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We're Nearing The End Of Cables

Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio broadcasting out of Montreal (home base). It’s not a long segment – about 5 to 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 to SoundCloud, if you’re interested in hearing more of me blathering away. I’m really excited about this opportunity, because this is the radio station that I grew up on listening to, and it really is a fun treat to be invited to the Mornings Rock with Terry and Heather B. morning show. The segment is called, CTRL ALT Delete with Mitch Joel.

This week we discussed: 

  • Are you ready for the end of headphone cables? It is hotly rumoured that the pending iPhone 7 will not have a headphone jack (think bluetooth only). Well, Motorola has leapfrogged Apple, with their latest device – MotoZ, by ditching the headphone jack. It’s wireless or USB-C compatible headphones going forward. I’m all for getting rid of those cables… how about you?
  • News site Gawker filed for bankruptcy and will sell the company’s assets to Ziff Davis publishing. Hulk Hogan sued (and won) a hotly discussed suit against them (they released his sex tape and Hogan’s legal team won a $140 million suit against Gawker). What made the case ever-stranger is that Hogan’s legal team was backed by famed Silicon Valley VC (and PayPal co-founder), Peter Thiel, who had several bones to pick with Gawker. Gawker filed to avoid paying Thiel and Hulk Hogan the hefty judgement. A fascinating case of new media, liability, a billionaire’s revenge and more. 
  • App of the week: Foodora.

Listen here…

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.

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