Influential Visions

About Influential Visions

500+ conversations with global executives. Unfiltered. No hype. Hosted by ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler, Influential Visions is the show for leaders and professionals who need to understand what is actually happening in business, AI, and the future of work — and what to do about it. Every episode is a direct conversation with the people overseeing tens of billions in commerce. Leadership, strategy, AI, geopolitical shifts, digital transformation — decoded for people who need to act on what is coming. Full, uncut, ad-free episodes and the 500+ archive are available via MONDAY INFLUENCER®: www.mondayinfluencer.com (http://www.mondayinfluencer.com)

Publisher

Nat Schooler - Business Futurist

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Sept 2019

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

194 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   S15 Ep5: How to Prompt AI to Design Your Next Career Promotion (Step-by-Step)

   The traditional 9-to-5 is disappearing, and with AI automating up to 70% of daily work activities, simply protecting your current role is no longer a viable strategy. In this episode, we break down a step-by-step framework showing you exactly how to prompt AI to design your next promotion and build massive leverage within your company. In this episode, you will learn: The Death of the 9-to-5: Why corporate loyalty models are broken and how to treat your skill set like modular cloud computing in a project-based economy. The 5-Step AI Promotion Framework: How to audit your role, feed unbiased performance data to AI models, analyze industry trajectory gaps, and generate a customized Career Path Worksheet. Pitching Your Promotion: How to present an AI-driven roadmap to your manager to justify a pay raise, delegate low-yield duties, or secure a better title. Prompting Strategy: Why avoiding "garbage in, garbage out" prompts is essential when training custom AI models for your specific domain. Stop waiting for management to map out your growth. Learn how to prompt the tech, protect your human judgment, and design your next promotion before automation forces your hand. 🔗 Resources & Links Monday Influencer® (Curated expert insight for leaders): https://mondayinfluencer.com (https://mondayinfluencer.com) Substack & Tools: https://natschooler.com/tools (https://natschooler.com/tools)

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   2 Oct 2026

   S15 Ep4: EU Chat Control 2.0: Is Mass Surveillance Ending Digital Privacy? | Nat Schooler & Steven J. Manning

   Are your encrypted messages actually private, or is mass surveillance becoming the new normal? In this episode, host Nat Schooler is joined by business strategist Steven J. Manning to dissect EU Chat Control 2.0—the controversial legislative proposal that would force messaging platforms to use client-side scanning directly on smartphones, effectively breaking end-to-end encryption (E2EE) before messages even leave your device. Together, they examine the hidden realities of modern surveillance—from 300,000 mobile apps silently feeding location databases to CCTV networks and retina scanning—while weighing the delicate balance between public safety, child protection, and corporate privacy. What does this mean for executives, business operations, trade secrets, and everyday digital freedom? Episode Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: The Executive Threat of Chat Control 2.0 01:56 - Is Privacy Already an Illusion? (CCTV, Retina Scans & Mass Tracking) 05:05 - Microphones, Faraday Bags, and Background Data Exposure 08:52 - AI Analytics: How 300,000 Apps Track Your Exact Location 10:33 - How Chat Control 2.0 Breaks End-to-End Encryption 12:05 - Protecting Children vs. State Overreach & Legal Fallout 15:08 - Chat Control 1.0 vs. 2.0: What Is Currently Being Scanned? 17:31 - The Security Trade-off: How Much Privacy Will We Give Up? 21:16 - AI Data Centers, Social Media, and Free Speech 26:11 - Predictions: Will Chat Control Pass by 2028? 30:08 - Alternative Tech, Peer-to-Peer Networks, and Securing Your Devices 31:53 - Monday Influencer & Closing Remarks 🔗 SHOW NOTES & OFFICIAL REFERENCES Read the full written executive briefing, view primary EU voting records, and inspect official legal filings on Substack: 👉 https://raw.natschooler.com/p/eu-chat-control-20-the-encryption?utm_source=youtube (https://raw.natschooler.com/p/eu-chat-control-20-the-encryption?utm_source=youtube) Watch our related briefing on EU legislative updates: 👉 https://youtu.be/v_S0_mWS80w?si=3VqdkOrI8RySYaeW (https://youtu.be/v_S0_mWS80w?si=3VqdkOrI8RySYaeW) 📩 GET IN TOUCH & SUBSCRIBE • Monday Influencer Newsletter: Get curated executive intelligence delivered straight to your inbox: https://mondayinfluencer.com (https://mondayinfluencer.com/) • Executive Upskilling & Podcast Inquiries: Are you a founder or C-suite executive navigating digital governance? Email: info@influentialvisions.com • Help Us Reach 100,000 Subscribers: If you found value in this video, hit Subscribe so you never miss these practical executive briefings! #ChatControl #DigitalPrivacy #E2EE #Cybersecurity #TechPolicy #EULaw #NatSchooler #DataGovernance #StevenJManning #CorporateSecurity

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   9 Jul 2026

   S15 Ep3: The Trillion-Dollar Price of Broken Focus

   Meta just disclosed in federal court that it faces up to $1.4 trillion in penalties for building addictive algorithms. If you lead a team, this is not a tech story — it is an operating cost you are already paying. Twenty-three minutes and fifteen seconds: that is how long it takes your best people to fully recover from one interruption, according to two decades of research from UC Irvine. This episode breaks down the court case, the regulatory risk to your content strategy, and what an operator actually does about it. Full written breakdown: https://www.natschooler.com/metas-court-confession-1-4-trillion-and-counting/ (https://www.natschooler.com/metas-court-confession-1-4-trillion-and-counting/) Subscribe : MONDAYINFLUENCER.COM (http://mondayinfluencer.com/) MONDAY INFLUENCER® is a world-renowned strategic digest and executive intelligence platform for those serious about success in business, career, and life.

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• Steven J Manning
• Nicolas Babin
• Manning

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