The Grand Challengers Podcast Episode #56

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Guest: Fred Jordan

December 23rd, 2025

Episode Teaser

Introduction

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Alma Schellart…

On today’s show,…

Biography

Makoto Kern… biography

Resources Related to the Episode

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Episode Chapters

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  • 0:00 Intro
  • 1:59 Guest Intro and Studio Background Design Talk
  • 4:49 How an electrical engineer got into UX
  • 12:36 The basics of UX vs. UI
  • 21:00 The steps to founding iiimpact
  • 30:21 The domains iiimpact has worked in
  • 36:47 The AI Competence Mirage and Cybersecurity
  • 43:37 Tips for Entrepreneurs – the importance of the team
  • 49:49 Talking AI
  • 59:42 Make an iiimpact Podcast
  • 1:04:33 Q&A Start
  • 1:04:58 What does innovation mean to you?
  • 1:06:17 Key moment, event, book, person
  • 1:08:46 Time management
  • 1:09:48 Favourite childhood memory
  • 1:12:09 Biggest challenge to date
  • 1:13:33 Advice for young professionals
  • 1:14:32 What would you most like to be remembered for?
  • 1:15:17 Where can people find you?
  • 1:16:22 Final message
  • 1:16:43 Outro

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