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May We All Love Life Like Sheldon Sazant 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 – about 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 of me blathering on about what’s happening 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:

A pillar of the Montreal music scene was Steve’s Music Store manager, Sheldon Sazant. Sheldon passed away last week, and the entire music industry is in mourning. Sheldon was a true and kind gentleman. Always helpful, supportive and encouraging. As I walked the floor at NAMM this year, I was hopeful I would run into him (but I did not see him). I am truly saddened and surprised by this news. I’ve known Sheldon since I bought my first bass guitar (I was 13 years old?). He was also one of the first people to raise his hand and give advertising/support to my rock magazines in the 90s. He’s always been an integral part of my life… and many others. Condolences to his family… he will be missed.
Do you trust your doctor’s diagnosis? Do you trust artificial intelligence? “According to a study conducted by researchers from Imperial College London and Google Health, an AI program has been developed that can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than its human counterparts.” The computers are beating the doctors.
It took the Internet (and social media) by storm. It’s hard not to talk about the Dolly Parton Challenge. Did you do it? I didn’t. Some did it. Some did it well. Some were just perfect. This one won for me.
App of the Week: Future Me.

You can also listen in via I Heart Radio.

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.