Radar - by nexxworks

Join your hosts Steven Van Belleghem, Peter Hinssen, and Pascal Coppens for another episode of Radar, by nexxworks. Pascal Coppens shares his travel report from China, where he visited various cities and companies in the Greater Bay Area. Another topic is the TikTok ban in the US and the approaching ban in Europe, with Peter providing insights into the history and controversies surrounding TikTok. Steven focuses on the principles outlined in the book 'No Rules Rules' by Erin Meyer and Reed Hastings.

Join your hosts Steven Van Belleghem, Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, and special guest and AI expert Geertrui Mieke De Ketelaere as they talk about customer experience at the Miami Beach Police Department, Chinese innovation and technology at the Mobile World Congress, the Challenge of Human Behavior and Technology and much more!

For the first episode op 2024, our tried and trusted hosts invite a special guest! Elke Geraerts, professor in psychology and CEO of Better Minds At Work. The four of them give their predictions for 2024, talk about AI vs AI (Authentic Intelligence), the Magnificent 7 of the stock market, Chinese flying cars and cruise ships as well as CES. Enjoy!

‍In this brand new episode, Steven, Peter, Pascal and Julie talk first about The North Face's (fake?) PR stunt, how Temu is taking over the world with cheap and fast products, Julie reflects on the OpenAI saga, then onto Steven's High Value Service Agents and Peter wraps it up for Christmas with some controversial optimism heading into 2024 ... Enjoy! For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com. Want to learn more about our learning and inspiration programs? Visit https://www.nexxworks.com/experiences/upcoming-experiences.

We're back with a special interview episode where Peter Hinssen has a fascinating conversation with Pascal Coppens about Generative AI. They talked about the most important Chinese AI players, regulation, education, the cloud, light weight LLMs, geopolitics, the talent war and China's transition to a service-driven industry. If you want to know more about generative AI from an eastern perspective, this is the episode for you!

In this brand new episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Laurence Van Elegem, Julie Vens - De Vos and Pascal Coppens, discuss the unicorn that is Taylor Swift, Humane’s overhyped AI Pin, the next killer AI device, generative AI in China, the WeWork saga, the Bletchley Park AI Summit, the Executive Order on AI, Mercier champagne, data colonization, LinkedIn, our upcoming China Tour and many more things! Enjoy! For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com. Want to learn more about our learning and inspiration programs? Visit https://www.nexxworks.com/experiences/upcoming-experiences.

In this brand new episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss how LinkedIn saved Julie’s day, Neuralink’s first human trials, Elon Musk’s big plan, cyborgs, invasive technology, all things Japan and business - from time machine investing, to omotenashi, humility, declining demographics, finding the perfect knife & more - Elon Musk’s algorithm, Walter Isaacson’s biography about him, all the people Peter Hinssen feels sorry for, Huawei Connect, the chip war, a European ban on EVs, effective altruism, accelerated altruism and much more! Enjoy! For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com. Want to learn more about our learning and inspiration programs? Visit https://www.nexxworks.com/experiences/upcoming-experiences.

Radar is back with its exciting first episode! Join your host, Steven, as we delve into a summer filled with adventures and discoveries. Get ready to say yes to a captivating invitation from Peter Hinssen, where we explore the sizzling topic on every CIO's plate: Content Science. Pascal Coppens will bring you peace of mind amidst the storm of troubling news about China's economy, while Julie Vens-De Vos reveals her surprising love for the Barbie movie. Steven will stir things up by dissecting the good, the bad, and the ugly in CX this summer. The #nexxworks crew will take you on a journey from Mattel to Patagonia, from OpenAI (of course) to Tesla. Join them in exploring topics like the present and future of telemarketing, the need for talent strategy, the evolution of social consciousness ("woke"), and demographics: find out if, and why, China's population is expected to change significantly.

In this last episode of the season (back in September!), Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss non-negotiable rules in CX, this month’s Tesla news, EV market price wars, Elon Musk’s adventures in China (or is it Yilong Ma?), the Apple Vision Pro, AI regulation, P(doom), the learnings of our latest Art of Talent Tour with Behavioral Scientist Frederik Anseel, Ørsted, Maersk, Novo Nordisk, our new Never Normal Masterclass, the crackdown of the SEC on Binance and Coinbase in the US, China’s national blockchain center, the Hong Kong crypto exchange and the very latest on general-purpose humanoid robots. Here's Scott Galloway’s Twitter thread with all the past calls for tech regulation that Laurence referred to: https://twitter.com/profgalloway/status/1659034629129601026 Enjoy! For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com. Want to learn more about our learning and inspiration programs? Visit https://www.nexxworks.com/experiences/upcoming-experiences.

In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss generative AI's data problem, private company versions of ChatGPT, Drake, Grimes, Twitter, TikTok, Walmart versus Amazon, Schmidt Futures and AI investment strategies, our Never Normal Tour with Mediafin in New York (guided by nexxworks Founder Peter Hinssen and General Editor at 'De Tijd' Isabel Albers), the human energy crisis, Apple's new high-yield savings account with a whopping 4.15% interest rate, its Buy Now Pay Later services, the return of (travel in) China, the EV price war, Chinese EV car company BYD successes, CATL’s next-generation sodium-ion battery, youth unemployment in China, inflation going down in China, why some companies are looking for old steel warships, the power of proximity, the end of Buzzfeed news and much, much more. Shownotes: You can check the Amazon and Walmart chart Julie was talking about here. The website haveibeentrained.com allows artists to opt-in or opt-out of AI training. Here is the link to the website with the latest AI hits. www.heygen.com is where you can upload an avatar of yourself and create a video. ai.syllaby.io will help you write a script for your video. Here is Steven and Pascal’s video about Tesla and BYD. Check our awesome Never Normal Tour with Mediafin in New York here. Enjoy! For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com. Want to learn more about our learning and inspiration programs? Visit https://www.nexxworks.com/experiences/upcoming-experiences.

In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss the top visits of our 'CX More Than Ever Tour' in LA (Liquid Death, Niels Juul, Nanxi Liu & the ConCreates ad agency), LA versus San Francisco as innovation hubs, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the impact of remote work, the Waluigi Effect in AI, the New Gatekeepers (from Benedict Evans' big yearly presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry), ChatGPT (what else?), Henchman, Confirm, China outpacing US in critical tech research (report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Xi Jinping's third term and China's The Two Sessions. Enjoy! For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com. Want to learn more about our learning and inspiration programs? Visit https://www.nexxworks.com/experiences/upcoming-experiences.

In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss CX at the Louvre and at Hertz, Vaclav Smil's book 'How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future', the energy transition, techno-optimism, China opening up again, decoupling, Noma closing down, leadership, the FTX fall out, the VC industry, Washington looking to ban TikTok in the US and Shopify cutting its more than 2 people meetings. For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.

In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Laurence Van Elegem discuss the escalating COVID protests in China, Disney’s Disney+ troubles and the high expectations around the new (but old) CEO Bob Iger, the FTX saga, the whole crypto world meltdown and the need for regulation, the fediverse, decentralization and interoperability, the wild Elon Musk and Twitter chaos, the recent big tech layoff bloodbath and India as the next China. For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.

In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Julie Vens - De Vos & Laurence Van Elegem discuss Walmart, Meta’s new generative AI video tool, Elon Musk’s Twitter saga & his “everything app”, Google’s new circular economy accelerator, ROSI (return on sustainability investment), the clash between the world of technology, innovation & regulation, hybrid work & the impact of global challenges like the energy crisis, productivity paranoia, quiet quitting versus quiet firing, Kim Kardashian & her SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) fine and Warner Music’s partnership with OpenSea. For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.

In this last episode of the season (we’re back in September), Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Laurence Van Elegem and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss Unicorns and down rounds, our awesome work trend report by Frederik Anseel, Decathlon’s new subscription model, EdTech post Covid in China, The Google engineer who believes that a chatbot has become sentient, Web3 applications for employee engagement, The metaverse in China as a booming business, technology and the senses, the top gun effect and the great resignation versus the great recession. You can find the interview that Blake Lemoine and a collaborator at Google conducted with LaMDA here. For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.

Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss the highlights from our Web3 tour in London, the metaverse, a VR literate generation, China's endless shopping festivals and Chinese Valentine, the Return-to-Office War, the Great Resignation, rituals at work, a record-high number of college graduates unable to find work in China and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.

Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Pascal Coppens, Peter Hinssen, Laurence Van Elegem and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss Web3, Netflix shares falling almost 40%, the metaverse, the devaluation of Jack Dorsey's first tweet, Lululemon’s membership program, the stranger than fiction tale of Worldcoin, the Shanghai lockdown, creative AI and NIO’s battery as a service model. The 'basics of Web3' document Laurence is referring to, can be found here: www.nexxworks.com/blog/web3-for-dummies For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.

Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss Pascal's brand new book "Can we trust China?", the Russo-Ukrainian War, the evolving world order, the top visits from our LA Customer Experience Tour (SpaceX/Starlink, Snap Inc., KCC & Everytable), the back to the office trend, gamification, Pinduoduo, the metaverse, AR and Rik Vera's new book 'The guide to the Ecosystem Economy'. Enjoy! For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.

Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss ESG standards and ratings, the Super Bowl ads, Walmart entering the metaverse, an electric highway in Detroit, the world expo in Dubai, China supporting Russia in the Ukraine expansion, the four day work week, the Great Resignation and a new international sourcing platform for semiconductors. For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.

Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen and Pascal Coppens talk about Meta looking into NFT, DAO and blockchain expansion, Alibaba's DingTalk AR glasses, Best Buy launching an in-house media company, supermarket chain Jumbo's partnership with fast grocery delivery service Gorillas, the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes trial, John Deere’s new fully self-driving tractor & the common prosperity trend in China. For more inspiration about business and technology, go to nexxworks.com.