Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message.
Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn
Episode Title:๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟGeopolitical Tortoise and Hare Race๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Another captivating episode in the BRICS & Geopolitics Series (#HTBRICSSeries) on Heads Talk where we explore the shifting landscape of money, trade, politics, conflict, and the technologies shaping the next global order.
This week, Iโm joined by David Sime, Chief Innovation Strategist at Invantage Ltd, with over 25 yearsโ experience spanning international markets, emerging technologies, and education. David has advised global institutions on navigating technological and geopolitical disruption, leading projects in AI, XR, Digital Twins, post-quantum encryption, and advanced energy systems. All with a focus on real-world impact and societal resilience.
In this conversation, we marry AI sovereignty and safety with the rise of BRICS+ and the cyclical nature of empires. Topics that might seem worlds apart, yet intersect at every level. From the cultural and political dimensions of surveillance technology to the contrasting innovation models of East and West, David takes us deep into how emerging tech both shapes and reflects global power shifts.
We ask: Can Western innovation, constrained by shareholder short-termism, compete with BRICS nationsโ state-aligned, long-horizon strategies? How will AI governance evolve in a multipolar world? And what can historyโs great power cycles tell us about the future weโre building?
David's Post Mentioned here
Topics Covered
โฝ๏ธ Career transition from global market analysis to technology and education
โฝ๏ธ Tragedy of the Horizon and Western short-termism in innovation
โฝ๏ธ Western shareholder stranglehold on innovation versus BRICS+ rapid development model
โฝ๏ธ AI safety frameworks and verification protocols for dual-use systems
โฝ๏ธ Global AI interoperability without reinforcing geopolitical fragmentation
โฝ๏ธ Designing AI architectures for diverse legal and resource environments
โฝ๏ธ AI failures in East vs West:- Differing risks and implications
โฝ๏ธ BRICS innovation strategies in a multipolar technology landscape
โฝ๏ธ Cyclical nature of empires and shifting global power dynamics
So downloadโณgrab a cup of Bird & Blend Tea Co. - Mocha Chai Tea โ๏ธ& have a listen๐
Episode Sponsored by
โฝ๏ธAccxia - ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐'๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ฅ โ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ โ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ ๐ธ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐๐
ABOUT THE HOST
#AFlyOnTheBoardroomWall #HTBRICSSeries #HeadsTalkPodcast
Follow, Support, Contact Heads Talkยฎ - A Fly On The Boardroom Wall
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Burden
The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; โHe paid me to do it.โ David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a โliveโ investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was Davidโs claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, โbrokeโ her.โ The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run โTrying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.โ Thatโs Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the howโฆ and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentinaโs leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one womanโs triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as โThe Corner on Blood.โ The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didnโt do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one manโs last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someoneโs gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the directorโs cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. โThe Hulkโ was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But thatโs all heโd say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. โThe guilty have gone free,โ he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.