60 acast.com ON_Discourse https://ondiscourse.com/ en ON_Discourse innovation,culture,technology,Artificial intelligence ,marketing,media,business ON_Discourse Provoking group-think into perspective The ON_Discourse Podcast is where leaders shaping the future of AI, media, and business come to think out loud.


Hosted by Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Matt Chmiel, each episode draws from the private Group Chats inside ON_Discourse, a community of C-suite leaders, founders, and innovators who challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse.


Less an interview and more an experiment in modern conversation, the show explores how emerging technologies like AI are reshaping leadership, creativity, and culture, grounded in real-world experiences from the people building the future.


If you’re a business leader, innovator, or curious thinker looking to understand how AI and technology are changing what it means to build, lead, and create, this is the room you want to be in.


Learn more about joining the community at ondiscourse.com

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]]> The ON_Discourse Podcast is where leaders shaping the future of AI, media, and business come to think out loud.


Hosted by Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Matt Chmiel, each episode draws from the private Group Chats inside ON_Discourse, a community of C-suite leaders, founders, and innovators who challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse.


Less an interview and more an experiment in modern conversation, the show explores how emerging technologies like AI are reshaping leadership, creativity, and culture, grounded in real-world experiences from the people building the future.


If you’re a business leader, innovator, or curious thinker looking to understand how AI and technology are changing what it means to build, lead, and create, this is the room you want to be in.


Learn more about joining the community at ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> true ON_Discourse podcast@ondiscourse.com 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 ondiscourse episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5/1730478537757-cc73fe75-ef66-49b9-a537-dc13b0d47d39.jpeg https://ondiscourse.com/ ON_Discourse AI in the Loop AI in the Loop Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:57:02 GMT 30:30 69f0cabef8c66377373dd5f7 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69f0cabef8c66377373dd5f7 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 ai-in-the-loop full 1 49 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel get riled by a LinkedIn post that contributes to the AI exhaustion it claims to diagnose, and use it as a jumping-off point to ask why everything in the AI conversation is starting to sound the same. They flip the "human in the loop" framing on its head, argue Anthropic's recent Claude Code throttling is just the latest in a long lineage of platform rug pulls (RIP Facebook organic reach), and stumble into Reed Hastings' line that nobody's ever going to want to watch robots play basketball — which Dan immediately tries to dismantle.


Details of the show:


  • The "AI exhaustion loop" guy and what's wrong with performing overwhelm on LinkedIn
  • Why Toby thinks Cannes is going to offer nothing new this year
  • Dan's three (or four) categories of AI users and the missing agentic layer of the internet
  • The Hollywood writer using Domain to run a virtual writers room and why "elevated use cases" matter more than agent-stacking
  • "Slop that shit up"
  • Toby's therapist on slowing down, and why none of them are going to do it



About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel get riled by a LinkedIn post that contributes to the AI exhaustion it claims to diagnose, and use it as a jumping-off point to ask why everything in the AI conversation is starting to sound the same. They flip the "human in the loop" framing on its head, argue Anthropic's recent Claude Code throttling is just the latest in a long lineage of platform rug pulls (RIP Facebook organic reach), and stumble into Reed Hastings' line that nobody's ever going to want to watch robots play basketball — which Dan immediately tries to dismantle.


Details of the show:


  • The "AI exhaustion loop" guy and what's wrong with performing overwhelm on LinkedIn
  • Why Toby thinks Cannes is going to offer nothing new this year
  • Dan's three (or four) categories of AI users and the missing agentic layer of the internet
  • The Hollywood writer using Domain to run a virtual writers room and why "elevated use cases" matter more than agent-stacking
  • "Slop that shit up"
  • Toby's therapist on slowing down, and why none of them are going to do it



About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Tokenmaxxing Tokenmaxxing Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:40:26 GMT 36:46 69e05a2ae733e471898ac9ff false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69e05a2ae733e471898ac9ff 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 tokenmaxxing full 1 48 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel break down the Silicon Valley flex nobody's asking enough questions about: burning tokens as a workplace KPI. Is maxing your token usage a signal of genuine AI-first thinking — or just a new way to dress up the same old productivity theater?


Details of the show:

  • Jensen Huang's "$500K in tokens or you're not doing it right" interview and why it's both a marketing stunt and a real cultural shift
  • Why Meta's internal token leaderboard (they called it Clawdynamics) collapsed when employees just built bots to game it
  • The NBER study: 90% of firms reporting zero productivity from AI initiatives — and what it says about the gap between token burning and actual outcomes
  • "Refounding" vs. transformation — a new word for the same old fuzzy concept, or something actually different?
  • Why the billion-dollar one-person company is probably wrong — and the five-person version might be right


About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel break down the Silicon Valley flex nobody's asking enough questions about: burning tokens as a workplace KPI. Is maxing your token usage a signal of genuine AI-first thinking — or just a new way to dress up the same old productivity theater?


Details of the show:

  • Jensen Huang's "$500K in tokens or you're not doing it right" interview and why it's both a marketing stunt and a real cultural shift
  • Why Meta's internal token leaderboard (they called it Clawdynamics) collapsed when employees just built bots to game it
  • The NBER study: 90% of firms reporting zero productivity from AI initiatives — and what it says about the gap between token burning and actual outcomes
  • "Refounding" vs. transformation — a new word for the same old fuzzy concept, or something actually different?
  • Why the billion-dollar one-person company is probably wrong — and the five-person version might be right


About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Can AI Make Art? Can AI Make Art? Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:51:39 GMT 58:56 69c2c7681861d127d523a8b3 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69c2c7681861d127d523a8b3 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 can-ai-make-art full 1 47 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel are joined by Carlos "Mare139" Rodriguez — OG ON_Discourse member, graffiti pioneer, fine artist, and cultural theorist — to dig into the question that lit up the ON_Discourse WhatsApp group: when a member called an AI-generated Spotify track the work of "a new artist," it set off a debate about art, authorship, economics, and who gets to hold the gate. Carlos brings five decades of perspective — from NYC hip hop and Style Wars to digital sculpture and 3D-printed B-Boys — to argue that this moment is less a threat to art than the latest in a long line of tools that expand what's possible. Marcel Duchamp's latrine makes an appearance. So does Questlove.


Details of the show:

  • Why the word "artist" sparked the debate
  • Carlos traces the lineage: from Cubism to graffiti to jumbotrons to AI
  • The turntable as instrument — and what that tells us about AI as a creative tool
  • Are we heading toward more great artists, fewer, or the same? (The hosts don't agree)
  • Why Carlos thinks young people, not institutions, will decide what happens next

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel are joined by Carlos "Mare139" Rodriguez — OG ON_Discourse member, graffiti pioneer, fine artist, and cultural theorist — to dig into the question that lit up the ON_Discourse WhatsApp group: when a member called an AI-generated Spotify track the work of "a new artist," it set off a debate about art, authorship, economics, and who gets to hold the gate. Carlos brings five decades of perspective — from NYC hip hop and Style Wars to digital sculpture and 3D-printed B-Boys — to argue that this moment is less a threat to art than the latest in a long line of tools that expand what's possible. Marcel Duchamp's latrine makes an appearance. So does Questlove.


Details of the show:

  • Why the word "artist" sparked the debate
  • Carlos traces the lineage: from Cubism to graffiti to jumbotrons to AI
  • The turntable as instrument — and what that tells us about AI as a creative tool
  • Are we heading toward more great artists, fewer, or the same? (The hosts don't agree)
  • Why Carlos thinks young people, not institutions, will decide what happens next

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Vibecoding Returns Vibecoding Returns Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:47:00 GMT 39:14 69b0497d738d6fbbf214a882 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69b0497d738d6fbbf214a882 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 vibecoding-returns full 1 46 In this episode, Dan, Toby, and Chmiel try to explain what it actually feels like when AI stops being a tool you use in isolation and starts being the connective tissue of how a team works together. The conversation wanders through vibe coding failures, the difference between content and context, what it means to actually be an AI-first company (spoiler: not what most people think), and why the right question isn't "how do we get more efficient?"


Details of the Show

  • Productive vs performative vibecoding
  • It is very hard to describe and very easy to experience
  • How MyFitnessPal vibecoded its way to success without Under Armour
  • This moment in history is lacking language to adequately describe it

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> In this episode, Dan, Toby, and Chmiel try to explain what it actually feels like when AI stops being a tool you use in isolation and starts being the connective tissue of how a team works together. The conversation wanders through vibe coding failures, the difference between content and context, what it means to actually be an AI-first company (spoiler: not what most people think), and why the right question isn't "how do we get more efficient?"


Details of the Show

  • Productive vs performative vibecoding
  • It is very hard to describe and very easy to experience
  • How MyFitnessPal vibecoded its way to success without Under Armour
  • This moment in history is lacking language to adequately describe it

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> It’s Not Real, But It’s Important It’s Not Real, But It’s Important Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:19:15 GMT 39:32 69a89d2cf413fba64f69d31d false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69a89d2cf413fba64f69d31d 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 its-not-real-but-its-important full 1 45 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel confront a hard truth: a listener reached out last week and said they were completely lost. So this week, the trio tries to strip away the gobbledygook and explain — in plain language — what OpenClaw actually means, why it matters even though it barely works, and why none of them can confidently explain what they're building anymore. Along the way, Toby uses his therapist as a test case for AI integration, Dan admits he might have been wrong about prompt engineering for three years, and Chmiel says something he never expected to say: everything feels broken.


Details of the Show:

  • The difference between talking to AI on a website and talking to your computer at the system level — and why the distinction matters
  • Why Toby's therapist tried AI on their sessions and they both decided it was terrible
  • Dan's flip: after years of rejecting "direction work," he spent the last week doing nothing but prompting
  • The vibe-coded prototype problem — when a client shows up with something they built in two minutes and thinks the hard work is done
  • Chmiel's confession: a lifetime of limitations trained his imagination to think small — and the last five weeks broke that

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel confront a hard truth: a listener reached out last week and said they were completely lost. So this week, the trio tries to strip away the gobbledygook and explain — in plain language — what OpenClaw actually means, why it matters even though it barely works, and why none of them can confidently explain what they're building anymore. Along the way, Toby uses his therapist as a test case for AI integration, Dan admits he might have been wrong about prompt engineering for three years, and Chmiel says something he never expected to say: everything feels broken.


Details of the Show:

  • The difference between talking to AI on a website and talking to your computer at the system level — and why the distinction matters
  • Why Toby's therapist tried AI on their sessions and they both decided it was terrible
  • Dan's flip: after years of rejecting "direction work," he spent the last week doing nothing but prompting
  • The vibe-coded prototype problem — when a client shows up with something they built in two minutes and thinks the hard work is done
  • Chmiel's confession: a lifetime of limitations trained his imagination to think small — and the last five weeks broke that

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Skills Skills Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:48:22 GMT 39:10 699cb52f3a5156c5d2b1572d false https://ondiscourse.com/ 699cb52f3a5156c5d2b1572d 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 skills full 1 44 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel pick up where last week's LSD-level excitement left off — except now they're burned out. After a frenetic week building with their AI agent DOMA, the Domain co-founders are processing what it means to develop software that isn't designed but trained, where behavior is the interface and features might be beside the point. Along the way, Toby accidentally discovers DOMA can make podcasts, Dan's own agent tells him what he learned this week, and Chmiel tries to figure out what any of this means for Stripe.


Details of the show:

  • Why Dan believes status updates kill momentum, and why his AI agent was the one who told him
  • What happened when Toby asked DOMA to summarize a conversation and got a fully produced audio file back
  • How open-source skill marketplaces are turning into the Matrix's "I know Kung Fu" moment
  • Why brands may need to start thinking about agentic skills as part of their identity, not just their tech stack
  • The Colombo episode that would absolutely not hold up in court

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel pick up where last week's LSD-level excitement left off — except now they're burned out. After a frenetic week building with their AI agent DOMA, the Domain co-founders are processing what it means to develop software that isn't designed but trained, where behavior is the interface and features might be beside the point. Along the way, Toby accidentally discovers DOMA can make podcasts, Dan's own agent tells him what he learned this week, and Chmiel tries to figure out what any of this means for Stripe.


Details of the show:

  • Why Dan believes status updates kill momentum, and why his AI agent was the one who told him
  • What happened when Toby asked DOMA to summarize a conversation and got a fully produced audio file back
  • How open-source skill marketplaces are turning into the Matrix's "I know Kung Fu" moment
  • Why brands may need to start thinking about agentic skills as part of their identity, not just their tech stack
  • The Colombo episode that would absolutely not hold up in court

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Agentic Experiences Agentic Experiences Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:30:20 GMT 35:53 6995db0c435569254bd86bef false https://ondiscourse.com/ 6995db0c435569254bd86bef 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 agentic-experiences full 1 43 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel are still processing the implications of last week's conversation with Sam and the rollout of OpenClaw — and why it's changing the way they think about the web. This week, the team reveals what happened when they deployed their AI agent DOMA into the Signal group chat where they actually work, and why it felt less like a product demo and more like hiring a new teammate.


Details of the show:


  • Why Dan believes the last 40 years of GUI design was a detour — and we're back to the prompt box where we started
  • What happened when DOMA showed up in Signal and the team knew within two minutes something had shifted
  • The difference between AI you go to and AI that meets you where you already are
  • Why the ON_Discourse emergency Group Chat drew record attendance and off-the-charts energy
  • The Back to the Future 3 ice machine as the perfect metaphor for where most AI workflows are right now

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel are still processing the implications of last week's conversation with Sam and the rollout of OpenClaw — and why it's changing the way they think about the web. This week, the team reveals what happened when they deployed their AI agent DOMA into the Signal group chat where they actually work, and why it felt less like a product demo and more like hiring a new teammate.


Details of the show:


  • Why Dan believes the last 40 years of GUI design was a detour — and we're back to the prompt box where we started
  • What happened when DOMA showed up in Signal and the team knew within two minutes something had shifted
  • The difference between AI you go to and AI that meets you where you already are
  • Why the ON_Discourse emergency Group Chat drew record attendance and off-the-charts energy
  • The Back to the Future 3 ice machine as the perfect metaphor for where most AI workflows are right now

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The Next Internet is Already Here The Next Internet is Already Here Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:28:41 GMT 46:48 698de82a5a0d566e5b92330c false https://ondiscourse.com/ 698de82a5a0d566e5b92330c 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-next-internet-is-already-here full 1 42 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel welcome Sam Broe, career technologist and architect of (domain), to unpack why Claude Code and the open-source project Claudebot (now OpenClaw) represent something far bigger than a better coding tool. Sam makes the case that giving an AI agent root-level access to your computer fundamentally changes how the internet works — and that the platforms trying to lock down their APIs are already fighting a losing battle.


Details of the show:

  • Why Claude Code isn't a coding tool — it's a translator between humans and the raw language of computers
  • How Claudebot bypasses API restrictions by simply reading what's on the screen, the same way a human would
  • Sam's "right to delegate" concept — if you can do it yourself or hire someone to do it, your AI agent should be able to do it too
  • Why Web3 and zero-knowledge proofs might finally have their "why" moment as AI's security layer
  • The canary in the coal mine: everyday people opening Terminal on their computers

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel welcome Sam Broe, career technologist and architect of (domain), to unpack why Claude Code and the open-source project Claudebot (now OpenClaw) represent something far bigger than a better coding tool. Sam makes the case that giving an AI agent root-level access to your computer fundamentally changes how the internet works — and that the platforms trying to lock down their APIs are already fighting a losing battle.


Details of the show:

  • Why Claude Code isn't a coding tool — it's a translator between humans and the raw language of computers
  • How Claudebot bypasses API restrictions by simply reading what's on the screen, the same way a human would
  • Sam's "right to delegate" concept — if you can do it yourself or hire someone to do it, your AI agent should be able to do it too
  • Why Web3 and zero-knowledge proofs might finally have their "why" moment as AI's security layer
  • The canary in the coal mine: everyday people opening Terminal on their computers

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Clawdbot / Moltbot / OpenClaw Clawdbot / Moltbot / OpenClaw Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:37:13 GMT 32:31 69835999f93f63c13a27836a false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69835999f93f63c13a27836a 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 clawdbot-moltbot-openclaw full 1 41 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel reunite after a long January to unpack what happened when ON_Discourse members went hands-on with Moltbot (formerly Claudebot, now OpenClaw) — an open-source AI agent with full shell access to your computer, your email, your calendar, and everything else. What started as an emergency Group Chat turned into one of the most unsettling Follow My Flow sessions yet, with even the most advanced members shutting the tool down because it got too weird.


Details in the show:


  • How Clawdbot makes it easy to forget completed work
  • The difference between automating a defined process and giving an agent undefined access to act on your behalf
  • Why Moltbot is different than previous agents
  • Why the most advanced users are spending all their energy on context engineering instead of the actual work

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel reunite after a long January to unpack what happened when ON_Discourse members went hands-on with Moltbot (formerly Claudebot, now OpenClaw) — an open-source AI agent with full shell access to your computer, your email, your calendar, and everything else. What started as an emergency Group Chat turned into one of the most unsettling Follow My Flow sessions yet, with even the most advanced members shutting the tool down because it got too weird.


Details in the show:


  • How Clawdbot makes it easy to forget completed work
  • The difference between automating a defined process and giving an agent undefined access to act on your behalf
  • Why Moltbot is different than previous agents
  • Why the most advanced users are spending all their energy on context engineering instead of the actual work

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> AI and Healthcare AI and Healthcare Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:12:35 GMT 25:28 697a6162010b94331faada1a false https://ondiscourse.com/ 697a6162010b94331faada1a 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 ai-and-healthcare full 1 40 Dr. Ami Bhatt—practicing cardiologist, chief innovation officer, and chair of the FDA's digital health committee—joins Toby and a group of ON_Discourse members who to talk (privately) about what AI can and can't do in medicine. She argues that context, nuance, and edge cases will always belong to humans, while AI handles the compute-heavy work our brains can't do alone. The conversation spans wearables, why TikTok might be the most effective healthcare educator, and why the patient is no longer the "last mile" of healthcare.


Details in the show:

  • Context, nuance, and edge cases: the three things AI can't replace
  • Desperation is the mother of adoption": why healthcare finally embraced digital
  • Patient agency vs. healthcare consumerism
  • Why chatbots sometimes outperform doctors at explaining things
  • TikTok as healthcare educator: meeting people where they are
  • Blood pressure: the one metric everyone should track
  • Wearables and the trust gap between doctors and devices

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dr. Ami Bhatt—practicing cardiologist, chief innovation officer, and chair of the FDA's digital health committee—joins Toby and a group of ON_Discourse members who to talk (privately) about what AI can and can't do in medicine. She argues that context, nuance, and edge cases will always belong to humans, while AI handles the compute-heavy work our brains can't do alone. The conversation spans wearables, why TikTok might be the most effective healthcare educator, and why the patient is no longer the "last mile" of healthcare.


Details in the show:

  • Context, nuance, and edge cases: the three things AI can't replace
  • Desperation is the mother of adoption": why healthcare finally embraced digital
  • Patient agency vs. healthcare consumerism
  • Why chatbots sometimes outperform doctors at explaining things
  • TikTok as healthcare educator: meeting people where they are
  • Blood pressure: the one metric everyone should track
  • Wearables and the trust gap between doctors and devices

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Show Me Your Work Show Me Your Work Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT 43:51 69704356f66127afddec66cb false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69704356f66127afddec66cb 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 show-me-your-work full 1 39 Toby sits down with Segun Oduolowu—journalist, media veteran, and executive communications coach—at CES to talk about what AI is doing to communication, editorial judgment, and slop. Segun has worked across CNN, network TV, and digital, and now coaches C-suite executives on how to actually sound like themselves. He's pessimistic. The algorithm rewards clicks over facts. TikTokers with no credentials outpace real journalists. CEOs send unedited ChatGPT memos and wonder why no one trusts them. Toby pushes back with a case for human+AI collaboration. They don't fully agree.


Details in the show:


  • AI as Pandora's box: you can't tell what's real anymore
  • The algorithm decides what's news—clicks over facts
  • TikTokers with 5 million followers and no credentials outpacing legacy media
  • The misspelling trick: do it wrong on purpose to boost engagement
  • PNP: Personality and Proficiency—the only two things that matter
  • AI as assistant, not voice: the rewrite is everything
  • Why the younger generation can smell insincerity instantly

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby sits down with Segun Oduolowu—journalist, media veteran, and executive communications coach—at CES to talk about what AI is doing to communication, editorial judgment, and slop. Segun has worked across CNN, network TV, and digital, and now coaches C-suite executives on how to actually sound like themselves. He's pessimistic. The algorithm rewards clicks over facts. TikTokers with no credentials outpace real journalists. CEOs send unedited ChatGPT memos and wonder why no one trusts them. Toby pushes back with a case for human+AI collaboration. They don't fully agree.


Details in the show:


  • AI as Pandora's box: you can't tell what's real anymore
  • The algorithm decides what's news—clicks over facts
  • TikTokers with 5 million followers and no credentials outpacing legacy media
  • The misspelling trick: do it wrong on purpose to boost engagement
  • PNP: Personality and Proficiency—the only two things that matter
  • AI as assistant, not voice: the rewrite is everything
  • Why the younger generation can smell insincerity instantly

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Who Wins When Everyone Can Make Who Wins When Everyone Can Make Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:33:57 GMT 45:12 6967fd0c90f7d9d87fc75bd8 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 6967fd0c90f7d9d87fc75bd8 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 who-wins-when-everyone-can-make Live from CES 2026 full 1 38 Our first podcast in 2026 is a joint episode. Toby and Dan join Matt Britton, host of the Speed of Culture podcast and CEO of Suzy, at CES to debate who wins when everyone can make. They clash on how fast AI is actually reshaping the labor market, whether big tech layoffs are really AI-driven, and what happens to creative careers when craft gets democratized. Dan pushes back. Matt doubles down. Nobody fully agrees.


Details of the show:


  • The pace debate: Is AI is moving faster than anything we've seen or is it actually moving slowly.
  • Big tech layoffs aren't what they seem: normal market cycle or AI storm?
  • Democratization lowers quality: the rise of good taste.
  • The $300K creative director is at risk: the "good enough" middle tier of creative careers is getting squeezed.
  • Zero to one is easy now. One to hundred is still hard: You can build a $2M ARR company solo, but building the next Apple still requires people, tenacity, and systems.
  • AI isolates us: The tools are optimized to keep you alone. The opportunity is in building for human connection, not just automation.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Our first podcast in 2026 is a joint episode. Toby and Dan join Matt Britton, host of the Speed of Culture podcast and CEO of Suzy, at CES to debate who wins when everyone can make. They clash on how fast AI is actually reshaping the labor market, whether big tech layoffs are really AI-driven, and what happens to creative careers when craft gets democratized. Dan pushes back. Matt doubles down. Nobody fully agrees.


Details of the show:


  • The pace debate: Is AI is moving faster than anything we've seen or is it actually moving slowly.
  • Big tech layoffs aren't what they seem: normal market cycle or AI storm?
  • Democratization lowers quality: the rise of good taste.
  • The $300K creative director is at risk: the "good enough" middle tier of creative careers is getting squeezed.
  • Zero to one is easy now. One to hundred is still hard: You can build a $2M ARR company solo, but building the next Apple still requires people, tenacity, and systems.
  • AI isolates us: The tools are optimized to keep you alone. The opportunity is in building for human connection, not just automation.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan Gets Roasted Dan Gets Roasted Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:02:13 GMT 47:47 694985ac4c1c9c7f2b706c7b false https://ondiscourse.com/ 694985ac4c1c9c7f2b706c7b 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 dan-gets-roasted full 1 37 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel end the year by flipping the script. After letting Dan respond to everyone else's provocations in a previous episode, this time Toby and Chmiel throw Dan's hottest takes, weirdest perspectives, and biggest contradictions right back in his face. From his prediction that linear TV advertising would be dead by now to his thoughts on gobbledygook and autonomous cars, Dan defends (or admits he got wrong) his most memorable moments from the past year.


Details of the show:


  • Dan's contradictions on generated slop
  • The transformative influence of ChatGPT in 5 years (but not now)
  • What "transformative" actually means at CES
  • How to pronounce gobbledygook

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel end the year by flipping the script. After letting Dan respond to everyone else's provocations in a previous episode, this time Toby and Chmiel throw Dan's hottest takes, weirdest perspectives, and biggest contradictions right back in his face. From his prediction that linear TV advertising would be dead by now to his thoughts on gobbledygook and autonomous cars, Dan defends (or admits he got wrong) his most memorable moments from the past year.


Details of the show:


  • Dan's contradictions on generated slop
  • The transformative influence of ChatGPT in 5 years (but not now)
  • What "transformative" actually means at CES
  • How to pronounce gobbledygook

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Disney, Sora, IP, and Gobbledygook Disney, Sora, IP, and Gobbledygook Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:33:59 GMT 47:43 6942cd683d3b907dc0bdb7f5 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 6942cd683d3b907dc0bdb7f5 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 disney-sora-ip-and-gobbledygook full 1 36 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel invite two last-minute guests with competing perspectives about the future of IP and AI. On one side is Craig Elimeliah, Chief Creative Officer at Code and Theory who wrote a provocative LinkedIn post that Eriq Gardner, Founding Partner at Puck (and Dan's brother) called "gobbledygook spit out by a machine."


Details of the show:


  • Why Craig thinks Disney's Sora deal represents a fundamental shift in how IP works
  • Eric's skepticism about whether this is meaningful change or just corporate partnership jargon
  • Whether "invitation to participate" is a real framework or just nice-sounding language
  • Why media companies are scrambling to figure out AI deals before they understand what they're dealing with

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel invite two last-minute guests with competing perspectives about the future of IP and AI. On one side is Craig Elimeliah, Chief Creative Officer at Code and Theory who wrote a provocative LinkedIn post that Eriq Gardner, Founding Partner at Puck (and Dan's brother) called "gobbledygook spit out by a machine."


Details of the show:


  • Why Craig thinks Disney's Sora deal represents a fundamental shift in how IP works
  • Eric's skepticism about whether this is meaningful change or just corporate partnership jargon
  • Whether "invitation to participate" is a real framework or just nice-sounding language
  • Why media companies are scrambling to figure out AI deals before they understand what they're dealing with

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> 2026 Provocations, Not Predictions 2026 Provocations, Not Predictions Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:32:51 GMT 27:48 69384f33a9d003889ca4a78a false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69384f33a9d003889ca4a78a 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 2026-provocations-not-predictions full 1 35 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel break down their 3rd annual Provocations Not Predictions event, where ON_Discourse members submit their most challenging questions for the year ahead. In this episode, they debate whether AI will actually deliver transformative change in 2026 or if we're stuck automating yesterday's workflows with tomorrow's tools.


Details in the show:


  • Why provocations force harder thinking than predictions
  • The difference between automating old processes and fundamentally changing how we work
  • Whether new hardware (glasses, wristbands, connected ecosystems) will actually ship in 2026
  • Why we might already have everything we're going to get
  • What it means when three years after ChatGPT, the only real change is tactical efficiency

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel break down their 3rd annual Provocations Not Predictions event, where ON_Discourse members submit their most challenging questions for the year ahead. In this episode, they debate whether AI will actually deliver transformative change in 2026 or if we're stuck automating yesterday's workflows with tomorrow's tools.


Details in the show:


  • Why provocations force harder thinking than predictions
  • The difference between automating old processes and fundamentally changing how we work
  • Whether new hardware (glasses, wristbands, connected ecosystems) will actually ship in 2026
  • Why we might already have everything we're going to get
  • What it means when three years after ChatGPT, the only real change is tactical efficiency

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The Modern Marketing Playbook The Modern Marketing Playbook Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:13:43 GMT 27:35 692f07c86acaf97c04ba1bc0 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 692f07c86acaf97c04ba1bc0 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-modern-marketing-playbook Live from Web Summit full 1 34 We are broadcasting Toby’s panel at Web Summit in Lisbon, featuring Dan and Don McGuire, CMO of Qualcomm. Don and Dan think the future of marketing is "human-led, technology-powered.” Behind that concept is a new org-chart, workflow, and a concept called PTSB - permission to sh*t the bed. It sounds a lot different than automation…


Details in the show:


  • The problem with the traditional compartmentalization of marketing into separate 'brand' and 'performance' silos
  • Why the "nerve center" of marketing organizations should shift to creativity, away from product and communications
  • How "context is the new creativity" and why many brands fail to apply it
  • A disagreement about what upskilling means
  • Why the concept of "The internet is closing" means marketers must figure out new methods to "own your customer"

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> We are broadcasting Toby’s panel at Web Summit in Lisbon, featuring Dan and Don McGuire, CMO of Qualcomm. Don and Dan think the future of marketing is "human-led, technology-powered.” Behind that concept is a new org-chart, workflow, and a concept called PTSB - permission to sh*t the bed. It sounds a lot different than automation…


Details in the show:


  • The problem with the traditional compartmentalization of marketing into separate 'brand' and 'performance' silos
  • Why the "nerve center" of marketing organizations should shift to creativity, away from product and communications
  • How "context is the new creativity" and why many brands fail to apply it
  • A disagreement about what upskilling means
  • Why the concept of "The internet is closing" means marketers must figure out new methods to "own your customer"

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The Collaboration Revolution The Collaboration Revolution Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:25:35 GMT 47:21 692602af44d46fbcb23f8f7c false https://ondiscourse.com/ 692602af44d46fbcb23f8f7c 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 introducing-domain Introducing (domain) full 1 33 Dan, Toby, and Matthew announce the launch of new company and product called (domain) - a collaboration platform that connects your work to your network. It is built on the thesis that the future of work isn't about AI giving you answers, it's about AI helping humans collaborate better. In this episode they break down why they think we're on the edge of a collaboration revolution.


Details in the show:

  • The problem with AI flattening all outputs to "good enough"
  • Why collaboration skills will be what separates people in the future of work
  • How we turned lessons in discourse into a modern collaboration platform


Join the (domain) waitlist here: https://ondomain.ai

Enter code PODCAST

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Matthew announce the launch of new company and product called (domain) - a collaboration platform that connects your work to your network. It is built on the thesis that the future of work isn't about AI giving you answers, it's about AI helping humans collaborate better. In this episode they break down why they think we're on the edge of a collaboration revolution.


Details in the show:

  • The problem with AI flattening all outputs to "good enough"
  • Why collaboration skills will be what separates people in the future of work
  • How we turned lessons in discourse into a modern collaboration platform


Join the (domain) waitlist here: https://ondomain.ai

Enter code PODCAST

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> <![CDATA[The Customer Experience Gap: Why AI Transformation Isn't Delivering]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT 23:29 69090f34911793d200f862c5 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 69090f34911793d200f862c5 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-customer-experience-gap-why-ai-transformation-isnt-deliv full 1 32 Everyone agrees customer experience matters. Everyone agrees AI will transform business. So why is almost nobody actually doing anything about it? Dan and Matthew dig into new research showing that 93% of C-suite leaders say their digital CX needs improvement - even though they know it drives revenue. The problem isn't technology as much as it is imagination. While companies chase efficiency gains they can put in a spreadsheet, they're missing the bigger opportunity to fundamentally reimagine how they serve customers.


Details in the Show:


* Why 76% of enterprises feel behind on AI transformation

* The difference between efficiency gains and relationship innovation

* How ChatGPT's retro campaigns signal something deeper about consumer AI

* How autonomous lawn mowers help us think about CX

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Everyone agrees customer experience matters. Everyone agrees AI will transform business. So why is almost nobody actually doing anything about it? Dan and Matthew dig into new research showing that 93% of C-suite leaders say their digital CX needs improvement - even though they know it drives revenue. The problem isn't technology as much as it is imagination. While companies chase efficiency gains they can put in a spreadsheet, they're missing the bigger opportunity to fundamentally reimagine how they serve customers.


Details in the Show:


* Why 76% of enterprises feel behind on AI transformation

* The difference between efficiency gains and relationship innovation

* How ChatGPT's retro campaigns signal something deeper about consumer AI

* How autonomous lawn mowers help us think about CX

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The Consumerization of AI The Consumerization of AI Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:54:31 GMT 35:01 6900d2962d04968b773f7a48 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 6900d2962d04968b773f7a48 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-consumerization-of-ai full 1 31 ChatGPT and Claude are going direct to consumers with nostalgic commercials and friendly interfaces, but underneath the marketing is a fundamental shift in how we interact with technology. Dan, Toby, and Matthew dig into what happens when AI systems become the primary interface for everything - and whether these platforms will be truly open or just feel open while quietly controlling distribution, data, and dollars.


Details in the Show:

* Why ChatGPT's retro marketing makes us want to watch Stranger Things

* The difference between open protocols and closed ecosystems

* How agentic systems change the attention economy (and who controls it)

* Why platform dependency always ends the same way

* What Amazon's playbook tells us about AI's future

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> ChatGPT and Claude are going direct to consumers with nostalgic commercials and friendly interfaces, but underneath the marketing is a fundamental shift in how we interact with technology. Dan, Toby, and Matthew dig into what happens when AI systems become the primary interface for everything - and whether these platforms will be truly open or just feel open while quietly controlling distribution, data, and dollars.


Details in the Show:

* Why ChatGPT's retro marketing makes us want to watch Stranger Things

* The difference between open protocols and closed ecosystems

* How agentic systems change the attention economy (and who controls it)

* Why platform dependency always ends the same way

* What Amazon's playbook tells us about AI's future

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Knowledge vs Judgement and AI forecasting Knowledge vs Judgement and AI forecasting Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:03:40 GMT 53:23 68f7961640b81f7a89186aab false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68f7961640b81f7a89186aab 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 knowledge-vs-judgement-and-ai-forecasting full 1 30 AI is making predictions cheaper, faster, and easier at scale. But forecasting is still guessing, and NYU Stern Professor Jamyn Edis argues that what AI can't replace is human judgment. In this conversation, we dig into why defining "intelligence" matters, how business actually works versus how we pretend it works, and what happens when we confuse prediction with decision-making.


Details in the Show:


* Why judgment and intelligence aren't the same thing

* The difference between prediction and decision-making in business

* How AI changes what we measure, not whether we should trust the measurement

* Academic vs. business discourse (and why one is afraid of being wrong)

* Putting tomatoes in fruit salad

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> AI is making predictions cheaper, faster, and easier at scale. But forecasting is still guessing, and NYU Stern Professor Jamyn Edis argues that what AI can't replace is human judgment. In this conversation, we dig into why defining "intelligence" matters, how business actually works versus how we pretend it works, and what happens when we confuse prediction with decision-making.


Details in the Show:


* Why judgment and intelligence aren't the same thing

* The difference between prediction and decision-making in business

* How AI changes what we measure, not whether we should trust the measurement

* Academic vs. business discourse (and why one is afraid of being wrong)

* Putting tomatoes in fruit salad

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> When the Internet Starts Lying to Itself When the Internet Starts Lying to Itself Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:43:59 GMT 22:17 68e57b8f53a5e2858fe10848 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68e57b8f53a5e2858fe10848 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 when-the-internet-starts-lying-to-itself full 1 29 ChatGPT just released Sora 2, a tool that lets you create videos starring your own digital avatar. Add that to last week's Pulse, and suddenly we're not just consuming content, we're becoming it. But who actually asked for this? And what happens when synthetic content floods the same feeds we're already exhausted by?


Details in the Show:


* The cameo feature and personalized synthetic content

* Whether people want algorithmically generated entertainment

* How OpenAI is closing the web by moving from tool to ecosystem

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> ChatGPT just released Sora 2, a tool that lets you create videos starring your own digital avatar. Add that to last week's Pulse, and suddenly we're not just consuming content, we're becoming it. But who actually asked for this? And what happens when synthetic content floods the same feeds we're already exhausted by?


Details in the Show:


* The cameo feature and personalized synthetic content

* Whether people want algorithmically generated entertainment

* How OpenAI is closing the web by moving from tool to ecosystem

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> When AI Reads Your Mind When AI Reads Your Mind Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:33:55 GMT 27:49 68dbf14f46a2532cdd5a54a4 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68dbf14f46a2532cdd5a54a4 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 when-ai-reads-your-mind full 1 28 ChatGPT recently launched Pulse, a feature that reads everything you do, repackages your work back to you, as if you are the subject of a daily newsroom. It's like taking notes that talk back, or having someone present your own thoughts better than you could. Is this useful or just another feed we'll forget about in three weeks.


Details in the Show:


* Behavior-driven media vs algorithmic targeting

* The difference between relatability and utility in AI-generated content

* How context plus specificity changes your relationship with information

* Whether this is the start of something bigger or just yesterday's weather report

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> ChatGPT recently launched Pulse, a feature that reads everything you do, repackages your work back to you, as if you are the subject of a daily newsroom. It's like taking notes that talk back, or having someone present your own thoughts better than you could. Is this useful or just another feed we'll forget about in three weeks.


Details in the Show:


* Behavior-driven media vs algorithmic targeting

* The difference between relatability and utility in AI-generated content

* How context plus specificity changes your relationship with information

* Whether this is the start of something bigger or just yesterday's weather report

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Not Everything Needs to be a Conversation Not Everything Needs to be a Conversation Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:09:03 GMT 36:40 68d2f9c302bd591597ca0e82 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68d2f9c302bd591597ca0e82 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 not-everything-needs-to-be-a-conversation full 1 27 The AI revolution promised to transform everything. Instead, we got chatbots that sound smart but deliver work that looks like a duck, walks like a duck, but turns out to be a goose. This episode digs into why the agentic AI hype hasn't delivered transformative experiences, and what's really holding back the next phase of human-computer interaction.


Details in the Show:


  • Why "not everything needs to be a conversation" is the key insight missing from AI design
  • How the volume knob reveals the flaw in invisible interface thinking
  • Why better thinking doesn't equal better doing in the agentic world
  • The difference between multi-step reasoning and true agency
  • How the internet became static again, and where the UX designers went
  • Why AI tools still require you to do your actual work


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The AI revolution promised to transform everything. Instead, we got chatbots that sound smart but deliver work that looks like a duck, walks like a duck, but turns out to be a goose. This episode digs into why the agentic AI hype hasn't delivered transformative experiences, and what's really holding back the next phase of human-computer interaction.


Details in the Show:


  • Why "not everything needs to be a conversation" is the key insight missing from AI design
  • How the volume knob reveals the flaw in invisible interface thinking
  • Why better thinking doesn't equal better doing in the agentic world
  • The difference between multi-step reasoning and true agency
  • How the internet became static again, and where the UX designers went
  • Why AI tools still require you to do your actual work


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> ESPN vs New York Times ESPN vs New York Times Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:04:47 GMT 45:57 68c9779b3bc60d26eb02ce12 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68c9779b3bc60d26eb02ce12 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 espn-vs-new-york-times full 1 26 Andrew Rosen’s ESPN vs. NYT breakdown is generating headlines, not because it’s about sports or news, but because it’s about institutions facing disruption. This episode doesn’t just recap his argument, it asks a harder question: What does it look like when legacy brands adjust too slowly to seismic shifts in distribution, personalization, and participation?


Details in the Show:


* Why Rosen says NYT is adapting, and ESPN isn’t

* How personalization is breaking legacy distribution models

* What AI-native fandom reveals about the future of content

* How legacy instutions in legacy platforms should adapt to the AI revolution


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Andrew Rosen’s ESPN vs. NYT breakdown is generating headlines, not because it’s about sports or news, but because it’s about institutions facing disruption. This episode doesn’t just recap his argument, it asks a harder question: What does it look like when legacy brands adjust too slowly to seismic shifts in distribution, personalization, and participation?


Details in the Show:


* Why Rosen says NYT is adapting, and ESPN isn’t

* How personalization is breaking legacy distribution models

* What AI-native fandom reveals about the future of content

* How legacy instutions in legacy platforms should adapt to the AI revolution


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Is Vibe Coding good? Is Vibe Coding good? Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT 36:16 68c0ecfd02dac15235a5c9b4 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68c0ecfd02dac15235a5c9b4 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 is-vibe-coding-good full 1 25 Toby, Dan, and Chmiel set out to decode vibe coding but end up in a more urgent conversation about thinking. What happens when our tools get smarter, but our minds get lazier? Who wins in the battle between machine automation and human inspiration?


Details in the Show:

* How vibe coding is amazing (and frustrating)

* The rise of synthetic synthesis and what it’s doing to original thought

* How AI enables performance over understanding

* What happens when the internet becomes a memory prosthetic, and we stop remembering anything ourselves'


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby, Dan, and Chmiel set out to decode vibe coding but end up in a more urgent conversation about thinking. What happens when our tools get smarter, but our minds get lazier? Who wins in the battle between machine automation and human inspiration?


Details in the Show:

* How vibe coding is amazing (and frustrating)

* The rise of synthetic synthesis and what it’s doing to original thought

* How AI enables performance over understanding

* What happens when the internet becomes a memory prosthetic, and we stop remembering anything ourselves'


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Gartner Tanks Gartner Tanks Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:58:22 GMT 31:36 68b751b9d6e2cdaa26169eb6 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68b751b9d6e2cdaa26169eb6 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 gartner-tanks full 1 24 Toby, Dan, and Chmiel dig into the implosion of Gartner’s market cap, and what it reveals about the future of knowledge work. The conversation starts with a provocative question: if the business of certifying value no longer creates value, what’s next?


Details in the Show:

  • Why Gartner lost half its value
  • The crumbling authority of research firms in a world of AI-generated synthesis
  • Why “knowledge work” was always a proxy for service
  • If AI can truly replace what Gartner does
  • Plus: the annual lobster roll competition, and what it teaches us about surf, turf, and interface friction


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby, Dan, and Chmiel dig into the implosion of Gartner’s market cap, and what it reveals about the future of knowledge work. The conversation starts with a provocative question: if the business of certifying value no longer creates value, what’s next?


Details in the Show:

  • Why Gartner lost half its value
  • The crumbling authority of research firms in a world of AI-generated synthesis
  • Why “knowledge work” was always a proxy for service
  • If AI can truly replace what Gartner does
  • Plus: the annual lobster roll competition, and what it teaches us about surf, turf, and interface friction


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Peak LinkedIn? Peak LinkedIn? Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:08:22 GMT 30:12 68ae062d352b565deb1b2549 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68ae062d352b565deb1b2549 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 linkedin full 1 23 Toby, Dan, and Chmiel examine LinkedIn’s strange grip on our professional lives. What starts as a confession, Toby admitting to opening the app 30 times a day, turns into a bigger question: is LinkedIn a tool, a feed, or just another dopamine trap? Together, they unpack why the platform feels indispensable yet indistinguishable from TikTok or Instagram, and what that says about the state of “professional” culture online.


Details in the Show:

  • Why LinkedIn use feels more like compulsion than utility
  • The collapsing distinction between LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram feeds
  • Dan’s take on why “professional content” isn’t as unique as it once was
  • How the platform serves as both a temperature check and a time sink
  • Whether compulsive usage equals value or just digital junk food
  • What LinkedIn’s stickiness reveals about the broader internet economy of attention


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com



About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby, Dan, and Chmiel examine LinkedIn’s strange grip on our professional lives. What starts as a confession, Toby admitting to opening the app 30 times a day, turns into a bigger question: is LinkedIn a tool, a feed, or just another dopamine trap? Together, they unpack why the platform feels indispensable yet indistinguishable from TikTok or Instagram, and what that says about the state of “professional” culture online.


Details in the Show:

  • Why LinkedIn use feels more like compulsion than utility
  • The collapsing distinction between LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram feeds
  • Dan’s take on why “professional content” isn’t as unique as it once was
  • How the platform serves as both a temperature check and a time sink
  • Whether compulsive usage equals value or just digital junk food
  • What LinkedIn’s stickiness reveals about the broader internet economy of attention


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com



About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The UX of AI The UX of AI Tue, 12 Aug 2025 21:08:08 GMT 44:19 689a2c49e6e5400d4774c1d2 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 689a2c49e6e5400d4774c1d2 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-ux-of-ai full 1 22 Chmiel sits down with ON_Discourse members Natalie Monbiot and Craig Elimeliah for a sharp dive into AI’s hidden cost: the erosion of human cognition. Natalie, founder of Virtual Human Economy, shares research showing how over-reliance on LLMs can short-circuit learning, while Craig, Chief Creative Officer at Code and Theory, explores how design choices can either feed (or fight) that decline. Together, they unpack why today’s AI interfaces make it too easy to bypass thinking, and how reimagined UX could keep humans in the loop without slowing progress.


Details in the Show

  • Why cognitive “bypassing” is more a UX problem than an AI inevitability
  • The MIT Media Lab study showing how starting with AI leads to zero recall and weaker encoding of ideas
  • What “caring” means in creative work, and why instant AI answers kill it
  • How better interface design could encourage iteration, reflection, and deeper engagement
  • Craig’s view on designing AI experiences that empower rather than overwhelm users
  • Why friction is the spark for meaning-making and growth
  • A challenge to AI product teams: stop optimizing for speed at the expense of human depth


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Chmiel sits down with ON_Discourse members Natalie Monbiot and Craig Elimeliah for a sharp dive into AI’s hidden cost: the erosion of human cognition. Natalie, founder of Virtual Human Economy, shares research showing how over-reliance on LLMs can short-circuit learning, while Craig, Chief Creative Officer at Code and Theory, explores how design choices can either feed (or fight) that decline. Together, they unpack why today’s AI interfaces make it too easy to bypass thinking, and how reimagined UX could keep humans in the loop without slowing progress.


Details in the Show

  • Why cognitive “bypassing” is more a UX problem than an AI inevitability
  • The MIT Media Lab study showing how starting with AI leads to zero recall and weaker encoding of ideas
  • What “caring” means in creative work, and why instant AI answers kill it
  • How better interface design could encourage iteration, reflection, and deeper engagement
  • Craig’s view on designing AI experiences that empower rather than overwhelm users
  • Why friction is the spark for meaning-making and growth
  • A challenge to AI product teams: stop optimizing for speed at the expense of human depth


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> AI That Makes Us More Human AI That Makes Us More Human Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:16:08 GMT 42:41 6891039fc7ccf1704d972d66 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 6891039fc7ccf1704d972d66 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 ai-that-makes-us-more-human full 1 21 Toby and Chmiel continue last week’s conversation on human ingenuity with a founder who’s putting it to the test. Katherine von Jan (KVJ to those who know her) joins the pod to talk about her new venture, Tough Day, and its mission to unlock the best of human potential in an AI-saturated workplace. As a longtime ON_Discourse member and former Salesforce exec turned startup founder, KVJ has a sharp perspective on where AI helps, where it hurts, and why the future of work depends on not automating away what makes us human.


Details in the Show


  • Why KVJ believes the next wave of AI should elevate human problem-solving, not replace it
  • The overlooked cost of frictionless workflows, and why some struggle is essential to great ideas
  • How “human ingenuity gaps” show up inside organizations, and what tools can close them
  • Lessons KVJ carried from big tech leadership into startup building in the AI era
  • Why today’s obsession with scale blinds us to the micro-moments that define good work
  • A challenge to AI founders: build tech that makes people better, not just faster


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby and Chmiel continue last week’s conversation on human ingenuity with a founder who’s putting it to the test. Katherine von Jan (KVJ to those who know her) joins the pod to talk about her new venture, Tough Day, and its mission to unlock the best of human potential in an AI-saturated workplace. As a longtime ON_Discourse member and former Salesforce exec turned startup founder, KVJ has a sharp perspective on where AI helps, where it hurts, and why the future of work depends on not automating away what makes us human.


Details in the Show


  • Why KVJ believes the next wave of AI should elevate human problem-solving, not replace it
  • The overlooked cost of frictionless workflows, and why some struggle is essential to great ideas
  • How “human ingenuity gaps” show up inside organizations, and what tools can close them
  • Lessons KVJ carried from big tech leadership into startup building in the AI era
  • Why today’s obsession with scale blinds us to the micro-moments that define good work
  • A challenge to AI founders: build tech that makes people better, not just faster


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Human Ingenuity Human Ingenuity Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:19:53 GMT 33:55 68893af9ac6bbfb625e7d274 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68893af9ac6bbfb625e7d274 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 human-ingenuity full 1 20 Toby, Matt, and Dan wrestle with what it means to have a “voice” in an AI-mediated world, and what happens when that voice gets flattened, filtered, or faked. This episode digs into the paradox of human ingenuity in the age of synthetic output, the strange intimacy of talking to machines, and why friction, not fluency, might be the future of AI design.


Details in the Show

  • Why AI-generated content feels increasingly soulless and how “sludge” became the internet’s new texture
  • The performance of trust: how we signal presence in an era of invisible agents
  • A defense of friction: what gets lost when AI makes things too easy
  • How real-time collaboration with AI can sharpen and not replace human ideas
  • Why product interfaces may need less wizardry and more humanity


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby, Matt, and Dan wrestle with what it means to have a “voice” in an AI-mediated world, and what happens when that voice gets flattened, filtered, or faked. This episode digs into the paradox of human ingenuity in the age of synthetic output, the strange intimacy of talking to machines, and why friction, not fluency, might be the future of AI design.


Details in the Show

  • Why AI-generated content feels increasingly soulless and how “sludge” became the internet’s new texture
  • The performance of trust: how we signal presence in an era of invisible agents
  • A defense of friction: what gets lost when AI makes things too easy
  • How real-time collaboration with AI can sharpen and not replace human ideas
  • Why product interfaces may need less wizardry and more humanity


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Agentic Browsers Agentic Browsers Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT 42:40 687eacb6fd9acfeba44ac366 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 687eacb6fd9acfeba44ac366 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 agentic-browsers full 1 19 Toby, Dan, and guest Craig Hepburn step inside the AI browser wars, and ask if the future of the internet is being quietly rewritten not by models, but by interfaces. This episode zooms in on Perplexity’s new agentic browser Comet, the real promise (and limits) of context-aware assistants, and what gets lost when AI "helps" too much.


Details in the Show

  • Why “the browser” might be AI’s most important battlefield, and what Perplexity’s big bet reveals
  • The rise of agentic interfaces and the myth of productivity-as-progress
  • The paradox of better UX: does frictionless mean future-proof, or forgettable?
  • Why Google is still sleeping at the wheel, and how fast that could change
  • What Craig learned from testing five AI browsers, and which one might actually stick
  • The power (and danger) of right-click reversal: what happens when the browser starts prompting you
  • A little “closed system vs. open protocol” debate
  • How context layers could finally fix the broken web… or break it entirely


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby, Dan, and guest Craig Hepburn step inside the AI browser wars, and ask if the future of the internet is being quietly rewritten not by models, but by interfaces. This episode zooms in on Perplexity’s new agentic browser Comet, the real promise (and limits) of context-aware assistants, and what gets lost when AI "helps" too much.


Details in the Show

  • Why “the browser” might be AI’s most important battlefield, and what Perplexity’s big bet reveals
  • The rise of agentic interfaces and the myth of productivity-as-progress
  • The paradox of better UX: does frictionless mean future-proof, or forgettable?
  • Why Google is still sleeping at the wheel, and how fast that could change
  • What Craig learned from testing five AI browsers, and which one might actually stick
  • The power (and danger) of right-click reversal: what happens when the browser starts prompting you
  • A little “closed system vs. open protocol” debate
  • How context layers could finally fix the broken web… or break it entirely


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Human in the Loop Human in the Loop Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:01:23 GMT 26:13 68772413c32bf359c0b41967 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 68772413c32bf359c0b41967 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 human-in-the-loop full 1 18 Toby, Dan, and Chmiel interrogate the quiet crisis hiding inside the AI boom: we’re offloading too much thinking and calling it strategy. This episode explores what gets lost when cognitive offloading becomes the norm, and why the future of leadership may depend on friction, not flow.


Details in the Show


  • Why “upstream of strategy” isn’t just a catchphrase—it’s a call to rethink how we think
  • Cognitive offloading, groupthink, and the invisible atrophy of over-automated ideas
  • What AI can't replicate: disagreement, unpredictability, and taste
  • Why trust, vulnerability, and gut-checks still outperform generative polish
  • The difference between provocation and prompting—and why AI doesn’t know the difference
  • How “the weak ties” in your network might be your sharpest strategic inputs
  • The real value of feeling dumb: learning, not performance, is the point


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby, Dan, and Chmiel interrogate the quiet crisis hiding inside the AI boom: we’re offloading too much thinking and calling it strategy. This episode explores what gets lost when cognitive offloading becomes the norm, and why the future of leadership may depend on friction, not flow.


Details in the Show


  • Why “upstream of strategy” isn’t just a catchphrase—it’s a call to rethink how we think
  • Cognitive offloading, groupthink, and the invisible atrophy of over-automated ideas
  • What AI can't replicate: disagreement, unpredictability, and taste
  • Why trust, vulnerability, and gut-checks still outperform generative polish
  • The difference between provocation and prompting—and why AI doesn’t know the difference
  • How “the weak ties” in your network might be your sharpest strategic inputs
  • The real value of feeling dumb: learning, not performance, is the point


Learn more at ON_Discourse.com

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Cannes-ticipation Cannes-ticipation Wed, 11 Jun 2025 02:58:35 GMT 37:22 6848f0db9b8dde68cd522fbb false https://shows.acast.com/ondiscourse/episodes/cannes-ticipation 6848f0db9b8dde68cd522fbb 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 cannes-ticipation full 1 17 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel go behind the scenes of Cannes Lions to unpack the real programming, posturing, and potential shaping the creative industry’s biggest week. Is the future of advertising being written on the main stage or whispered behind closed doors?


Details in the Show


  • Why the most important conversations at Cannes don’t happen on stage
  • How closed-door programming became the sharpest tool for industry change
  • The AI content hype loop: tools, platitudes, and the myth of mastery
  • Automation vs. creativity: why the exciting stuff is still the unknown
  • “Implementation isn’t innovation”—and other Cannes heresies
  • The honest (and uneasy) truth about AI’s impact on labor, ads, and originality


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel go behind the scenes of Cannes Lions to unpack the real programming, posturing, and potential shaping the creative industry’s biggest week. Is the future of advertising being written on the main stage or whispered behind closed doors?


Details in the Show


  • Why the most important conversations at Cannes don’t happen on stage
  • How closed-door programming became the sharpest tool for industry change
  • The AI content hype loop: tools, platitudes, and the myth of mastery
  • Automation vs. creativity: why the exciting stuff is still the unknown
  • “Implementation isn’t innovation”—and other Cannes heresies
  • The honest (and uneasy) truth about AI’s impact on labor, ads, and originality


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> What we lose with AI efficiency gains What we lose with AI efficiency gains Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:21:29 GMT 43:47 683f3d29a73556324a10ecb7 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 683f3d29a73556324a10ecb7 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 what-we-lose-with-ai-efficiency-gains full 1 16 In this episode, we’re joined by Taylor Halsted of Shamrock Capital to interrogate the illusion of AI efficiency. What if the mess we’re trying to automate out of work is actually where creativity, connection, and culture live?


Details in the Show


  • Why “Head of AI” might be the new “Webmaster”—and just as misguided
  • The difference between performing productivity and producing outcomes
  • Whether AI is making us more emotionally honest—or just better at faking it
  • “AI guilt,” last-mile problems, and the hidden costs of over-orchestration
  • Messy work, vibecoding, and the underrated value of creative friction
  • What it takes to build AI culture without losing the human core


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> In this episode, we’re joined by Taylor Halsted of Shamrock Capital to interrogate the illusion of AI efficiency. What if the mess we’re trying to automate out of work is actually where creativity, connection, and culture live?


Details in the Show


  • Why “Head of AI” might be the new “Webmaster”—and just as misguided
  • The difference between performing productivity and producing outcomes
  • Whether AI is making us more emotionally honest—or just better at faking it
  • “AI guilt,” last-mile problems, and the hidden costs of over-orchestration
  • Messy work, vibecoding, and the underrated value of creative friction
  • What it takes to build AI culture without losing the human core


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby hosts a book club with Henrik Werdelin and Nicholas Thorne Toby hosts a book club with Henrik Werdelin and Nicholas Thorne Tue, 27 May 2025 18:23:04 GMT 47:08 683603082780b226c752c82a false https://ondiscourse.com/ 683603082780b226c752c82a 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 toby-hosts-a-book-club-with-henrik-werdelin-and-nicholas-tho full 1 15 Toby sits down with Henrik Werdelin and Nicholas Thorne, co-authors of Me, My Customer, and AI, to interrogate the optimistic thesis at the heart of their book, and the paradoxes it reveals. From donkeycorns to Dunbar numbers, this session explores what happens when everyone is an entrepreneur, and no one stands out.


Details in the episode:


  • Why founder–customer fit matters more than product–market fit
  • The illusion of scale and the power of intimacy
  • Donkeycorns, not unicorns: redefining success in the AI era
  • The creative danger of agreeable AI (and why we need disagreeable bots)
  • What it means to “solve small” and why feedback loops must get weird


Learn more about ON_Discourse.


About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby sits down with Henrik Werdelin and Nicholas Thorne, co-authors of Me, My Customer, and AI, to interrogate the optimistic thesis at the heart of their book, and the paradoxes it reveals. From donkeycorns to Dunbar numbers, this session explores what happens when everyone is an entrepreneur, and no one stands out.


Details in the episode:


  • Why founder–customer fit matters more than product–market fit
  • The illusion of scale and the power of intimacy
  • Donkeycorns, not unicorns: redefining success in the AI era
  • The creative danger of agreeable AI (and why we need disagreeable bots)
  • What it means to “solve small” and why feedback loops must get weird


Learn more about ON_Discourse.


About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby and Dan invent a new internet Toby and Dan invent a new internet Wed, 21 May 2025 03:54:55 GMT 37:54 682d4e8fa6fdc699fd1607c6 false https://shows.acast.com/ondiscourse/episodes/toby-and-dan-invent-a-new-internet 682d4e8fa6fdc699fd1607c6 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 toby-and-dan-invent-a-new-internet full 1 14 Toby and Dan track the decline of Google Search, the end of SEO, and what’s replacing it: group chats, agentic systems, and personalized internets built around behavior, not clicks.


Details in the episode:


  • Why search is collapsing (and what’s replacing it)
  • How generative AI is reshaping discovery and intent
  • What the “human internet” might look like
  • Why the future isn’t conversational—it’s contextual
  • Blockchain, Web3, and the portability of “your internet”


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby and Dan track the decline of Google Search, the end of SEO, and what’s replacing it: group chats, agentic systems, and personalized internets built around behavior, not clicks.


Details in the episode:


  • Why search is collapsing (and what’s replacing it)
  • How generative AI is reshaping discovery and intent
  • What the “human internet” might look like
  • Why the future isn’t conversational—it’s contextual
  • Blockchain, Web3, and the portability of “your internet”


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby talks about group chats Toby talks about group chats Thu, 08 May 2025 16:31:39 GMT 29:59 681cdc6b8b1f3232bc234fb1 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 681cdc6b8b1f3232bc234fb1 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 toby-talks-about-group-chats full 1 13 We have been hosting closed-door, private Group Chats at ON_Discourse for 2 years. In this episode, Toby and Chmiel talk about the ON_Discourse version of group chats and how they are different than the contentious, political experience that was recently profiled by Ben Smith at Semafor.


Details in the episode:


  • How the pandemic inspired group chats
  • How group chats are the future of media
  • Why trust matters more than security in private chats


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> We have been hosting closed-door, private Group Chats at ON_Discourse for 2 years. In this episode, Toby and Chmiel talk about the ON_Discourse version of group chats and how they are different than the contentious, political experience that was recently profiled by Ben Smith at Semafor.


Details in the episode:


  • How the pandemic inspired group chats
  • How group chats are the future of media
  • Why trust matters more than security in private chats


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby and Dan argue about strategy Toby and Dan argue about strategy Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:44:07 GMT 18:20 68095f2762faec0e0add3cca false https://shows.acast.com/ondiscourse/episodes/toby-and-dan-argue-about-strategy 68095f2762faec0e0add3cca 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 toby-and-dan-argue-about-strategy full 1 12 Toby and Dan turn a weekly meeting into an impromptu podcast recording about the future of digital strategy and why notifications suck.


Details in the episode:


  • Requirements are dead
  • The design supply chain
  • Fast vs Slow creativity


Learn about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby and Dan turn a weekly meeting into an impromptu podcast recording about the future of digital strategy and why notifications suck.


Details in the episode:


  • Requirements are dead
  • The design supply chain
  • Fast vs Slow creativity


Learn about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Vibecoding with Gen Z Vibecoding with Gen Z Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:53:36 GMT 57:21 67ffa8515d1edf45d2ed4a7c false https://shows.acast.com/ondiscourse/episodes/vibecoding-with-gen-z 67ffa8515d1edf45d2ed4a7c 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 vibecoding-with-gen-z full 1 11 Toby interviews a couple teenagers who are vibecoding their way through the modern internet. This conversation reveals an alternative perspective on the AI revolution, from a generation that never knew a world without the web.


Details in the show:


  • Will there be an internet in 5 years?
  • Who do you trust online?
  • What is your AI stack?
  • A new acronym is coming: RLHF


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby interviews a couple teenagers who are vibecoding their way through the modern internet. This conversation reveals an alternative perspective on the AI revolution, from a generation that never knew a world without the web.


Details in the show:


  • Will there be an internet in 5 years?
  • Who do you trust online?
  • What is your AI stack?
  • A new acronym is coming: RLHF


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Matt Britton talks about his new book. Matt Britton talks about his new book. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:24:25 GMT 23:48 67ed9cf9d4b40d7b30033b8b false https://ondiscourse.com/ 67ed9cf9d4b40d7b30033b8b 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 matt-britton-talks-about-his-new-book full 1 10 Toby interviews Suzy co-founder and CEO, Matt Britton, about his forthcoming book Generation AI: Why Generation Alpha and The Age Of AI Will Change Everything. This interview was conducted during a closed-door Member event.


Detail in the show:


  • The Goonies
  • Expertise vs Knowledge
  • How to prepare your kids for adulthood in AI era


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby interviews Suzy co-founder and CEO, Matt Britton, about his forthcoming book Generation AI: Why Generation Alpha and The Age Of AI Will Change Everything. This interview was conducted during a closed-door Member event.


Detail in the show:


  • The Goonies
  • Expertise vs Knowledge
  • How to prepare your kids for adulthood in AI era


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> Dan has to wait two weeks. Dan has to wait two weeks. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:19:41 GMT 53:04 67cf495d57424413a46a106d false https://ondiscourse.com/ 67cf495d57424413a46a106d 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 dan-has-to-wait-two-weeks full 1 9 Dan, Toby, and Chmiel welcome (but don't introduce) Craig Hepburn to the conversation. Craig is the Chief Product Office at Art Basel who recently introduced a new AI-powered app. Dan opens the conversation with an anecdote about an AI agent that keeps delaying its work. It sparks a conversation about the unmet potential of AI (so far).


Details in show:


  • Surfing instagram
  • Has AI changed anything?
  • Voice is a weak interface


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> Dan, Toby, and Chmiel welcome (but don't introduce) Craig Hepburn to the conversation. Craig is the Chief Product Office at Art Basel who recently introduced a new AI-powered app. Dan opens the conversation with an anecdote about an AI agent that keeps delaying its work. It sparks a conversation about the unmet potential of AI (so far).


Details in show:


  • Surfing instagram
  • Has AI changed anything?
  • Voice is a weak interface


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> Henrik Werdelin talks about donkeycorns Henrik Werdelin talks about donkeycorns Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:28:33 GMT 38:39 67b63ef1d24f7fcce87d3020 true https://ondiscourse.com/ 67b63ef1d24f7fcce87d3020 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 henrik-werdelin-talks-about-donkeycorns full 1 8 Dan and Chmiel invite Henrik Werdelin, co-founder of Barkbox and PreHype, to talk about how unicorns are old news and how donkeycorns are the future. You’ll hear about how agentic AI can prompt wannabe entrepreneurs into actual founders. This is a small idea that can transform the economy.


Details in show:


  • Small ideas win
  • Human creativity wins
  • Agentic AI as a tool


Learn about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> Dan and Chmiel invite Henrik Werdelin, co-founder of Barkbox and PreHype, to talk about how unicorns are old news and how donkeycorns are the future. You’ll hear about how agentic AI can prompt wannabe entrepreneurs into actual founders. This is a small idea that can transform the economy.


Details in show:


  • Small ideas win
  • Human creativity wins
  • Agentic AI as a tool


Learn about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> The Gang Makes an Announcement The Gang Makes an Announcement Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:49:38 GMT 41:54 67abfe33b468a1d76fd6a433 true https://ondiscourse.com/ 67abfe33b468a1d76fd6a433 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-gang-makes-an-announcement full 1 7 Toby, Dan, and Chmiel officially announce The ON_Discourse Summit - Solve Small: AI Transformation for the C-Suite.


This event will be held on March 26, 2025 in New York City.


Request an invite.


Details in show:


  • Defining 'Solve Small'
  • Bad friction in the workforce
  • Details about the summit


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> Toby, Dan, and Chmiel officially announce The ON_Discourse Summit - Solve Small: AI Transformation for the C-Suite.


This event will be held on March 26, 2025 in New York City.


Request an invite.


Details in show:


  • Defining 'Solve Small'
  • Bad friction in the workforce
  • Details about the summit


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> Dan Writes a LinkedIn Post Dan Writes a LinkedIn Post Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:48:52 GMT 44:53 67a3c0a49c6f7f7f28481c71 true https://ondiscourse.com/ 67a3c0a49c6f7f7f28481c71 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 dan-writes-a-linkedin-post full 1 6 Dan returns to the podcast to talk about the off-the-record conversations he had at Davos. Toby and Chmiel used the LinkedIn post he wrote about his trip to scrutinize the level of discourse about AI transformation. The key takeaway: no one knows what happens next.


Details in the show:

  • Innovation vs Integration
  • The future of the workforce
  • What is creativity


Learn more about ON_Discourse.



About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Dan returns to the podcast to talk about the off-the-record conversations he had at Davos. Toby and Chmiel used the LinkedIn post he wrote about his trip to scrutinize the level of discourse about AI transformation. The key takeaway: no one knows what happens next.


Details in the show:

  • Innovation vs Integration
  • The future of the workforce
  • What is creativity


Learn more about ON_Discourse.



About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The Management Track The Management Track Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:27:43 GMT 29:00 679ba87f6ad29b7937100843 false https://ondiscourse.com/ 679ba87f6ad29b7937100843 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-management-track full 1 5 Toby and Chmiel reflect on the future of managers. They ponder the value of the role and whether AI can enhance or replace it. All of the perspectives you will hear come from a recent Group Chat they hosted that was shaped and sharpened by ON_Discourse member Katherine von Jan, founder of tough.day, an employee resilience AI tool. Her exploration of the future of management is revealing a new set of opportunities to help employees and organizations thrive in the AI era.


Details of the show:


  • What do managers really do?
  • The emotional labor involved
  • Why the word 'interesting' is banned


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby and Chmiel reflect on the future of managers. They ponder the value of the role and whether AI can enhance or replace it. All of the perspectives you will hear come from a recent Group Chat they hosted that was shaped and sharpened by ON_Discourse member Katherine von Jan, founder of tough.day, an employee resilience AI tool. Her exploration of the future of management is revealing a new set of opportunities to help employees and organizations thrive in the AI era.


Details of the show:


  • What do managers really do?
  • The emotional labor involved
  • Why the word 'interesting' is banned


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Boardy Boardy Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:14:17 GMT 41:26 67910b4a455ab42f9dc393eb false https://ondiscourse.com/ 67910b4a455ab42f9dc393eb 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 boardy full 1 4 Toby, Dan, and Chmiel argue about Boardy, an AI-bot that crawls LinkedIn, calls you on the phone, asks you personal and probing questions, listens and interprets your answers, and then makes contextual introductions to similar strangers from different networks. Is this what we are talking about when we talk about the future of AI?


Details in the Show:

  • How do we define a good AI innovation?
  • Is Boardy good?
  • Does the internet need a new philosphy?


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> Toby, Dan, and Chmiel argue about Boardy, an AI-bot that crawls LinkedIn, calls you on the phone, asks you personal and probing questions, listens and interprets your answers, and then makes contextual introductions to similar strangers from different networks. Is this what we are talking about when we talk about the future of AI?


Details in the Show:

  • How do we define a good AI innovation?
  • Is Boardy good?
  • Does the internet need a new philosphy?


Learn more about ON_Discourse.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> CES 2025 CES 2025 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:02:18 GMT 32:38 6788063b3b6e600d69ab50a8 true https://ondiscourse.com/ 6788063b3b6e600d69ab50a8 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 ces-2025 full 1 3 Toby and Chmiel break down their trip to CES, where ON_Discourse hosted multiple tours of of the exhibition floor. They talk about the "Agentic Era" on display at the show and how a new audience of industry executives responded to their discourse method.


Details in the show:

  • AI Agents - the Agentic Era
  • Small Language Models
  • LG and agents at home



Learn more about ON_Discourse

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Toby and Chmiel break down their trip to CES, where ON_Discourse hosted multiple tours of of the exhibition floor. They talk about the "Agentic Era" on display at the show and how a new audience of industry executives responded to their discourse method.


Details in the show:

  • AI Agents - the Agentic Era
  • Small Language Models
  • LG and agents at home



Learn more about ON_Discourse

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The Internet Sucks The Internet Sucks Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:22:00 GMT 38:14 6747391874eb04a4dbf55995 true https://ondiscourse.com/ 6747391874eb04a4dbf55995 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-internet-sucks full 1 2 Toby and Dan talk about their trip to Lisbon for Web Summit, legal protections for agents, and why the internet sucks (and how it could be better).


We talk about:


  • AI Startups
  • The Colorado AI Act
  • Why the internet sucks


Interested in becoming an ON_Discourse member? Learn about membership here.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

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]]> Toby and Dan talk about their trip to Lisbon for Web Summit, legal protections for agents, and why the internet sucks (and how it could be better).


We talk about:


  • AI Startups
  • The Colorado AI Act
  • Why the internet sucks


Interested in becoming an ON_Discourse member? Learn about membership here.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The Home is an Interface The Home is an Interface Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:46:47 GMT 44:39 6724f914e4fa0260051fd617 true https://www.ondiscourse.com 6724f914e4fa0260051fd617 6712aef6e21e2bb3149f1fd5 the-home-is-an-interface full 1 1 The team preps for an upcoming enterprise summit about the future of the connected home. Can tech bring families together or will smart-toasters rule the home?


We talk about:

  • emotional AI
  • smart tech vs intelligent tech
  • Bill and Ted's Bogus Adventure


Interested in becoming an ON_Discourse member? Learn about membership here.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The team preps for an upcoming enterprise summit about the future of the connected home. Can tech bring families together or will smart-toasters rule the home?


We talk about:

  • emotional AI
  • smart tech vs intelligent tech
  • Bill and Ted's Bogus Adventure


Interested in becoming an ON_Discourse member? Learn about membership here.

About ON_Discourse


ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 


As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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