S1 Episode 11: The Future of your digital afterlife with Dr Elaine Kasket

10/06/19 • 33 min

In this episode we speak with Dr Elaine Kasket who tells stories about the impact of the digital age on how we live and how we die, and helps others write and speak powerfully about what matters to them.

She is the author of a fascinating book on the subject “All the Ghosts in the Machine” which I had the pleasure of reading ahead of our recording.

In this podcast, you will also learn

· The ethics and privacy of family letters
· The laws of data ownership
· The deceased's right to privacy
· Why you need a digital will
· The need for a Facebook Legacy Contact
· The legal issues around legacy contacts
· Your digital afterlife on other platforms
· Context collapse and personal brand
· Eulogy for a digital stranger
· The DeathTech space
· Are you ready for your own digital afterlife?
· 3 tips to get your digital life in order

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She is the author of a fascinating book on the subject “All the Ghosts in the Machine” which I had the pleasure of reading ahead of our recording.

In this podcast, you will also learn

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S1 Episode 10: The Future of Data with Lauren Walker

In Episode 10 of the Actionable Futurist® Podcast we speak with Lauren Walker, who at the time of recording was the Chief Operating & Data Officer in EMEA for leading agency Dentsu Aegis. She is now Managing Director at Accenture Interactive.

Lauren joined Dentsu in 2017 from IBM and lead a team of more than 600 people across operations, market research, social science, digital and data science, and engineering. In May 2021 she moved to be Managing Director at Accenture Interactive.

Prior to these roles, she spent a decade at IBM with a raft of senior roles - most recently head of data strategy partnerships for Europe.

Lauren was also director of competitive strategy at Choicepoint, now part of LexisNexis, and spent two years as a special advisor to the Director of the White House in Washington DC.
In this fascinating podcast, we covered the world of data and looked at what's next.
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S1 Episode 12: The Future of Retail with Julian Fisher

With the rise and rise of online shopping can the high street survive? To answer this question and others on the future of retail I asked Julian Fisher, CEO of Retail platform Jisp for his expert views.

Julian has enjoyed a varied background in technology, payments and new media, and in 1994 he launched the UK’s first internet exhibition.

Since then his work has remained inexorably linked to the internet and improving sales, payment and issues with compliance together with information solutions for a wide and diverse group of blue-chip companies.
In this episode we discussed:

Can the high street be saved from the threat of Amazon?
The High street vs the internet
What can high street retailers do to prevent extinction?
The last Blockbuster on the planet
Sainsbury's and Argos
The John Lewis online strategy
The problem with showrooming
Meeting consumer demands in-store
John Lewis in-store iPhones
The Apple retail experience
Removing the pay-desk
The John Lewis Partnership model
RetailTainment - Retail + Entertainment
Today at Apple - why it works so well
Why a helpful store assistant will make you buy more
How to double transaction revenue
How delivery services are disrupting restaurants
The delivery channel is not important - it's all business
The dark kitchen concept
The latest retail innovations
Using retail data to create better experiences
What will the high street look like in 5-10 years?
The role of cash in retail
How mobile is key for retail
The future retail mix
Three practical tips for retailers

Talk to your staff and customers
Be bold & innovative & fail fast
Make your customers the focus

Digitally Curious - S1 Episode 11: The Future of your digital afterlife with Dr Elaine Kasket

Transcript

Intro: 0:03
Welcome to the Practical Futurist Podcast, a bi weekly show all about the near term future with practical advice from a range of global experts to help you stay ahead of the curve. Every episode answers the question. What's the future off with voices and opinions that need to be heard? Your host is international keynote speaker and practical futurist on Andrew Grill.
Andrew Grill: 0:29
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