RSPA Trusted Advisor Ep. 151: AI’s Impact with Tech Futurist Byron Reese
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Byron Reese discusses AI's impact and the evolving role of trusted advisors in the future job market.
Episode 151 of “The Trusted Advisor” features tech entrepreneur, futurist, author, and speaker Byron Reese. Reese was a recent featured guest for an RSPA Emerging Technologies Advisory Group meeting. Reese, who has 25 years of experience as a successful technology entrepreneur, answers questions about AI’s impact, the expanding role of trusted advisors in a changing world, and why the jobs of tomorrow will be relationship-based. Reese holds numerous patents and has started and sold multiple companies, including two NASDAQ IPOs. He’s been featured in major media outlets including the Washington Post, New York Times, Wired, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg Businessweek, USA Today, and NPR. Two of his recent books are: The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity We Are Agora: How Humanity Functions as a Single Superorganism That Shapes Our World and Our Future Reese first crossed paths with many RSPA members when he keynoted ScanSource’s 2025 Partner First Conference in Arlington, TX. “The Trusted Advisor,” powered by the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA), is an award-winning content series designed specifically for retail IT VARs and software…
People in this episode
Guest: Byron Reese
Topics covered
- AI
- technology
- trusted advisors
- future of work
Keywords
- entrepreneur
- futurist
- patents
- media
Mentioned in this episode
Products: The Fourth Age, We Are Agora
Books & works: The Trusted Advisor, The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity We Are Agora: How Humanity Functions as a Single Superorganism That Shapes Our World and Our Future
Places: Arlington, TX, North America’s
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