#42: Joachim De Vos (Living Tomorrow)

In this episode we speak with Joachim De Vos, Co-chair and Managing Partner of Living Tomorrow, founder of TomorrowLab, and professor of scenario planning at Ghent University.

Since the early 1990s, when the first House of the Future opened its doors, Joachim has helped organizations and policymakers prepare for what’s next through foresight, scenario planning, and innovation strategy.

He is also the author of Why Innovation Fails, which examines the pitfalls of innovation and how companies can become “future fit.” The book features a deep dive into the Kodak case, developed with Steven Sasson, the inventor of the digital camera.

We talk about the lessons of innovation success and failure, how to keep a strong vision alive inside complex organizations, and the future shifts Joachim believes will change how we live and work.

Show notes:

Living Tomorrow (https://www.livingtomorrow.com/nl/)

TomorrowLab (https://www.tomorrowlab.com/)

Joachim De Vos (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachimdevos/?originalSubdomain=be)

Frank Belien (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-belien-66a6b815/?originalSubdomain=be) 

Joachim De Vos - Why Innovation fails (https://www.lannoo.be/nl/why-innovation-fails-0) 

Evi Gruyaert - Waarom luisteren gelukkig maakt (https://www.pelckmansuitgevers.be/waarom-luisteren-gelukkig-maakt.html) 

Time stamps:

00:00 Intro

03:35 Bill Gates at the opening of the house of the future

9:00 About the first house of the future

13:00 About the second house of the future

14:45 About the current evolutions

30:30 How does not being CEO anymore shift your focus? 

39:30 What are good tools to better handle organizations?

45:30 Thinking about the future is art

48:00 Outro