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Fortnite, Racism, The Future of Gaming And More On CHOM 97.7 FM

Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am on air at CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home base). It’s not a long segment – about 10 minutes every week – to decode the future. We discuss everything that is happening in the world of technology, digital media and culture. The good folks at CHOM 97.7 FM are posting these segments weekly on i Heart Radio, if you’re interested in hearing more about what’s happening in the transformation of our digital world. I’m really excited about these weekly hits, because this is the radio station that I grew up listening to, and it really is a fun treat to be invited to the Mornings Rock with Terry DiMonte morning show. The segment is called, CTRL ALT Delete with Mitch Joel.

This week we discussed:

Is Fortnite the future of events? On Saturday night, my eldest told me that he couldn’t come to bed yet, because he was attending an event about racism in the video game Fortnite. The event was called, We the People and featured Van Jones (CNN) in conversation with Elaine Welteroth and The Atlantic writer Jemele Hill about racism in gaming. Hill then interviewed rapper Killer Mike (his speech at a recent press conference in Atlanta at the beginning of the George Floyd protests went viral). There’s much hate in the online gaming world, and doing events like this make sense. In the past, the gaming platform hosted concerts by Travis Scott and Marshmello. This is just the beginning. Would you attend an event in a video game?
Last week, we discussed how Facebook is dealing with many advertisers who are not advertising on the social network, until they fix the content (racism, sexism, fake news, etc…). I see this as (mostly) virtue signaling, but the pile-on this week seems to be individuals saying that they are quitting the platform, or using it a lot less. This has not been the case for me… how about you?
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Mitch Joel · CTRL ALT Delete – CHOM FM – July 6th, 2020

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.