Ecosystemic Futures

To conclude our series on taming complexity for humans - today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast addresses the importance of planting seeds around where things are going next, and reviewing complex systems to activate better decisions and pathways. Mickey McManus, a pioneer in the field of strategy, innovation, pervasive computer and human-centered design and education, guides our hosts through lessons learned from generative AI systems and harnessing complexities to design for ecosystemic resilience. Guest: Mickey McManus, Senior Advisor and Leadership Coach at Boston Consulting Group Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Advisors James Villarrubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

Our first episode in this series contemplated taming complexity for humans, in an increasingly dynamic landscape . In today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, our hosts connect with Mickey McManus, a pioneer in the field of strategy, innovation, pervasive computer and human-centered design and education to discuss the notion of strategic surprise within the context of complexity - and the importance of deliberate planning to prepare for possible futures. Guest: Mickey McManus, Senior Advisor and Leadership Coach at Boston Consulting Group Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Advisors James Villarrubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

Complexity is rich, powerful and essential; it gives us the ability to see beyond the norm and challenges us to consistently expand human cognition. While striving for beautiful complexity has always been part of the human domain, achieving advanced technology is no easy feat. In today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, our hosts connect with Mickey McManus, a pioneer in the field of strategy, innovation, pervasive computer and human-centered design and education to discuss ecosystemic shift, frameworks that drive innovation, and transformation of the human experience. Guest: Mickey McManus, Senior Advisor and Leadership Coach at Boston Consulting Group Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Advisors James Villarrubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

To close out this series on quantum sensing, today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast focuses on resilience. Dr. Jeff Buchsbaum, a medical officer with the National Cancer Institute, guides our hosts through an evaluation of potential wicked futures enabled by quantum sensing capabilities - and the importance of integrating fairness, transparency and trust in the design of quantum sensing capabilities in order to elevate outcomes for humanity. Guest: Jeff Buchsbaum, a Medical Officer at the National Cancer Institute. Co-hosts: Ed Powell, CEO, TensorX Gary Hunter, a Senior Electronics Engineer at the NASA Glenn Research Center Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

Our first episode in this series on quantum sensing introduced what it is and why it is important, along with taking a broad look at its vast applications and capabilities. In today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, our hosts sit down with Dr. Jeff Buchsbaum, a medical officer at the National Cancer Institute with a keen interest in the field, to discuss the potential pitfalls associated with the technology and the importance of establishing the right framework to enhance and guide its application. Guest: Jeff Buchsbaum, a Medical Officer at the National Cancer Institute. Co-hosts: Ed Powell, CEO, TensorX Gary Hunter, a Senior Electronics Engineer at the NASA Glenn Research Center Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

Quantum sensing is impacting the way we observe and analyze the world today. It measures activity in the physical world using atomic properties, resulting in the collection of extremely precise information, ultimately helping us understand the inner workings of complex systems at atomic scale. The potential implications are profound. On today’s episode of Ecosystemic Futures, our hosts sit down with Dr. Jeff Buchsbaum, a medical officer at the National Cancer Institute to discuss the applications and implication of Quantum sensing. Guest: Jeff Buchsbaum, a Medical Officer at the National Cancer Institute. Co-hosts: Ed Powell, CEO, TensorX Gary Hunter, a Senior Electronics Engineer at the NASA Glenn Research Center Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

To close out this series on The Future of Work, today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast focuses on designing for ecosystems as how we work continues to evolve. Kate Lister, President of Global Workplace Analytics guides our hosts through this discussion, focusing on the long-term impacts of this new way of working, along with best practices to better plan for ecosystem wellness now and into the future. Guest: Kate Lister, President of Global Workplace Analytics Co-host: Vikram Shyam, PhD, Futurist, Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

Our first episode in this series on The Future of Work discussed building for resiliency and optimizing for today’s new work structure. In this episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, our hosts sit down with Kate Lister, President of Global Workplace Analytics, to examine planning for equity within this new structure, including factors to consider for more equitable economic and geographical distribution. Included in today’s discussion is an analysis of the different possible scenarios ranging from a dematerialized work environment to hybrid work to in-person collaboration. Guest: Kate Lister, President of Global Workplace Analytics Co-host: Vikram Shyam, PhD, Futurist, Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

Kate Lister is a pioneer in workplace and workforce strategies, having worked in the field for nearly two decades. With expertise on trends shaping who, what, when and how we work, Kate’s work is in high demand given the significant changes in recent years, especially post-pandemic. On today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, our hosts sit down with Kate, President of Global Workplace Analytics, to discuss optimizing for the new work structure including how we bring more flexibility in the way we work and how we consciously broaden both geographic and economic levels. Guest: Kate Lister, President of Global Workplace Analytics Co-host: Vikram Shyam, PhD, Futurist, Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures

Concluding this series on the incredible potential for AI to augment human cognition – this episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast focuses on design frameworks that harness the complementary power of integrating humanity and AI. Futurist Ross Dawson and our hosts explore approaches to better systems thinking and design to improve ecosystemic resilience.

Our first episode in this series on AI and the potential to augment human cognition discussed its current use in decision making. In today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, our hosts sit down with leading futurist Ross Dawson, to discuss the importance of understanding that this is a co-evolutionary system, with humanity at the core. In this session the discussion explores the potential unintended consequences in leaning too heavily on AI without using human intent as a guide, and the importance of designing systematic ways to maximize positive outcomes.

Applications for the advancement of AI, and its role in decision-making, are moving quickly. Yet the opportunity for improvement remains substantial - and on today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, our hosts sit down with leading futurist Ross Dawson, to discuss the emerging trend of leaning on AI to delegate decision making, and what role human intent and cognition can and should play.

To conclude this series on Blockchain & The Next Generation of Ecosystem Design - today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast focuses on the future. Joining us for this discussion is Anne Connelly, a leader in the blockchain arena, who walks us through private and public sector roles, and the importance of ecosystemic orchestration in the digital era. In today’s episode of the Ecosystemic Futures podcast, our hosts sit down with Anne Connelly, a leader in international development, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, to discuss the key problems and opportunities that are instigating the exploration of blockchain-based capabilities, and how could blockchain enable a better path forward for humanity. Guest: Anne Connelly, Instructor, University of Oxford Impact Finance Innovations Programme at Saïd Business School, Faculty, Boston University Blockchain-based Business Models for Social Impact Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners on Twitter at @marcoannunziata James Villarubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures Shoshin Works | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | White House Presidential Innovation Fellows

Our first episode in this series on Blockchain & The Next Generation of Ecosystem Design - we discussed what blockchain is, how it works, and the landscape of problems and opportunities that can be addressed with this new capability. In today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, our hosts sit down with Anne Connelly, a leader in the blockchain space - to explore the vast array of potential future scenarios for society, industry and policy that could be enabled with blockchain technology. Blockchain gets a lot of attention these days, with financial technology and banking utilizing it as more data is shared worldwide and security is paramount. But what is blockchain and its popular network bitcoin? How does it work? In today’s episode of the Ecosystemic Futures podcast, our hosts sit down with Anne Connelly, a leader in international development, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, to discuss the key problems and opportunities that are instigating the exploration of blockchain-based capabilities, and how could blockchain enable a better path forward for humanity. Guest: Anne Connelly, Instructor, University of Oxford Impact Finance Innovations Programme at Saïd Business School, Faculty, Boston University Blockchain-based Business Models for Social Impact Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners on Twitter at @marcoannunziata James Villarubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures Shoshin Works | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | White House Presidential Innovation Fellows

Blockchain gets a lot of attention these days, with financial technology and banking utilizing it as more data is shared worldwide and security is paramount. But what is blockchain and its popular network bitcoin? How does it work? In today’s episode of the Ecosystemic Futures podcast, our hosts sit down with Anne Connelly, a leader in international development, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, to discuss the key problems and opportunities that are instigating the exploration of blockchain-based capabilities, and how could blockchain enable a better path forward for humanity. Guest: Anne Connelly, Instructor, University of Oxford Impact Finance Innovations Programme at Saïd Business School, Faculty, Boston University Blockchain-based Business Models for Social Impact Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners on Twitter at @marcoannunziata James Villarubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures Shoshin Works | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | White House Presidential Innovation Fellows

To close out this series on Shell’s Energy Security Scenarios, today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast brought to you by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project focuses on understanding how Shell’s process and approach can be translated very quickly into other events. Geraldine Wessing, chief political analyst at Shell, guides our hosts through lessons learned from the scenario planning process, and what principles can be extracted to apply as we design for ecosystem wellness. Guest: Geraldine Wessing, Chief Political Analyst and Scenario Planner at Shell Co-host: James Villarubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures series host

Our first episode in this series on Shell’s Energy Security Scenarios discussed the history and impact these models have had. In today’s episode of Ecosystemic Futures episode brought to you by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, our hosts sit down with Geraldine Wessing, chief political analyst at Shell to discuss how different countries may respond to the scenarios, given varying resources and priorities affecting how they navigate this critical time. What do the scenarios teach us, and how do those lessons differ? Guest: Geraldine Wessing, Chief Political Analyst and Scenario Planner at Shell Co-host: James Villarubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures series host

Shell publishes energy security scenarios as a way to understand potential evolutions of the world in the future. Informed by data, constructed using models and containing insights from leading experts in the relevant fields, Shell hopes that by developing these models, it will inspire readers to evaluate choices, explore assumptions and consider options for significant change. In today’s episode of The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast, brought to you by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, our hosts sit down with Geraldine Wessing, chief political analyst at Shell, to discuss the history of Shell’s scenarios, the impact they have had on future planning, along with the importance of risk management. Guest: Geraldine Wessing, Chief Political Analyst and Scenario Planner at Shell Co-host: James Villarubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures series host

In the AgriTech and Food sectors, “the most significant unlocks haven’t been achieved with the tech innovation... they’ve been with the business model innovation”. In this Ecosystemic Futures episode brought to you by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, our hosts sit down with Melissa Clark-Reynolds - futurist with a focus on food, agriculture, and technology - to discuss the wicked opportunities ahead for our most precious resources. A truly fascinating take on designing for ecosystemic resilience, this episode showcases the brilliant complexities in the expanding ecosystem for food, agriculture, energy, and technology. Guest: Melissa Clark-Reynolds, Futurist, Strategist, Professional Director Co-hosts: Jon Rask, Life Sciences Generalist for Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, NASA Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works and Ecosystemic Futures series host Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode Atkins Ranch https://www.atkinsranch.com/ this is the company I am on the Board of Directors, on. You can buy our lamb at Wholefoods. Our skins are in these Regenerative Ugg boots - https://www.ugg.com/classic-regenerate/ Force of Nature Regenerative Meat https://forceofnature.com/ Monarch Electric Tractor https://www.monarchtractor.com/ Plenty Vertical Farms https://www.plenty.ag/ Helaina Precision Fermented Breast Milk Lactoferrin https://www.myhelaina.com/ Solar Foods https://solarfoods.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/soleinprotein/?hl=en Air Protein https://www.airprotein.com/ Singaporean Food Policy - https://www.ourfoodfuture.gov.sg/30by30/ Melissa writes a free newsletter sponsored by NZ Government Callaghan Innovation onSignals from the Future of AgriFoodTech - sign up and read archived issues here https://content.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/global-signals-about

Transforming a sector dominated for decades by deeply entrenched organizations requires not just a better way of doing things, but an ecosystem that’s willing to make the shift with you. Dr. Enass Abo-Hamed knows a thing or two about pioneering sector-level operating systems. With an interest in engineering from an early age - she started her company H2GO Power 9 years ago, focusing on building hydrogen storage infrastructure and the predictive AI that optimizes storage system operations. On today’s Ecosystemic Futures podcast, our hosts connect with Dr. Abo-Hamed to discuss the potential impact of this technology, and how she’s focusing on using science, innovation and ecosystems to revolutionize how we live. The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast is provided by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project - connecting with the world’s brilliant minds who are leading research and development in areas that will help us better innovate, operate, and navigate in our increasingly connected world. Guest: Enass Abo Hamed, co-founder and CEO of H2GO Power Ltd. Co-hosts: Christopher Potter, Senior Research Scientist, Ecosystem Science & Technology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center Dyan Finkhousen, Founder and CEO Shoshin Works; Ecosystemic Futures series host

Connectivity has unlocked paradigmatic shifts in work, workforce and workplace design. But are we focused on the right problems? Are the Future of Work narratives missing the critical, nuanced opportunities for these shifts? "Mark Zuckerberg pointed out that remote engineers were performing less well than engineers... what is fascinating about seeing these arguments is that they're essentially an admission of the company, that they are not investing in tooling, training and transformation to enable engineers to perform better remotely. When leaders put things out there like this, they think that it's an indictment on remote work, but it's actually an indictment on their own operations and their lack of evolution because someone can only perform as well as the system that they are performing within. And that's where the opportunity is. So much of this narrative is fixated on the where, but the real magic is in the how. How does work happen?" - Darren Murph Today co-hosts Tom Cooke and Vik Shyam sit down with remote work pioneer Darren Murph to explore the problems worth solving. Darren is a visionary, supporting organizations in designing and scaling remote operations. Currently the VP of Workplace Design and Remote Experience at Andela, Darren hopes to unlock significant value as he enables remote work globally, encouraging others to pursue their purpose portfolios through work flexibility. The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast is provided by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project - connecting with the world’s brilliant minds who are leading research and development in areas that will help us better innovate, operate, and navigate in our increasingly connected world. Guest: Darren Murph, VP of Workplace Design and Remote Experience, Andela and Remote Work Pioneer, on Twitter @darrenmurph Co-hosts: Vikram Shyam, PhD, Futurist, Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, NASA Tom Cooke, Founder & CEO, Spacely Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works

As technologies become more interconnected and innovation more fast-paced, the obsolescence rate within the skills layer of our economy is also increasing. Gaps are emerging, creating a challenge for education systems and organizations alike, in how to upskill and train more quickly. The future of work is transforming the world - how do organizations prepare for that from a learning and readiness perspective? Earning, learning, and enablement pathways are now more than ever, inextricably linked. On today’s podcast episode, the Ecosystemic Futures podcast co-hosts Ed Powell and James Villarrubia sit down with Andrew Powell, Cofounder and CEO at Learn to Win, to answer this question and many more, as we dive into the future of education, exploring how to make it more equitable, accessible, scalable and effective. Show Highlights: “Personalization is not the goal, optimization of personalization is the goal.” -Andrew Powell “It's not just about how effective the learning experience is, but if you maximize the effectiveness of the learning experience, is it leading to real world outcomes that matter, like succeeding on the job or hitting your sales quota?” -Andrew Powell “Let's shift our thinking about education and learning from focused on the inputs and focused on the process to instead start with the outcome that matters and then work backwards from that.” -Andrew Powell Guest: Andrew Powell, Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of Learn to Win, Twitter @AndrewHPowell Co-hosts: G. Edward Powell, PhD, CEO, TensorX, Inc James Villarrubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA Links and Resources: African Leadership University https://www.alueducation.com/ Learn to Win https://www.learntowin.com/

Platform-enabled Ecosystems to Power A Circular Economy As we look to the horizon of a sustainable future, a circular economy and its impact on our environment becomes ever more important. With the growth and reach of platforms throughout our economy and society, to what degree can circular systems be enabled by our platform economy? This fascinating opportunity is the topic of today’s Ecosystemic Futures podcast, as our co-hosts Marco Annunziata and Christopher Potter sit down with Dr. Peter Evans, the Chief Strategy Officer at MacFadyen Digital, to discuss the ways that platforms and ecosystems can power a circular economy, inform supply chain and sustainability, and unlock greater ecosystemic wellness within society. The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast is provided by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project to help explore and share broadly technological advances and structural patterns that will help us better innovate, operate, and navigate in our increasingly connected world. Guest: Dr. Peter Evans, the Chief Strategy Officer at MacFadyen Digital and Faculty Fast Future Fundamentals Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners Christopher Potter, Senior Research Scientist, Ecosystem Science & Technology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center Series Host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works

At its core, NASA’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions project is about collective collaboration; partnering across channels and disciplines to transform perspectives and address challenges and opportunities. On today’s Ecosystemic Futures podcast, our hosts sit down with Keith Wichman, leader of NASA’s CAS project, to discuss ways in which CAS is trying to connect to a broader ecosystem through looking deep into the horizon for expansive insights to help make a desirable future better for society. The Ecosystemic Futures Podcast is provided by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions project to help explore and share broadly technological advances and structural patterns that will help us better innovate, operate, and navigate in our increasingly connected world. Episode highlights: “What we're learning in CAS is we don't know. We're serious about that humility and I think the courage to go out there and buck trends, even internal pressures at NASA. This is kind of different stuff that we're doing.” - Keith Wichman “NASA's customer, why we exist really is to serve humanity, to serve all mankind. In particular for us, we're funded by the US taxpayers, so our main mission is to support societal good.” - Keith Wichman “In CAS we believe to our core this doesn't work without that diversity of thought, diversity of experience and bringing these things together. It's not one brilliant individual sitting in a lab somewhere coming up with the way, it’s by doing the work as part of the ecosystem.” - Keith Wichman Guest: Keith Wichman, Leader, Convergent Aeronautics Solutions, NASA Co-hosts: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Vikram Shyam, PhD, Futurist, Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, NASA Project references relate to initiatives within NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) The views and opinions of authors expressed in this podcast or in materials available through download from this site do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or NASA, and they may not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

As today’s ecosystemic structure changes rapidly, what is the economic value of cities and how can it become different in the future? The idea of cities being powerful engines of innovation is a relatively new one, with a more distributed ecosystem of cities being attractive and potentially good for the economy to distribute the additional benefits of growth. In this Ecosystemic Futures episode, co-hosts Vikram Shyam and Dyan Finkhousen sit down with futurist Tom Cheesewright, to discuss how technology is reshaping the structure of the city, why cities can work, and how they are being reinvented, along with whose responsibility is it to shape this behavior. Episode Highlights: “In terms of the metaverse in the digital piece, I'm a strong believer and I think we can see evidence of this from the pandemic and actually even before that. The more digitally connected we are, the greater the hunger we have for things that are physical and real and visceral, whether that is human relationships, whether that is great food, whether that is the great outdoors.” “The macro pressures that we're facing and the need to respond to them are very well understood now by a lot of different stakeholders. And so they are shifting the horizon on which they're focused and they are taking what you might historically have seen as more certainly responsible, if not altruistic decisions about what those plans should look like.” Guest: Tom Cheesewright, Applied Futurist Co-hosts: Vikram Shyam, Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Series host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO of Shoshin Works

Organizations both large and small alike, are finding it increasingly difficult to understand who exactly their workforce is, and how it is defined. The workforce has now developed into a complex ecosystem, with strategic orchestration required to align needs with outcomes. When designing a workforce framework to exist within this ecosystem, factors to take into consideration include strategic alignment, worker satisfaction and safety, optimizing productivity along with job security and workforce planning. More detail can be found in the infographic here. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/intentionally-orchestrating-workforce-ecosystems/? In today’s podcast episode, Dyan Finkhousen and her co-host Vik Shyam sit down with Liz Altman and Jeff Schwartz, two of the co-authors of the new book ‘Workforce Ecosystems’, to discuss the changing nature of the workforce and how people and technologies can work together to create value. Workforce Ecosystems: Reaching Strategic Goals with People, Partners, and Technologies https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047777/workforce-ecosystems/ Show Highlights: “We're starting to see, and I think it's becoming a very accepted number, that between 30 to 50% of a total workforce is in some way a contingent workforce.” -Elizabeth J. Altman “Employees and workers are asking for new degrees of flexibility, new degrees of growth. They're interested in the purpose and the values of their organization.” -Jeff Schwartz “We need to redefine and rebuild our educational and our public policies for these 100 year lives in workforce ecosystems versus for the 60-65 year lives, which is what social security was based on when we passed it in the 1930s where a typical career was you studied for 20 years, you worked for 30 years and then you retired. So there's some big reframing going on both on the technology side and on the policy side as well.” -Jeff Schwartz Guests: Jeff Schwartz, VP of Insights and Impact at Gloat, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, author WORK DISRUPTED, and co-author of WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEMS Elizabeth J. Altman Assoc. Professor of Management, Manning School of Business, UMass Lowell; Guest Editor, Future of the Workforce, MIT Sloan Management Review; Co-author of WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEMS Co-hosts: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Vikram Shyam, PhD, Futurist, Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, NASA

The topic of climate change ignites impassioned debate worldwide - a topic that has made its way into mainstream dialogue, from wall street to mainstreet, and achieved an extraordinary amount of global investment. The ecosystemic implications of this are fascinating. A global issue - with implications for society, industry, economy and policy. A long-standing debate. Yet clear consensus and paths forward remain elusive, suggesting potential misalignment in systems of information, and incentive. A leading concern is the belief that even the most aggressive reductions of greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to prevent their harmful impacts - especially to those people, organisms and ecosystems that are already vulnerable. In this episode, our hosts Chris Potter and Marco Annunziata sit down with International Environmental Policy expert Jesse Reynolds to discuss the capabilities and limitations of solar geoengineering, and where we go from here. Show Highlights: “Cutting emissions is a collective action problem where everybody kind of wants to drag their feet and hope that the rest of the world does a good job. And then the benefits of costly emissions cuts go to the future, whereas the costs are born by the present.” –Jesse Reynolds “Climate change economics often quickly gets into the trillions of dollars when you're talking about impacts or very aggressive emissions cuts. In fact, if anything, solar geoengineering looks too cheap, right? We don't need to reduce the cost. That's not a barrier here. So the question in terms of is it effective?It's yes … but. It can be thought of best as a palliative or an analgesic, a type of a medicine that temporary suppresses some of the worst symptoms while a cure is being researched and implemented.” –Jesse Reynolds “It turns out that the opponents of solar geoengineering have managed to stop these field experiments saying it crosses a rubicon, that this will legitimize something that we first need a global dialogue about. And you can see how it's the extremes feeding off of each other with the loser in this process being the generation of knowledge and trust that will be essential if solar geoengineering might be able to reduce climate change risks in the future, especially to the most vulnerable populations in the world.” –Jesse Reynolds Guest: Jesse Reynolds, Environmental Policy Expert Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners Christopher Potter, Senior Research Scientist, Ecosystem Science & Technology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center

Exciting intersections between the ecosystems for architecture, building and material science are forging pathways to regenerative architecture. ‘Bio-Architecture’, a fascinating take on using mycelium to create convergent new systems to generate food, jobs, and building materials that concurrently store carbon. In this episode of the Ecosystemic Futures podcast brought to you by Shoshin Works in collaboration with NASA Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project, our hosts sit down with Christopher Maurer, architect and founder of Redhouse Studio, to talk about this new capability, and the critical role regenerative solutions play in creating greater ecosystem wellness. Show Highlights: “There are things that inert materials like steel could never dream of being able to do, things that only life can do. And that's why I think biomaterials are really exciting.” –Christopher Maurer “It doesn't matter where you go, you're never going to have a shortage of problems. So the way that we look at this is to turn those problems into opportunities and bio architecture can generally do that.” –Christopher Maurer “I wanted to be able to pair this ability to create impact through the design and the architecture, with the ability to get beyond sustainability honestly, because I think we're well past that at this point. We need to get to regenerative architecture and so that's where I see bio architecture as being the main driver for that.” –Christopher Maurer Guest: Christopher Maurer, Principal Architect at redhouse studio architecture Co-hosts: Tom Cooke, Founder & CEO, Spacely Vikram Shyam, Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Series host: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO of Shoshin Works

The world is increasingly interconnected, change is dynamic, and volatility ever-present. Accelerating this curve - the democratization of technology and data. While these factors are uplifting humanity - they are also destabilizing the way we work, live, and interact. Our guest Dr. David Bray believes that the science of systems will provide structured and beneficial solution pathways. In today’s episode, we sit down with Dr. Bray who helps us examine how new systems of governance and frameworks can help inform ecosystemic wellness, to drive beneficial outcomes for society, industry, and the economy at large. Show Highlights: “I am ultimately convinced that biology is how we're going to be able to solve the challenges associated with climate change and the impact that we're having on the planet.” –Dr. David Bray “The other thing I think that's missing from the conversation, particularly about climate change at the moment. Oftentimes you have climate experts, but you don't have job and policy people present in the room, or you have job and policy people present without climate people in the room. I'd love to create a new discipline, I don't know what I would call it, and it’d probably come off a mismatched name, but that thinks about how we can solve climate while at the same time actually create more jobs.” –Dr. David Bray Guest: Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center; Distinguished Fellow with the Business Executives for National Security; CEO & Champion of Positive #ChangeAgents globally on Twitter at @chief_ventures Co-hosts: Tom Cooke, Founder & CEO, Spacely Jon Rask, Life Sciences Generalist for CAS, NASA #ecosystemicfutures

The emergence and convergence of technologies are unlocking tremendous value, and risk. As the digital thread connecting workflows, industries and economies increases - so does the potential for ecosystemic risk. On today’s Ecosystemic Futures podcast, hosts Dyan Finkhousen and James Villarrubia sit down with Reid Blackman, founder and CEO of Virtue, an AI ethical risk consultancy, to discuss the implications of ethics within today's complex technological frameworks and the business-critical nature of ecosystemic risk management. Guest: Reid Blackman, founder and CEO of Virtue and host of the podcast Ethical Machines and author of Ethical Machines: Your Concise Guide to Totally Unbiased, Transparent, and Respectful AI from Harvard Review Business Press. Co-hosts: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works James Villarrubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA

In a world where policy makers and business leaders focus on achieving single objectives - for some, that means saving lives; for others, achieving carbon neutrality; for others, creating a more equitable society. The reality is, the narrative that focuses on the single noble outcome obscures the more important and nuanced reality - that there are no single-variable solutions, only trade-offs. Every decision requires evaluating many contingencies - and having a robust, rigorous, and Ecosystemic approach to optimizing complex systems is becoming increasingly important. Considering the components in decision-making models, and valuing the trade-offs between various cost and performance metrics is critical to optimizing complex systems. And openly communicating the trade-off decisions and rationale is essential to establish trust and transparency in the ecosystem impacted by those decisions. In this podcast episode, our hosts Marco Annunziata and James Villarubia sit down with Dr. Ed Powell to discuss the role and opportunity of value-driven model-based optimization, understanding the trade off between price and performance, looking at key performance indicators through a more systemic lens and how this approach can contribute to designing better Ecosystemic Futures. Show Highlights: “It’s all economics… it’s a question of the currency.” -G. Edward Powell “Seeing that everything is a tradeoff and what are the compromises…” -G. Edward Powell Guest: G. Edward Powell, PhD, CEO, TensorX, Inc on Twitter at @edpowell63 Co-hosts: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners on Twitter at @marcoannunziata James Villarubia, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow & Digital Strategist for CAS, NASA on Twitter at @james_mtc #ecosystemicfutures

As we exit a period of high inflation, what does the economic framework look like moving forward? On today’s episode of the Ecosystemic Futures podcast, our hosts sit down with world-renowned economist Marco Annunziata, to discuss the financial impact of inflation, the factors influencing which direction it will take and the broader role that innovation plays in ecosystemic growth and health. The stage is set for discussions on supply chain, sustainability and global warming, while considering the impact of governance and public policy, along with the role and risks associated with each. Guest: Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners Co-hosts: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Vikram Shyam, Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center Tom Cooke, Founder & CEO, Spacely G. Edward Powell, PhD, CEO, TensorX, Inc #ecosystemicfutures

The Future Belongs to Ecosystems. We’re living in an era of unprecedented change - driven by advancements in science, technology, business models - and consistently reshaped by policy and geopolitical dynamics. The level of interconnectivity in society and our economy necessitates a new way - an ecosystemic way - of looking at our world, and our role in it. In this inaugural episode, the Ecosystemic Futures podcast hosts sit down to discuss how the hyper-connected nature of our ecosystems are shaping the future, the implications for business innovation, operation and navigation. Co-hosts: Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata + Desai Partners Tom Cooke, Founder & CEO, Spacely G. Edward Powell, PhD, CEO, TensorX, Inc #ecosystemicfutures