Think With ABD
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -A podcast about humanizing technology, data and design. We interview a wide range of speakers including creators, designers, and change-makers who are pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation.
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S3E4 Unstoppable Millennials - A New Chapter for Healthcare With Chenny Xia Gotcare
April 20, 2022 04:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBIn Ontario, the number of older adults aged 65 and above reached 2.4 million in 2017 and it is expected to reach 4.6 million by 2046. Self-directed care provides care recipients with more autonomy on what care they need and how that care will be delivered. Cheney Xia, an entrepreneur who co-founded Gotcare, an at-home care provider that is designed to transform how healthcare is delivered throughout Canada, joined us for a thoughtful discussion on her personal journey as an experienced desig...
S3E3 Unstoppable Millennials - From From a Unicorn to Impact Financing with Windy Natriavi from AwanTunai
August 04, 2021 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBWindy Natriavi founded and co-led the GO-LIFE services under GoJek, Indonesia's first tech unicorn valued at $7 Billions. After being promoted to be GoJek’s VP of Growth, Windy took a rare turn in her career and decided to build a microfinancing company, AwanTunai, which serves millions of unbanked customers. AwanTunai builds digital distribution to thousands of micro-retail merchants who can then access working capital as well as accept payment from AwanTunai consumer credit. The financiall...
S3E2 Unstoppable Millennials - Learn More, Effortlessly with Trishala Pillai from Rumie
April 04, 2021 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB“Learning is a lifelong journey.” Few people will disagree with this statement, but in the fast-changing world we live in, our learning journey won’t be linear. In the interview with Trishala Pillai, an enterprise software account executive turned education technology enthusiast and advocate, we hear her own non-linear journey getting to and working as the director of strategy at Rumie, an educational nonprofit working with the world’s most influential organizations to create and distribute ...
S3E2 Unstoppable Millennials - Learn More, Effortlessly with Trishala Pillai from Rumie
April 04, 2021 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB“Learning is a lifelong journey.” Few people will disagree with this statement, but in the fast-changing world we live in, our learning journey won’t be linear. In the interview with Trishala Pillai, an enterprise software account executive turned education technology enthusiast and advocate, we hear her own non-linear journey getting to and working as the director of strategy at Rumie, an educational nonprofit working with the world’s most influential organizations to create and distribute ...
S2E10: 10 Percent - The Little Secret of AI Projects with Rogayeh Tabrizi (Theory+Practice)
February 16, 2021 04:10 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBEvery organization wants to embrace artificial intelligence (AI), but here is the little secret: Majority of AI projects have never moved beyond a proof of concept (POC) phase and only a small fraction of AI experiments has been proved to be ROI positive. In fact, Only 10% of companies have gained significant benefits from their AI initiatives. We are in an AI hype for a while now, which means not much persuasion is needed to pitch AI investments to senior executives. However, what is miss...
S2E9: Democratization of AI: You Can Start Anywhere with Eric Huang (CEO of Advanced Analytics and Research Lab)
February 08, 2021 04:01 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBEach organization has its own maturity curve in leveraging artificial intelligence. Some larger organizations hire AI consultants to help them navigate the complexity within data and analytics initiatives, while small players like SMEs and non-profit organizations tend to steer away from AI adoption due to financial and other resource commitments. In this episode, an analytics democratization enthusiast, Eric Huang, the founder and CEO of Advanced Analytics and Research Lab, shares his vie...
S3E1: Unstoppable Millennials - Christian Keil, Chief of Staff at Astranis, a satellite company building the next generation of internet satellites
December 21, 2020 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MB2020 is an exciting year for Internet Satellite companies. There were roughly 200 Internet satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO) seeking to offer Internet access to wider consumers and enterprises in 2019, and the number grew to 700 satellites. Globally, Morgan Stanley estimates that satellite internet providers could be generating over $500 billion in revenue by 2040. Our featured guest is Christian Keil, the Chief of Staff at Astranis, a geostationary communications satellite company with a ...
S2E8: Can Computers Help Cure Humans - ML used in COVID Vaccine with James Huges
December 10, 2020 04:55 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBWe are seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic and while we are beginning to understand the disease and its behavior much better, we are still far from a resolution and the “old normal”. Across the globe, over 100 institutions are working on a vaccine, and over 170 countries are collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop a vaccine plan. The production and distribution of the vaccines will be slow to begin, and this plan proposes that those considered “highest risk” sho...
S2E7: Using AI to Empower the Homeless with CG Chen
November 24, 2020 03:03 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBAs with many other industries, we see the adoption of innovative data-science technology to tackle social issues. Research has shown that 10% of homeless populations are visible in Canada, while the remaining 90% are hidden. Interestingly, about 94% of homeless people actually own a mobile phone in North America, and about 77% own a smartphone. In this podcast, Sarah Sun, ABD’s Head of Research & Content, is speaking with CG Chen. Ms. Chen is the founder and CEO of Ample Labs, a non-profit...
S2E6: Data Science for Elections with Peter Tanner
November 16, 2020 01:22 - 18 minutes - 13 MBWhile 2020 has brought a number of challenges to people all over the world, one of the most anticipated events of this year is the US election. Politicians have been under the watchful eye of the public in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and are continually evaluated in their ability to protect their people while maintaining economic performance. In the US, Democratic and Republican candidates are fighting harder than ever to win electoral votes and claim their seat in the White House. As w...
S2E5: Can Anyone be a Strategist with Jennifer Riel from IDEO
September 21, 2020 02:20 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBIn periods of uncertainty, we might wish we had the magic of strategists who come into a room and solve problems like we heard from classic business stories. But, can anyone be a strategist? With that question, we interviewed Jennifer Riel, Global Director of Strategy from IDEO, the world famous design-thinking institute that popularized “design-thinking”. Jennifer is also a co-author of a book: Creating Greater Choices: A Leader’s Guide to Integrative thinking - with Roger Martin, the dean...
S2E4: Values Should Not Just Be Words on the Office Wall with Mitch Gudgeon from TalentFit
August 09, 2020 19:23 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBCultural fit - what does that actually mean? Are the values in your organization actually reflective of how work is done, the way employees are engaged, or the way leadership communicates? Cultural fit within an organization is so much more than a series of slogans - in order to perform at its highest level, it must begin with building and maintaining an amazing team culture. A Toronto start-up called “TalentFit AI” has managed to tackle this topic, and all powered through academic resear...
S2E3: Legal Advice Powered by AI with Samuel Dahan from Queen's University
July 08, 2020 03:42 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBThere is a new open-access tool called “MyOpenCourt” that is powered by artificial intelligence, offering basic legal advice such as determining the termination compensation or assess whether the worker is an employee or an independent contractor. We chatted with the creator of the tool, Dr. Samuel Dahan. Samuel Dahan is a lawyer, an Assistant Professor, Queen’s National Scholar, and cross-appointed to the Smith business school and Cornell University law school. He is the Director of the C...
S2E2: Don’t Let Your Innovation Die with Kareen Proudian from Faculty of Change
June 25, 2020 03:05 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBInnovation occurs everywhere and the external environment is unforgiving to those who fall behind. Unlike other types of corporate activities, Innovation cannot be managed and planned in a completely standardized yet predictable manner. In a post-COVID19 world, companies are taking more precautions in managing budgets, streamlining operations, and eliminating redundancies. So, what does it mean to the innovation teams who are still responsible for innovations? With questions about how to ...
S2E1: The Future of Cities with Wafic El-Assi from UBER
June 11, 2020 02:29 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBThis episode explores how cities as we know it could change after the pandemic. With social distancing measures becoming the new norm, Covid-19 has altered life as we know it. For many of us, that included a crowded commute, busy streets, and the buzz of city life. Cities have weathered pandemics in the past, and have always emerged more resilient than before. Wafic El-Assi, an UrbanTech enthusiast, ex-Data Scientist and current Strategy & Operations Manager at Uber, sheds light on mobility,...
S1E2: Demystify Agile with Tom Sommerville
September 22, 2019 22:13 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBIt is undeniable that many organizations have been using agile to drive organizational changes, improve project effectiveness, and respond to ever-changing customer requirements. In today’s episode, we invited Tom Somerville, the co-founder of AgileTo, one of the largest meet-up groups in Toronto, to join us to demystify agile. We talk about the tools and principles of this new way of working, as well as new roles and the organizational challenges that many enterprises encounter as they ...
S1E1: Scale AI with Pavel Abdur-Rahman from IBM
September 20, 2019 16:46 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBA week before 2019 ABD conference, we invited Pavel Abdur-Rahman, the partner and the head of data science at IBM, to share his views on the industry adoption of AI. In 2018, Pavel jokingly told the audience that part of his job is to put all data scientists out of a job. This time, Pavel shared his new observations since we spoke last time. On the topic of “how to transition from ad-hoc data science to scaled AI across the organization”, Pavel emphasizes on the value schedule alignment a...