Elements of a Future-Ready Mindstate & Choosing Curiosity | Anand Iyer, Frederik Pferdt, Jeff W.

DisrupTV

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Anand Iyer, PhD, MBA, Chief AI Officer at Welldoc, Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt, Google’s first (and former) Chief Innovation Evangelist and author of What's Next is Now: How to Live Future Ready and Jeff Wetzler, author of Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs in Leadership and Life. This episode of DisrupTV featured discussions on leveraging AI in healthcare, digital health, and future readiness. Anand Iyer, Chief AI Officer at Well Doc, highlighted AI's role in transforming diabetes care through digital therapeutics. He emphasized AI's potential in improving patient outcomes and efficiency. Frederik Pferdt, former Chief Innovation Evangelist at Google, discussed his upcoming book on future readiness, focusing on optimism, openness, curiosity, experimentation, and empathy. Jeff Wetzler, CEO of Transcend, shared insights on the importance of asking questions to tap into hidden wisdom, advocating for a culture of curiosity and learning. Here are some of the questions we touched on: 📌 What is healthcare trying to solve by utilizing AI? 📌 What are some examples or use cases where AI is particularly helpful in healthcare? 📌 What is the future of AI in healthcare and what will it take to get there? 📌 What does a future-ready “mindstate” mean? 📌 What is unreserved openness? 📌 What’s the role of curiosity in being ready for the future, and how can we get it back? 📌 What kind of information are people most likely to withhold from us and why? 📌 Why don’t we ask as many questions as we should? 📌 What are the benefits of The Ask Approach? DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.