A Thinkers50 special episode with Aidan McCullen, Alex Osterwalder, Howard Yu and Sangeet Paul Choudary exploring how AI reshapes business models, strategy and organisational leadership. A masterclass in reinvention, recorded just hours before each received major Thinkers50 honours.
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Discover how leaders can navigate complexity using BANI+ and VUCA+ frameworks. Bob Johansen and Jamais Cascio join Aidan McCullen to explore empathy, ethical AI, and future-ready thinking.
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“Your perspective is always limited by how much you know. Expand your knowledge and you […]
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In this episode, Aidan McCullen dives into the turbulent trends shaping our world with futurists Bob Johansen and Jamais Cascio, co-authors of “Navigating the Age of Chaos.” They explore the BANI framework—Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible—and how leaders can respond with resilience, empathy, and strategic foresight.
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Aidan McCullen and Samuel Arbesman dive into code as a humanistic “superpower,” biology–computation parallels, artificial life, and the simulation hypothesis—tempered by humility and curiosity.
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“To know and not to do is not yet to know.” — Xunzi “The safest road to […]
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Author Samuel Arbesman joins Aidan McCullen to unpack why today’s technologies are often beyond human understanding. From systemic failures to the burden of knowledge, this episode explores the complexity of modern systems—and how to navigate them with intellectual humility.
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“More effective communication occurs when two or more individuals are homophilous. When they share common […]
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Why did Adobe fail to outpace Figma despite cloud dominance? Howard Yu and Sangeet Paul Choudary join Aidan McCullen to explore disruption in the AI age and how your business can leap forward before it’s too late.
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“Death is nature’s way of making things continually interesting. Death is the possibility of change. […]