In Good Companies is back! And for Season 6, we’re doing a deep dive into the future of work. Because business will look different in 2050, and if we had to take an educated guess, it seems that technology is going to be a driver of change.
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2024, 86% of organizations have maintained or raised their IT budgets. We all sense that digital tools can help us secure the future of business; we’re just not sure how to use them to our advantage. So today, we speak with a leading voice in the field of technology and entrepreneurship:
Shuo Chen, Silicon Valley connoisseur, faculty professor at UC Berkeley and Stanford University, and partner at IOVC, an investment firm focused on early-stage startups that drive the future of work.
In this episode, Shuo shows us how tools like AI and Blockchain can revolutionize business. She demonstrates how technology will eliminate repetitive tasks, streamline our processes, redirect our attention to cultural human questions, and afford us more time to hone our leadership skills. Shuo shines a light on a new, diverse generation of self-starters who are taking their seat at the business table. And she breaks down how technology is changing the nature of entrepreneurship; opening up new career paths going forward.
So join Shuo Chen and our new host Ari Marin, to get into the nuts and bolts and launch your company into the future!
Highlights:
- A brief history of AI & Blockchain (4:16)
- Why AI & Blockchain are a powerful combination (6:44)
- How technology can augment workflows and improve decision making (8:08)
- Breaking down the “Human VS Technology” myth (10:00)
- “80% of the jobs available in 2030 were not invented 5 years ago” (11:03)
- Ways in which technology will change existing roles (12:20)
- A happy middle: how to juggle automation and personalisation (14:12)
- Using tech to make different leadership styles possible (15:09)
- Transformations in the world of entrepreneurship (16:42)
- FinTech and changes at play in venture funding (18:17)
- Fractional founders: how Shuo seeded her career (19:41)
- Debunking the taboo of building fractionally (21:58)
- Linking together technology, diversity and inclusion (23:41)
- How widespread access to information can create more fruitful discussion (25:33)
- “Resistance is a healthy part of technological development” (26:38)
- A final word from Shuo on the Future of Work (28:26)
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What is In Good Companies?
Starting and running a business or managing one isn’t for the faint of heart. You’re balancing internal and external forces in a continually changing landscape. You’re building strategies, and banking on the future – no matter what it holds. This is where Cadence Bank’s In Good Companies comes in. We share our wealth of knowledge, and insights from noted industry experts, to guide you through the forces shaping business today.
We’re back for Season 6, and this time, we’re setting our sights on the future of work. We’re asking the big questions, like:
What will your career look like in 2030? Or 2050, even?
How is ESG shaping the future of companies?
And how can we leverage AI to our advantage?
We bring together experts from across the board, from Silicon Valley to multinationals like EY, to help you stay on the cutting edge of business. And we get to know those who are building the future of our companies; because at Cadence Bank, we want to hear the human side of every success story.
Hosting our stellar range of guests this season is our new host, Ari Marin. He is a Cadence Bank Senior Vice President and family enterprise advisor, whose specialty is consulting with family-owned and small businesses. Ari’s idea of “good company” is being around creative, insightful people with unique and inspirational stories. For Season 6, he brings in his curiosity and ambition to In Good Companies, to lead discussions with our guests, and bring listeners across the U.S. all the information they need, in one place, in under 30 minutes.
Ready to launch into the future? Then join us!