Cohere Podcast
Cohere will go beyond discussions of online community, social networks and social media and look at the bigger picture - perhaps the biggest picture: the complex, digitally augmented global community we now all belong to, whether we like it or not!
The Big Idea:
Complex human networks have sprung up globally, driven in large part by exponential technologies such as AI, automation, and space-based internet. Imagine what will happen when three billion more people come online in the next five years! For organizations, a planet-wide network of logged-on human beings brings both limitless opportunities and unprecedented threats.
As we increasingly use social technologies to augment human experiences, the Cohere podcast asks, what’s the best path forward? How should we navigate, evaluate, and administrate a complex technological landscape so we can protect, promote, and empower our human networks? How will we ensure that digital communities deliver on the promise of enhancing our lives, both individually and collectively? And what steps must we take to ensure our approach to community development is sustainable, democratic, and morally sound?
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Our Intention is Not to Obsess Over Twitter
On this episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas talk about the state of social media generally and twitter in particular. Discussing twitter as one of the canaries in the s…
00:40:27 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Exploring Immersion with Ed Rodley
On this episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas chat with cultural professional Ed Rodley about innovative experience design. Ed shares how his experience as a museum techn…
01:01:04 |
Fri 28 Oct 2022
Designing Comfortable Digital Spaces with Melanie Kahl
On this post-Summer break episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas welcome design and strategy leader Melanie Kahl to discuss how we might design more comfortable shared dig…
00:47:31 |
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Exploring the Open Metaverse with Vincent Boon
Community pioneer Vincent Boon returns to the Cohere podcast to discuss his latest project with Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas - the OpenMeta DAO. The OpenMeta DAO is gathering a community to e…
00:47:35 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Making Sense of Crypto with Kent Langley
On this episode of the Cohere podcast, technologist and co-founder of OpenEXO Kent Langley joins Bill to discuss the current realities of crypto. Kent and Bill cover a range of topics, from the orig…
00:43:02 |
Mon 16 May 2022
Community Cycles and What's Different (and the same) This Time
This week Lauren and I take a side trip from our Season 3 theme of Metaverse to talk about the cyclical (at least to date) nature of online community investment. In this unfiltered episode, we share …
00:51:50 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Do DAOs Hold the Secret of Orchestrating Collaboration?
In this episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas discuss the early promise (and obvious issues) with DAOs (Distributed Autonomous Organizations). Bill and Lauren have an in-…
00:45:32 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
What Role Might NFTs Play In Future Communities?
Do organizations have the digital competence and skills to distinguish between a short-term trend (that might turn out to be a scam) and a long-term iteration of its digital activities? In this episo…
00:35:29 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Exploring a Betterverse
The current Metaverse is a mirage. The pursuit of the Metaverse vision could lead us to a better Internet. On the first episode of Season 3 of the Cohere podcast, we (Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Var…
00:33:40 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
Announcing Season 3 of the Cohere Podcast
Season 3 of the Cohere podcast is just around the corner. In Season 2, Dr. Lauren Vargas and Bill Johnston explored the role networks play in our lives - from the obvious to the subtle. In Season 3,…
00:04:38 |
Thu 27 Jan 2022
Leadership in the Midst of Constant Change
On this episode of the Cohere podcast, Lauren and Bill talk to Dr. Sharon Varney, author of the new book "Leadership in Complexity and Change", and leading researcher and practitioner in the field of…
00:43:44 |
Mon 06 Dec 2021
The Role of Identity in Creating a Better Internet with Kaliya Young
Kaliya Young is many things: an advocate for open Internet identity standards, a leader in the identity space - including hosting the Internet Identity Workshop, a published author, and a skilled Ope…
00:45:51 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
METAVERSE METAVERSE METAVERSE (and a great cyberpunk primer list)
In this short and timely conversation, Bill and Lauren discuss the concept of the Metaverse, how thinking in the narrative structures of science fiction might help us understand the concept and a sle…
00:09:53 |
Thu 21 Oct 2021
How the Pandemic Forced Online Collaboration to Mature with Nancy White
In this episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas welcome Nancy White back to the show. Nancy is a true polymath, involved in shaping the early online community and collabora…
00:46:43 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
The Role of Communities in Navigating Disruption With Charlene Li
In this episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas discuss the future of communities with digital transformation and disruptive leadership expert Charlene Li. We speak with Ch…
00:43:43 |
Tue 31 Aug 2021
Networks and Transformational Communities - With Bill Johnston and Dr Lauren Vargas
On this episode of the Cohere Podcast, Bill and Lauren review highlights from Season 2 guests, look back on formative roles in their respective careers and dig into the topic of transformational comm…
00:43:06 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
The "Great Connecting" Continues with Jim Cashel
In this episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill and Lauren speak with returning guest Jim Cashel about the progress of the "Great Connecting" - the global rollout of broadband Internet - during the COVID…
00:32:09 |
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Building Communities with Purpose and Integrity with Carrie Melissa Jones
On this episode of the Cohere podcast, Lauren and Bill welcome author and community strategist Carrie Melissa Jones. Carrie has been managing online communities since the early 2000s. Over the course…
00:37:43 |
Sun 13 Jun 2021
The Golden Age of Online Communities & the WELL with Gail Ann Williams
On this episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas are joined by pioneering community strategist and manager Gail Ann Williams. Gail watched the dawn of online communities thr…
00:41:13 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
Why Community Leaders Need to Understand Networks - With Bill Johnston and Dr Lauren Vargas
In the first episode of Season 2 of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas explore the concept of "network" as it relates to online and real-life communities. In the episode they co…
00:37:55 |
Wed 12 May 2021
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