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In this episode of the Experience We-Ha Podcast, Jeff and Ryan sit down with Brent Robertson of Fathom LLC. We talk about a myriad of topics with Brent – from helping organizations uncover their “why” to future design and about how the people with a “rock in their shoe” are making a difference in the world.

Brent on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentrobertson

Fathom’s Website: http://bit.ly/2F6UNV4

Brent’s bio: Brent works with leaders to design futures worth fighting for. A partner at Fathom, he champions an approach to strategic planning, employee engagement, leadership succession and market differentiation that prioritizes people and relationships. As a result, his clients don’t simply plan their futures, they bring them to life through the energy of organization-wide involvement in, and commitment to, generating valuable businesses that matter.

Episode Chapters:

0:00 – Intro/Brent’s Affinity for West Hartford

3:15 – How Brent/Fathom got it’s start and finding a company’s “Why”

8:45 – The Foodshare project

13:25 – Types of organizations Brent works with

15:44 – Common issues in organizations

17:50 – Brent’s thoughts on artificial intellegence

21:25 – Breaking the rules

23:30 – Future Design

26:30 – Elon Musk and future designers

30:30 – People with a ‘rock in their shoe’

34:50 – Is Connecticut “America’s filing cabinet”?

37:30 – The emergence of blockchain

43:00 – The outside looking in

46:36 – Binary thinking

49:56 – Entrepreneurship & Civic Duty

51:30 – Brent on social media

52:20 – Brent’s favorite We-Ha dish