Best Stanford Engineering Podcasts (2024)

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The future of exercise 28:09

26m ago28:09

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Jonathan Long is a biochemist who studies the chemicals produced during exercise. In Long’s world, “you always start with molecules,” which offer “clean handles” to understanding complex processes. His lab has identified a chemical produced in the digestive tract during exercise that can make a person stop eating. Long now studies this “gut-brain a…

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The Intersection of Technology and Human Learning with Joel Podolny of Honor Education 55:44

19h ago55:44

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Joel Podolny is co-founder and CEO of Honor Education. Prior to starting Honor Education, Joel was a Vice President at Apple and the founding Dean of Apple University, where he reported directly to Steve Jobs and Tim Cook and oversaw learning in areas such as leadership, management, and company culture. Before that, Joel served as Dean and Professo…

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2024 – Lessons Learned Presentations 18:31

2d ago18:31

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We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford.What a year.By Steve Blank

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The Impact of AI and Machine Learning in E-commerce with Peter Van der Westhuizen 22:40

3d ago22:40

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Summary Peter Van der Westhuizen, from the partnerships team at Linnworks, discusses the importance of technology in creating a seamless customer experience in e-commerce. He highlights the four key areas of focus: omni-channel marketing, shipping and fulfillment, continuous engagement, and post-purchase experience. Peter emphasizes the need for th…

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Ashlie Marshall: The Importance of Team Culture in Business Goals 46:32

3d ago46:32

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Team culture is the secret sauce that can make or break a business. It's the invisible thread that ties everyone together, influencing business decisions, client relationships, and overall productivity. In this episode, we have the pleasure of picking the brains of Ashlie Marshall. She's currently steering the ship as CFO of Tier Level, a digital m…

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Best of: The future of proteins 31:17

7d ago31:17

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We’re digging back into our archives with an episode with bioengineer Polly Fordyce. Polly studies the form and function of proteins. She refers to proteins as the “workhorses” that make things in the body happen, and her study of these molecules reveals a greater understanding of human life. We hope you’ll tune in to this conversation again, and e…

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How a new kind of brain plasticity could help make sense of addiction | Michelle Monje and Rob Malenka 22:54

8d ago22:54

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This week, we're diving into recent research that sheds light on a new form of brain plasticity involving changes in the insulation of nerve fibers — called myelin. It turns out that myelin plasticity is implicated in a number of serious conditions, from epilepsy to drug abuse and addiction. We're excited to bring back two previous guests on the sh…

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Week in Edtech 6/12/2024: OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu, Google AI Overviews Visibility Drops, PowerSchool's Acquisition by Bain Capital, Alibaba Invests $27M in Education Start-Up, Apple Intelligence, Doowii's ... 57:29

13d ago57:29

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Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 🎓 OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Edu for universities 🔍 Google AI Overviews visibility drops significantly 🌐 Google’s NotebookLM goes global with enhanced features 📱 Apple’s major announcements at WWDC 2024: Apple Intelligence,…

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Challenges for Amazon Sellers: Perishable Foods and Apparel with Chris Moe 34:30

10d ago34:30

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Summary Chris Mo, CEO and founder of Cartograph, discusses his role in helping consumer packaged goods brands succeed on Amazon. He highlights the importance of crafting compelling product listings and utilizing advertising to drive visibility and sales. Mo also discusses trends in the food and beverage industry, such as the rise of emerging brands…

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Innovating Math Education through AI with Dr. Jeremy Roschelle of Digital Promise 49:45

11d ago49:45

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Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, Executive Director of Learning Science Research at Digital Promise, conducts research on the future of learning with technology. Dr. Roschelle is Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, with >100 publications, 25,000 citations, and 10 patents. Dr. Roschelle serves as a subject matter expert on Artificial …

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The future of computer-aided education 32:17

14d ago32:17

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Chris Piech is a professor of computer science who studies how computers can help students learn. In comparing human- and computer-aided education, he says humans are great one-on-one, but AI is more consistent at grading and feedback. He and colleagues have created several generative AI grading apps to take advantage of these relative strengths, a…

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Rewire Your Entrepreneurial Mind for Success with Karim Boktor 43:37

17d ago43:37

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Summary In this episode of Talk Commerce, Brent Peterson interviews Karim Boktor, a leadership and business hypnotherapist. Karim shares his personal journey of overcoming anxiety and depression in his own business and how he discovered the power of the subconscious mind. He explains that 80-90% of our decisions and behaviors are driven by the subc…

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Jim Heininger: The Art of Rebranding 41:56

17d ago41:56

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Branding shapes the perception of your business. By understanding the ins and outs of rebranding, you can successfully tell your company's story to the world in a way that resonates with the right audience. In this exciting episode, we have Jim Heininger, founder of Rebranding Experts, explaining the importance of a well-considered and well-execute…

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Exploring the Role of Open Source in AI with Mark Heaps of Groq 31:42

18d ago31:42

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Mark Heaps is the Chief Technology Evangelist at Groq® where he leads a diverse team focused on innovative and creative AI solutions with demo applications enabled by the Groq LPU™ Inference Engine. Mark is a longtime technology evangelist who has worked with Adobe, Google, Apple, and others on various projects ranging from digital imaging to AI sy…

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The future of effective communication 30:01

21d ago30:01

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Guest Matt Abrahams is a master communicator who helps others overcome their fear of speaking — before live audiences, in small groups, or even one-on-one. His catchphrase, “Think Fast, Talk smart,” describes a mindset that, he says, is key to speaking well. Thinking fast is the ability to recognize and respond to patterns in order to talk smart — …

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Our plastic brains: learning, memory and aging with the one and only Carla Shatz (Rerelease) 21:56

22d ago21:56

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-- We're re-releasing our conversation with Carla Shatz, one of our favorites from the archive, which comes up all the time on the show in the context of brain plasticity and aging. Enjoy, and see you next time! -NW -- When we're kids, our brains are amazing at learning. We absorb information from the outside world with ease, and we can adapt to an…

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Week in Edtech 05/29/2024: OpenAI Announces a New Safety Board, Anthropic's LLM Mapping, New Chromebooks with GenAI for Educators, Guild Education Layoffs, Microsoft Partners with Khan Academy on AI Tools ... 43:59

26d ago43:59

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Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 🚨 OpenAI announces a new safety board, strikes a $250M content deal with News Corp, and begins training its next flagship AI model 🚀 Anthropic unveils a new method to map large language models 💻 New AI-enhanced Chromebooks…

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The Next Generation of Leading EdTech Companies with Tory Patterson of Owl Ventures 29:24

24d ago29:24

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Tory Patterson is the co-founder of Owl Ventures and is actively involved with all facets of the firm. As one of the early pioneers in the next generation of leading EdTech companies, Tory has led investments in some of the most successful companies in the sector. As a lead investor and board member he has played a hands-on role helping leading edt…

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Turbocharge E-Commerce Growth with AI: Secrets from NetElixir's Udayan Bose 41:01

24d ago41:01

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Summary Udayan Bose, founder and CEO of NetElixir, discusses the importance of AI in digital marketing and the challenges faced by e-commerce merchants. He emphasizes the need for experimentation and testing, as well as reserving time for learning and staying updated with industry changes. Bose believes that AI-powered experimentation is essential …

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Best of: What happens when computers can write like humans 27:14

28d ago27:14

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We’re bringing you a timely best-of episode, given the recent advances in generative AI tools like ChatGPT. A couple years ago we interviewed Jeff Hancock, a Stanford professor of communication whose research explores the psychological and interpersonal processes at play when people communicate with each other and with computers. At the time of thi…

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Programming Announcement 0:25

29d ago0:25

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Hi everyone — quick programming announcement. As we head into summer, we'll be moving to an every-other-week cadence as we prepare more conversations from the frontiers of neuroscience. I'm very excited about what we're working on for you, so stay tuned! In the meantime, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at neuronspodcast@stanford.edu with your …

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Gordon Bell R.I.P. 5:07

1M ago5:07

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Gordon Bell passed on this month. I was a latecomer in Gordon Bell’s life. But he made a lasting impact on mine.By Steve Blank

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The Top 3 Strategies to Skyrocket Your Marketplace Sales, with Channel Engine's Jordi Vermeer 29:54

1M ago29:54

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Summary Jordi Vermeer, Vice President of Revenue for North America at Channel Engine, discusses the role of Channel Engine in helping brands and resellers list, optimize, and manage their marketplace sales. He explains how Channel Engine integrates with platforms like Amazon and offers automation and tools to streamline the process. Vermeer also di…

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Caleb Talley: From Concept to Success with Startup Junkie 41:28

1M ago41:28

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Businesses are the lifeblood of every economy, and behind every successful venture, lies a journey of strategy, resilience, and grit. On today's episode, I'll be sitting down with a guest who knows this path too well, taking us on this journey and revealing the secret blueprint to business success. My guest, Caleb Talley, Executive Director at Star…

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The Top 3 Secrets to Accelerating Your Digital Transformation, with Ben Johnson of Particle 41 33:20

1M ago33:20

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Summary In this episode, Ben Johnson, the CEO and founder of Particle 41, discusses the importance of OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) in goal setting and measuring progress. He explains how OKRs can bring a data-driven culture to organizations and shares examples of how they can be applied in business. Ben also talks about Particle 41's services,…

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The future of the universe 30:11

1M ago30:11

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Astrophysicist Risa Wechsler studies the evolution of the universe. She says that our understanding of how the universe formed and how it will change over time is changing as new technologies for seeing and measuring space come online, like a new high-resolution camera that can quickly map the full sky to see everything that moves, or new spectrogr…

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Neuroscience and AI: What artificial intelligence teaches us about the brain (and vice versa) | Surya Ganguli 27:38

1M ago27:38

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The powerful new generation of AI tools that has come out over the past few years — DALL-E, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and the rest — have blown away our old ideas about what AI can do and raised questions about what it means for computers to start acting... intelligent? This week, we ask what the rise of these systems might teach us about our own bi…

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A Guide to Geofencing with Ernesto Cullari and Barbara Wardell 36:21

1M ago36:21

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Summary Barbara Wardell and Ernesto Caleri, co-founders of Cullari & Wardell, discuss geofencing as an advertising technology and tactic that helps small businesses recover foot traffic. They explain that geofencing involves drawing virtual fences around competitor locations and sending targeted ads to potential customers when they enter those loca…

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Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid 19:24

1M ago19:24

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Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century, had a great partnership for 20+ years. Then in an inexplicable turnabout Kodak decided to destroy Polaroid’s business. To this day, every story of why Kodak went to war with Polaroid is wrong.The real reason can be found in the highly classified world of overhead reconnai…

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The Secret History of Polaroid CEO Edwin Land 9:06

1M ago9:06

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The connections between the world of national security and commercial companies still has surprises.By Steve Blank

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The future of robotics 29:46

1M ago29:46

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Guest Jeannette Bohg is an expert in robotics who says there is a transformation happening in her field brought on by recent advances in large language models. The LLMs have a certain common sense baked in and robots are using it to plan and to reason as never before. But they still lack low-level sensorimotor control — like the fine skill it takes…

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The Evolution of Google for Education with Shantanu Sinha 29:13

1M ago29:13

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Shantanu Sinha is the VP and GM of Google for Education. In addition to bringing Google products like Workspace to schools, Shantanu and his team build educational products such as Google Classroom, which helps over 150 million students, teachers and education leaders across classrooms around the world, and new experiences such as Practice Sets and…

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How we remember, why we forget | Anthony Wagner 29:00

1M ago29:00

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At some point in our lives, we all struggle with memory — learning a new name, remembering that book you were reading just yesterday or that word on the tip of your tongue. So what can neuroscience teach us about why we remember, why we forget, and how we might even improve our memories? To answer this question, I spoke with neuroscientist Anthony …

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Week in Edtech 5/8/2024: OpenAI's Search Engine, Stanford University's 2024 Report on the State of AI, 4 Traits of Successful Founders by Jennifer Carolan and More! Feat. Jason Levin of WGU Labs and Brian ... 54:28

2M ago54:28

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Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore pivotal topics in this Week in Edtech episode: 🔍 OpenAI's rumored new search engine to challenge Google 🤖 Key findings from Stanford University's 2024 report on AI advancements and challenges 🍎 Apple's development of AI chips and new AI features in the iPad Pro 🏆 Essential traits that define successf…

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Tristan Gray: How Quality Links Drive SEO Rankings 44:49

2M ago44:49

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Quality links can make a significant difference in your search engine rankings, driving visibility, authority, In this episode, I sit with Tristan Gray, co-founder of NO BS Marketplace, to explore the profound impact of quality links on your SEO efforts. Tristan, alongside his brother, founded NO BS Marketplace to help marketing agencies and teams …

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The Top 3 Things Event Organizers Must Know to Boost Ticket Sales in a Post-COVID World with Ashley Stanford 33:55

2M ago33:55

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Summary Ashley Stanford, the co-founder of Ice Cream Social, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the event industry and the changing social aspects of events. She emphasizes the importance of social media in event marketing and shares effective strategies for event organizers. Ashley also highlights the significance of partnering with sponsors and …

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Talking with the Engineer About Poetry: L.S. McKee on Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine and a Dept Head PSA 52:16

2M ago52:16

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L.S. McKee joins us in the lab to talk about her new collection of poetry, Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine. Laura and I taught 2.009 together for a few years before she moved down south. Laura was a lecturer in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication Program at MIT before moving on to UGA, Athens, where she is Coordinator for Writing A…

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Building an Inclusive AI Future in Education with Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel 1:04:16

2M ago1:04:16

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Today we’re talking to Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel, who are administrators of AI and Innovation at the Orange County, CA, Department of Education, where they support AI education and integration for 28 school districts in California. Kunal Dalal merges education and AI, driving human-centered AI integration at the Orange County Department of Educat…

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The future of brain science 34:40

2M ago34:40

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Guest Sergiu Pasca is a physician-scientist who turns skin cells into stem cells and then into brain tissues he calls “organoids” and “assembloids” in order to study psychiatric and neurological illness in a dish instead of in living human beings. With this knowledge, Pasca hopes to develop new treatments for conditions ranging from schizophrenia a…

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Episode 35: Percy Liang, Stanford: On the paradigm shift and societal effects of foundation models 1:01:55

2M ago1:01:55

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Percy Liang is an associate professor of computer science and statistics at Stanford. These days, he’s interested in understanding how foundation models work, how to make them more efficient, modular, and robust, and how they shift the way people interact with AI—although he’s been working on language models for long before foundation models appear…

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Psychedelics Part 2: How do drugs alter our perceptions? | Boris Heifets 23:36

2M ago23:36

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Today, we're going to talk about how psychedelics alter our perception of reality and what that says about... reality! Welcome to part two of our conversation with Stanford anesthesiologist and psychedelics researcher Boris Heifets! Last time, we talked with Boris about the question of why psychedelics help people with mental health disorders. This…

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Week in Edtech 5/1/2024: TIME EdTech 100, Chegg & Coursera Stocks Fall, Microsoft's Phi-3, Anthropic's New Mobile App, Penn Engineering's Master’s Degree In AI and More! Plus Special Guest, Louisa Rosenheck ... 53:04

2M ago53:04

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Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Matthew Tower, Founder of etch.club as they explore pivotal topics in this Week in Edtech episode: 🌟 The TIME Edtech 100: Showcasing the leaders shaping the future of education 🧠 Microsoft's groundbreaking release of Phi-3, the smallest AI model to date 📱 The exciting new mobile app from Anthropic 💻 Penn Engineering…

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Special Episode: Generative AI in Education, Learn from the Pioneers with Ben Kornell of Edtech Insiders, Amanda Bickerstaff of AI for Education and Charles Foster & Steve Shapiro of Finetune at SXSW EDU ... 1:00:50

2M ago1:00:50

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Missed the live panel at SXSW EDU? Tune in to our special episode where Ben Kornell of Edtech Insiders hosts a compelling discussion with AI thought leaders Amanda Bickerstaff of AI for Education, Charles Foster, and Steve Shapiro from Finetune. Since ChatGPT's launch in November 2022, these trailblazers have been integrating generative AI into edu…

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Mastering Platform Products and Ecommerce Complexity with Elena Leonova 34:01

2M ago34:01

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Summary In this episode, Elena Leonova, SVP of Product at Spryker, discusses the challenges of building e-commerce platforms for sophisticated use cases. She highlights the limitations of one-size-fits-all solutions and shares examples of complex use cases that require a more flexible and extensible platform. Elena also reflects on her experience i…

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The Credential Flywheel: How Accredible Is Building Tomorrow’s Workforce with Danny King 51:53

2M ago51:53

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Danny King is the CEO and Co-Founder of Accredible, a global digital credentialing platform that serves certificates and badges on behalf of MIT, Harvard, Google, Skillsoft, IEEE, GMAC, McGraw Hill and over 1,000 others. He founded the company in 2012 with Alan Heppenstall, with the vision of becoming the world's first truly verifiable repository o…

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The future of cybersecurity 31:58

2M ago31:58

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With TikTok in the hands of 170 million Americans, cybersecurity expert Amy Zegart says it’s time to talk about consequences. Foreign access to all that data on so many Americans is a national security threat, she asserts. For those as concerned as she, Zegart has good news and bad. The government has gotten better at fighting cyberthreats, but art…

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