Dnext is the innovation, creativity and entrepreneur's podcast. The world is changing faster than it ever has. The new Dnext Podcast speaks to leading thinkers from around the planet to reimagine the future in the brave new worlds of tech, business and social innovation.
Daniel Lamarre is the past CEO and Vice Chairman of Cirque Du Soleil and author of the new business book, BALACING ACTS. This interview was conducted in cooperation with the Entrepreneurship Academy, Canadore College.
11 Sept 2023
Dnext Jonathan Taplin
Jonathan Taplin is a writer, film producer and scholar. He is the Director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab (http://www.annenberglab.com/) at the University of Southern California and was a Professor at the USC Annenberg School from 2003-2016 in the field of international communication management and digital media entertainment. Taplin began his entertainment career in 1969 as Tour Manager for Bob Dylan and The Band. In 1973 he produced Martin Scorsese's first feature film, Mean Streets (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMean-Streets-Special-Julie-Andleman%2Fdp%2FB000286RP2%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1200167218%26sr%3D1-1&tag=jotasbl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325), which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. Between 1974 and 1996, Taplin produced 26 hours of television documentaries (including The Prize and Cadillac Desert for PBS) and 12 feature films including The Last Waltz (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLast-Waltz-Band%2Fdp%2FB00003CXB1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1200167365%26sr%3D1-1&tag=jotasbl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325), Until The End of the World, Under Fire (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUnder-Fire-Nick-Nolte%2Fdp%2FB00005LOKX%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1200167475%26sr%3D1-1&tag=jotasbl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325) and To Die For (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDie-Nicole-Kidman%2Fdp%2F076781777X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1200167604%26sr%3D1-1&tag=jotasbl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325). His films were nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe awards and chosen for The Cannes Film Festival five times.
In 1984 Taplin acted as the investment advisor to the Bass Brothers in their successful attempt to save Walt Disney Studios from a corporate raid. This experience brought him to Merrill Lynch, where he served as vice president of media mergers and acquisitions. In this role, he helped re-engineer the media landscape on transactions such as the leveraged buyout of Viacom. Taplin was a founder of Intertainer and has served as its Chairman and CEO since June 1996. Intertainer (http://www.intertainer.com/)was the pioneer video-on-demand company for both cable and broadband Internet markets. Taplin holds two patents for video on demand technologies. Professor Taplin has provided consulting services on Broadband technology to the President of Portugal and the Parliament of the Spanish state of Catalonia and the Government of Singapore.
Mr. Taplin graduated from Princeton University. He is a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and sits on the Author’s Guild Council and the Board of the American Music Association. Mr. Taplin was appointed to the California Broadband Task Force and the City of Los Angles Technology and Innovation Council. He was named one of the 50 most social media savvy professors in America by Online College and one of the 100 American Digerati by Deloitte’s Edge Institute.
HIS NEW BOOK, THE END OF REALITY: HOW 4 BILLIONAIRES ARE SELLING A FANTASY FUTURE OF THE METAVERSE, MARS AND CRYPTO (https://www.jontaplin.com/)
31 Aug 2023
Dnext: Dr. Steven Hayward
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Steven Hayward has published four books of fiction, including The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke (https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Mitzvah-Lucio-Burke/dp/0676977049) (winner of the Premio Grinzane Cavour prize), and the Canadian national bestseller Don’t Be Afraid (https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Be-Afraid-Steven-Hayward/dp/0676977367/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Hayward+don%27t+be+afraid&qid=1627138334&s=books&sr=1-1). A founding member of the Critical Karaoke Radio Project (https://musicologynow.org/the-critical-karaoke-radio-project/), he is also Editor-At-Large of Springs Magazine (https://springsmag.com/) and is the Director of the Colorado College Journalism Institute (https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/journalism-institute/about/). The creator of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s Colorado Cold Case Podcast (https://gazette.com/colorado-cold-case/), he was the writer, host, and executive producer of the show’s first two seasons. A confessed Block Plan enthusiast and founding member of IBILTA (the International Block and Intensive Learning and Teaching Association), he co-directed a documentary feature film (https://vimeo.com/511210445) about the Block Plan’s past and present and produced a podcast series (https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/blockplan/2020/podcast/index.html) about the history of its founding.
WATCH DR. HAYWARD's TEDX TALK:
(1) How to binge a college semester in one week | Steven Hayward | TEDxManitouSpringsLive - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsbvfr4KVQU)
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