The Action Catalyst
The Upside of Disruption, with Terence Mauri (AI, Technology, Leadership, Futurism)
Tue, 04 Feb 2025
Terence Mauri, acclaimed author and founder of Hack Future Lab, shares the accident that changed the trajectory of his life, explains how risk and reward travel in the same elevator and why regret minimization is important, and talks about the 3 time horizons of AI as a disruptor, warm AI vs cold AI, being a self-confessed failure pioneer, and why we are living in an Age of Wonder, Age of Possibility. Bonus: a bit of philosophy from Mike Tyson.Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/StudentsSouthwestern Student Coaching
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The worst thing we can do is actually not take any risk because being addicted to certainty can make us feel comfortable. But if that certainty is also causing a stagnation, we're not learning anymore, we're not moving anymore, well, that's not a good place to be. You know, life is short. If we're lucky, we get about 960 months to live. It's not to make people feel scared.
It's this idea that it's never been easier to waste time and waste energy, that not taking a risk is a risk.
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Today's guest is Terence Mowry, a global expert on the future of leadership, AI, and disruption. He is the founder of the Future Trends think tank, Hack Future Lab, and an acclaimed author. Maury's spirit heads a movement for leaders to rethink leadership in a post-AI world. His newest book is called The Upside of Disruption. It's out right now. Terrence, great to meet you.
Thank you so much, Adam, for inviting me.
Absolutely. Well, listen, there's so many amazing present things to ask you about in terms of your work and the work you're doing this moment. But one of the things I always love hearing about from people who have generated a lot of success in life and their different paths is their roots and their beginnings.
The philosopher Kierkegaard said that life is best lived forwards, but is best understood backwards. And I can really relate to that. I had my whole life and career mapped out in a very linear way. But as another famous philosopher, Mike Tyson, once said, you can have the best laid plans until somebody punches you in the mouth. And this is what happened to me.
So I had a successful career management consultancy. Things were going well. I was making good progress. One day I walked into a store. I was in the middle of the day and a car driver lost control and drove a car into the store. He mounted the curb. It was actually a terrible accident. Nobody lost their lives that day, but many people were injured, including myself.
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