Informing Choices Mini-Pod
116 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago -With exponential change driving an uncertain and complex future, considering how megatrends, trends, weak signals, and wild cards could impact life, society, and business is becoming crucial to developing insight to the future, but also to reinforcing our organisations’ agility and resilience. This is a podcast designed to provide insight to how we make sense of a radically different tomorrow by exploring "the future of" different topics. Podcast host Steve Wells talks to domain experts and futurists to explore the challenges and opportunities in a rapidly evolving future.
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The Future of Ageing with David Wood
February 04, 2021 16:10 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThe recent BBC Ideas video “How safe is it to hack the ageing process?” is an interesting indication that the notion of managing, delaying, or even stopping the ageing process is becoming mainstream. The idea of immortality has been a dream for many people for as long as humanity has existed, but what is the reality of anti-ageing approaches and technologies? Are we really on the cusp of being able to cure ageing? To talk about The Future of Ageing, I am delighted to welcome futurist speake...
The Future Post-Pandemic Home with Alex Whittington and Sylvia Gallusser
January 28, 2021 16:05 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBAs we have seen across the globe, the Covid-19 pandemic has morphed from a health crisis, to an economic crisis, to a social crisis, and increasingly a political crisis. And as society attempts to come to terms with changing how we live our lives during the pandemic, attention begins to focus the desirability or returning to “normal” compared to the advantage (or horrendous prospect, depending our one’s point of view) of transitioning to a “new normal”. The question to pose is, what might ne...
The Future of Digital Media with Michael Mascioni
January 22, 2021 17:35 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBDigital media is everywhere and is playing and increasingly significant role in retail experiences, travel browsing and buying, gaming, communication, and how we distribute and consume information. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the advantages that this family of technologies can offer when human contact is limited. The question is, how will digital media evolve in the future? To consider this question, I am delighted to welcome marketing consultant, writer, and futurist Michael Masc...
The Future Classroom in 2030 - Integrating Organic Education with Santiago Figueroa Diaz
January 19, 2021 14:32 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBFive episodes ago, we managed to scratch the surface of the future of education on the Informing Choices Mini-Pod. So my guest on that day, educator Santiago Figueroa Diaz agreed to come back and share more of his thoughts. This time, we are going to focus on the future classroom in 2030 and on integrating organic education. You can learn more about Santiago by connecting with him on LinkedIn, by email on [email protected] and via his website pitchcamp.co.uk. Image Source: Jordan ...
The Future of Sustainable Urban Agriculture with Diana Davidson
January 07, 2021 20:29 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBAgriculture is responsible for 9% of all Greenhouse Gas emissions in the UK, according to Farm Carbon Toolkit. These emissions are the result of livestock rearing and natural processes, crop fertilisation using chemical fertilisers, materials used to build and maintain farms, energy use of farm buildings and vehicles, transport and distribution during and after growing, soil based emissions from disturbing soils, and waste produced as a result of farming processes. So how might the urbanisat...
The Future of Internet Entrepreneurship with Suraj Sodha
December 21, 2020 09:59 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBTwo things seem destined to play an increasingly significant role in life, society, and business into the future; entrepreneurship and the Internet. Both will be critical as society navigates a new landscape post pandemic and post Brexit. But how do these issues come together? And together, how might they impact the future? To talk about The Future of Internet Entrepreneurship, I am delighted to welcome Internet entrepreneur and international speaker Suraj Sodha to the podcast. You can le...
The Future of the Way we Work with Rob Caldera
December 14, 2020 10:04 - 15 minutes - 14.8 MBThe future of work is one of those subjects that has been covered regularly by futurists and organisational development specialists over the years. But the pandemic has brought many developments into where and how we work into sharp focus; increasing automation, home and remote working versus office based, for example. In this episode, I talk to change leader Rob Caldera about The Future of the Way we Work. You can learn more about Rob and his work on LinkedIn, his website futureshiftco...
The Future of Wellbeing with Tayyaba Jordan
December 07, 2020 17:18 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBThe Covid-19 pandemic has shown us a broadening perspective on health, wellness, and wellbeing. The usual levels of stress and anxiety have been exacerbated as we collectively try to deal with the health, economic, and social fall-out from the pandemic. So is workplace wellbeing enough of a priority in our increasing uncertain and complex world? To talk about this theme and the wider future of wellbeing, I am joined by Executive Health and Wellness Coach Tayyaba Jordan. You can learn more ...
The Future of Education with Santiago Figueroa Diaz
December 03, 2020 22:31 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBFor some years now, education systems around the world have come under increasing scrutiny about how the system develops children and students fit for a future world of work. Sir Ken Robinson was a keen advocate of refocusing learning in schools. To talk about this theme and the wider future of education, I am delighted to welcome educator Santiago Figueroa Diaz to the podcast. You can learn more about Santiago by connecting with him on LinkedIn, by email on [email protected] and v...
The Future of Public Speaking with Chris Murphy
November 26, 2020 15:11 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBAs our world becomes more digital and automated, a number of currently uniquely human characteristics, skills, and capabilities become increasingly important. They differentiate us from increasingly intelligent machines. Social interaction and specifically public speaking is one such skill. So in this episode of the Informing Choices Mini-Pod we talk about the future of public speaking with The Speaking Mentor, Chris Murphy by addressing: How speaking as a skill evolved through the pand...
The Future of PR with Islay O'Hara
November 20, 2020 16:04 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBAs our world changes, so does the way we consume information which of course has an impact on how we communicate. Technology will play an ever greater role in both consumption and creation of communication. So in this episode we talk about the future of PR with public relations and strategic communications consultant Islay O’Hara. You can learn more about Islay and her work on islayohara.co.uk, LinkedIn and Twitter. Image credit: Gerd Altmann https://pixabay.com/illustrations/interaction-...
The Future of Women in Life Society and Business with Alex Whittington
November 18, 2020 16:47 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBWith gender equality increasingly prominent on the social agenda, in this episode we explore just a few of the issues and drivers that are enabling a change in the role of women in life, society, and business. Alex Whittington is a futurist, educator, researcher, and writer with an interest in strategic social foresight. In this Informing Choices Mini-Pod episode, we talk about how the role of women is evolving, how changes have been accelerated through the pandemic, how technology may imp...
The Future of Change with Jennifer Bryan
November 16, 2020 15:36 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBJennifer Bryan is a change management consultant, speaker, and author who has led change programs in a number of major companies. In this podcast, we caught up to chat about the future of human-centric change in light of the current Covid19 pandemic, and what her experience tells us about the future of change leadership. Learn more about Jennifer and her practice at abchangeconsultancy.com and on LinkedIn. Image credit: Gerd Altmann https://pixabay.com/illustrations/butterfly-wave-wing-...
The Future of Coaching with Marie Wright
November 10, 2020 11:53 - 13 minutes - 13 MBMarie Wright is a professional executive, life, and career coach experienced in coaching at all levels, working with clients on a one-to-one basis, either privately or within organisations. In this podcast, we caught up to chat about the future of coaching in light of the current disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about Marie and her practice at boldbeancoaching.com and on LinkedIn. Image credit: Gerd Altmann https://pixabay.com/illustrations/head-heads-compared-t...
Introduction to the Informing Choices Mini-pod
November 05, 2020 17:34 - 1 minute - 1.24 MBExponential change is our new reality. The pace, scale, reach, and the potential impacts of the underlying drivers of change are extraordinary and represent both challenge and opportunity to individuals and organisations of all shapes and sizes. So I am introducing the concept and example content for a series of interview based short podcasts on different aspects of the future. Look out for the first episode coming soon! Image Credit: Gordon Johnson https://pixabay.com/vectors/dna-deoxyrib...
Intro to the Informing Choices Pod
October 22, 2020 11:41 - 39 seconds - 631 KBThis is an introduction to a new podcast series designed to provide insight to how we enable a very human future. Host Steve Wells will talk to experts across domains such as foresight, coaching, professional services, education, change and change management, collaboration, sustainability, to mention a few. Look out for more info soon and stand by to join the conversation.