deployed in many different industries. Just look at your smartphone, it's running in the back of the music/video streaming sites, ads on your social media feed, or the e-commerce sites. In one fashion or another it's out there. It has even detected a peculiar case of pneumonia that broke out in Wuhan in December 2019, 9 days before the WHO declared it a pandemic. So what's next for AI?According to Shalaka Verma, Director of Partner Technology of Microsoft says the COVID19 pandemic reset the reality for businesses to bring forward the digital transformation into...
2020-06-1633 minFuture Design Podcast#16 "COVID19 Special": Environmental Energy Creation - Jimeno FonsecaGlobal carbon emissions reduced by 17% during this pandemic. We still need to reduce 7.6% p.a. until 2030 to meet the target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Aren't we going back to the same way we consumed energy pre-Covid-19? If we can't change our behavior, we need to change the system.There are many smarter devices that are energy efficient and DIY solar energy generators being made for household use, but digging deeper, what technologies are out there that can be both high in energy generation and clean? Green energy has yet to prove that it can be a...
2020-06-1235 min
Future Design Podcast#011: Hacking Crypto Part 2. - Peter DeMeoPeter DeMeo, Global Sales Leader for IBM's Digital Asset's team, continues to discuss various topics that are going on in the crypto and blockchain world. In this part 2. he explains the currently trending decentralized finance application and how it can be done better to get better adoption on a retail level.Also the pros/cons of private and permission-based blockchain, which is getting more traction in the enterprises and governments. Hyper Ledger is becoming the most adopted blockchain and many business consortiums are being built on top of it. Governments are experimenting on CBDC (central bank digital...
2020-06-0933 min
Future Design Podcast#011: Hacking Crypto Part 1. - Peter DeMeoBitcoin is now well known among institutional investors as an asset class as a hedge against inflation and political uncertainty. However, not only is the cryptocurrency infrastructure user un-friendly, but the news about crypto exchanges being hacked also doesn't give us much confidence that we can safeguard our cryptocurrency. If we know how crypto gets hacked, it can prepare us for entering the esoteric world of this new shiny digital gold.The industry is following the traditional securities market, monetary authorities are laying down regulations so that investors can trade with industrial-grade custody services. We don't hear...
2020-06-0441 minFuture Design Podcast#15 "COVID19 Special": Fasting to Improve - Kajal KhuranaFasting has been around for thousands of years. The Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims practice it and now for a few years it has made a come back into the mainstream with the health coaches and athletes raving about it. It's called Intermittent Fasting and it's trending. There are many ways to practice it, and whichever form it is, I believe it will outlast any diet fad out there.The science is there. Once 12 hours into fasting, your body depletes the sugar (glucose) as its energy source and turns to fat inside your body to burn. This is...
2020-06-0226 minFuture Design Podcast#14 "COVID19 Special": Buildings Getting Smart- Jordan KostalecEvery building that we enter, we are getting our temperature checked and ID scanned but does this really help detect COVID-19? With all the promises of AI and IoT, haven't they delivered anything better than this?Rather than taking the unrealistic sci-fi approach, Jordan Kostalec, head of JLL Asia's Proptech talks to us about building managers re-purposing existing tech and upgrading it for this corona virus situation: voice activated lifts, AR, drones and robot cleaners...We also talked about the future of the office space, how remote working can redefine the purpose of why we...
2020-05-3043 minFuture Design Podcast#13 "COVID19 Special": Calming Anxieties- Heiko/Selina NiedermeyerTaking care of your mental stillness by yourself, each day if you have to, is the way to future proof yourself from any potential anxiety meltdown. Negativity accumulates and if you don't peel them off piece by piece, there will be no room for positivity. Ideally you can do this every day and build it into your daily routine, but if not, you need to take a moment to shed off the negative feelings that start nipping at you.Heiko and & Selina Niedermeyer practice and teach the Power of Releasing for nearly 30 years now. It's so simple...
2020-05-3035 minFuture Design Podcast#12 "COVID19 Special": Future of Mentorship - Asia Institute of MentoringMentorship is taking a different shape as organizational structures change; less hierarchy, smaller divisions and fluid workforce. Before people committed to working up the corporate ladder and that's no longer the case. Millennials and Gen Zs are looking at working culture than career advancement as their choice for an organization to work for. Also as the gig economy expands, where are people going to seek mentorship from?Lawrence Young and Yen Lu Chow from Asia Institute of Mentoring talks to us about how they are bringing mentorship as a culture to young and older generations of people.
2020-05-3031 min
Future Design Podcast#010: Demystifying the Cannabis Industry - Blair JordanThe cannabis industry, by legalization of medical and recreational use, attracted institutional and retail money and created a bubble with sky high valuations. Sound familiar?This industry was no different to the internet boom or the ICO boom. Exuberant expectations and investment into this industry, bloated the market by over expansion of production, especially in Canada. Cash rich companies (not by profit) had to expand into other countries that legalized cannabis and acquire distribution channels and production facilities. However, many countries had a much stricter regulation around the industry and it fell short of many investors expectations.
2020-05-2825 minFuture Design Podcast#11 "COVID19 Special": Rethinking Education Fiona Edwards-BrownWhat are we educating our children for? Are we setting them up to be our future workers or is there something else that should be in the forefront when we think about our children's education.The boomer's generation had a powerful economic growth so there was optimism for the future. Right now, with the stagnating economy, the future is not so clear. However, our world is changing so drastically, especially with technology's exponential growth and its strong relationship in our lives, it's hard to keep up. AI and automation is replacing our jobs and leaving us with...
2020-05-2533 min
Future Design Podcast#009: Storytelling - Graham BrownWhat do people love about a certain brand or company? Is it the quality, price, looks, or is it the story behind it?When we think of Apple, Microsoft or Amazon, we think of its founders, how they communicate, how they look on stage or on TV, and associate the company around their image. Companies also project their image around how their product or service looks to their end customer.Storytelling a brand is not something new, it's been done for so long. If you ever watched an episode of Mad Men, even in t...
2020-05-081h 03
Future Design Podcast#008: Programmatic Advertising - Niraj NagpalAs long as we're online today, there is a high probability we would have encountered ads that cater to our needs and behaviours - and more often than not, with degrees of accuracy that would make us scratch our heads and wonder; "How on earth does my computer/smartphone know me so damn well?!" Welcome to the world of programmatic advertising. With great leaps in AI, advertisers have been able to send out highly targeted ads for products and services you are likely to be interested in without even you asking for them! On one...
2020-04-241h 01
Future Design Podcast#007: Actionable Intelligence - Keith CarterWe have entered the age of artificial intelligence and big data. Businesses, governments and individuals are harnessing the power of data to get a leg up in strategizing and decision making.As our technology has advanced, so has our accessibility to devices that can deliver information to us at great speed. This ability to be fed information at our beck and call is dramatically changing the ways by which we interact and conduct ourselves in our day to day lives. There is however a darker side to it all, that with governments or corporations now h...
2020-04-171h 36
Future Design Podcast#006: How Businesses Succeed In Asia - Prethika NairCutting and pasting business models globally obviously doesn't work. Business leaders need to understand that cultural consideration is necessary when landing their business on foreign shores. In respect to Asia, the region is not just one block of the sameness, each country has its own culture, generational preferences and business etiquette. Prethika explains in her framework called "TRUST" - Trust, Relationships, Up-close, Shake-up and Talent.Prethika is a writer with a background in international relations. Her interests lie in political and socioeconomic developments in the Southeast Asian region. She has written articles for some of A...
2020-04-131h 20Future Design Podcast#005: The Future Of Acting - Kamil HaqueGuest: Kamil Haque http://www.kamilhaque.com/, https://methodactingasia.com/Host: Takatoshi Shibayama https://www.blockshinesg.com/future-design-podcast/Creative Producer: Kash Singh https://www.linkedin.com/in/kash-singh-87909625/Sound Capture & Recording: Dylan Tan https://www.willdylan.comMusic: ShowNing https://www.showningdj.com"The artist is meant to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."Those words have held true for generations and as we enter a new era where artists are facing never before seen challenges ranging from socio-political upheavals to technological disruption, the need to disturb the status quo h...
2020-01-061h 38Future Design PodcastFDP & Future Cities Laboratory - #2 Transportation with Pieter FourieGuest: Pieter Fourie https://fcl.ethz.ch/people/CoreTeam/PieterFourie.html https://www.linkedin.com/in/pieter-j-fourie-392b4092/Host: Takatoshi Shibayama https://www.blockshinesg.com/future-design-podcast/ Creative Producer: Kash Singh https://www.linkedin.com/in/kash-singh-87909625/Sound: Dylan Tan https://www.willdylan.com Music: ShowNing https://www.showningdj.com “Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?” You may recall when Marty McFly and Doc Emmet Brown went back to 1885, and Doc in a saloon was rambling with the gents about how horse carriages became motorized carriages called automobile, and people just run fo...
2019-12-191h 30
Future Design Podcast#004: Space Exploration - Bidushi BhattacharyaGuest: Bidushi Bhattacharya (https://www.astropreneurs-hub.com/)Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (https://www.blockshinesg.com/future-design-podcast/)Creative Producer: Kash Singh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kash-singh-87909625/)Sound/Camera: Dylan Tan (https://www.willdylan.com)Music: ShowNing (https://www.showningdj.com)Bidushi says that the new space race is going to be in India and China. However, if we want to explore space, it shouldn’t be a race but something that the human race should be doing united as one, by sharing knowledge, information and resources. Humans have an everlasting hunger for knowledge and we...
2019-12-1048 minFuture Design Podcast#003: Reputation Capital - Siddharth SthalekarGuest: Siddarth Sthalekar (https://www.sacred.capital/)Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (https://www.blockshinesg.com/future-design-podcast/)Creative Producer: Kash Singh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kash-singh-87909625/)Sound/Camera: Dylan Tan (https://www.willdylan.com)Music: ShowNing (https://www.showningdj.com)Traditional monetary capital is based on zero-sum and absolute standards. However, this does not capture all the human value creation because we do so much more than what can be captured by simple monetary terms. How do we integrate this into quantifiable value?A graduate of IIM Ahmedabad...
2019-12-091h 20Future Design PodcastFDP & Future Cities Laboratory - #1 Smart Grids & Energy Optimization - Jimeno FonsecaHost: Takatoshi Shibayama https://www.blockshinesg.com/future-d...Guest: Jimeno Fonseca https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimenofonseca/ https://www.jimenofonseca.com/Creative Producer: Kash Singh https://www.linkedin.com/in/kash-sing...Music: ShowNing https://www.showningdj.comSound: Dylan Tan https://www.willdylan.comWe live in a world powered by the burning of fossil fuels. While it has enabled industrialization, delivered electricity to our homes and exponentially increased our mobility, it has come at tremendous cost to our environment and has proved to be unsustainable in the long run. Jimeno Fonseca from Fut...
2019-12-091h 03Future Design Podcast#001: Content Marketing - Neal MooreDo we just want quick dopamine hits? Is it true that we are really so starved for attention, desperate for the “likes” we get on social media, that we post whatever makes people react? Do we really want instant gratification? Do we wish to stuff our faces with junk food, then snap our fingers and expect to have a body like a demi-god?Have we lost our attention span? Can we listen to a speech for more than 10 minutes without pulling out our smartphones?The internet has lowered barriers to create and distribute cont...
2019-11-1559 minFuture Design Podcast#002: Blockchain & Spirituality - Karthik IyerWhat do we need to spiritually harness an empowering technology such as blockchain? Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, technology is as well. While it can be used to scam people or launder money, it can also be used to create a society that is more open and transparent. The internet has given people so much access to information that it has limited government’s power to control the people with propaganda. Blockchain technology is taking it to another level by further giving people the accountability and control of that information. We are at...
2019-11-1545 min