Videos of Speeches and Interviews
Are There UFOs on Mars?
A presentation for the MUFON Symposium in 2002 with a heavy emphasis on methodology and the sources of some error in UFO research. Stories, speculations, admonitions. Do what it takes to seek the truth in a post-truth environment.
Hacking in the Context of a Pan-global Culture
When Richard Thieme spoke at DefCon 4, he said hacking was practice for trans-planetary life in the 21st century. Well, guess what? It was. But a changing context has also changed what hacking looks like. Context is content, and what was hacking at MIT on a PDP-6 just...
Defending the Information Web
Security to be meaningful requires big picture thinking. It also requires a multi-disciplinary approach which illuminates the landscape in novel ways. It requires looking at macro structures as well as drilling down into granular details. It requires a willingness to...
The Human Dimension of Technology and the Work Place
Alliant Energy invited Richard Thieme in 2001 to illuminate the challenges they faced as a utility in light of changing regulations. mergers, the digital revolution, new security challenges ,and more. He addressed all that with some zest and his insights continue to...
Strategies of Sun Tzu & Multiple Levels of Deception
A stream of consciousness lunchtime riff on playing the game a new way.
Thriving in the Digital World
Almost a quarter century ago, Richard Thieme spoke to other professional speakers about "how to thrive in the digital world." 20 years later, it sounds obvious, but the advice still holds - living on the edges requires focus, intentionality, and discipline. This...
The Dynamics of Mergers
Three Milwaukee clinics – Milwaukee Medical Clinic, West Bend Medical Clinic, and Menomonee Falls Medical Clinic – merged in 1998 to form Advanced Health Care. Richard Thieme spoke to their management teams about the dynamics and challenges of mergers. “The human in...
Teachers are on the Front Lines of the Digital Revolution
The digital revolution was just getting under way in the mid 1990s and the challenge to traditional education was felt keenly by the teachers on the firing line – and on the interface between eras. The teachers of Grays Lake Illinois asked Richard Thieme to help them...
Interview on This Week with Wayne Youngquist
Richard Thieme is interviewed by Wayne Youngquist in 1994 on "This Week" - WSN Channel 12 Milwaukee. Thieme was less than one year into a new career as a professional speaker and writer and discusses his focus at the time.