
Think With ABD
A podcast about humanizing technology, data and design. We interview a wide range of speakers including creators, designers, and change-makers who are pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation.
Episodes
16 episodes
S3E4 Unstoppable Millennials - A New Chapter for Healthcare With Chenny Xia Gotcare
In Ontario, the number of older adults aged 65 and above reached 2.4 million in 2017 and it is expected to reach 4.6 million by 2046. Self-directed care provides care recipients with more autonomy on what care they need and how that care will b...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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48:13

S3E3 Unstoppable Millennials - From From a Unicorn to Impact Financing with Windy Natriavi from AwanTunai
Windy Natriavi founded and co-led the GO-LIFE services under GoJek, Indonesia's first tech unicorn valued at $7 Billions. After being promoted to be GoJek’s VP of Growth, Windy took a rare turn in her career and decided to build a microfinan...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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45:02

S3E2 Unstoppable Millennials - Learn More, Effortlessly with Trishala Pillai from Rumie
“Learning is a lifelong journey.” Few people will disagree with this statement, but in the fast-changing world we live in, our learning journey won’t be linear. In the interview with Trishala Pillai, an enterprise software account exec...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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42:16
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S2E10: 10 Percent - The Little Secret of AI Projects with Rogayeh Tabrizi (Theory+Practice)
Every organization wants to embrace artificial intelligence (AI), but here is the little secret: Majority of AI projects have never moved beyond a proof of concept (POC) phase and only a small fraction of AI experiments h...
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21:19

S2E9: Democratization of AI: You Can Start Anywhere with Eric Huang (CEO of Advanced Analytics and Research Lab)
Each organization has its own maturity curve in leveraging artificial intelligence. Some larger organizations hire AI consultants to help them navigate the complexity within data and analytics initiatives, while small pla...
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22:54

S3E1: Unstoppable Millennials - Christian Keil, Chief of Staff at Astranis, a satellite company building the next generation of internet satellites
2020 is an exciting year for Internet Satellite companies. There were roughly 200 Internet satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO) seeking to offer Internet access to wider consumers and enterprises in 2019, and the ...
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39:34

S2E8: Can Computers Help Cure Humans - ML used in COVID Vaccine with James Huges
We are seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic and while we are beginning to understand the disease and its behavior much better, we are still far from a resolution and the “old normal”. Across the globe, over 10...
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38:17

S2E7: Using AI to Empower the Homeless with CG Chen
As with many other industries, we see the adoption of innovative data-science technology to tackle social issues. Research has shown that 10% of homeless populations are visible in Canada, while the remaining 90%...
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25:49

S2E6: Data Science for Elections with Peter Tanner
While 2020 has brought a number of challenges to people all over the world, one of the most anticipated events of this year is the US election. Politicians have been under the watchful eye of the public in light ...
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18:51

S2E5: Can Anyone be a Strategist with Jennifer Riel from IDEO
In periods of uncertainty, we might wish we had the magic of strategists who come into a room and solve problems like we heard from classic business stories. But, can anyone...
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27:52

S2E4: Values Should Not Just Be Words on the Office Wall with Mitch Gudgeon from TalentFit
Cultural fit - what does that actually mean? Are the values in your organization actually reflective of how work is done, the way employees are engaged, or the way leadership communicates? Cultural fit within an organization is so much more tha...
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19:22

S2E3: Legal Advice Powered by AI with Samuel Dahan from Queen's University
There is a new open-access tool called “MyOpenCourt” that is powered by artificial intelligence, offering basic legal advice such as determining the termination compensation or assess whether the worker is an employee or an independent contract...
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18:21

S2E2: Don’t Let Your Innovation Die with Kareen Proudian from Faculty of Change
Innovation occurs everywhere and the external environment is unforgiving to those who fall behind. Unlike other types of corporate activities, Innovation cannot be managed and planned in a completely standardized yet predictable manner. In a po...
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22:16

S2E1: The Future of Cities with Wafic El-Assi from UBER
This episode explores how cities as we know it could change after the pandemic. With social distancing measures becoming the new norm, Covid-19 has altered life as we know it. For many of us, that included a crowded commute, busy streets, and t...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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23:55
