Iskander Smit on human-AI-things relationships, designing for interruptions and intentions, and streams of consciousness in AI (AC Ep18)

by shan | Sep 10, 2025 | Podcast

“I really believe that we need to design friction into the system, not what is usually the goal in digital spaces, where you try to remove all the friction.” –Iskander Smit About Iskander Smit Iskander Smit is founder and chair of Cities of Things...

Brian Kropp on AI adoption, intrinsic incentives, identifying pain points, and organizational redesign (AC Ep17)

by shan | Sep 3, 2025 | Podcast

“If you’re not moving quickly to get these ideas implemented, your smaller, more agile competitors are.” –Brian Kropp About Brian Kropp Brian Kropp is President of Growth at World 50 Group. Previous roles include Managing Director at Accenture, Chief...

Suranga Nanayakkara on augmenting humans, contextual nudging, cognitive flow, and intention implementation (AC Ep16)

by shan | Aug 27, 2025 | Podcast

“There’s a significant opportunity for us to redesign the technology rather than redesign people.” –Suranga Nanayakkara About Suranga Nanayakkara Suranga Nanayakkara is founder of the Augmented Human Lab and Associate Professor of Computing at National University of...

Michael I. Jordan on a collectivist perspective on AI, humble genius, design for social welfare, and the missing middle kingdom (AC Ep15)

by shan | Aug 20, 2025 | Podcast

“The fact is that its input came from billions of humans… When you’re interacting with an LLM, you are interacting with a collective, not a singular intelligence sitting out there in the universe.” –Michael I. Jordan About Michael I. Jordan Michael I. Jordan is...

Paula Goldman on trust patterns, intentional orchestration, enhancing human connection, and humans at the helm (AC Ep14)

by shan | Aug 13, 2025 | Podcast

“The potential is boundless, but it doesn’t come automatically; it comes intentionally.” –Paula Goldman About Paula Goldman Paula Goldman is Salesforce’s first-ever Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, where she creates frameworks to build and deploy...