FuturePod

Loes Damhof was elected as Lecturer of the Year of all higher education in The Netherlands in 2016, and decided to spend the attached prestigious Comenis Award on developing Futures Literacy pilots. In 2018, she received the UNESCO Chair on Futures Literacy in Higher Education for her work on researching the impact of Futures Literacy and the design principles of Futures Literacy interventions. Interviewed by: Reanna Browne

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. Interviewed by: Amanda Reeves

Leah Zaidi is an award-winning strategic foresight practitioner and worldbuilding expert, with over 15 years of corporate experience. She has worked with prestigious organizations such as the United Nations, Stanford University, and various Fortune 100 companies. Her articles and research papers have over 75K+ reads, and her reports have been downloaded by 1000+ organizations. She has an MDes in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from OCAD University. Interviewed by: Reanna Browne

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. Claire is an experiential futurist. Her award-winning Museum of Futures project was created with the City of Sydney. The Future of Work exhibition in 2019 explored our different work futures under climate change. Pandemic Pivots exhibition of 2020 explored how Sydney might pivot for the better due to the pandemic. Her other work includes an audio tour of the future for the World Wildlife Fund and the Human Robot Friendship Ball for the Vivid festival. Interviewed by: Amanda Reeves

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 Uzbekistan Guests: John Sweeney and Pete Malvicini Host: Peter Hayward

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. Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

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 Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

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 Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

Richard Eckersley is an independent researcher and writer on progress, sustainability, culture, health and wellbeing. He ranges across many fields of knowledge to develop new, common frameworks of understanding. In essence, he explores the question: Is life getting better or worse?

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. Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

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. Interviewed by: Amanda Reeves

In this latest podcast Sohail Inayatullah and Robert Burke are in conversation discussing their 20 years of experience co-presenting Futures Thinking and Strategy development to senior executives Conversation Question “How was the experience of working together for twenty years and trying to open up the heads and hearts of senior executives to futures thinking?“ Guests: Sohail Inayatullah and Robert Burke Host: Peter Hayward

Eric Meade is a facilitator who assists groups adopt a forward-looking perspective to accelerate the shift to a better world. He is the author of Whole Mind Facilitation: How to Lead Workshops That Change People, Organizations, and the World. Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

As a Trend Analyst, Bronwyn shares her insights on the dilemmas we face in society and how we need to hold on to choice in an increasingly homogenous world. Interviewed by: Reanna Browne

A reinterview with Rebecca Ryan discussing doing the next right thing and Future generations

A reinterview with Peter Bishop and a chance to meet some of Teach the Futures Young Voices winners, Amna Habiba and Alice Machado

In this latest podcast, Alex Fergnani invites Luke van der Laan into a conversation Conversation Question “Does Futures and Foresight need to be taught and researched at Universities? What could be gained if it was not?“ Guests: Alex Fergnani and Luke van der Laan Host: Peter Hayward

Robert is a former CEO with a deep appreciation of the challenges faced by senior leaders. His focus is challenging managers to think outside the known and consider alternative perspectives. For many years he was the Program Director for the ‘Futures Thinking and Strategy Development Program’ at Melbourne Business School.

A re-interview with Frank Spencer discussing Democratizing Foresight, The Year of Free and Natural Foresight

A re-interview with Rene Rohrbeck where we discuss his latest thoughts on the Corporate Foresight Maturity Model, utilizing generational futures thinking to raise organizational foresight capability and discussing what is responsible corporate foresight?

Oliver Markley is a member Emeritus of the Association of Professional Futurists, a Fellow Emeritus of the World Futures Study Federation, and Professor Emeritus and former chair of the graduate program in the Studies of the Future, which was at the University of Houston Clear Lake, and is the program now that has subsequently moved and is located at the University of Houston's current Futures Program. Oliver tells his story of intertwining with Willis Harmon and the Human potential movement and his eventual becoming a humanistic social engineer. He also explains the use of Visionary Time Travel

Cindy is an architect, urban futurist, an adjunct professor for the Graduate Program in Strategic Foresight at the University of Houston, and a writer. Listen to Cindy explain that part of a foresight practioner's job is helping people to become comfortable with change, and helping them to think about what kind of legacy they are leaving for the next generation.

A re-interview with Patricia Lustig and Gill Ringland who have just published their fourth book, New Shoots: people making fresh choices in a changing world.

A Reinterview with Tanja Schindler when we check in on her inspirational and exhausting journey to spread the ‘Joy for the Future”

Social Scientist, consultant and facilitator, Elissa Farrow is the founder of About Your Transition a business specialising in portfolio, program, project and change management consulting and facilitation. Her doctoral research explored organisational adaptation scenarios and implications as a result of Artificial Intelligence

A ReInterview with Sohail Inayatullah ranging over Covid, conspiracies, Macrohistory, from Weird to Wise and the cultivation of Safety

Ana Tiquia creates spaces to embody diverse futures. She uses performance and participatory art, futures research and strategy; produces and curates exhibitions, installations, and immersive performances. She has worked at the intersections of art, design, and technology with major cultural organisations and design practices in the UK and Australia, and is Founder and Director of All Tomorrow’s Futures – a cultural and strategic consultancy that helps clients develop artistic interventions that contribute to equitable and just futures.

As an international powerhouse, hear a small sliver of Richard's wisdom in this podcast, and how alternative thinking about today and tomorrow is at the core of his practice.

Simon has successfully developed a professional business, presenting and applying foresight practice and principles.

Peter speaks about solving problems through deep enquiry, and the power of scenarios as a conversation tool for discussing and exploring futures.

Paul explains his pragmatic approach to working with the people and organisations that want to make a difference.

Jose is the living example of a mutant futurist who believes we live as communities of faith around our shared and emerging futures and who practices experimental futures.

Josh speaks about his early appreciation of the bio-physical context of the world and his 20 year journey of enquiry into discovering new thinking tools and new habits to look at and make sense of the world.

Maree explains how the 'Foresight Switch' is turned on in people through doing foresight processes and how to be open to the future and to look for diversity of perspectives.

As a macrohistorian, Mike works at many levels, from local through to Global to support much-needed radical new thinking and new systems in an emerging networked and collaborative society.

Susan is a leader amongst Australia's futures community. An innovator and champion of diversity hear how Susan practiced her craft and how she worked on company boards to make them thought leaders and to make better decisions.

Peter shows how he starts with how people have learned faulty thinking about the future through science and history and shows them how contingent thinking is a better way to think about the future.

Rowena taught foresight for many years and so listen to her teach you about Hope Theory, consultancy and performing organisational roles.

In part 1 of his interview Richard discusses his beginnings, his inspirations, his mentors and his journey into the foresight community. He also discusses his favourite methods and concepts.

In part 2 of his interview Richard discusses the emerging futures, how he explains foresight to people and closes with his advice on how to live in a world that is on the edge of disaster.

Bridgette is a skilled and experienced contributor to the Futures space and has built her career as a feminist pracademic, successfully combining both her design principles and strategic foresight in her teaching work at Swinburne and her consulting work.

Jay has had a long career as a consultant and educator. Hear about his twin passions of promoting leadership and assisting communities build powerful visions of their desired future.

Futures principles and tools have been instrumental in helping Cath build an impressive consultancy career, supporting organisations to maximize social cause and impact.

Marcus is a futurist, academic and poet. Hear him explain the anticipatory aesthetic and how he thinks it is very necessary to disturb the peace.

Steve was the Foresight Manager at global brewer Fosters who first thought Foresight could help him predict the future and now he believes that Foresight can empower people to create the futures they want.

Dr Joseph Voros speaks about his emergence into becoming a foresight educator, the development of the award-winning Generic Foresight Process (GFP) framework, and his abiding focus on the possible futures of humanity and human civilisation, informed by using Big History as the framing perspective.

Appreciating the gifts of traditional systems allows Kieran to support individuals and conventional institutions and see what needs to endure, even as change occurs, and new visions of ‘a good life’ are imagined.

Tanja is an emerging futurist who has merged the best of the German and Australian approach to Futures. Coming from a corporate background she is now a freelancer who is creating a network of freelancers with a platform that has global ambition.

Sohail is a global futurist whose work reaches from Australia into Asia. A prolific writer, seasoned academic and experienced consultant. He is the complete package. Come hear how he does his magic.

Adam tells the story of the Mont Fleur Scenario Project, how he uses scenarios to create a space to act together to transform a system, and why power, love, and justice are central to his impactful facilitation practice.