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Massive Personal Data Breach And More On CHOM 97.7 FM

Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home base). It’s not a long segment – about 10 minutes every week – about everything that is happening in the world of technology and digital media. The good folks at CHOM 97.7 FM are posting these segments weekly on i Heart Radio, if you’re interested in hearing more of me blathering away about what’s going on in the digital world. I’m really excited about this opportunity, 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:

We often talk about hacks and the problem of passwords. We’ve become very numb to the problem. Last week there was a massive breach. Did you hear about it? I only caught minor rumblings about it in the tech publications, but check this out: 773 million email addresses and over 21 million passwords. I’ll do some quick math: that’s close to ONE BILLION! This was one of the largest public data breaches ever. The information comes from more than 2,000 different sources. Breaches happen, people.
Find out if your email has been compromised. Go to: Have I Been Pwned?
Elon Musk‘s Hyperloop idea is back in the news and Montreal/Toronto are right there in it. Hyperloop One has picked Montreal to Toronto as a top choice to build the first high-speed travel system. But here’s where it gets interesting: it would also include an Ottawa stop. This means Montreal to Toronto in 39 minutes and Montreal to Ottawa in 12 minutes. According to Hyperloop One this would, “create a Canadian mega region as much as a quarter of the country’s population.” Now, imagine this: working in Toronto and living in Montreal with this minor commute.
The Gillette ad here around the world. Did you watch Gillette’s new spin on “The best a man can get”? Here was my take on it: The Best An Ad Can Get, but it was this article that really got me thinking about how the media works and tells stories.
App of the Week: Stoop.

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.