Better Innovation – Détails, épisodes et analyse

As the digital landscape becomes increasingly dominated by a few major technology companies, the drive for a more equitable and inclusive internet has never been more urgent. In this episode of Better Innovation, host Jeffrey Saviano is joined by Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, President of Project Liberty and a visionary leader working tirelessly to decentralize data control and democratize digital platforms. Tomicah, who leads this $500 million initiative to develop alternatives to big tech, presents Project Liberty’s mission to enhance individual control over data and ensure fair economic benefits resulting from innovation initiatives.  

With a rich background in policy and global advisory roles across both the public and private sectors, Tomicah shares how businesses can contribute to and benefit from a more open and equitable digital future. From examining the role of major tech platforms like TikTok in driving change, to debating the future of data rights and AI regulation, Tillemann offers a comprehensive view on how we can build a better internet.

As AI rapidly advances, integrating ethical considerations into AI-enabled products, solutions, and business models is essential, however AI practitioners and business leaders report that putting AI ethics into practice is quite daunting. In this episode of Better Innovation, host Jeff Saviano welcomes Reid Blackman, a world-renowned AI ethics leader, author, podcaster, and CEO of Virtue, a digital ethical risk consultancy. Drawing from many leading principles in his book "Ethical Machines," Reid unpacks the complexities of AI ethics and explains why implementing ethics in practice often lags behind other elements of AI adoption. The discussion extends beyond the book to explore how organizations - and their corporate boards in particular -can effectively navigate ethical dilemmas and risk management more broadly. Join this insightful conversation that will broaden, and perhaps even challenge, your understanding of the ethics of AI.

Join us as we kick off season 7 of Better Innovation and our mini-series on Responsible AI with guests Benjamin Alarie and Abdi Aidid, co-authors of their new book ‘The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better.’ Ben is a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and is the co-founder and CEO of Blue J. Abdi teaches in the areas of civil procedure, torts, and law & technology, also at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Jeff, Abdi and Ben explore the concept of “The Legal Singularity,” a future state where technology facilitates the functional "completeness" of the law. The conversation spans the implications of the law’s textual nature, AI’s impact on the professional responsibilities within the practice of law, and the potential for AI to radically improve our legal processes, institutions, and society.

Governments around the world are increasingly turning to advanced technologies, big data sets, and analytic tools to improve their decisions. Blockchain is just one advanced technology that is assisting governments with identity verification and fraud prevention. EY Global Tax Innovation Leader Jeff Saviano and Sandy Pentland, the MIT Toshiba professor and one of the most cited scientists in the world, discuss government advanced technology adoption trends.

Will the recent overhaul of the US tax code positively impact the US innovation ecosystem? Host EY Global Tax Innovation Leader Jeff Saviano talks with former US Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy and EY Co-Director of National Tax, Michael Mundaca to explore whether the new tax law will ultimately promote or serve as a barrier to corporate innovation in the US. They also share their ideas about actions that Congress could have taken to spur more innovation. Please share any podcast feedback or ideas for future episodes with Jeff at jeffrey.saviano@ey.com. 

Often large businesses are adept at incremental innovation but struggle with strategies to prevent disruption. How can your organization embrace startups, entrepreneurs and others within the innovation ecosystem to discover and commercialize disruptive ideas that could transform your industry? Carrie Earle Allen of the Cambridge Innovation Center explains to EY Global Tax Innovation Leader Jeff Saviano why even thriving companies should avail themselves of an innovation ecosystem. 

What are lean innovation principles? How can large business organizations apply them to successfully innovate and build new products and services? Tucker Marion, Faculty Director of Northeastern University’s Master of Science in Innovation Program, speaks with EY Global Tax Innovation Leader Jeff Saviano about how to navigate the vast innovation ecosystem and successfully launch an innovation effort from within a large business organization.

Augmented Reality (AR) hasn’t gone mainstream just yet . . . but, it is already assisting companies solve problems in a new way - in a fast changing digital economy. John Werner, founder and CEO of AR in Action and founder of TEDxBeaconStreet explains to EY Global Tax Innovation Leader Jeff Saviano how AR can help businesses thrive. They also discuss Werner’s passion for TEDx Talks and his recent talk about AR.

On today’s Better Innovation episode with Martin Chorzempa, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Jeff explores a significant moment in the annals of innovation history: China’s cashless revolution. In a discussion about his recently published book, The Cashless Revolution: China's Reinvention of Money, named one of the best economics books of 2022 by the Financial Times, Martin provides an extraordinary look at China’s innovation in finance and technology. He and Jeff delve into the rise of super-apps, the shifting views in China about how to best regulate these fintech solutions, and how other countries can learn from China's leading transformation.

For several decades, data protection has captured our full attention, but have we failed to protect people in its pursuit? Live from our Better Innovation Boston studio, EY’s Jeff Saviano sits down with Elizabeth Renieris, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, who explores this topic in her new book, Beyond Data: Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse. Elizabeth’s captivating book calls for an entirely different data framework centered on the protection of human rights.

A leading authority on digital identity, cross-border data protection / privacy laws, and innovative technologies such as blockchain and AI, Elizabeth argues that laws focused on data protection, data privacy, data security and data ownership have unintentionally failed to protect core human values, including personal privacy. Jeff probes this topic with Elizabeth, while also addressing technology governance, common data misconceptions, and her proposition for a new human rights-based approach to data.