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A comprehensive collection of interviews with futurist Kevin Benedict. Kevin speaks with experts, authors, business leaders, and innovators on the future.

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  • March 6 · 30 min

    Creating the Mesh in Automobile Manufacturing with AWS Expert Karen Langona | Ep. 154

    The automobile is no longer just a machine—it’s a rolling data platform, a software system, and a preview of how humans and intelligent machines will collaborate at scale. In this episode of FOBtv, futurist Kevin Benedict sits down with Karen Langona, Global Partner Sales Director for Automotive and Manufacturing at Amazon Web Services, to unpack how AI, digital twins, robotics, sensors, and smart factories are quietly rewriting the rules of automobile manufacturing. Q&A /// Discover more from #FOBtv and connect with Kevin Benedict: Kevin Benedict's Blog: https://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/ Kevin Benedict on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbenedict/ Kevin Benedict on X: https://x.com/krbenedict /// About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future. /// BLOG: https://frankdiana.net/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frankdiana LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiana/ #tcsdigitaltwindex #automotiveindustry #futurist #futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy

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  • March 5 · 44 min

    At the Center of the Shift in Automotive with Aptiva Expert Sree Kariat | Ep. 153

    In this episode of FOBtv, Kevin Benedict is joined by Sree Kariat (Anandavally), Senior Director of Global Digitalization at Aptiv, a company at the center of the shift toward software-defined vehicles, advanced driver-assistance systems, and intelligent, connected architectures. Drawing on Aptiv’s deep role in electronics, AI, sensors, and vehicle platforms, Sree takes listeners inside how automotive manufacturing has transformed over the past decade—and where it is heading next. Q&A /// Discover more from #FOBtv and connect with Kevin Benedict: Kevin Benedict's Blog: https://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/ Kevin Benedict on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbenedict/ Kevin Benedict on X: https://x.com/krbenedict /// About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future. /// BLOG: https://frankdiana.net/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frankdiana LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiana/ #tcsdigitaltwindex #automotiveindustry #futurist #futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy

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  • February 25 · 24 min

    Can Sauna Culture Save Humanity with Linda Helisto | Ep. 151

    What if the secret to thriving in an age of AI, automation, and nonstop acceleration isn’t another productivity app—but a room filled with heat, humility, and silence? In this thought-provoking episode of FOBtv, Kevin Benedict sits down with sauna culture expert Linda Helisto to explore why Finland—home of the sauna and consistently ranked among the world’s happiest nations—treats human recovery as essential infrastructure, not indulgence. Together, we unpack how saunas dissolve hierarchy, build trust, restore exhausted nervous systems, and protect human limits in a world that keeps pushing beyond them. Q&A Q1 2:28 Q2 3:51 Q3 6:27 Q4 8:57 Q5 10:40 Q6 12:31 Q7 20:22 /// Discover more from #FOBtv and connect with Kevin Benedict: Kevin Benedict's Blog: https://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/ Kevin Benedict on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbenedict/ Kevin Benedict on X: https://x.com/krbenedict /// About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future. /// BLOG: https://frankdiana.net/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frankdiana LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiana/ #tcsdigitaltwindex #automotiveindustry #futurist #futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy

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  • February 10 · 27 min

    Nonobvious Future Developments with Bestselling Author Rohit Bhargava | Ep. 152

    What happens when a TCS futurist sits down with one of the world’s sharpest trend curators to dissect the next decade of manufacturing? In this episode of FOBtv, Kevin Benedict is joined by Rohit Bhargava—entrepreneur, bestselling author, and Adjunct Professor—to move past buzzwords and into real signal. Together, they explore how generative AI is actually being used today, what smart factories really look like beyond the hype, why digital twins are becoming the nervous system of modern manufacturing, and how robots, supply chains, and human judgment are evolving in tandem. Q&A /// Discover more from #FOBtv and connect with Kevin Benedict: Kevin Benedict's Blog: https://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/ Kevin Benedict on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbenedict/ Kevin Benedict on X: https://x.com/krbenedict /// About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future. /// BLOG: https://frankdiana.net/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frankdiana LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiana/ #tcsdigitaltwindex #automotiveindustry #futurist #futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy

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  • February 6 · 10 min

    The Sixth Great Transition: When Speed Breaks Humans by Kevin Benedict | Ep. 152

    Discover more from #FOBtv and connect with Kevin Benedict: Kevin Benedict's Blog: https://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/ Kevin Benedict on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbenedict/ Kevin Benedict on X: https://x.com/krbenedict /// About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future. /// BLOG: https://frankdiana.net/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frankdiana LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiana/ #leadershipdevelopment #futureofbusiness #FOBtv #futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy

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  • February 6 · 27 min

    Automobile Manufacturing and the Future with Oracle Expert Alper Celik | Ep. 151

    From the factory floors of Europe to the boardrooms shaping the next decade of mobility, this episode of FOBtv offers a rare, ground-level view of how automobile manufacturing is being reinvented in real time. Host Kevin Benedict is joined by Alper Celik, Automotive & Manufacturing Strategy and Digital Transformation Senior Director for EMEA at Oracle, to unpack what has truly changed over the last ten years—and what’s about to accelerate next. Together, they explore software-defined vehicles, AI-driven design, smart factories, digital twins, robotics, and the invisible data fabric that now binds machines, people, and global supply chains into living systems. The conversation moves beyond buzzwords to reveal how these technologies actually work together day-to-day, and culminates in a vivid walk through the automotive factory of 2035. Q&A /// Discover more from #FOBtv and connect with Kevin Benedict: Kevin Benedict's Blog: https://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/ Kevin Benedict on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbenedict/ Kevin Benedict on X: https://x.com/krbenedict /// About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future. /// BLOG: https://frankdiana.net/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frankdiana LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiana/ #tcsdigitaltwindex #automotiveindustry #futurist #futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy

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