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The Tech Swan Song – Saying Goodbye To CHOM FM’s Terry DiMonte

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:

CHOM Morning DJ, Terry DiMonte, will be leaving the station after decades of rocking the airwaves at the end of this month. This was our last segment together. I am wishing Terry all of the best, looking forward to our friendship off of the air, and even more curious where his voice will wind up next.
There has been a lot of excitement in the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFT space to understand/unpack this past week. Elon Musk’s Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin and eBay is about to start selling NFTs.
Twitter (like Clubhouse) is also trying to build out what is being called, the Creator Economy (or Passion Economy). How? By compensating creators. Twitter has introduced a “Tip Jar.” Like a tweet? Love it enough to retweet? Why not support the creator of that tweet with some actual cash?
App of the Week: ISS Spotter. We were fortunate enough to watch the International Space Station zip over our house on Saturday night. Here’s a way to know if you can catch it too.

You can also listen in via I Heart Radio.

Mitch Joel · CTRL ALT Delete – CHOM 97.7 FM – May 17th, 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.