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FuturePod

FuturePodwww.futurepod.org
The Futures and Foresight community comprises a remarkable and diverse group of individuals who span, academic, commercial and social interests.
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Episodes

EP 199 - Patterns of Strategy - Patrick Hoverstadt

Patrick Hoverstadt is a Director and Consultant at Fractal Consulting and the author of The Fractal Organisation and Patterns of Strategy. Patrick is a viable system model (VSM) expert and we cover his deep views on systems thinking.

Aug 26, 202447 minSeason 1Ep. 199

EP 196 - Polycrisis - Michael Lawrence and Megan Shipman

A conversation with Michael Lawrence and Megan Shipman who are from the Cascade Institute which is a Canadian research centre at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia about Polycrisis and the community they are supporting to understanding, mitigating and managing it.

Jul 14, 202444 minSeason 1Ep. 195

EP 195 - Unlocking Change The Bookcast - Rob Roe

Rob Roe returns to FuturePod to discuss his latest venture in the world of managing change. A bookcast that distils the best of the books on change that Rob has found through his extensive reading.

Jul 07, 202444 minSeason 1Ep. 195

EP 194 - Why Foresight Matters! - John Smart

John Smart, the CEO of Foresight U, joins us to chat about his book ‘An Introduction to Foresight’. Among many things he expands on his three mottos for investing in foresight and doing good work sustainably.

Jun 24, 20241 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 194

EP 193 - Complex Mess - Meredith Bowden & Dave Godden

Meredith Bowden and Dave Godden host a community called Complex Mess that supports people who are looking for new and different ways to engage with complex messes. They explain how to Coddiwomple is to travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination.

Jun 16, 202443 minSeason 1Ep. 193

EP 189 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Signs of Change & Envisioning Future Humanitarian Aid

We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Petranka Malcheva about their double award for the project embedding long-term thinking in Welsh government and Laurie Smith and the work of NESTA and Prospect magazine around a Minister for the Future hypothetical.

May 19, 202448 minSeason 1Ep. 189

EP 188 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Embedding Long-Term Thinking & Minister for the Future

We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Petranka Malcheva about their double award for the project embedding long-term thinking in Welsh government and Laurie Smith and the work of NESTA and Prospect magazine around a Minister for the Future hypothetical.

May 12, 202451 minSeason 1Ep. 188

EP 187 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Dreams and Disruptions & Young Voices

We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from the team from the Center for Engaged Foresight in the Philippines and their game, Dreams and Disruptions and the Teach the Future gang and their incredible project - World Futures Day, Young Voices.

May 06, 202459 minSeason 1Ep. 187

EP 186 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Fashion Futuring & Healing Past Trauma

We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Clarice Garcia and her toolkit called values Driven Transitions for Fashion’s Imagined Futures and Steven Lichty and his work in Kenya breaking the cycle of Intergenerational trauma.

Apr 29, 202442 minSeason 1Ep. 186

EP 185 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Expanding Imaginations and Intergenerational Wellbeing

We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Mikko Dufva from the amazing SITRA and their work with Weak Signals and how they make them ‘real’ and Valery Wichman and their work in the Cook Islands to shape a hundred year vision anchored in collective wellbeing.

Apr 18, 202449 minSeason 1Ep. 185

EP 183 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Transformative Food & Museum Repatriation

We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Estefania Simon-Sasyk and the folks at Transform and their work with the Mycelium network to transform food systems and Elizabeth Merritt and her work assisting Museums use futures tools to help the repatriation of cultural artifacts.

Apr 12, 202451 minSeason 1Ep. 183

EP 182 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Democracy Games & PAN

We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Randy Lubin and Mike Masnick and their award winning game, Futurecast, developed for the UN Global Pulse to help fragile democracies and Alex de las Heras whose documentary essay set in different locations in the Andean region exploring future time, memory and decolonisation.

Apr 10, 202435 minSeason 1Ep. 182

EP 181 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - Interspecies Surrogacy & Utopia

We are delighted to continue our new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Luna Mrozik Gawler, an artist, writer and scholar based in Melbourne, Australia and their award-winning work on Interspecies Surrogacy and Jennifer Williams and Matjaz Vidmar and their Utopia Labs experimental futures process. Interviewed by : Peter Hayward with Maggie Greyson and John Sweeney

Apr 06, 202450 minSeason 1Ep. 181

EP 180 - APF IF 2023 Awards Spotlight - The Plantiverse & Gen Z Innovations Tour

We are delighted to start a new podcast series based on the Winners and honorable mentions from the APF 2023 IF Awards. Today we hear from Cecilia Tham , from Futurity Systems in Barcelona, Spain and their award winning work onthe Plantiverse and Bronwyn Williams and the Gen Z Innovations Tour for corporate leaders developed by the team from Flux Trends in South Africa.

Apr 04, 202452 minSeason 1Ep. 180

EP 179 - Eleven Tomorrows : A Futures Film - David Lindsay-Wright

A return conversation with Dr David Lindsay-Wright who is a Futurist, Educator and Filmmaker about his latest venture. A communities view of their preferred futures(s) for Brisbane, Australia and that approach to futures work as compared to expert or decision-makers driven futures work.

Mar 10, 202459 minSeason 1Ep. 179

EP 178 - What Government Could Be - Thea Snow

A conversation with Thea Snow, Director of the Centre for Public Impact Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Thea works in exploring ways to engage government and other changemakers to reimagine what government could be.

Mar 05, 202442 minSeason 1Ep. 178

EP 177 - Foresight & Innovation - Patrick van der Duin

A conversation with Patrick van der Duin who is a researcher, consultant and educator in Foresight and Innovation Management about how Foresight drives Innovation and Innovation drives Foresight, and that they are two sides of the same coin.

Jan 31, 202459 minSeason 1Ep. 177

EP 176: Exploring the Future Through Games - Randy Lubin

Randy Lubin is an award-winning foresight games designer, discussing how he brings these two disciplines together and how other games-curious futures practitioners can learn to bring games into their practice.

Jan 22, 202438 minSeason 1Ep. 176

EP 174: Trans Normal Futures - Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones returns for a chat on all things Post Normal and Trans Normal. Chris is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Post Normal Policy and Future Studies and Executive Director at the Trans Normal Institute.

Dec 13, 202345 minSeason 1Ep. 174
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