AI in Higher Education, Fine Arts, and Experiencing Connectedness

Learn about AI outside of tech with Brian Fretwell (Finding Good) and Dr. Erika Wong (My Practice Playbook)

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Sabrina Ramonov
November 05, 2024

Amazing interviews this week with Brian Fretwell (Finding Good) and Dr. Erika Wong (My Practice Playbook) discussing AI in higher education, helping artists launch their careers, experiencing connectedness, building success maps, unbiased feedback, and helping you meet the fundamental need to be seen, heard, and valued.

Incredibly important topics that deserve far more attention!

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AI in Higher Education and Fine Arts

Dr. Erika Wong is a startup founder, practising artist, podcast co-host, and lecturer at various institutions. Her research looks at the valuation and legitimisation system of the Art World and its relationship to the Creative Class, focusing on creative entrepreneurship and current technologies. Dr. Wong has worked internationally in tech, fashion, and art strategising. She is a Fellow in Higher Education and holds a Ph.D. in Business from the University of Brighton in Brighton, England; an MA in Creative Practice for Narrative Environment from Central St. Martins in London, England; and a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Her startup, My Practice Playbook, helps artists break into the industry and navigate the complex art market. Erika saw a gap in how artists access information and support. She created a holistic playbook to help artists successfully navigate the industry, focusing on streamlining key admin tasks, having a grounded mindset and expectations, and learning self-advocacy and self-reliance.

As an educator at 4 universities, spanning both business and art, Erica has developed AI chatbots to assists students with course-related questions and exercises. This allows students to seek help at any time, rather than emailing her at 2am with urgent questions!

We also discussed AI-powered personalized learning, which Iā€™m personally very bullish on!

Combining AI and Neuroscience to Experience Connectedness

Brian Fretwell is the Founder of Finding Good, a company dedicated to helping people have more meaningful conversations. His methodology uses the science behind connection to make listening less transactional and more transformational.

Brian has spent his life exploring how listening can be the most effective tool for change when we use the right questions. As a teacher in juvenile corrections, he saw how better questions can influence behaviors. As a facilitator and consultant in mining, oil and gas companies, he helped people see how better listening can help save lives. And today he works with individuals, entire school districts, and large organizations to develop stronger connections through the power of questions. His TEDx has generated over 2.5 million views, his TikTok videos are viewed by millions monthly, and his book "Experts of Our Potential" is widely popular as Brian is a natural, compelling, and engaging storyteller.

In our conversation, I learned a lot about neuroscience and how the need to feel valued is just as fundamental as physical needs like food and water. Brian developed a framework and AI chatbot to help you document your daily wins, provide you with unbiased feedback, analyze opportunities you may not have considered, and regularly help reinforce your sense of value and worth.

Given the human tendency to lose ourselves in negative thought spirals, using AI to help maintain a healthier balanced view of ourselves is an amazing, much-needed use case.

His early experiments rolling out this AI-enabled approach to teams and organizations seems really promising, and Iā€™m super excited to see how it can also be applied to build strong self-sustaining communities.

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