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FuturePod is a not-for-profit podcast series developed to share wisdom from the futures and foresight field, locally and internationally.

29/07/2024

EP 197 - Untying Cows, Changing Lives - Aminata Mansaray
A conversation with Aminata Mansaray, a Strategic Foresight practitioner in Sierra Leone about how she is changing communities and lives using Strategic Foresight.

14/07/2024

EP 196 - Polycrisis - Michael Lawrence and Megan Shipman
A conversation with Michael Lawrence and Megan Shipman from the Cascade Institute, about Polycrisis and the community they are supporting to understanding, mitigating and managing it.

07/07/2024

EP 195 - Unlocking Change The Bookcast - Rob Roe
Rob Roe returns to FuturePod to discuss his latest venture in the world of managing change. A bookcast that distils the best of the books on change that Rob has found through his extensive reading.

24/06/2024

EP 194 - Why Foresight Matters - John Smart
John Smart, the CEO of Foresight U, joins us to chat about his book ‘An Introduction to Foresight’. Among many things he expands on his three mottos for investing in foresight and doing good work sustainably.

17/06/2024

Meredith Bowden and Dave Godden host a community called Complex Mess that supports people who are looking for new and different ways to engage with complex messes.

10/06/2024

EP 192 - An Honest Exploration of Uncertainty - Kristin Alford, Maggie Greyson & Elizabeth Merritt
A guest conversation between Kristin Alford, Maggie Greyson and Elizabeth Merritt starts from the question about how Museums of the Future create agency and Hope

02/06/2024

EP 190 - Somatic Futures: Speculations of Embodiment - Rodney Frederickson
A conversation with Rodney Frederickson who is a design futurist, abstract artist, storyteller, philosopher, game designer, martial artist and an occasional poet about his case for somatic futures.

12/02/2024

Some people seem lucky in life. They seem to catch the breaks. And yet we also meet people to whom life seems unfair.

The cards of life don't seem fairly dealt out. What of those people? Can the idea of the future being different be useful?

In episode 175, Peter Hayward speaks with Adam Drake, founder of Balanced Choice, working with movement, theatre, and sharing stories to encourage positive behavioural change.

09/02/2024

The present is no longer normal, and we don't expect a return to normal any time soon, no matter how hard we might wish for it.

Some call the present Post Normal Times. What comes after that?

Peter Hayward welcomes Christopher Jones back to the pod in episode 174.

07/02/2024

We are celebrating 50,000 FuturePod downloads! Here's to the next 50,000 🥂

14/12/2022

Vale Dr Robert Burke. Some sad new today, with the passing of Dr Robert Burke, one of the great Australian based Futurists. He was an educator, consultant and also a strategist and futurist.

After an extensive corporate career, including as a CEO/Managing Director for international companies, Robert was the Program Director and Futurist in Residence at the renowned University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School for over 11 years. Robert inspired, educated and supported many in the futures field and business professionals across many industries.

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Listen to our FuturePod episodes featuring Robert
We were lucky enough to capture two episodes with Robert, take a moment to re-listen below:

EP 128: The Inner World of Leadership - Robert Burke
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Robert discusses how inner development promotes courageous leadership.

EP 134: FuturePod Conversations: Executive Education Masterclass - Sohail Inayatullah and Robert Burke
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Conversation Question: “Does Futures and Foresight need to be taught and researched at Universities? What could be gained if it was not?“

We are thinking of all those who knew and cared for Robert.

The FuturePod Team
Peter Hayward, Rebecca Mijat, Amanda Reeves, Reanna Browne

25/05/2022

On Sunday 22 May 2022, the Futures and Foresight community said a sad farewell to one of our giants, Hazel Henderson.

Hazel packed a tremendous amount into her wonderful life, and we all do truly stand on her shoulders.

Here is a lovely testimony for Hazel from her friend Vicki Robin: https://lnkd.in/dZaQGmYc.

Here is our FuturePod interview with Hazel from August 2020, Episode 63: https://lnkd.in/dhtzExpd .

We are thinking of all those who knew and cared for Hazel.

The FuturePod team

20/02/2022

Our first release for 2022, this month we have re-interviews with René Rohrbeck located in Lille, France and is the Chair for ‘Foresight Innovation and Transformation ‘ at EDHEC Business School, one the Europe’s top 10 business schools, and a reinterview with Frank W. Spencer IV from Kissimmee, Florida in the USA, who is founder and lead instructor at The Futures School.

Some great wisdom and experience is shared by two esteemed retired futurists, Oliver Markley from Gresham, Oregon in the USA, a Professor Emeritus (retired), and formerly Chair of the graduate program in Studies of the Future at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL), and also Dr Robert Burke a former CEO from Melbourne, Australia who later in his career was the Program Director and Futurist in Residence at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School for 11+ years.

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EP 125: Exploring Higher Consciousness - Oliver Markley
Oliver believes that Futurists need to recognise and explore the evolutionary potential of higher consciousness.

EP 126: The ReInterviews - René Rohrbeck
A reinterview with Rene Rohrbeck where we discuss his latest thoughts on the Corporate Foresight Maturity Model, using generational futures thinking to raise organisational foresight capability and discussing responsible corporate foresight.

EP 127: The ReInterviews - Frank W. Spencer IV
A reinterview with Frank Spencer discussing democratizing foresight, the year of free and natural foresight.

EP 128: The Inner World of Leadership - Dr Robert Burke
Robert discusses how inner development promotes courageous leadership.

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22/12/2021

What a fabulous bunch of humans to finish the year interviewing... thank you for all your support, we will be back again in February 2022!

This month we have re-interviews with Tanja Schindler from Berlin, Germany, Patricia Lustig from Stroud in the UK, Gill Ringland from Newbury in the UK, Sohail Inayatullah from Brisbane Australia....and a first interview with Elissa Farrow also from the Greater Brisbane area in Australia.

EP 121: The ReInterviews - Tanja Schindler
A re-interview with Tanja Schindler, where we check in on her inspirational and exhausting journey to spread the ‘Joy for the Future’.

EP 122: The ReInterviews - Patricia Lustig and Gill Ringland
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’.

EP 123: AI as an Integral part of Paradise - Elissa Farrow
Elissa talks about change and her hope that AI becomes our trusted friend.

EP 124: The ReInterviews - Sohail Inayatullah
A reinterview with Sohail Inayatullah covering covid-19, conspiracies, macrohistory, from weird to wise and the cultivation of safety.

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15/12/2021

Celebrating 3 years of FuturePod 🥂… and being able to interact in person 😃

01/12/2021

Meet our guests this month: Heather D. Benoit Kampa from Austin in the US, JT Mudge from Santa Cruz in the US, Jacqueline Conway from Edinburgh in the UK, and Ana Tiquia from Melbourne, Australia. Enjoy! As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback on these episodes.

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EP 118: Finding our Tribe - Heather D. Benoit Kampa and JT Mudge
Heather and JT talk about their journey as Masters of Futures students and finding their way in the field.

EP 119: The Perilous Peak - Dr Dr Jacqueline Conway Conway
Jacqueline outlines the results and attributes from research with CEOs, called Advanced Executive Fluency.

EP 120: Shapeshifting with the Hard Times Handbook - Ana Tiquia
Ana discusses her ideas of using participatory art to shape “more than human futures” while challenging us to think about creative ways to reimagine our futures practices.

01/11/2021

Meet our guests this month from Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia:

· Thomas Mengel, Professor of Leadership Studies, Renaissance College (RC), University of New Brunswick, Canada.

· Sarah Dillon, Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge, UK.

· Claire Craig, Provost of Queen’s College Oxford, UK, and a former civil servant.

· Richard Slaughter, scholar and writer in the field of futures studies, applied foresight and social innovation.

· Kristin Alford, a futurist and engineer, the Director of Insitu Foresight and the inaugural Director of MOD, the Museum of Discovery at the University of South Australia.

EP 114: Dancing with Gravity - Thomas Mengel
Thomas explains how constructing and interpreting narratives are critical to create a shared future that leaders are aiming for.

EP 115: Storylistening - Sarah Dillon & Claire Craig
Sarah Dillon and Claire Craig provide a theory and practice for gathering narrative evidence that will complement and strengthen, not distort, other forms of evidence, including that from science.

EP 116: The ReInterviews - Richard Slaughter Part 2
The continuation of the ReInterview started in podcast 113. Richard discusses his new book, Deleting Dystopia: Re-asserting human priorities in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism.

EP 117: How Hard Can It Be? - Kristin Alford
Kristin describes how she uses foresight frameworks and methods in the creation of exhibits for young people, using levels of adult development to design content that is relevant for both children and young adults.

01/10/2021

We have an ‘Aussie’ focus this month, joined by three Australian guests including the return of Marcus Bussey, and Richard Slaughter, two years on from their first FuturePod interview.

EP 111: Bending History - Dr Karen Newkirk BSS MSF
Listen to Karen’s futures journey, from youth activism in Mt Gambier, South Australia to development projects in Peru using the technology of participation.

EP 112: The ReInterviews - Marcus Bussey
Marcus talks about his futures leadership journey since we last spoke to him; leadership models and institutions, expectations of colleagues and wisdom embodiment.

EP 113: The ReInterviews - Richard Slaughter
Richard returns to discuss what our ‘skewed narratives’ might be and how these prevent us from taking the necessary action.

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04/09/2021

Our biggest monthly release yet!

Six podcasts to keep you entertained…three Australian futurists return for reinterviews (Kieran Murrihy, Bridgette Engeler, Joseph Voros) and we a thrilled to have also spoken to Hungarian futurist Tamás Gáspár, Derek Woodgate from America, and globally renowned Canadian futurist Adam Kahane.

EP 105: The ReInterviews - Kieran Murrihy
Kieran believes that young people working with their communities can learn resilience skills and make a real difference.

EP 106: Foresight as Nurture - Tamás Gáspár
Tamás explains how futures approaches like scanning, pathways and visions operate in both primary school and university students.

EP 107: The ReInterviews - Bridgette Engeler
Bridgette discusses futuring as an act of rebellion and how that tries to coexist with respect. She also shares her latest spice nut “lockdown” recipe.

EP 108: Think like a DJ - Derek Woodgate
Derek explains how abandonment led him to seek performance, being a rebel and finding alternative and ignored cultures.

EP 109: The ReInterviews - Joseph Voros
Joe’s is revisiting his earlier work as a Futures Intelligence Analyst. He explains how futures intelligence has to be in service of something.

EP 110: Moving Forward Together - Adam Kahane
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.

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01/08/2021

This month we are grateful to speak to William Halal from Washington, USA...Luke van der Laan from Queensland, Australia…and Allison Duettmann from San Fransisco, USA.

Check them out below...
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EP 102: Beyond Knowledge - William Halal
Bill discusses his new book Beyond Knowledge and explains how technology is driving an Age of Consciousness.

EP 103: Steering Towards Providential Futures - Luke van der Laan
Luke explains how developing alternative futures is a very different cognitive action from actually making good decisions. He also thinks that the global rise in mental health issues shows that we cannot quickly adapt and respond to changes around us.

EP 104: Existential Hope - Allison Duettmann
Allison explains how living a life without regret keeps her energised and focused on long term goals. How by using counterfactuals she flipped herself from angst to hope.
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18/07/2021

We cannot believe we've hit 100 episodes! To mark this milestone, we put together a special episode for all of our listeners.

EP 101: Special Episode - Looking Backwards and Forwards
The FuturePod team get together to look back on the first 100 conversations, look forward to where FuturePod might be going, and farewell one of our founding members.

Thank you for listening and for being part of the FuturePod community.

Warm regards,
The FuturePod team
Peter Hayward, Rebecca Mijat, Meredith (Mendy) Urie, Amanda Reeves, Reanna Browne,
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02/07/2021

This month we speak to Sylvia Gallusser from San Francisco USA , Erik Ferdinand Øverland from Berlin Germany, and James H. Lee from Delaware USA. Check them out below.

Look out for a special episode we will be releasing next week to celebrate our 100 episode milestone! :-)
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EP 100: Science & Money - James H. Lee
James (Jim) is a financial futurist. He discusses the art of speculation and how he uses trends and cycles to find positions to take. He explains how the discount rate shows how long you are prepared to wait for a future outcome.

EP 99: The Universal Perspective - Erik Ferdinand Øverland
Erik is philosophically based futures researcher who supports policy makers develop public policy. He questions what we think of as nature and what is a natural phenomenon.

EP 98: The Thirst for Knowing - Sylvia Gallusser
Sylvia has been thirsty for knowledge and culture throughout her life. She embraced philosophy, fiction and finally futures research to build a better society.

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14/06/2021

Last chance! If you have a question for our team, they will be answering them as part of our 100th episode...send them through in the next few days 😊

02/06/2021

A bumper edition this month, we started our re-interview series with Richard Hames, Paul Higgins, Mike McAllum. We also speak to the UK’s Tracey Follows, and Susanna Carman from Australia. Check them out below.
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EP 93: The ReInterviews - Richard Hames
Richard has been thinking about narrative management and how it is used to attempt to control society.

EP 94: Future Stalker - Tracey Follows
Tracey looks for the clues to the future. She argues for the value in talking to a wide range of people about their thoughts and expectations about the future.

EP 95: The ReInterviews - Paul Higgins
Paul has been studying how strategy can emerge from structure, relationship and good people doing good work.

EP 96: The ReInterviews - Mike McAllum
As radical uncertainty undermines how we make sense of the world, ourselves in that world and what we do, Mike has three principles that help us navigate.

EP 97: Ecologies of Support - Susanna Carman
Susanna speaks about how she creates concentric circles of support, engages embodied intelligence, and helps practitioners think in non-linear ways.

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29/05/2021

Hi FuturePod-ers,

In next month’s release (start of July), we will have reached our 100th episode of FuturePod! To mark this milestone, we will be recording a special podcast episode…and that’s where you come in.

We will be bringing the FuturePod podcast team together, to answer any questions you have about FuturePod. Is there anything you want to know about the creation of FuturePod? Our future plans? Want to know more about the FuturePod team members themselves? All questions welcome.

Email your questions to [email protected], we will be accepting questions up until Friday 18th June (all time zones).

We also recently welcomed three new team members to join in the FuturePod fun…welcome to Amanda Reeves, Reanna Browne and Josh Floyd… we’ll be posting more information about our newest team members soon!

Thank you, we look forward to seeing your questions come through.

All the best from the FuturePod team
Peter Hayward, Rebecca Mijat, Meredith (Mendy) Urie, Amanda Reeves, Reanna Browne, Josh Floyd

03/05/2021

This month we speak to Christopher Jones from the USA, Lidia Zuin from Brazil, Alex Fergnani from Singapore, and Riel Miller and John Sweeney return for Part 2 of their conversation and are joined by Josh Floyd from Australia.
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EP 92: The Gentle Cassandra - Christopher Jones
Chris is a synthesizer of culture, and has been influenced by Lovelock's Gaia thesis and ideas of Deep Time. Listen to him speak about dark ecology, global weirding and non-Western Futures.

EP 91: FuturePod Conversations - Riel Miller, John Sweeney & Josh Floyd Part 2: “Should the field abandon preferred futures?”

EP 90: Death Consciousness - Lidia Zuin
Lidia believes that our active engagement through death and grief, what she calls Death Consciousness, is a vital and energetic capability, especially helpful in our current times.

EP 89: Empiricism and Dialogue - Alex Fergnani
Alex is passionate about better understanding how to use the methods we employ to assist people. He believes that through collaborating with other disciplines, we can become more influential.

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31/03/2021

Four more episodes just released :)
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EP 85: Blowing the Cobwebs off your Mind - Gill Ringland
Gill discusses a wide range of her experiences using Foresight. She tells us about the European Commission’s decade long engagement with Foresight and how it became comfortable in using it.

EP 86: Another Day in Paradox - Sara Robinson
Sara talks about the correlation between fossil fuels and authoritarian governments, how using the empirical futures frame helps her work in very normative spaces and how the distillation of crazy in extremist groups can be a force for reversing their support.

EP 87: Story, Relation and Adapting - Cherie Minniecon
Cherie believes that people should be allowed to experience timescapes in ways that make sense to them and that ‘Futurity’ speaks better to the indigenous understanding of the future.

EP 88: Finding the Gap in the Future - Tyler Mongan
Tyler believes that our values are key in moving forward in the face of uncertainty. That through synchronizing the minds of groups all work, especially foresight, starts from the best place with the best contents of consciousness.

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01/03/2021

This month we speak to the inventor of the 'Futures Wheel' Jerome Glenn from Washington, USA... Njeri Mwagiru from Cape Town, South Africa...and David L. Wright from Brisbane, Australia.

Enjoy!
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EP 82: Thinking Together in an Organised Way - Jerome Glenn
Jerome discusses where the Delphi came from and why is so useful, the invention of the Real-Time Delphi and the self-actualisation economy and how it could operate.

EP 83: Questioning the Narratives - Njeri Mwagiru
Njeri explains how the Rwanda genocide for her was a turning point where she realised how important agency was rather than just awareness.

EP 84: The Ongoing Ascent of Humankind - David L. Wright
David walks us through his ideas that Futures projects should be seen to do something in the real world and that he believes that now is the time for a FOPP - a Future Orientated Political Party. He believes that we lack high quality images of possible futures.
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Rebecca Mijat, Peter Hayward, Meredith (Mendy) Urie, Georgia Drake [She/Her]

31/01/2021

We welcome Dada Shambhushivananda as our special guest for our February release.

Born in 1949 in Shimla, India, Acharya Shambhushivananda Avadhuta, popularly known as Dada is a gold medalist of Punjab University, with a Ph.D in Business and Applied Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at several universities in the United States before choosing a monastic life in 1979.
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EP 81: Towards a Brighter Future - Dada Shambhushivananda

Dada takes you through his distinctive journey from business and economics, to becoming a yogic monk. He discusses the yoga of restraint and how we need to minimise the disparities in life but simultaneously maximise the diversity too.
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Some people seem lucky in life. They seem to catch the breaks. And yet we also meet people to whom life seems unfair. The cards of life don't seem fairly dealt out. What of those people? Can the idea of the future being different be useful? In episode 175, Peter Hayward speaks with Adam Drake, founder of Balanced Choice, working with movement, theatre, and sharing stories to encourage positive behavioural change. #futurepod #foresight #futures #futurist #futuresthinking #strategicforesight #futurestudies #futuresliteracy

The present is no longer normal, and we don't expect a return to normal any time soon, no matter how hard we might wish for it. Some call the present Post Normal Times. What comes after that? Peter Hayward welcomes Christopher Jones back to the pod in episode 174. #futurepod #foresight #futures #futurist #futuresthinking #strategicforesight #futurestudies #futuresliteracy

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