# John Seely Brown

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The ”Holy Podcast, Batman” Episode

This episode’s topics:  Is AI cheating? What is the impact on intellectual property? Learner assessment? Heck, even job replacement? These questions are both philosophical and pragmatic. What about the value of critical thinking... and does AI take that application away? We explore ways to use AI…

EP 3 Knitting Together Serendipitous Connections: On Imagination and World Building with Ann Pendleton-Jullian and John Seely Brown

In this episode of Cultivating Imagination: Leading Toward a Just Future, Ann Pendleton-Jullian and John Seely Brown explore the depths of imagination for education and leadership. They examine how playing with ideas, listening generously (and generatively), and embracing critique can unlock creati…

John Seely Brown Interview

Download John Seely Brown Interview at ODCE '06 Today is the first day of the ODCE 2006 conference, and we were fortunate enough to have John Seely Brown - author, consulting and former head of Xerox PARC - address the convention.  Following the speech, Rich James of Columbus State Community Colle…

Reading the Context: Becoming Fluent in AI through Play

We've moved from the "age of Enlightenment" to the "Age of Entanglement," says John Seely Brown, a long-time leading thinker, technologist and scholar on learning. In this episode of Future Fluent, Jeremy Roschelle and Betsy Corcoran go the source: JSB has done it all, from working at a bookie in h…

Episode 15 | John Wookey: Strategy, AI, and the Art of Leadership

This week, Meg and Amy sit down with John Wookey, a legend in the enterprise software world, to explore the power of mission and values in organizations, why transparency is essential for strong leadership, and how AI is reshaping the way we work. John also reflects on the importance of unlearning …

What Happens When the World is Built on Stacks of Wizards

How do you work with a "wizard"? Season two of Future Fluent kicks off with a provocative interview with Ethan Mollick, a professor, writer and deep observer of the fast evolving relationship between artificial intelligence, learning and the future of work. Agentic AI, Mollick observes, is a collec…

What Happens When the World is Built on Stacks of Wizards

How do you work with a "wizard"? Season two of Future Fluent kicks off with a provocative interview with Ethan Mollick, a professor, writer and deep observer of the fast evolving relationship between artificial intelligence, learning and the future of work. Agentic AI, Mollick observes, is a collec…

Sidestepping AI’s ‘Nasty, Unintended Consequences’

Pat Yongpradit has been the face of Code.org for a dozen years and is a prominent, worldwide AI literacy leader. Just this month, he’s also taken on a big new leadership role at Microsoft. We we know why he's in demand: He's bracingly clear eyed about the challenges educators face in 2026 and beyon…

678. Exploring Exponential Organizations with Salim Ismail

Salim Ismail is a co-founder & partner at Exponential Venture Capital, founder of OpenExO, founding Executive Director at Singularity University, and an author. His latest work is, Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do …

MIT Milestone Celebration | The Future of OCW and Education (480p), Nov 28, 2007

Harold Abelson, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT; Charles Vest, president, National Academic of Engineering, President Emeritus, MIT; John Seely Brown, former Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation; Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, Government of IndiaUplo…