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FuturePod
The Futures and Foresight community comprises a remarkable and diverse group of individuals who span, academic, commercial and social interests.
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Sep 17, 2022 • 38min
EP 144: Sabine Winters - Scientific Imagination
Sabine Winters is a philosopher working at the intersection of science and art with an interest in the 'how and why' behind theory and process.She is the initiator of Future Based, an interdisciplinary philosophy platform exploring themes of expansion of consciousness, scientific imagination, scale, time, and things that are.

Sep 1, 2022 • 41min
EP 143 : Leah Zaidi - Building Brave New Worlds
Award-winning futurist Leah Zaidi shares her top three trends that matter and her ideas on how we can build brave new worlds in anxious times.

Aug 18, 2022 • 50min
EP 142 : Claire Marshall - Getting Capitalism Out of Our Brains
Claire Marshall has a love for stories, technology and social good. An award-winning creative her work melds story-telling, futures thinking and experience design to hack the way our brains think about the future, so that we can take action on climate change.

Aug 1, 2022 • 38min
EP 141: FuturePod Conversations: Uzbekistan Futures - John Sweeney and Pete Malvicini
In this latest podcast John Sweeney and Pete Malvicini are in conversation discussing a new UNSECO Chair in Anticipatory Governance and Sustainable Policy Making in UzbekistanGuests: John Sweeney and Pete MalviciniHost: Peter Hayward

Jul 24, 2022 • 48min
EP 140 : Yvette Salvatico - Pulling the Future towards us
Yvette is the Managing Director of Kedge Futures. She comes from a finance and leadership background and discusses how foresight work must be used to promote more equitable futures for those who lack power and influence in the present. Leaders need both a foresight mindset and the courage to deploy it.

Jun 27, 2022 • 40min
EP 139 : Changing Minds - Epaminondas Christophilopoulos
Epaminondas is the UNESCO Chair on Futures Research Hellas and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Special Secretariat for Foresight at the Presidency of the Greek government

May 15, 2022 • 50min
EP 138 : Using Scenarios - Thomas Chermack
Thomas is Founder and Principal of Chermack Scenarios which offers customised scenario planning and consulting. He develops systems to provoke new insights and connect decision maker mental models to complex and uncertain environments.

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May 8, 2022 • 47min
EP 137 : Transdisciplinary Synthesis - Richard Eckersley
Richard Eckersley, an independent researcher and writer, discusses his work on progress, sustainability, culture, health, and wellbeing. He reflects on his personal background and influential books, explores communicating integrative ideas, understanding Trump's emergence, and the potential of younger generations for transformation.

May 1, 2022 • 56min
EP 136 : Futures Weaver - Cat Tully
Cat Tully is the founder of SOIF, the School of International Futures, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022. Before setting up SOIF, Cat worked as a strategy and policy adviser to the UK government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. She is motivated by a focus on social justice and the importance of multi-stakeholder approaches to the challenges of the 21st-century world.

Apr 25, 2022 • 32min
EP 135 : Working in the Space of Anticipation - Cheryl Doig
Dr Cheryl Doig combines a background in education with wide experience in leadership, governance, and futures thinking. She is the Director of Think Beyond, Chair of Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch, and founder of the Ōtautahi Futures Collective.