Humanity-Centric Innovation | Can Gen Z Save our Planet?

Exponential technologies, humanity-centric innovation, ethics in AI, passion and purpose, and the intersection of business and technology all point to one urgent question: How do we prepare the next generation to build solutions that are both economically viable and good for humanity? This is a question we explore with Pete Dulcamara - scientist, former VP of Research at Kimberly-Clark and author of High-Tech Heroes. Chapters 00:00 Can purpose and profit work together? 01:30 Corporate job? How to reframe your purpose 06:24 A better definition of success 11:19 What humanity-centric innovation really means 16:44 How to become a billionaire 21:17 Why Gen Z wants work that matters 27:20 When a used product becomes more valuable than a new one 30:50 Finding your company’s “primary colors” 33:23 The new Renaissance 37:41 Data, AI and robotics are the new oil, electricity and steel 40:54 Is China out-building the United States? 45:48 What schools should teach when AI has the answers 47:09 Why STEM to the power of E 55:48 Where humanity-centric innovation is already happening 58:09 How purpose becomes a talent advantage 1:01:01 Why curiosity beats memorization 1:04:35 The advice that shaped Pete Dulcamara’s career Resources 👉 Check out the episode page: https://techedpodcast.com/dulcamara/ SUBSCRIBE on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform: 🎧 Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3RQqQ4N... Come hang out on social media:   / the-teched-podcast     / techedpodcast     / teched_podcast     / techedpodcast   Want to be featured as a guest? ➡️ Apply to be a guest on The TechEd Podcast: https://techedpodcast.com/contact/ Become a sponsor: ➡️ https://techedpodcast.com/contact/