Exponential Minds Podcast

Welcome to the new Exponential Minds Podcast where Global Futurist Nikolas Badminton speaks to amazing thinkers that dream bigger and impact the world with their thinking and actions. This episode features Nikolas Badminton having an in-depth talk with Thomas Frey - a Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute on education, areas of research and so much more. References: - https://www.davinciinstitute.com/ Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that provides keynote speeches about the future of work, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. Nikolas is based in Vancouver, BC, and speaks across Canada, USA, UK, Asia, and Europe. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com

Futurist Speaker Nikolas Badminton joins Kirk LaPointe and Tyler Orton from Business in Vancouver (BIV), along with Brittany Whistmore from Exvera to talk about the UBER fatality, fast transit, and eSports. You can see more of Nikolas' insights at www.nikolasbadminton.com The BIV full show can be heard here - http://cirh2.streamon.fm/listen-pl-15151

Drex talks on The Shift about corporate surveillance, and facial recognition software with world-renowned futurist Nikolas Badminton. See more of Nikolas' insights at www.nikolasbadminton.com

Nikolas Badminton talks about Radical Creativity and 2018 Trends with Hailey Woodin and Kirk LaPointe at Business In Vancouver (BIV). Smart Cities, Artificial Intelligence, Renewable Energy, and other trends are explored. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com Original audio is athttp://cirh2.streamon.fm/listen-pl-14506

2018 will be the “year of radical creativity” according to Nikolas Badminton, who is out with his yearly look at what discoveries and technologies we should be seeing over the next 356 days. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com

With 2018 just around the corner Nik Badminton joins us to talk about bitcoin’s apparent demise, the happenings of other cryptocurrencies, huge tech companies reeling in over 900 billion dollars in profits this past year alone, and what he believes 2018 will hold. Guest: Nik Badminton - Futurist www.nikolasbadminton.com Listen to the show at CKNW's channel - https://omny.fm/shows/steele-drex/its-almost-2018-what-does-the-future-hold-accordin

Is the possibility of a self driving truck something that scares you a little? Well get ready, self driving commercial vehicles might be closer than you think. How could that affect the industry, and our roads? Guest: Nikolas Badminton - Futurist Speaker www.nikolasbadminton.com Listen to the show on CKNW's channel - https://omny.fm/shows/charles-adler-tonight/charles-adler-tonight-automated-commercial-vehicle

Welcome to the new Exponential Minds Podcast where Global Futurist Nikolas Badminton speaks to amazing thinkers that dream bigger and impact the world with their thinking and actions. This episode features Amal Graafstra - biohacker and CEO of DangerousThings.com - who believes our bodies are our own, to do with what we want, and that biohacking is the forefront of a new kind of evolution. He pushes the agenda that he “socially acceptable” of tomorrow will be defined by boundaries pushed today, and he's sure excited to be a part of it. References: - www.dangerousthings.com Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that provides keynote speeches about the future of work, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. Nikolas is based in Vancouver, BC, and speaks across Canada, USA, UK, Asia, and Europe. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com

Nikolas Badminton talks to CBC Business Radio about a cashless society. This broadcast was one of the top-3 stories on Wednesday 26th April across Canada.

Nikolas Badminton, Futurist, is a regular contributor to Lynda Steele and Drex’s CKNW Drive Time show talking about a number of future-forward items from The Future of Work, The Sharing Economy, Privacy, and other items of public interest. In this episode – Nikolas Badminton Discusses the Future of Work – Nikolas talks about how work is changing with the rise of automation and artificial intelligence.

In this episode Nikolas interviews Dr. Marina Adshade who has spent the last fourteen years teaching economics and engaging in original economic research. They discuss how technology influences relationships, what modern marriage can be, and how things are likely to change. In 2008, she launched an undergraduate course titled Economics of Sex and Love, which invited her students to approach questions of sex and love through an economist’s lens. The class was an immediate hit with students and, by the time the first term started, had generated international media attention. She has a Ph.D. from Queen’s University and currently teaches economics at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Adshade is a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail and Time Magazine and has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times (UK), the Daily Mail (UK) and Buzzfeed. She has made numerous TV appearances on CTV and CBC, interviews on CBC Radio and Nationa

In this episode we see Nikolas at the Asia-Pacific Communications Summit talking about the birth of the internet, technoshamans, the predictions of Rushkoff and McKenna, how technology companies are controlling out psycho-social-physiological urges to create hyperconnectivity. Implied value and a return to the human condition of love and connection are discussed. Read more of Nikolas' thoughts - www.nikolasbadminton.com APCS - http://www.communications-summit.asia/ Asia-Pacific Association of Communications Directors - www.apacd.com Hyper Reality - https://vimeo.com/166807261

In this episode Nikolas interviews Katie Metaverse, known by her Internet name “Miss Metaverse” (MM) is a New York based Futurist + Founder, BodAi, a New York based tech startup dedicated to bringing humanity’s dream of coexisting with humanoid robot companions to life through emerging technologies. Apps, VR, and sex robots (Bods) are discussed in detail along with what robosexuality is, idollators, what considerations are needed, as well as ethical boundaries of this new field of technology. References: http://mybodai.com/ Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that provides keynote speeches about the future of work, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. Nikolas is based in Vancouver, BC, and speaks across Canada, USA, UK, Asia, and Europe. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com

In this episode Nikolas interviews Keith Ippel who co-founded Spring to focus on early stage entrepreneurs with high growth potential who want to make the world a better place. Nikolas and Keith talk about what makes an IMPACT entrepreneur, the modern startup, along with ethics, spirituality, and community in modern business. He also shares what StartUp City IMPACT, via a partnership with the Vancouver Economic Commission, is trying to achieve from June 6 to 11, 2016. In April 2016 Keith and his team launched Spring University (SpringU), a comprehensive set of entrepreneur, incubator, and funding programs for aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs. It's the only global entrepreneurship program based in Vancouver (and Canada) - our programs run in over 30 cities on 5 continents, with over 140 entrepreneurs launching 110+ businesses and creating 70 jobs in Vancouver alone. http://spring.is/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithippel http://www.vancouvereconomic.com/startupcityimpact/ Nik

In this episode Nikolas interviews Sarah Prevette, the Founder of Future Design School -- a school focused on empowering youth innovation through design methods and entrepreneurial experience. Nikolas and Sarah talk about empowering kids and cultivating their ideals and passion with tools and educational methods. They also discuss breaking and rebuilding the world, risk taking, the changing economy, and making governments alter their thinking to make change actually happen. Previously, Sarah was the founder of Sprouter.com, an online platform facilitating knowledge exchange between startups and business leaders that was acquired by Postmedia in late 2011. Sarah also built BetaKit.com to showcase the key technology trends that are re-shaping the future - the publication was acquired in 2013. Sarah was also Co-Founder & Managing Partner at BrandProject - actively making seed stage investments in disruptive consumer products and technology. https://sarahprevette.com/ http://home.future

In this episode Nikolas interviews Denise Brennan who owns and operates The Studio at Creative Coworkers, a coworking space for mostly creative professionals in Vancouver's Railtown district. With an educational and professional background in social networking, open source community building and labour activism, she's passionate about the connection between the near future evolution of work and labour rights, and the potential for coworking to facilitate progress and change in that process. Thanks to Denise and Creative Coworkers for making this podcast possible. Links: http://creativecoworkers.com/ Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that provides keynote speeches about the future of work, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. Nikolas is based in Vancouver, BC, and speaks across Canada, USA, UK, Asia, and Europe. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com

In this episode Nikolas interviews Samantha 'Blondtron' Mathews, CEO of Venn.Agency, Techno-advocate, Musician, and disruptor about how Music is mashing together with Art, Code, and Virtual Drugs to create a new world for brands wanting to connect with youth culture. During this interview she plugged Nikolas into a Thync headset with some pretty amazing results and reactions. Thanks to Venn.Agency for making this podcast possible and for energizing Nikolas. Links: http://www.circlework.tv/ soundcloud.com/blondtron www.facebook.com/Blondtron CRazy, surging energy brought to you by www.thync.com Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that provides keynote speeches about the future of work, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. Nikolas is based in Vancouver, BC, and speaks across Canada, USA, UK, Asia, and Europe. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com

In this episode Nikolas is interviewed on 630CHED Morning News, in Edmonton, by host Bruce Bowie. They discuss a study, which surveyed 2299 adults across Canada, found that a quarter (26%) of Canadian adults believe an unbiased computer program would be more trustworthy and ethical than their workplace leaders and managers. Among younger adults (those aged 20-39) that number was significantly higher, with 31% agreeing that an unbiased computer program would be more trustworthy and ethical than their workplace leaders and managers. The full study can be seen here - http://www.intensions.co/news/2016/3/29/intensions-future-of-work Nikolas would like to thank 630CHED for this interview. Links: http://www.intensions.co/news/2016/3/29/intensions-future-of-work Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that provides keynote speeches about the future of work, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. Nikolas is based in Vancouver, BC, and speaks across Canada, US

In this episode Nikolas interviews Kharis O'Connell, CEO of HUMAN, a product design studio that lives at the frontier of technology. In Part 2 of this interview Kharis talks about experimenting with edge technologies in Wearables, Virtual and Augmented Reality, immersive human experiences, and how the future will be 'twitchy'. Nikolas would like to thank the HUMAN who supported this interview. Links: www.ishuman.co The Future is Not a Screen You Can touch - https://thoughts.ishuman.co/the-future-is-not-a-screen-you-can-touch-bbb035adfd3c#.uwo50k2ul Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that provides keynote speeches about the future of work, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. Nikolas is based in Vancouver, BC, and speaks across Canada, USA, UK, Asia, and Europe. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com

In part 1 of this episode Nikolas interviews Kharis O'Connell, CEO of HUMAN, a product design studio that lives at the frontier of technology. In part 1 of this interview Kharis shares his journey into designing systems, smartphones, and realizing that Wearables, Virtual and Augmented Reality were going to be the way forward for immersive human experiences. Nikolas would like to thank the HUMAN who supported this interview. Links: www.ishuman.co The Future is Not a Screen You Can touch - https://thoughts.ishuman.co/the-future-is-not-a-screen-you-can-touch-bbb035adfd3c#.uwo50k2ul Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that provides keynote speeches about the future of work, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. Nikolas is based in Vancouver, BC, and speaks across Canada, USA, UK, Asia, and Europe. See more at www.nikolasbadminton.com