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Episode Transcript

‍Exciting news! I’m going live with a brand new podcast 🎙️ 5 Year Frontier.

Fast forward five years to view the future of an industry through the eyes of its most innovative entrepreneurs and CEOs.

👉🏼 Subscribe today to listen 👈🏼

5 Year Frontier Podcast

Here’s what you’ll hear:
🔮 Learn what key industries could look like in 5 years.
👩🏻‍🚀 Witness the evolution through the eyes of leading CEOs.
🤖 Discover who gets disrupted and who wins big.
👽 Hear of mind blowing technology set to reinvent all the rules.
🧬 Reshape your mental model to thrive in the change ahead.
‍

Delivered as short (~30 mins), insight-packed discussions, that will spark imagination and leave listeners with a preview of what lies ahead.

Episodes coming your way on: Earth’s largest drone network, robotic restaurants, fighting COVID with light beams, diseases hiding in our voice, predictive customer service, 100x team performance, sustainable cities, and plenty more!

Subscribe today (Apple | Spotify) + listen to our trailer

Subscribe and you’ll be first to receive fresh episodes in your inbox every two weeks. And please take 1 minute to forward to a friend who might enjoy it — the future is better with company!

⚡️ The first episode is just around the corner.

Daniel Darling

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