Interviewed by Steven Bartlett, Geoffrey Hinton is a leading computer scientist and cognitive psychologist, widely recognised as the ‘Godfather of AI’ for his pioneering work on neural networks and deep learning. He received the 2018 Turing Award, often called the Nobel Prize of computing. In 2023, he left Google to warn people about the rising dangers of AI. He explains: ◽️ Why there’s a real 20% chance AI could lead to HUMAN EXTINCTION. ◽️ How speaking out about AI got him SILENCED. ◽️ The deep REGRET he feels for helping create AI. ◽️ The 6 DEADLY THREATS AI poses to humanity right now. ◽️ AI’s potential to advance healthcare, boost productivity, and transform education.

Frans de Waal has been named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Indifferent, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behaviour to argue that despite the linkage between gender and biological sex, biology does not automatically support the traditional gender roles in human societies.

What if achieving our goals isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? What if our path itself was actually where the real value came from? How could we attend to our path to make our development more impactful, sustainable and meaningful? In this talk, Tony Lillios shares with us how Integral Theory provides a framework to walk an Integral Path toward having our lives unfold in transformative ways. Tony Lillios is an Integral Coach in personal development who is passionate about bringing transformational tools to larger audiences. Tony brings a breadth of experiences and education into this growing field of integral practice that supports whole person evolution to create sustainable personal shifts. What are your reflections?

Having completed your Business Model Canvas, the next stage is to create a Value Proposition for each of your Customer Segments. Start by watching the Strategyser video : https://www.strategyzer.com/library/the-value-proposition-canvas

If you are running a business and or want to attract clients, this exercise is essential and whilst time consuming upfront, it will save you a huge amount of time and money in the long run. The question is - Why a Buyer Persona is so important? Personas are a well-established marketing technique to help produce more customer-focused communications. Things that will help - Do you know background info, demographics, and identifier words for each of your customer persona's? What are their goals and challenges? How can you help each persona reach their objectives? A persona, or group of personas will assist you in creating relevant content that is attractive to your specific audience. Your content will be completely meaningless unless you add personas, as there will be no relevance, engagement nor sharing. As there is no real reason why your audience would be interested otherwise.

There are 3 videos to watch, all by Ken Wilber, please write down your reflections after each one.

Linked to your newly created roadmap taken from your excel spreadsheet containing more detailed data, now create a high level overview and or visual that mirrors this.

This exercise will help you, if done correctly, unconsciously lock in both practical actions and experiences which will help you achieve your goals faster, short, medium and longterm. Start with visualising 10 years out and then work backwards.

The HeartMath Institute (HMI) is an innovative nonprofit research and education organisation that provides simple, user-friendly mental and emotion self-regulation tools and techniques that people of all ages and cultures can use in the moment to relieve stress and break through to greater levels of personal balance, stability, creativity, intuitive insight and fulfilment.