25 episodes

Every part of our world today is being driven, optimized, and upended by data. Host Gregg Fisher, a pioneer and leading thinker in factor investing, has been looking at the world through a quantitative lens for over 25 years. Join him in conversation with leading thinkers across different fields on all the remarkable ways that data is reshaping the modern world.

THE Q FACTOR Gregg S. Fisher

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Every part of our world today is being driven, optimized, and upended by data. Host Gregg Fisher, a pioneer and leading thinker in factor investing, has been looking at the world through a quantitative lens for over 25 years. Join him in conversation with leading thinkers across different fields on all the remarkable ways that data is reshaping the modern world.

    ETHAN ROUEN: QUANTIFYING HUMAN CAPITAL

    ETHAN ROUEN: QUANTIFYING HUMAN CAPITAL

    How do successful businesses value their people? In today's data-driven world, this isn't a question that competitive business leaders can afford to leave un-quantified. Today's guest is one of the world's leading thinkers on the subject. Harvard Business School professor Ethan Rouen has just published a game-changing paper called "The Stock Market Valuation of Human Capital." Host Gregg Fisher of Quent Capital digs in with Rouen on this increasingly vital question: exactly how do the best companies invest in their people that leads to quantitative returns?

    • 51 min
    ARIEL EKBLAW: TURNING SCI-FI INTO REALITY

    ARIEL EKBLAW: TURNING SCI-FI INTO REALITY

    If you're running out of earthly investment ideas, perhaps you're simply not aiming high enough. Look to the Low Earth Orbit, says Dr. Ariel Ekblaw, Founder and CEO of the Aurelia Institute, and one of the most brilliant young thinkers we've ever had on THE Q FACTOR. Ekblaw joins host Gregg Fisher for a mindblowing conversation about the extraordinary steps being taken to transform humanity into a "spacefaring species."

    NOTE: THE Q FACTOR has had our eye on the "investment space in space" for some time now - check out our previous episodes with Dylan Taylor and Carolyn Porco if you're curious about other explorations we've made above Earth's atmosphere.

    • 39 min
    AJ MEYER: UNPACKING THE FUTURE WITH ROBOTICS

    AJ MEYER: UNPACKING THE FUTURE WITH ROBOTICS

    The future may be dreamed in leaps and bounds, but it's built in  small, well-considered steps. Today's guest is AJ Meyer, CEO of the delightfully-named Pickle Robot. They have one product: a robot that unloads trucks. And by focusing on one small slice of the supply-chain problem, Meyer and his team have built the foundation for the future, one in which human beings command the robots, and not the other way around. As always, Gregg Fisher of Quent Capital is your host.

    • 54 min
    JOSEPH FULLER: THE FUTURE OF WORK

    JOSEPH FULLER: THE FUTURE OF WORK

    The pandemic didn't change everything, but it certainly hit the accelerator. The future of work has arrived. Or has it? What are the trends worth paying attention to, and investing in, as we navigate this once-in-a-generation, or perhaps, once-in-a-century transition, to a fully-automated, work-from-home, semi-virtual, wholly-digital work life? Quent Capital's Gregg Fisher hosts an illuminating conversation with Dr. Joseph Fuller, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, and leader of the Managing the Future of Work Initiative.

    • 44 min
    NIR BARZILAI: CAN DATA CURE AGING?

    NIR BARZILAI: CAN DATA CURE AGING?

    Thanks to the application of data and scientific rigor, remarkable gains are being made against one of mankind’s most formidable foes: aging. Today's guest is Dr. Nir Barzilai, the founding director for the Institute of Aging Research. In his conversation with host Gregg Fisher, Barzilai breaks down the latest insights in our treatment of the human aging process. Dr. Barzilai distinguishes biological age from chronological age, sharing that the actual number of years healthy human beings are designed to spend on earth is much greater than you think.

    • 46 min
    ERIC ADAMSON: THE FUTURE OF FARMING

    ERIC ADAMSON: THE FUTURE OF FARMING

    Farms. They may seem old-fashioned. But the technological marvel known as the farm remains the centerpiece of human food consumption, and the $1 trillion category that is agriculture.  How is agri-business adapting to the massive changes coming down the pike, from automation to global warming? How is artificial intelligence changing the way you and your family eat, shop, and think about food? Eric Adamson, Founder of Tortuga AgTech, sits down with Gregg Fisher to talk about the remarkable ways the farming & food service sector is evolving to fit the future.

    • 52 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
112 Ratings

112 Ratings

ThomasD.wrapper ,

Wow Fisher continues to hit it out of park!

Carolyn Porco interview was one of the best by Fisher to date. I too believe we are not alone and there is life beyond our galaxy! Superb interview.

Beaulieu99 ,

Insightful

Very insightful podcasts. The speakers are well chosen and always have an interesting perspective.

Appropriate Nickname ,

What a great thoughtful podcast

Excellent guests, excellent questions, excellent discussions.

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