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Singular XQ
by Jennifer Pierce
Raise your Transformation Intelligence Quotient. It's a podcast about the work of Digital Transformation.
Episodes
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Coffee with JP: the Fork in Our Road
JP talks to the audience about Season 5’s delay, the abrupt closure of Season 4, and her experience in our strange new world.
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Singular XQ 4.40 Jason Merai: Will Gen AI permanently change ethical standards in arts education?
Ending Season 4 on a optimistic high note, Associate Dean Jason Merai from Humber College discusses with JP what the impact of Gen AI will be on arts education and how the industry will changed and be changed by the generation of students who are being trained right now.
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Singular XQ 4:39 Celi Arias: "How do we become a grown ass business?"
JP and Celi Arias talk about Grown Ass Business, Celi's creative and inspiring business strategy and growth consulting business. Celi shares her approach and JP offers her observations on why Celi's background in modern dance feeds directly into her skills in helping people building and…
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Humans of Singular XQ: Guissoo Nabavian
JP interviews Founding Core Advisory Board member, Dr. Guissoo Nabavian. Dr. Nabavian is a psychologist with over 25 years in public mental health and wellness in NYC. JP and she talk about the transition from a for-profit consultancy to a non-profit social startup, and the importance of...
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Singular XQ Rewatches Silicon Valley: S1E6
JP and Luis Riera welcome JP's old start-up "war buddy" Scott Garrison on to talk about the second to last episode of the premiere season of SV. While they dig into the episode, they also hit some deep points about the importance of empathy in the startup culture and the impact of social and...
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Singular XQ 4:38 Brian Larsen: "What the heck is going on in CX and BPO?"
Brian is a truth teller. He is direct, calls it like he sees it, and doesn't mince words. He and JP had an intense chat about what's been going in BPO and CX since AI hit the scene.
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The Humans of Singular XQ: Luis Riera
Luis Riera wasn't a rockstar HeroCorps member at the time of this interview but he is one now and we couldn't be luckier to have come across this unique, humble but courageous creator and emerging thought leader on consciousness and technology. We thought we'd save this for our HoSXQ series.…
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BONUS: Michael and JP on Qualitative Research and AI
Michael and JP have another Friday chat and this time they talk about qualitative data and AI and the cost of platforming "qualitative research at scale."
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Singular XQ 4:37: Farzin Farzad "What is Organizational Justice?"
Farzin, a fan of crazy robot fighting movies and watching Total Recall with his grandma, is an organizational justice practicioner. He and JP talk about why it is different than DEI and moves beyond performative tokenism and empty gesture toward more equitable and democratic organizational...
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Coffee with JP: What the hell does "AI" even mean?
In this conversation, JP discusses various topics including his personal life, the challenges faced by his organization, and the importance of taxonomy in AI. He also explores different categories of AI, such as narrow AI, general AI, super intelligence, natural language processing, computer...
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Singular XQ Rewatches Silicon Valley: S1E6
In this episode, Scott Chernoff the voice of Gearhead on Rick and Morty joins the podcast to bring his unique perspective as a comedy creative to Aaron and JP's discussion of episode 6. This conversation is pretty wild. The conversation touches on topics such the importance of doing work for...
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Singular XQ 4:36: Bob Goodman "Why is continuous learning so important to building a culture of innovation?"
JP and Bob Goodman discuss the importance of learning cultures, cross-functionality, psychological safety, and human-centered design in driving innovation. They also touch on the evolving role of UX in the technology industry and offer advice for UX professionals navigating the current landscape.
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Humans of Singular XQ: Archana Shah
The Humans of Singular XQ presents the lovely and irreplaceable Archana Shah, founding Core Advisory Board team member, brilliant technology researcher, and certified good human. Archana and I explore how my roots with anthropology compare to her recent encounter with a tech anthropology…
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Singular XQ Rewatches Silicon Valley: S1E5
Do you know what a dramaturge is? In this week's episode recurring co-host Aaron Beavers and JP chat with dramaturge and full professor Jane Barnette about episode 5 in Season 1 with a controversial mural that even makes Aaron uncomfortable. Dr. Barnette does not hestiate to dive in with her...
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Singular XQ 4:35: Angela V. Harris
Are ERGs helping or masking organizational problems that have to be addressed with more urgency? Angela V. Harris delivers a provocative interview with JP on the importance of addressing racial and gender inequity in organizations.
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The Humans of Singular XQ: Dr. Rebecca Grier
The Humans of Singular XQ is a regular series on the Singular XQ podcast where we highlight the members of our Knowledge Capital Index, unicorn professionals with areas of valuable expertise in engineering, research, design, and executive leadership. This week's episode is Dr. Rebecca Grier a…
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Singular XQ Rewatches Silicon Valley: S1E4
Do you remember Dorian Nakamoto? Dorian Nakamoto was a person Newsweek mistakenly outed as the the Nakamoto who founded Bitcoin. It turned out they were wrong and he sued. That and a bunch of tornadoes were in the new in 2014 the week this episode aired. In this installment we have special guest...
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Singular XQ 4.34 Dr. Mauricio Manhaes: How are designers treated inside technology orgs?
The one where JP talks to Dr. Manhaes about how organizations tend to treat designers the way they treat employes who identify as female.
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Singular XQ Happy Hour for Thinking People: Is psychopathy and advantage in business?
the recording of our new series Happy Hour for Thinking People with special guest expert, Dr. Guissoo Nabavian and SXQ network special guests, J. Wolf, Dr. Jon McKenzie, and Hazel Weakley as well as, HeroCorps members Aaron Beavers and Luis Riera. We sit around with beverages and talk about the...
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Singular XQ Rewatches Silicon Valley: S1E3
Do you remember Heartbleed? In this episode, JP joins Aaron Beavers alongside special guest Brian Larsen to talk about episode three of Silicon Valley Season 1. JP starts the episode off with some reminders of what was in the headlines on the day of the release and the team takes it from there…
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Singular XQ 4.33: Mark Vicente "Are tech start-ups coercive cults?"
The conversation explores the parallels between coercive structures in cults and corporate environments, the manipulation and coercion in advertising and PsyOps, and the ethical implications of these practices. It delves into the impact on individuals and the broader societal implications of…
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The Humans of Singular XQ: Dr. Michael Patrick Vaughn
In another bonus episode where you get to meet the heros who help me run Singular XQ we talk to Dr. Michael Patrick Vaughn about sociology, technology, and, um. Ghosts. That's right. It's a good, 'un Plus I have a new theme song for the Humans series. I'm obsessed with it.
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Singular XQ Rewatches Silicon Valley: S1:E2
In this episode, Richard hires Jared to design a business plan, Big Head is asked to work for Gavin Belson, and Richard struggles to get his money. The episode explores the concept of a cap table, which is a document that shows the ownership structure of a company. The conversation also touches…
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Singular XQ 4.32: Clemens Lutsch and the Evolution of Humanity-Centered Design
Dr. Jennifer Pierce interviews Clemens Lutsch about human-centered design and sustainability. They discuss the importance of incorporating sustainability into human-centered design practices and the need for organizations to prioritize it. They also talk about the role of the UXPO (User…
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Happy Hour for Thinking People: The Human Cost of Digital Transformation
One of the Happy Hour chats JP hosts with our friend J Wolf. They talk about the automobile's impacts on society and how we got to the place of having safer autos, better consumer protections, and a walk back of the negative social and cultural impacts the top-down imposition of the automobile...
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Singular XQ Rewatches Silicon Valley S1:E1
Episode one of a fun new series where members of our general advisory and special guests rewatch episodes of Silicon Valley with us.
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Singular XQ 4:31: Shayna Bergman and High Achieving Parents
In this conversation, Jennifer Pierce interviews Shana Bergman, a leadership and executive coach, about the challenges of balancing careers and family. They discuss the pressure to do it all and the unrealistic expectations placed on individuals, especially women. They also explore the importance...
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The Humans of Singular XQ: Laura Massa
Part of the new series is in our Linked In Live programming, The Humans of Singular XQ.
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Singular XQ Rewatches Silicon Valley S1:E1
The first episode of our Silicon Valley rewatch---this is gonna be a fun one. Guest host Aaron Beavers.
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Coffee with JP: the child's imagination.
A thought or two about children's imagination and computationalism, via Sir Ken Robinson's widely-circulated TED talk.
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Coffee with JP: Our Open Source Mission
Wherein JP explains the happy reason for the delay in Season 4 and the reason why Open Source is so important at this moment.
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Coffee with JP: No Video, Don Norman, and Some of the AI Buzz
JP gives some updates about SXQ and AI and a few other things. While drinking French Dark Roast out of a Jack Skellington cup.
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Coffee with JP: Season 3 Podcast Recap
JP talks about the insights from the all-star lineup in Season 3 and asks for your help in the Patreon.
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Singular XQ 3.30: Dr. Sarah Bay Cheng on Phygital Theater: Digital meets Live Performance
Sarah-Bay Cheng is a Renaissance human if we ever met one. Like many people at Singular XQ, Sarah is a pioneering interdisciplinary thinker who doesn’t stay firmly within her swim lane and absorbs and processes streams from multiple disciplines to come to her salient—sometimes cutting—worldview.…
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Singular XQ 3.29: Dimeji Onafuwa on Global Technology and the Pluriverse
Dimeji Onafuwa, a prominent figure in design with a Ph.D. in transition design, discusses the intersection of systems thinking and UX. This episode covers challenges within the design industry, underscoring the significance of comprehensive problem-solving. He advocates for diversity and...
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Singular XQ 3.28: Aaron Beavers and Mind Meets Machine
There is something about this episode that really captures the Singular XQ spirit and the cross-functional and wide-ranging thought that our community engages in. This conversation is edited because it went literally all over the place from philosophy, to science fiction, to GPU technology and...
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Singular XQ 3.27: Decoding Innovation, Open Source, and the Digital Commons
Iain Kerr and Jason Frasca, co-founders of Emergent Futures Lab, once again joined Dr. Jennifer Pierce in season 3 of Singular XQ Podcast. They talk about the challenges of the digital era, where major platforms privatize vast portions of the internet, turning them into a commons without genuine...
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Coffee with JP: Synthetic Users in UX Research
Welcome to Our Exciting Journey! Hey there, awesome people! Get ready to buckle up for a thrilling ride through the world of UX, AI, and all the cool tech stuff that's reshaping our digital universe. Today's Hot Topic: Synthetic Users! Guess what's cooking in the tech kitchen? Synthetic users!...
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Singular XQ 3.26: Breaking Boundaries. Nate Shalev on Crafting Inclusive Workspaces
I had the distinct and unique pleasure of chatting with Nate Shalev, a leading voice in workplace inclusion while they lives a quiet Brooklyn life with their wife and beagle, Joan Jett. (Nate had me at Joan Jett. Blackhearted for life.) Nate has a way of making me think things like: why do we…
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Singular XQ 3.25: Wiring the Winning Organization with Gene Kim Part 2
Here's a shortened version for your program notes on Anchor.FM: Part 2 with Gene Kim: Unraveling Innovation in Tech Join us for the second part of our engaging discussion with Gene Kim and SXQ advisor Kai Brunner. We delve deeper into innovation management, uncovering vital insights that redefine...
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Coffee with JP: Prompting, Training, and the Problem with Open AI
The one in which JP was schooled but Chief SXQ Mad Scientist Aaron Beavers on using the right language when talking about AI and shares the learning so you don't get fooled but deliberate mystification marketing. Also--the problem with Open AI and the myth of the lone creative genius.
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Singular XQ 3.24: Wiring the Winning Organization with Gene Kim
Our latest podcast episodes delve into themes like solipsism, success, team dynamics, learning from failure, blameless post-mortems, psychological safety, and my favorite concept, SLOWIFICATION. In an industry often driven by the need for speed, we champion the counter-cultural idea of slowing...
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Coffee with JP: Five Things AI Entrepreneurs Need to Know about the AI Executive Order
JP drinks her coffee, shares her deep dive over the Biden EO on AI (EI EI O), and talks about using GPT as a thinking tool, not just a writing slave with poor critical judgment.
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Singular XQ 3.23: Getting Circular with Don Norman (Part 2)
True to his devotion to circular economies, we admire Don for his desire to give back and to reconsider some of the choices that were made at the beginning of the digital revolution, particularly those decisions that have led to waste. He has widened his point of view from human-centered design…
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Singular XQ 3.22: Don Norman and the Future of Design
So when Don Norman agreed to do a podcast with me, I have to be real for a second, I SQUEEEEEEED. Literally. I said “SQUEEEEE.” The book that everyone has on their shelf when they want to design, The Design of Everyday Things, is the best industry read of any in its class. I say this with some…
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Season 3 Promo
Exciting News! Season 3 of the Singular XQ Podcast is here! Are you a young tech enthusiast looking to kickstart your career in the ever-evolving world of technology? How about a seasoned technologist who enjoys cross-functional learning and the human side of digital transformation? This season…
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The Humans of Singular XQ: Introducing Chief Operating Advisor Laura Massa
Digital transformation is not solely about technology; it's about people. Technology can enable change, but the people within an organization drive and sustain it. Change management recognizes this fundamental truth and focuses on guiding individuals and teams through the change process. It...
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The One Where JP Compares Singular XQ to PBS
Consider supporting our Patreon page as we get ready to launch Season 3. Your support right now is critical. Thanks for listening and we can't wait to launch Season 3 for you. Curious people who care change the world.
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Raise your Transformation Intelligence Quotient. It's a podcast about the work of Digital Transformation.
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