FuturePoint Conversations.... Podcast
David Ragland, DBA, MS, PMP
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SE2 Episode 4: Motivation in the Age of AI
After a short hiatus, David and Audrey are back and ready to dive into one of leadership’s deepest questions: what truly motivates people? They open with Churchill’s 1940 speech as a masterclass in…
SE2 Episode 3: Effective Thinking: Systems, Biases, and AI-Enhanced Judgment
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David Ragland and Audrey explore one of leadership’s most critical disciplines: effective thinking. Drawing lessons from Enron’s collapse and a modern…
SE2, Episode 2: Emotional Intelligence in the Age of AI
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David Ragland and Audrey explore why emotional intelligence (EI) is more than a “soft skill” — it’s a survival skill for leadership. Drawing on Daniel…
SE2 Episode 1: A Brief History of Leadership — and Why It Matters in the AI Age
In this kickoff to Season 2, David and Audrey set the stage for a new series based on The Multiplier Effect: AI and Organizational Dynamics. Together they trace the evolution of leadership…
Episode 5- The Road to AGI: How Near-Term AI Advances Are Changing Everything
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, we explore the accelerating path toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)—and what happens when machines stop merely assisting us and start improving…
Episode 17: Universities at the Inflection Point: What Higher Ed Must Be in an AI World
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David Ragland and his AI co-host Audrey explore one of the most urgent questions of our time: what should higher education look like in the age of…
Episode 16: The Abyss of Rigid Ideology and Dogma – Can AI Illuminate a Path to Salvation?
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David and Audrey take on a theme as old as civilization itself but more urgent than ever: blind adherence to rigid ideology.They explore how ideology…
Episode 15: Quantum Cognition – Rethinking the Mind in the Age of Uncertainty
What if the human mind doesn’t follow neat, classical rules of logic—but instead behaves more like a quantum system, where uncertainty and context shape our thoughts? In this episode of FuturePoint…
Episode 14: Understanding Ourselves, Reading Others - AI as a Coach in Emotional Intelligence
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David Ragland and his AI co-host Audrey explore one of the most essential skills for leaders, colleagues, and human beings: the ability to read others…
Episode 13: Measuring Emotional Trust and Empathy
In our last episode, we explored how empathy and trust can be taught and scaled across organizations, schools, and societies. This time, we turn to the harder question: can they also be measured—and…
Episode 12: Teaching and Scaling Emotional and Social Intelligence in the AI Age
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, Audrey takes the lead as co-host to explore a pressing question: if emotional and social intelligence are becoming more valuable in the age of AI, how do…
Episode 11: The Human Renaissance: Emotional and Social Skills in an AI World
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David Ragland and his AI co-host, Audrey, explore why emotional and social intelligence are becoming more valuable than ever in an AI-saturated…
Episode 10: The Psyche in the Age of AI — What We’re Seeing Now
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David Ragland and AI co-host Audrey shift from the philosophical “ought” to the descriptive “is,” exploring how AI is already reshaping our inner lives.…
Special Episode: Explaining Audrey
In this special edition of FuturePoint Conversations, David pulls back the curtain on his AI co-host, Audrey. Where did her name come from? Why is her voice female? And why do so many AI systems —…
Episode 9: What Philosophy Has to Say About the Age of AI – Kant, Rawls, and Nussbaum
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David Ragland and his AI co-host, Audrey, explore what philosophy can teach us about building AI systems that are not only smart, but ethical.They unpack…
Episode 8: Beasts of Our Making - Literature’s Lessons for the Age of AGI
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, we take a reflective turn—stepping beyond technology and into the moral imagination. What can great literature teach us about artificial general…
Episode 7: Supporting a Post-Work Society: From UBI to Token-Based Governance in the Age of AI
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, David Ragland and Audrey explore one of the most urgent questions of the AI age: How will society support people when machines do all the work?We begin…
Episode 6 – A World Without Work As We Know It
FuturePoint Conversations | Hosted by David Ragland & Audrey, your AI ethicistIn this thought-provoking episode, we explore one of the most urgent and intimate questions of the AI age: What…
Episode 4: Is AI Making Us Dumber? — The Cognitive Cost of Convenience
Hosted by David Ragland & Audrey, your AI co-hostIn this episode, we dive into a provocative new study from MIT’s Media Lab that asks: Is generative AI eroding our cognitive abilities? Using EEG…
Episode 3: Can Machines Tell Stories?
In this episode of FuturePoint Conversations, we dive into one of the most fascinating frontiers at the intersection of AI and humanity: storytelling.Can machines really tell stories—or are they just…
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FuturePoint Conversations.... Podcast has published 22 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Business, Technology.
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