FuturePod

Tracey Follows is back to put the big questions of identity to FuturePod.Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Richard Slaughter is back for a chat to discuss the latest target of his forensic critical thinking skills, the careless innovation of Big IT.

Riel Miller and Maree Conway discuss the challenge of uncertainty and complexity, the importance of a strong theoretical foundation in future studies, the role of imagination in future thinking, embracing diverse futures and ways of knowing, and embracing uncertainty and acting in the present.

Trish Mwenda, best Masters Student 2023, discusses her journey into futures and foresight, exploring Afrofuturism and African futurism, and her research on wearable technology for mental health intervention. She also shares her surprise and emotions upon receiving recognition for her work, her research on wearables for domestic abuse survivors, and her ideas on abuse, stress, anxiety, technology, wearables, and culture.

A conversation with Tina Auer and Tim Boykett from the art collective, Times Up. We discuss what they learned and wrote about in their book called Futures Brought to Life - we are not futurists. Our discussion ranges over ideas like the Art of Hosting, Imagination as a muscle, Caring for the Future Futures is a Verb.

A conversation with Maggie Greyson, John Sweeney and Lisa Guiliani about the upcoming APF IF Awards.

A conversation with Kelly Kornet Weber who is a member of the Strategic Foresight team at Autodesk, based in Canada. We discuss her journey into the field, the differences working as an external consultant compared to being an in-house futurist. And we delve into what collaboration really means.

Alex Quicho joins Amanda Reeves to discuss the value of arts and poetics in futures work, viewing the world through the lens of tropical futures, and finding windows into the future that invite action and movement.

Richard Yonck, AI Futures surveyor, surveys the Wild West of AI Futures including digital assistants, job losses, human hybrid working, ethics, and social media. Topics covered: history and development of AI, rapid advancements in AI technology, potential impact of digital assistants, challenges of managing AI systems in social media, potential job losses from AI advancements, 'AI for good' movement.

A return interview with Rowena Morrow to hear about her work with Adaptive Cultures and the challenge of assisting organisations evolving their culture to better match their environmental complexity.