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Hive Chairman and CEO Ryan Allis interviews Professor Rebecca Henderson, who teaches in the MBA Program at Harvard Business School on the topic of Reimagining Capitalism.

Topics discussed include:
- The research showing a link between company performance and purpose
- What's good about capitalism // why it works relatively well
- What needs to change about capitalism
- The Reimagining Capitalism MBA course at Harvard Business School
- Environmental degradation and Co2 output and how to address it
- Prof. Henderson's advice for rising global leaders

Mayor Katherine Kylila Rice is the Mayor of Geronimo, Oklahoma and a creative technologist. Mayor Rice is best known for improving communities and empowering people. She is the founder of Poetic Change and the CEO of Future of Fun, LLC. Mayor Rice is a New Leaders Council Fellow, Starting Bloc Fellow, Under 30 Changemaker , and was recently awarded Women of the Year by Perry Broadcasting.

Show notes:

1m
What inspired you to become Mayor?
- Kylila shares her story from technology entrepreneur to Mayor of Geronimo
4m
What was people saw in you that was Mayoral?
- Young, entrepreneurial, being able to hire people and be professional
- Background as a spoken word poet
- Not afraid of failure
- Good at receiving criticism
6m
Reaching for the stars and landing on the moon
- Life is long and short at the same time
- Moving away from perfectionism
- Many means to reaching your desired ends
9m
Kylila’s experience at a military university
- Amazing things can happen just from your effort
10m
How did you win your Mayoral campaign?
- Talking to people: door knocking, sitting at peoples homes, conversations till late in the night
- Getting out in the community, getting to know people
- Reaching out to people to work around their schedule
- Creating trust and having people feel like they were being heard
- Being humble and willing to listen
- Leading with curiosity
14m
What are the similarities between being an entrepreneur and mayor?
- Bootstrapping
- Creative problem solving
- Doing multiple jobs
- Bartering
- Asking for support
- Working on multiple things at the same time
- Being artistic
- Time management
25m
How to manage multiple projects at one
- Creating deadlines
- Time management strategies
32m
Advice for people getting into local politics?
- If you have good intentions just try
- Make sure you take steps to take care of yourself
- Community support is essential
35m
What is the significance and joy for you being mayor?
- Giving people hope
- Being the face of change
- Seeing how you can positively influence people
- Injecting compassion into a structured system
- Creating community
38m
How do you think the country would change if every Mayor were so compassionate and caring?
- People would feel like “this place is home.”
- The division we see is from people “othering” other people
- Seeing America as your family
- People emulate what they see
- Valuing understanding as opposed to being right
- Practicing compassion, respect, and understanding would help us heal as a nation so we can all feel like home
42m
Reasons for running as an independent
- See the vision and the dream as opposed to the party and its baggage
- Building trust on a personal level
- The goal is for everyone to get along and live our best lives
- Elements of each party Kylila agrees and disagrees with
46m
If you could leave people with one message what would it be?
- Change comes first by speaking to people’s hearts
- Learn how to care for one another
- Meet people with love and understanding
49m
To stay connected you can visit Kylila.com or search for Mayor Katherine Rice on Facebook and @Kylila on Instagram

Aaron Frank is a researcher, writer, and lecturer at Singularity University. He is focused on the intersection of emerging technologies and accelerating change and is fascinated by the impact that both will have on business, society, and culture. As a writer, his articles have appeared in Vice’s Motherboard, Wired UK, Forbes, and Venturebeat. As a speaker, Aaron has lectured for audiences and organizations including the CIA, The Department of Defense, The Coca-Cola Company, Under Armour, Headquarters Air Force and more. He routinely advises large companies, startups, and government organizations on trends related to a broad set of emerging technologies, with a focus on augmented and virtual reality.

Show notes:

2m
How Aaron began his work at Singularity University and focusing on Virtual Reality
- Early experience with an Occulus Rift
- “It’s a tool that can take you to any experience that you can imagine.”
5m
What is possible with VR, what is significant about it?
- How Aaron used VR to master his fear of public speaking
10m
How we can collapse timelines between our dreams and reality
- VR allows us to practice, embody, and experience our desires
- It is a tool to train for and learn how we wish to be
- Creates a means to get into flow states
- Pushing our boundaries and practicing things we are uncomfortable with through VR
18m
What are the ethics around VR?
- It’s a very persuasive technology, a tool that can be used for good or harm
- Being studied at Communications/Social Policy lab at Stanford
22m
What are the regulations for using VR?
- Congressional hearing on some of the effects of VR suggests a lot of uncertainties
- The similarities to video games
- Possibilities of trauma induced by a VR experience
30m
Opportunities to create healing experiences in VR
- Research and modalities have been in development for years
- Using the “false body illusion” as an example of how we can manipulate our brains
38m
Real-estate using VR to do business
- 12,000 person company distributed through VR ecosystem
40m
Second Life as an example of what’s possible in virtual worlds
- IBM had an office in this virtual world, U2 threw a concert
- Similar to the book/movie Ready Player One
49m
The nature of exponential technology with respect to VR
- The rate of innovation accelerates
- The new Occulus product as an example of this
53m
What would excite you the most in the space of VR?
- Kevin Kelly’s prediction of a million person flash mob
- Just this past weekend there was a 10 million person dj party in the videogame Fortnite
55m
For more of Aaron’s articles see https://singularityhub.com/author/afrank/ and follow him on Twitter @AaarondFrank