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
Announcing Season 2 of the Cohere Podcast!
We are thrilled to announce Season 2 of the Cohere podcast! I say "we", because I'm joined this season by Dr. Lauren Vargas. Together, we will explore the role networks play in our lives, and the ra…
00:01:33 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Data Science and Online Communities with Will Roberts
In this episode of the Cohere podcast, I speak with Will Roberts, a data scientist at IBM, about the implications of data science and AI for online communities. Will and I talk through: A definiti…
00:19:32 |
Thu 27 Aug 2020
Co-creating Business With Your Community Vincent Boon
Vincent Boon is a giant in the community space. A natural community leader, Vincent initially saw the power of community when hundreds of people began to show up to learn to play poker at his meetup.…
00:54:24 |
Tue 11 Aug 2020
Revisiting the Theory of Disruptive Innovation with Karen Dillon
Today the term "disruption" is commonly used in business to signal a wide range of disparate concepts - from new business initiatives to an individual or team pursuing seemingly innovative strategies…
00:35:05 |
Fri 31 Jul 2020
Building a Human-Centered Social Network with Meena Palaniappan
In the developed world, the promise of social media (including Facebook) to create positive change has fallen well short of the mark. Mass social media is becoming increasingly manipulative and toxic…
00:35:17 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
Here Comes Everybody (Else) with Randy Farmer
I spoke with Randy Farmer about the recent increase in virtual community participation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this bonus episode (~15 min), I speak with virtual community pioneer Rand…
00:24:41 |
Tue 26 May 2020
Developing Expansive Community Business Models with Joi Podgorny
This week, I sat down (virtually, of course) with Joi Podgorny, Founder of Good People Solutions. Joi has had a very impressive and wide-ranging career, including developing and launching successfu…
00:50:43 |
Thu 14 May 2020
Developing a Transformational Community to Lift Families Out of Poverty with Jorge Blandón
Leaders often use the word "transformation" to describe a small or incremental change, but the definition is "a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance". When using the phrase "Transformati…
00:34:20 |
Thu 07 May 2020
A Human-Centered Approach to Digital Leadership with Lauren Vargas, PhD
Too often the deployment of digital strategies and tools begins humans conforming to technology limitations instead of technology being deployed intentionally in the service of human needs and opport…
00:31:59 |
Wed 29 Apr 2020
The Connected Future of Design with Patrick Newbery
During the COVID19 crisis, digital networks have played a critical part in keep humanity connected and informed. The adoption of networked experiences has scaled exponentially, seemingly overnight. I…
00:47:13 |
Thu 02 Apr 2020
Realizing Power of "Onlyness" Through Networks with Nilofer Merchant
The primary purpose of the Cohere Project (and podcast) is to explore the future of human networks, especially tools that increase human and group agency in a network. I believe Nilofer Merchant's co…
00:42:33 |
Sat 14 Mar 2020
Creating Connection in the Time of COVID-19 with Nancy White
In this short (~15 min) bonus episode, we speak with facilitator and community builder extraordinaire Nancy White of Full Circle Associates about creating and maintaining connections online during a …
00:16:34 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
The Role of AI in Online Communities and Networks with Venessa Paech
It’s human nature to seek connection, meaning, and knowledge through community. Thanks to the smartphones in our pockets (and the near-global access to broadband), “community” now is very much a digi…
00:42:32 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
Navigating the Global Broadband Internet’s Opportunities & Vulnerabilities with Jim Cashel
Over the past 25 years, the Internet has become a central part of our everyday lives. Even so, there are still over three billion people in the world who don't have access to broadband internet. Than…
00:27:52 |
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Exponential Technologies and Online Communities with Kent Langley, CSO of Open EXO
Episode 1: Broadband and wireless Internet connectivity are now commonplace in the developed world, but this wasn’t always the case. At the beginning of the 21st century, just over 300 million people…
00:48:05 |
Thu 30 Jan 2020
The Cohere Podcast Trailer
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…
00:01:37 |
Fri 20 Dec 2019
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