Charity Majors, CTO and co-founder at honeycomb, grew up in rural Idaho and dropped out of college. This is her unlikely journey from pianist to successful high-tech entrepreneur. She&apos;s a pioneer in the monitoring and observability space who  turned her learning at Facebook into a company focused on helping developers find and fix bugs faster. Charity&apos;s opinionated, thoughtful, and one of the most outspoken critics of, well, the status quo :).Listen and learn...What motivated Charity to start a career in tech having been a "perennial dropout"Why "ops has a well-deserved reputation for masochism"Why Charity says the "Kool-aid at Facebook is strong and potent" Why it&apos;s impossible to troubleshoot software bugs with high cardinality dataHow Charity defines observabilityWhat it means to practice observability-driven development (ODD) and why it should replace test-driven development (TDD)References in this episode:Charity&apos;s personal siteCharity on TwitterCharity&apos;s manifesto on observabilityThanks to Rachel Chalmers for making this episode happen!

AI and the Future of Work

Charity Majors, CTO and co-founder of honeycomb, discusses observability, how to build great software, and what she learned not to do from Facebook

Kai Nunez, VP Research & Insights at Salesforce, didn&apos;t always know she wanted to pursue a career in AI because it didn&apos;t exist as a field. Her dad was a linguist and she became interested in human-computer interaction at a young age. Kai&apos;s deep concern for values-based leadership and operating with integrity led her to become a leading voice in the DEI and AI ethics communities. Today, her teams are creating a culture of awareness about the impact tech has on underserved populations. She&apos;s a passionate advocate for educating teams to do the right thing... even when nobody&apos;s looking.Listen and learn...About Salesforce&apos;s real "biggest competitor"Why DEI matters in technologyHow Kai lives the value of "being a respectful truthteller"Why the future of software includes data audits to mitigate the risk of bias  What happened when Kai presented an unpopular idea to Marc BenioffReferences in this episode...Krishna Gade from Fiddler on AI and the Future of WorkAI ethics at Salesforce

Kai Nunez, Vice President of Research & Insights at Salesforce, shares the secret to making tech teams own responsibility for AI ethics

René Morkos, CEO and Founder of ALICE Technologies, grew up wanting to build things. That passion led him to degrees in Construction Management and an adjunct professorship at Stanford. In 2015, he founded ALICE to improve the efficiency of complex construction projects. Rene has since raised nearly $40M from an incredible list of investors including Lightspeed, Merus, and Future Ventures. Listen and learn...What René learned from his first job after college working on construction sites in AfghanistanWhy ConstructionTech has attracted nearly $6B since 2014How algorithms figure out what 6,000 people on a construction site should do every dayWhat the world will be like in ten years when technology is fully adopted in the construction industry Why "startups are really just R&D departments for large companies"What&apos;s hard about building startups...that they don&apos;t teach you in CEO schoolReferences in the episode...ALICE TechnologiesALICE on TwitterAI and the Future of Work with Rachel Chalmers from Alchemist Accelerator

Rene Morkos, CEO and Founder of ALICE Technologies, shares how algorithms are changing the construction industry

Gary Bolles, entrepreneur, venture advisor, and best-selling author, is a deep thinker who established roots in Silicon Valley in the 80s to pursue his joint passions for technology and exploring what he calls the three boxes of life - learning, work, and leisure. He’s the author of The Next Rules of Work which was published August 31. He’s also the chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University and the founder of eParachute among other companies. Oh, and his LinkedIn courses have helped train more than 800,000 students. Listen and learn...How the son of a laid off minister became one of the foremost authorities on the future of workWhat opportunities are being created by "The Great Reset"How technology is redefining work... and redefining our identity as humansWhat it means that we&apos;re moving from a "workforce" to a "worknet"About the $10 million exercise... and why it&apos;s the best way to find your passionWhy living the acronym "PACE" is the best way to ensure future career successReferences in today&apos;s episode...Gary&apos;s siteSingularity UniversityAI and the Future of Work with Charlene Li

Gary Bolles, best-selling author of The Next Rules of Work, shares how to manage through disruption and find your passion

Derek Steer cut his teeth as a data analyst at Facebook and Yammer more than a decade ago. He co-founded Mode in 2013 to make it easier to ask questions about data and get better answers faster. Mode has since raised four rounds of funding including a recent $33M round from an exceptional group of investors. 52% of Fortune 500 companies use Mode and Derek has grown the team to more than 300 employees. Derek&apos;s vision: "drive the time to do analysis down to zero." He&apos;s well on his way!Listen and learn...What Mode&apos;s doing to "unlock the power of human reasoning"What Derek learned about tools for data analysts from Facebook and YammerWhy there will always be a need for analytics frontends even amid competition from data warehouses like SnowflakeThe future of work for data analystsThe biggest tragedy in BI todayReferences in this episode:Benn Stancil&apos;s "season without bats"FivetranThoughtSpotTrifactaTiernan Ray on AI and the Future of Work

Derek Steer, CEO and founder of Mode, discusses the future of work for data analysts and the biggest tragedy in BI today

Jeff Meyerson, entrepreneur, musician, technologist, and author of the acclaimed "Move Fast: How Facebook Builds Software", discusses the stranglehold Big Tech has on developer tools and how the future of software development may be quite different from the present.Listen and learn...What Jeff learned about sales from playing pokerHow Facebook builds software... and how it can avoid being evil Why React is the "Linux of the frontend of the web"The development tools Jeff&apos;s most excited aboutWhy Zuck&apos;s not a good leaderWhat Jeff will tell Zuck when they finally meet  References in this episode..."Move Fast: How Facebook Builds Software" on AmazonJeff on TwitterSoftware Engineering DailyJanelle Shane&apos;s great book

Jeff Meyerson, entrepreneur and author of "Move Fast: How Facebook Builds Software", shares important advice for Zuck

Krishna Gade was an engineering leader at Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook before realizing AI is eating software... and responsible AI is essential. He turned a passion for "trustworthy AI" into a company that recently raised $32M to make AI explainable.Listen and learn...Why AI explainability matters... and how to instrument it in AI modelsWhat developers need to know to ensure AI models don&apos;t make bad decisionsWhat legislators need to know when creating frameworks to regulate "responsible" use of AIHow Apple fumbled AI explainability when issuing credit cards through Goldman SachsKrishna&apos;s top lesson learned as a first-time CEO References in this episode:AI and The Future of Work with Dr. Mark van RijmenamAI and The Future of Work with Tiernan RayThe Algorithmic Accountability ActFiddler.ai

Krishna Gade, CEO and Founder of Fiddler, discusses the importance of AI explainability

Neelima Parasker started coding at a young age.  Inspired by her entrepreneur mother, she studied Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering before eventually starting SnapIT Solutions. Neelima&apos;s passion for investing in unproven talent has guided her as a leader. She&apos;s an active entrepreneur coach and is involved in many civic organizations in and around the Kansas City area.Listen and learn...The single most important lesson for parents looking to cultivate a love of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math in their kids.How Neelima has built a culture around her belief that we should "use technology to grow people, not the other way around."How glass ceilings for women and under-represented minorities can be shattered.How governments should take responsibility for improving access to STEM education.Why Neelima isn&apos;t afraid of bots taking jobs because "our faults make us human."References in today&apos;s episode...SnapIT SolutionsJoe Rehmann from Victory Farms on AI and the Future of WorkFilip Dousek on AI and the Future of Work

Neelima Parasker, CEO of SnapIT Solutions, shares the recipe for making high-quality STEM education accessible to all

Rachel Chalmers aspired to be an English professor before being inspired by a technology journal to relocate from Ireland to San Francisco. She has since covered over 1,000 startups as an industry analyst and invested in many more as an investor. Rachel is passionate about representing the under-represented and encouraging all those who have been told they can&apos;t  live their dreams. This is a must-listen for entrepreneurs who have ever felt disadvantaged by circumstances out of their control. It&apos;s also the episode in which I volunteer to chair the Chalmers 2024 campaign.Listen and learn...The burn rate rule of thumb for startupsWhy "venture capital wants to perpetuate itself"The origins of the Silicon Valley myth that "all talent is concentrated in white males"How to eliminate institutional biases that constrain women and under-represented minorities when raising money and building companiesHow Rachel is defining the future workplace where humans and machines collaborateReferences in this episode:Ravi Belani and the Alchemist AcceleratorThe Innovators Inside podcast by AlchemistXCharity Majors and HoneycombEdith Harbaugh and LaunchDarklyCiro and Jacopo from Tooso on AI and the Future of WorkFilip Dousek from Workday on AI and the Future of WorkProject IncludeArlan HamiltonKate Crawford&apos;s Atlas of AISeeing Like a State by James C. Scott

Rachel Chalmers, Partner at Alchemist Accelerator, discusses what's required to eliminate bias in startup funding

Dr. Cataltepe is an accomplished scientist and entrepreneur... with a social conscience. She has published more than 100 academic papers and is a three-time recipient of the "Women Entrepreneur of the Year" award. Dr. Cataltepe and her team believe building and managing AI models should be something anyone can do... even her 70 year old mother who is a farmer in Turkey :). Tazi&apos;s vision is to make AI explainable, accessible, and configurable for "mere mortals".Listen and learn...What&apos;s required to deploy AI that is easy to understand, monitor, and update by business people without data science or computer science backgroundsHow to apply micro-segmentation to detect and eliminate bias in data and modelsWhy "bring your own model" may solve critical issues related to data privacy and data biasHow reducing the complexity of AI also will limit its environmental footprintHow insurance companies are using AI trained with telematic data to determine driver risk and premiumsWhy the Turkish saying "even the snake eats the earth one bite at a time" represents Dr. Cataltepe&apos;s vision for the future of AIThanks to the Alchemist Accelerator team for the introduction to Dr. Cataltepe!

Dr. Zehra Cataltepe, CEO of Tazi.ai, discusses the meaning of responsible AI and how she's saving the planet...one model at a time

Ken Gonzalez has spent the better part of 35 years as an IT practitioner, CIO advisor, and industry analyst. He has fielded more than 2,500 inquiry calls and contributed to some of the most impactful IT trends. Ken&apos;s advisory work focuses on IT metrics and organizational change.  Hear Ken share the one workplace technology shift that all organizations must make to remain competitive in the next decade.Listen and learn... What it means for IT to adopt a "product management mindset"How Ken helped a client save $750,000Why most enterprise IT teams "overestimate their process maturity"The role AI will play in defining IT strategy (hint: it&apos;s not what you think)Jargon alert: "KTLO" = "keep the lights on"References in this episode...Ken&apos;s virtual home on the internetColin Fletcher on AI and the Future of WorkDion Hinchcliffe on AI and the Future of Work

Ken Gonzalez, ITSM pundit, shares the one trend that will define IT strategy for the next decade

Dan O&apos;Connell, former founder and CEO of TalkIQ which was acquired by Dialpad, discusses the future of cloud communications. Dan&apos;s vision for helping teams sell more with less churn led to Dialpad becoming a unicorn last year having raised $100M at a $1.2B pre-money valuation.  Exceptional investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures are betting on Dialpad&apos;s ability to convert legacy telephony infrastructure into cloud-native, SaaS systems using AI to analyze voice transcripts.Listen and learn...Dan&apos;s entrepreneurial journey from incubator to launch to fundraising to acquisition.Why TalkIQ was really three startups in one... and how Dan navigated his team through the process of finding one big customer problem to fix.Why voice will soon be the primary computing interface.The challenges of developing NLP technology for voice transcription and AI-based analytics.What Dan learned from nearly a decade at Google... and, more important, what he learned not to do.References in the episode...AI and the Future of Work with Rory O&apos;DriscollDialpad raises $100M at a $1.2B valuationWesley Chan from Felicis Ventures

Dan O'Connell, CSO/CRO at Dialpad and founder of TalkIQ, discusses NLP in cloud telephony and his entrepreneurial journey from Google to founder to a quick exit

Dion Hinchcliffe has been reporting on and prognosticating about the future of work for more than 20 years. He speaks with 100s of global CIOs annually about how to use technology to deliver great employee experiences. In this discussion, Dion shares mind-boggling stats about IT spending patterns and provocative thoughts about how to fix what&apos;s broken in the workplace.Listen and learn...The real definition of "digital transformation"Why CIOs have the shortest tenure in the C-suiteWho spends more on IT... than IT!What % of IT budgets go to innovation... and why that number is pathetically low. How the technology in your pocket will be very different in a decade.Resources mentioned in this episode:AI and the Future of Work with Mark SettleDion&apos;s perspective on the "New CIO Mindset" Dion&apos;s websiteDion on TwitterDion&apos;s Hierarchy of Digital Employee Experience NeedsAntWorks RPA

Dion Hinchcliffe, VP and Principal Analyst @ Constellation Research, discusses CIO priorities and how to actually deliver on the promise of digital transformation

John Whaley has been programming since age five. He has been a lecturer at Stanford in Computer Science, a founding CTO, and a founding CEO. John raised a large series A in 2017 and has sold two companies. Oh, and he&apos;s out to save the world from passwords. UnifyID is a pioneer in the use of biometric data stored on mobile devices to authenticate users.Listen and learn...How John&apos;s personal journey led to the founding and successful acquisition of UnifyID by Prove.About the ethical implications of giving Big Tech access to your biometric data.Why "being yourself should provide enough information to uniquely identify you."What John means when he says "data isn&apos;t the new oil... it&apos;s the new kryptonite."John&apos;s bold prediction for when passwords will no longer be the predominant form of authentication (spoiler alert: it&apos;s sooner than you think).Thanks to Vinay Prabhu for the introduction to John.

John Whaley, Founder and CEO of UnifyID, discusses the future of biometric authentication and how to prepare for a world beyond passwords

Filip Dousek is a successful entrepreneur having sold his last company to Workday. He&apos;s also the author of Flock Without Birds, a two-part novel that challenges how the whole relates to its parts. Stories, Filip&apos;s company, is solving the problem of extracting insights about people from massive datasets to be able to answer questions about diversity, organizational behavior, and skills gaps. He also discusses the challenges of growing a startup in Prague.Listen and learn...Why enterprises don&apos;t use the data they generate to make better decisionsThe hard technical challenge of extracting insights about people and teams from large datasetsWhat it means to "look at data through the prism of graphs and relationships"Why founding Stories in Prague created an opportunity for talent arbitrageAbout our defensible advantages as humans vs. AIReferenced in this episode:Alchemist AcceleratorWorkdayFlock Without Birds

Filip Dousek, founder of Stories (acquired by Workday), discusses machine learning for people insights and the challenges of being an entrepreneur in Europe

Host Dan Turchin explores the extraordinary ways AI is changing the workplace and what the future of work will look like. He interviews thought leaders across high-tech who share their experiences and insights about artificial intelligence and what it means to be human in the era of AI-driven automation. Learn more about Astound, the AI platform for employee service: https://astound.ai/

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AI and the Future of Work

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