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title: "Engineering Collective Intelligence with ThoughtExchange"
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# Engineering Collective Intelligence with ThoughtExchange

Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders — S4 Bonus: Engineering Collective Intelligence: How ThoughtExchange Scaled Large-Scale Discussion Engines with Dave MacLeod Press Play to Listen While You Browse S4 Bonus: Engineering Collective Intelligence: How ThoughtExchange Scaled Large-Scale Discussion Engines with Dave MacLeod Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders 0:00 33:00 1× As an interesting turn to the guests I have on the podcast, Dave MacLeod is not a technologist by trade. He is a serial entrepreneur, and an old school face to face facilitator, who cares a lot about what people have to say and feel. He came out of college having taken every course under the sun, and getting zero degrees.. which prepared him perfectly to be a consultant. He lives in a small ski town called Rossland, in British Columbia. And it's important to him to be a good Dad, a good Son, and a good member of his community. Along the way, he got to do some interesting and complex work, where he heard voices representing many different viewpoints. In doing this, he picked up some facilitation techniques to figure out what was important within the diverse groups of people he was working with. He got hooked up with some people building software to solve a similar problem. This is the creation story of ThoughtExchange. Sponsors ProdPerfect Links Website: https://www.thoughtexchange.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-macleod-te/ https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Conversations-Leaders-Access-Potential/dp/1119764459 https://www.diversityinc.com/ Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Amazing tools we use: This podcast is hosted on RedCircle , a FREE platform for podcasts and brands to scale their message. Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast . Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain , sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE If you want an amazing publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pocket Casts , Google Play , Breaker , Youtube , or the podcasting app of your choice. Checkout our episode stacks on Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By