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Mars Rover Perseverance 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:

Most tech stories this week pale in comparison to NASA‘s Perseverance rover landing on Mars. The rover is even tweeting (“I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.”), and it wasn’t long after hitting the martian ground that we saw the first pictures. I have a hard time getting decent cell reception in certain rooms in my house, so how we can easily (and quickly) get content from Mars makes my head explode.
How many “Fit Pics” are you posting these days? These are not those self-indulgent, no shirt or workout pics. A Fit Pic is, simply, when you take a picture of what you’re wearing from head to toe. According to The Wall Street Journal, some of Instagram‘s biggest fashion influencers are big on the #fitpic. So, who is shooting these non-selfie photos? Your kids, a partner, a stranger? Welcome to the latest photo and fashion fad.
There is nothing more mesmerizing than chain reaction videos. You know the ones: A ball rolls into a cup, the cup falls over, it hits some dominoes, and the next thing that you know, you’re stunned by the complexity of these Rube Goldberg machine videos. They’ve gone from art to humor to these new, weird, and funny video collages attempting to make a simple action (like a morning routine) into a viral and hilarious YouTube sensation. Joseph Herscher and his Jospeh’s Machine YouTube channel may be one of the best.
WFH. Virtual work. Home office. Those terms have become our reality over the past year. So, this begs the question: As vaccines and therapeutics become more widely available, is this the end of the high profile office? Will the office of tomorrow affect our business in a different way?
App of the Week: Clubhouse – drop-in chat audio.

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Mitch Joel · CTRL ALT Delete – CHOM 97.7 FM – February 22nd, 2021

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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.