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The Futures and Foresight community comprises a remarkable and diverse group of individuals who span, academic, commercial and social interests.
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EP 155: Herding Yaks - Venkatesh Rao

How can newly minted futures and foresight folk make their mark and attract the right work? What does it take to assemble an informal group of independent thinkers to collaborate at the frontier of change? Today’s guest is Venkatesh Rao - writer, consultant, and Yak Herder at the Yak Collective. To go further into Venkat's back catalogue, I have 3 book recommendations: - Tempo explores timing, tactics, and strategy in narrative-driven decision-making - The Gervais Principle is a internet cult cl...

Feb 16, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 155

EP 154: Open to Variety - Stefan Bergheim

A conversation with Dr. Stefan Bergheim. Stefan strengthens Futures Literacy in politics, business, academia, and civil society with events and processes on topics ranging from innovation via mobility and democracy to quality of life. He was an advisor to the German government’s national wellbeing strategy and led the processes “Positive Futures - Forum for Frankfurt” and “Quality of life in the digital age” and is a member of the UNESCO Futures Literacy Network.

Feb 02, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 154

EP 153: Remembering P.R. Sarkar - Building an Exploitation Free Future

A conversation with Sohail Inayatullah and Dada Shambushivananda remembering Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (Baba). They discuss who he was, what he meant to them each and what his legacy is and hope was for an exploitation free future. And they go a bit deeper into the Sarkar Game.

Jan 08, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 153

EP 152: Jawn Lim - Leaving No One Behind

A conversation with Associate Professor Jawn Lim. A design futurist at the Singapore Institute of Technology. He holds an Advance Certificate in Management, Innovation & Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Doctor of Design from Harvard University.

Dec 26, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 152

EP 151: Victor Motti - Alternative Planetary Futures

A returning chat with Victor Motti, Director of the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF), and founder of a new Think Tank in Washington DC, the Alternative Planetary Futures Institute. WFSF is a UNESCO and UN consultative partner and global NGO with members in over 60 countries.

Dec 17, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 151

EP 150: Colin Russo - Weaving the Future

Colin Russo is the Managing Director of Engaging Futures and he has extensive experience in running Community consultation in a range of organisations.

Dec 08, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 149

EP 148: Ciela Hartanov - Where Work is Placed

Dr. Ciela Hartanov joins us to talk about work - what it means, how we do it, and how we create a more humane futures of work. Dr. Ciela Hartanov was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shapi...

Nov 24, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 148

EP 147: Mina McBride - Lifestyle Foresight

Mina works as a futurist for a Fortune 500 corporation in Central Florida, USA. She previously worked at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard’s T.H. Chan Public School of Health on a team that produced executive education programs in sustainability innovation for senior leadership. Mina holds a master’s degree in Strategic Foresight from the University of Houston.

Nov 17, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 147

EP 146: Roger Spitz - Disruptive Futures

A reinterview with Roger Spitz discussing the Disruptive Futures Institute, their new guidebook, existentialism and all points in between.

Nov 11, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 146
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