DECODING AQ - Adaptability For The Future Of Work With Ross Thornley

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Nichol Bradford - Human Potential & AI

Ross Thornley + Special Guests Episode 136

Nichol Bradford stands at the forefront of human potential and AI, accelerating human transformation through technology investments, research, and global thought leadership.

As the Executive-in-Residence for AI + HI at The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), she shapes global thinking on Human-AI collaboration, driving human readiness for an AI-empowered world.

Nichol is also the Co-Founder and Partner of Niremia Collective, an early-stage venture fund focused on human potential technologies. Additionally, she co-founded TransformativeTech.org, the largest global ecosystem dedicated to building tech for human flourishing, supporting over 2,000 founders through their programs, and connecting a passionate community of innovators worldwide.

With a rich background in interactive entertainment, Nichol has held senior roles at major brands like Epic Games, Activision-Blizzard, Vivendi Games, and Disney. She has led many groundbreaking projects, including managing operations for World of Warcraft China and contributing to the landmark $18 billion Vivendi  - Activision-Blizzard merger.

Her current focus is on advancing human potential through ethical AI, fostering a global ecosystem that champions human thriving.

Join us as we delve into Nichol's journey, exploring how technology can unlock human potential and create a future where AI and humanity thrive together.

Ross and Nichol talk about technology complimenting humans, talking things through with AI, AI solving emotional problems, start-ups, levels of consciousness, start-up failure, relationships, desire to serve, performance, understanding ourselves, gut to brain connection, being happy, teams being in sync and data privacy. The pair also discuss aura rings, neuro data, seeing what's coming, holobiome, microbiome, teams in flow, bio-synchrony, feedback, e.l.f. cosmetics, speed of change, mistakes being costly, AI implementation, UPS success, reinventing business, meaning to customers, transparency, enhancing our collective intelligence, needing things from other people, weight lifting and collective intelligence swarming. 

Timecodes:
00:17 Intro to Nichol
01:11 Nichol's background
02:50 Chatting with Pi (emotionally intelligent AI)
07:47 Individual consciousness
12:49 Technology helping consciousness
18:05 Naveen Jain - Viome
18:46 Brains being incoherent
20:49 Filtering overwhelming data and noise
25:33 Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
27:40 Change and challenges breaking tradition
32:01 Buy in
33:55 Where things are going
39:00 Video - Louis Rosenberg - Unanimous AI
39:27 The last time Nichol did something for the first time

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