EP118 Charlie Fink Deep Dive - Virtual Collaboration and the Future of Work (Part 1)

Charlie Fink is an XR expert, Forbes columnist, and author about the future of work and remote collaboration, which is the subject of his forthcoming book, called “Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work”. Charlie also teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California. Fink is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR world. As a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." In the 1990s, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of VR pioneer, Virtual World Entertainment. In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Charlie about how things like robots, virtual reality and remote telepresence will change work forever. Let’s dive in! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: How is Charlie doing What led Charlie to write the book What's wrong with Zoom How Charlie's students reacted to remote way of studying The challenge Charlie gave his students Charlie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/ Charlie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieFink Listen to PART 2 and 3 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP119-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-2-em15hh https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP120-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-3-em15ld