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"I think the internet will be gone. AIs will have all the information and entertainment for us whenever we want."

In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Professor Joel Pearson, Director of the Future Minds Lab, on Leading in uncertainty, Future-proofing for the AI revolution, and De-risking innovation.

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Joel is a psychologist, neuroscientist, author and Director of the Future Minds Lab, and an ARC Future Fellow at the University of New South Wales.

He initially studied art and filmmaking at the College of Fine Arts before turning to the scientific mysteries of human consciousness and the complexities of the brain. He is now a prolific public speaker, writer, and world expert in Intuition, the psychology of AI, mental imagery, and Aphantasia, which is the inability to picture things visually.

His debut book, The Intuition Toolkit: The New Science of Knowing What, Without Knowing Why, came out in 2024 and he is now helping companies like Pixar, Google, KPMG, Macquarie Group, Lexus and Toyota prepare for the disruptive change of the AI revolution.

Joel hosted the popular ABC Sydney radio show "The Brain Box," blowing people's minds about their minds.

In this AI Masterclass, we talk about:

✅ How he is at the forefront of accelerating innovation through agile science, rapid experimentation and minimum viable experiments

✅ Some practical tools and mental models to build resilience in an uncertain and rapidly changing AI-driven world

✅ Preparing humans and not just systems for exponential change from Artificial Intelligence, and

✅ Mind-wandering and cognitive recovery as competitive advantages for modern executives.

Stay epic,

Greg

You can connect with Joel via LinkedIn and his website.

• The Intuition Toolkit - by Professor Joel Pearson

• Future Minds Newsletters on Substack

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