The Futures and Foresight community comprises a remarkable and diverse group of individuals who span, academic, commercial and social interests.
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In episode 250, Adam Sharpe joins Amanda to discuss how we can create meaningful opportunities for young people to be active participants in shaping the future.
Peter speaks to Ruth Lewis who is a trained foresight professional and professional engineer with a passion to assist people make wise and informed decisions in technology investments to enable preferred futures.
Peter speaks to Ruth Lewis who is a trained foresight professional and professional engineer with a passion to assist people make wise and informed decisions in technology investments to enable preferred futures.
In episode 246, Peter speaks to Richard Hames who returns to FuturePod to discuss his new book, Teaching Silicon How to Feel.
In episode 246, Peter speaks to Richard Hames who returns to FuturePod to discuss his new book, Teaching Silicon How to Feel.
In episode 245, Peter speaks to Dr Tim Mansfield Futures Researcher and a culture consultant at the Interaction Consortium.
In episode 244, Peter speaks to David Geye who is an organisational futurist in the aerospace sector committed to leveraging his previous military and corporate experiences to anticipate future challenges and empower people and organisations.
In episode 243 Peter speaks to Louka Parry who is the CEO and Founder of The Learning Future which believes in human-centred education and views education as an ecosystem, nurturing thriving ‘humans’ to grow and connect in a healthy environment.
In episode 242 Peter speaks to Eva Oloumi who is the founder and practice lead of Paradiegma and is known for guiding organisations through transformative change
In episode 241 Peter speaks to Steve Fisher who with Ja-Nae Duane co-authored SuperShifts - Transforming How we Live, Learn and Work in the Age of Intelligence.
In episode 240 Peter speaks to Jo Lepore who practiced corporate foresight within McDonald's and Mars Wrigley, leads the insights company Dig, is the founder of FIG, is a partner at Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS) and a podcaster at Looking Outside.
In episode 239 Peter speaks to Jamais Cascio who with Bob Johansen and Angela Williams co-authored Navigating the Age of Chaos - A sense making guide to a BANI world.
In episode 238 we meet Juli Rush who is an Educator, Foresight Strategist and a Death Doula with a focus on partnering futures + death and grief processing.
In episode 237 we meet two of the Winners from the Association of Professional Futurists IF awards, Reanna Browne and James Allen.
In episode 236 Elissa Farrow returns to the Pod, and brings some friends, to talk about the second iteration of the Oceania Futures and Foresight Symposium on the 26th and 27th of March
In episode 235 our guest is Dr Ewa Lombard who is a senior researcher the University of Geneva converging the realms of affective sciences and collective intelligence, focusing on sustainable decision-making that withstands the uncertainties of the future.
In episode 234 Peter is speaking to Richard Yonck who returns for his third podcast. This time Richard is here to discuss his first fiction book, Mindstock.
In episode 233 Peter shares an economics and futures journey with Vinny Tafuro including from Adam Smith to Kate Raworth and from the Theory of Moral Sentiments to Design Economics. Vinny is a founder of the Institute for Economic Evolution and is a pioneering advocate for the twenty-first-century economy that is disrupting society’s rigid institutions and beliefs.
In episode 232 Peter chats to Betty Sue Flowers, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus and a writer, editor, and international foresight consultant, with publications ranging from poetry therapy to sustainability.
In episode 231 Peter meets Fernando Gutiérrez Olaizola who is a Uruguayan-born futurist based in the United States with a passion for space and science fiction, a focus on Latin America, and a drive to identify opportunities for emerging and developing nations to participate in space-based commerce and exploration.
A conversation with Doris Viljoen about the upcoming WFSF World Conference in South Africa 29 to 31 October 2025
A conversation with Sohail Inayatullah and Otto Scharmer remembering Johan Galtung, a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies exploring who he was and what he meant to them on their work.
A return conversation with Andy Hines about his book, Imagining After Capitalism
Riel Miller returns for a conversation about where education systems need to go and he brings with him some friends who have conducted research on this very question, Stephen Murgatroyd and JC Couture - the authors of Evidence Education Futures for School Leadership Interviewed by: Peter Hayward
A conversation with Fabienne Goux-Baudiment and Tamas Gaspar about their Great Transition Game and the experiences they have had with developing a serious game that is engaging to a variety of audiences and cultures.
