Digital Disruption
with Geoff Nielson
Our Guest John Bruce Discusses
Taking Back Your Data: Why the Next Web MUST Protect Digital Freedom
What if your data worked for you and not the platforms controlling it?
Today on Digital Disruption, we’re joined by John Bruce, CEO and co-founder of Inrupt.
With a background as both a founder and an executive at global tech firms, John Bruce is uniquely qualified to help engineer the next phase of the web alongside his co-founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He brings to bear decades of successful business leadership and experience creating new markets around innovative software. Prior to partnering with Tim, he was the co-founder and CEO of Resilient, now an IBM company, that developed a new approach to cybersecurity. Through Resilient and four other successful startups, John has experienced firsthand the strategic challenges that the current structure of the web causes for users, developers, and organizations around the world.
John Bruce sits down with Geoff Nielson to talk about a future where individuals and not platforms own their data. John shares how AI, consent-driven data sharing, and a decentralized digital wallet called Charlie could fundamentally reshape how we interact with technology, institutions, and each other. He explains why we must reclaim personal data from tech giants and what “agentic wallets” are and how they work.
The Next Industrial Revolution Is Already Here
Digital Disruption is where leaders and experts share their insights on using technology to build the organizations of the future. As intelligent technologies reshape our lives and our livelihoods, we speak with the thinkers and the doers who will help us predict and harness this disruption.
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Our Guest Dan Diasio Discusses
AI Revolution or Collapse: EY's AI Leader on 4 Futures of Work in 2030
In this episode, we sit down with Dan Diasio, EY’s global consulting AI leader and CTO, to break down the four possible futures of AI, from constraint to full transformation, and what it takes for organizations to win in an AI-driven world.
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Our Guest Ian Beacraft Discusses
Jobs After AI: Futurist Ian Beacraft on What Happens When AI Does All the Work
Ian Beacraft, founder and chief futurist at Signal and Cipher, argues that the next two years will matter more than the last 30, and that AI is not just another tool.
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Our Guest Dr. Rumman Chowdhury Discusses
AI Is Killing Free Will: Ex-Twitter Ethical AI Lead Explains How to Protect Yourself
As the former Head of AI Ethics at Twitter and Accenture, Dr. Chowdhury shares an insider perspective on how Big Tech is consolidating power, why narratives around AGI and “AI intelligence” are often misleading, and how everyday tools from apps to social media, are quietly shaping a surveillance-driven ecosystem.
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Our Guest Salim Ismail Discusses
The AI Comet Has Struck: Moonshots' Salim Ismail Warns Most Organizations Won't Survive AI
In this episode we break down the rapid acceleration of AI, robotics, space tech, and solar energy and what it all means for jobs, business, governments, and your future.