John Hardin, ‎Executive Director, Office of Science, Technology & Innovation, NC Commerce

Summary: These days, we're inundated by what the North Carolina Office of Science, Technology and Innovation call a "data tsunami." Here's a mind-blowing number from their recently released report: We have collected more data about ourselves and our world in the past two years than we have collected in all of human history. Given that data - and its influence on our lives - isn't going away, we need to find a way to do more with it. This week, we sit down with John Hardin, Executive Director of the Office of Science, Technology and Innovation, to tease out some of the ways we could use data to help us be "first in future." We also unmask John's favorite superhero - an amalgam of all the core strengths embodied by forward-thinking North Carolinians.