Doug Hohulin is President and Founder of Exponential Blueprint Consulting LLC, working on how AI can save 1 billion lives on projects “when the AI system has to be right” in healthcare, regulation and governance, road safety, education, and energy. Doug worked for Motorola and Nokia for 33 years in strategy, business development, account management, and engineering roles across 1G to 6G technology. He is co-author of 2030: A Blueprint for Humanity’s Exponential Leap and Tech Powered Healing: The Future of Medicine in the AI Age, and serves as VRARA Chapter President for Kansas City and Generative AI Committee Chair.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughohulin/
Website: 2030Book.org
Host: Richard Lowe | Guest: Doug Hohulin
Summary
Richard Lowe interviews Doug Hohulin, a technologist and former executive at Motorola and Nokia with over 33 years in the tech and telecom industries. Doug’s mission is to save one billion lives using AI while preserving what makes us human.
The conversation covers how artificial intelligence can help improve healthcare, extend quality of life, prevent avoidable deaths, and empower people to take control of their well-being. With 63 million annual deaths worldwide, many are preventable with smart tech that serves as a health assistant for doctors, clinicians, and patients. Doug outlines his “Rule of 5” wellness focus: sleep, sugar reduction, strength and stretching, lifelong learning, and socialization.
Richard shares his own experience using ChatGPT for personalized health and lifestyle insights, comparing AI advice to doctor visits with surprising outcomes. They discuss AI-generated meal planning for specific conditions like prostate cancer and how AI can simplify wellness into actionable plans.
The conversation shifts to writing and thought leadership. Doug’s co-authored works include Tech Powered Healing: The Future of Medicine in the AI Age and 2030: A Blueprint for Humanity’s Exponential Growth, published by the University of Toronto Press. His upcoming book, Everything Is AI: Saving 1 Billion Lives and Preserving Our Humanity, closes with the line “Everything is not AI.”
Richard discusses how books serve as business tools that open doors, start conversations, and build credibility. He shares his own path through grief, creativity, and ghostwriting, including overcoming shyness through photography and storytelling and building human connection through writing.
They also explore disease and history in the context of AI, touching on past health crises like smallpox and the Spanish flu, why personalized medicine matters, and the importance of balancing technology with humanity.
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