The best disruptors are focused on customers, not products, they use technology rather than fear it, they create new opportunities often where regulations don't exist and they are backed by those with deep pockets and an appetite for risk. Colin Cullis presents stories of Business Unusual - those people and companies driving the next industrial revolution. The associated articles and videos are available here
https://www.702.co.za/features/110/business-unusual
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 13 hours 8 minutes
Business Unusual - "Antifragility" is not just "resilience"
Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowToday
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Business Unusual - Don’t Put Young People In The Corner
Zanele Njapha | Unlearning Expert & Innovation Facilitator at TomorrowToday
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Can you tell when you are dealing with artificial intelligence?
A report suggests that one in six online business interactions are with a bot and that a third of those that interact with one, don't realise it was not a human.
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There are 510 trillion square metres on Earth, just three words can find you.
What3Words is making the difficult task of precise location easier for those looking to deliver a package, find a friend in a shopping centre or get rescue workers to where you are stuck.
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Business Unusual - Getting lost is hard these days thanks to What3Words
Guest: Colin Cullis
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The Taylor Swift Ticket Troubles
South Africans can identify with Taylor Swift fans that hoped to snag a ticket to see her Era Tour. Swift is a very popular artist and so there was always going to be more demand than supply. Ticketmaster was the partner to handle the sale of tickets which resulted in much anger and calls for the company to be broken up to allow for more competition...
COP 27 and why we have not fixed climate change
27 years later and we still are not slowing carbon emission enough.
There is reason for outrage and optimism, but mostly outrage.
The thing is no-one got anything good done while outraged, only when once calmed down, and appreciating the extent of the problem and then actively looking for practical solutions could a potential solution be implemented.
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Icarus, starring Elon Musk
Elon Musk has many fans, fewer than in the past but still many that believe he will shift us to renewable energy, find a solution for autonomous driving, build a humanoid robot to help/replace workers and get us safely to the Moon and Mars. All while providing global internet coverage, an alternative to traffic jams and long distance trains and a way to fix damaged brains.
The catch for Musk and the other companies he is significantly involved in how to split his time between them...
Business Unusual - Boyan Slat - The Ocean Cleanup
Guest: Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowToday
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Business Unusual - The secret to organisational change you didn't know about
Guest: Zanele Njapha | Unlearning Expert & Innovation Facilitator at TomorrowToday
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