Mike Hodgkinson

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The Snorre Kjesbu interview: “Collaboration will become truly immersive”

5 days ago | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers. Snorre Kjesbu is clear about how work-life collaboration should evolve once AI and augmented reality make good their union and reshape our meetings forever. “It’s not just about replicating reality,” he tells Big Think.
The Steve Hanke interview: “Writing a tweet is the endgame of the Feynman Technique”

2 weeks ago | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers. It is fair to describe Steve Hanke as an “economist” — but that’s nowhere near the whole story, because his position as Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University offers little suggestion of international intrigue or mortal peril. Hanke has encountered no shortage of either. Three times during his long and storied career, rattled governments have put a price on his head.
The David Aaker interview: “Trust is vital and fragile”

1 month ago | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers. Widely considered the “father of modern branding” — which in itself is a triumph of personal branding — David Aaker has written 18 books on the theory and practice of marketing, and has been inducted into the American Marketing Association Hall of Fame, alongside the likes of Seth Godin and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. The second edition of his bestseller Aaker on Branding is released this month.
The Scott Woody Interview: The pros and cons of being “memoryless”

1 month ago | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers. Estimates vary, but it’s safe to say that less than 1% of venture-backed startups become “unicorns” with a valuation of $1 billion or more. However, that figure jumps to nearly 60% for companies included on the annual Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups list. Which is precisely where Metronome CEO Scott Woody found himself in 2024.
The Morissa Schwartz interview: AI and the new media landscape

2 months ago | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers To those who contend that the publishing business is no less fractured than our broadly polarized media allegiances — post-literate digital natives in one tribe, regressive champions of the analog in the other — Morissa Schwartz offers a layer of connective and restorative tissue.
Leadership masterclass: Nike, Jordan, and James Baldwin

Feb 5, 2025 | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers In the foreword to George Raveling’s 2025 book, What You’re Made For, Michael Jordan writes: “I’m proud to call George a mentor and a friend … We can all learn from him.” It’s a testimonial that speaks volumes to anyone interested in leadership, success, and — frankly — the game of life.
How poker and Kobe shaped a Silicon Valley leader

Feb 5, 2025 | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers A 2020 survey by Ernst & Young noted that “94% of C-suite women have played sports.” This revealing statistic applies to Webflow CEO Linda Tong even though, by her own admission, she was “a perpetual winner of the ‘most improved’ award” on the high school sports field.
Why the medium is still the message

Jan 13, 2025 | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers As CEO of Yondr — maker of the anti-distraction, lockable cellphone pouch favored by Bob Dylan, Rihanna, Chris Rock, and a growing number of high-school head teachers worldwide — Graham Dugoni exposes the core of one of our age’s most pressing questions: How can we get the most from technology while minimizing the downsides?
Why 2025 will take us closer to the “Turing horizon”

Jan 6, 2025 | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers A decade ago, years before GPT and LLM became household acronyms, agentic AI pioneer Chetan Dube led the creation of the conversational AI platform Amelia. Back then, Amelia’s closest competition was IBM’s Watson. Following the 2024 acquisition of Amelia by SoundHound AI, Dube made his mission the delivery of “the most human AI the enterprise world has ever known,” as founder and CEO of Quant.
Tactical leadership: The “Navy SEALs” of Airbnb

Oct 21, 2024 | bigthink.com | Mike Hodgkinson

Learn from the world’s biggest business thinkers Dave Stephenson — Chief Business Officer at Airbnb — has made a habit of staying ahead of the curve. After shelving early plans to become an architect, and then training as an engineer, he joined Amazon when it was “this little bookstore in Seattle” before moving to his current employer where, as CFO, he was instrumental in navigating through the pandemic via a record-breaking IPO.