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Jun 4, 2025 • 45min

36. Antifragile Organizations Beyond Resilience - Hope for the Future

Have you heard of antifragile organizations? They go beyond resilience and give us hope for the future, according to Janka Krings-Klebe, co-author of a new book, The Antifragile Organization: From Hierarchies to Ecosystems.  More here: https://imaginize.world/the-antifragile-organization-with-janka-krings-klebe/ IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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May 28, 2025 • 47min

35. The Ten Permissions with Jillian Reilly

Jillian Reilly has explored the future and change making for many years. Her new book is The Ten Permissions: with the intriguing subtitle Redefining the Rules of Adulting in the 21st Century. She is a change facilitator and keynote speaker. More here https://imaginize.world/the-ten-permissions-with-jillian-reilly/In 2012 at the age of 23 she wrote a book about her own experiences as an aid worker in Zimbabwe during the peak of the HIV/AIDS outbreak. The book “Shame: Confessions of an Aid Worker in Africa” is a hard, honest narrative about the reality on the ground. Jillian addresses the fundamental problem with international aid and how to work within this broken system for social change.In all her work and writing she combines activism, future-oriented thinking and practical ways to move forward. IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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May 14, 2025 • 18min

34. AI on Wheels - Education Where the Children Are - Sachin Joshi

Sachin Joshi is an education activist, and a highly recognized leader in education in India. He is the founder of the Espalier Experimental and Heritage Schools that in fact got the first prize by the Maharashtra government in 2014. More here: https://imaginize.world/ai-on-wheels-with-sachin-usha-vilas-joshi/Espalier follows the Gandhi Montessori philosophy which involves holistic child development, experiential learning, and hands-on activities.Sachin was the first Indian to deliver a lecture on "Education and Democracy" at the European Council and European Parliament in 2016.He created Education on Wheels 6 years ago, then it evolved into AI on Wheels. He describes it in detail in the podcast and why and how it happened. IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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Apr 17, 2025 • 26min

33. PORTALMANIA by Debbie Urbanski - A Wide Open Future

Portalmania is a series of stories written over 7 years. In Debbie's work, portals are both openings and closings. Read more here: https://imaginize.world/portalmania-with-debbie-urbanski/They are transitions between us and others, and between different versions of ourselves. The impact on people who go through them is powerful. She talks about a terrifying and wide open future for our children and hopes they will see and live things we cannot.People are different and as relationships develop, differences may be accepted or rejected. Or people may try hard to change you.Can you imagine going through a portal into a new world? Listen to Portalmania and then decide!  IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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Mar 23, 2025 • 30min

32. Sundeep Waslekar - A World Without War

Sundeep is a leading thinker the future, what may or will happen, and how to prepare. He is the author of the much-read book "A World Without War". Read more here: https://imaginize.world/a-world-without-war-in-our-global-future-with-sundeep-waslekar/Chairman of the Strategic Foresight Group, an India-based think tank that has worked with or on 65 countries since its founding in 2002, he is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflicts in Oxford.He says more and more our problems are civilizational, but our responses are national. This results in a fundamental malfunctioning of the international system. We run risks in even the short term from nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence that is badly used. Sundeep works with organizations - national and global - to help find workable solutions. He tells us more in his podcast below. IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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Feb 23, 2025 • 16min

31. Face our Dreams. Be the change we want to see. Agatha Akullu

Agatha talks about how we need to face our dreams. Read more here: https://imaginize.world/agatha-akullu-read-us-africa/We need to think: What can I do for others? Not what can they do for me. She explains how her aunt started with her when she was 3 years old. Read, write and get a sweet. Covid lockdown started a fast-growing bookclub which led to the creation of Read Us Africa, whose goal is to empower young Africans as readers, writers, and leaders. This involves a publishing house, a bookstore and gradually reaching a million readers. The goal is to reach 8 million by 2030.Her goal is to inspire the next generation of African leaders through  Read Us Africa. She is a member of USAID Youth Leaders Advisory Board (YLAB), SDG-4 Global Youth Ambassador with Their World, a Global Peace Ambassador and a 2023 UNICEF Youth Innovation Winner  IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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Feb 2, 2025 • 36min

30. Opening up alternative futures with Sohail Inayatullah

Sohail Inayatullah is a world-renowned futurist and the UNESCO Chair in Future Studies. He discusses his work in futures thinking, which aims to open up the present and past to create alternative futures. He developed the futures technique of causal layered analysis (CLA), which examines issues at four levels - data, systems, worldviews, and narratives/metaphors. This allows for deeper analysis and the creation of transformative solutions.He emphasizes the importance of connecting futures work to real-world impact, helping organizations and individuals change their mindsets and behaviors. His goal is to foster global cooperation and abundance by challenging existing paradigms.HE discusses ethical dilemmas around technology (algorithms of oppression vs. emancipation) and global inequities, arguing that with our current capabilities, we have a moral duty to create a more equitable and sustainable world.Sohail is optimistic about humanity's future but believes we must make the "creative jump" to new forms of global governance and economic systems based on cooperation and shared prosperity, rather than competition and consolidation of power. IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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Jan 26, 2025 • 38min

29. Climate Justice - Grassroots to Global

A young activist, Nicholas Omonuk has done much work in a few short years to raise awareness and build climate justice.He has seen and lived the impact of climate changes from the front lines. He grew up in a pastoralist family in Pallisa, Eastern Uganda. He comes from the Iteso tribe, where boys take care of livestock and girls search to find water.In December 2022, Nicholas represented the Most Affected People and Areas (MAPA) at COP27 alongside prominent young activists. In 2023, he founded End Fossil Occupy Uganda, a local climate movement demanding a phase-out of fossil fuels and a just transition for Africa. IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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Jan 26, 2025 • 38min

28. Idea Hunter Leading to the Future

Learning is more important than knowledge. (More here: https://imaginize.world/bill-fischer-idea-hunter-innovation-enthusiast/) Scalable learning, the challenge. Relationships matter, including weak ties. Fischer has worked extensively with Haier, the innovative Chinese appliance maker who has integrated zero distance from the customer into all their work and built a network of autonomous unites that are small, fast and closer to the customer.  IMAGINIZE.WORLD takes you beyond our familiar boundaries. You'll discover how forward thinkers, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations see the future. You'll learn to imagine your future and develop ideas to move in that direction. Also see A Global Vision for 2043 from 200 people around the world.
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Jan 23, 2025 • 26min

27. Why the Permissionless Organization with Rita McGrath

Rita McGrath, an expert in innovation and growth and author of "Seen Around Corners," dives into the intriguing world of permissionless organizations. She discusses how to balance structure with autonomy to foster creativity. The conversation touches on recognizing strategic inflection points and the importance of optimism in navigating complex futures. McGrath also addresses the shift toward sustainable economic models and the need for community as we adapt to technological changes, ultimately embracing the transformative power of reflection in our lives.

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