Michel Bauwens on challenging presuppositions, meta-curation, changing paradigms, and creating narratives (Ep37)

by Ross Dawson | Oct 20, 2022 | Podcast

“I will be triggered by something that challenges ideas, assumptions, hypotheses that either I have, or that the wider world has. It makes you think, and that’s the only thing I want, I want to make people think, and have a deeper integration by...

Dion Hinchcliffe on the architecture of ideas, creating visual frameworks, object-oriented thinking, and the potential of generative AI (Ep33)

by Ross Dawson | Aug 25, 2022 | Podcast

“It’s very tough to be a futurist. You need to have some clue that something is important out there. If I even see them talking about it, that might be enough for me to go and try and think about it myself first before I dive into the early thought...

Berit Anderson on mapping influencers, noticing breaks in patterns, ignoring headlines, and information warfare (Ep27)

by Ross Dawson | Jul 6, 2022 | Podcast

“The most important thing, regardless of how you collect information, is learning how to notice what’s important, like learning how to notice the systems that are underlying a specific story or a specific information source, the motivations, keeping tabs...

Brenda Ramokopelwa on using external and internal lenses, developing young futurists, connecting rural Africa to global thinking, and validating ideas (Ep26)

by Ross Dawson | Jun 22, 2022 | Podcast

“There’s a lot of information right now, sometimes you feel it’s just too much. But I try to find the right sources of information to understand how the world is changing, especially now that it is rapidly changing, and what are the impacts of those...

Julie Rasmussen on her 7 S’s system, using Slack for note-taking, identifying systemic issues, and finding white spaces (Ep25)

by Ross Dawson | Jun 16, 2022 | Podcast

“I find synergising to be the most rewarding part of the whole process. When that happens, you really are thriving on the information overload.” – Julie Rasmussen About Julie Rasmussen Julie is a highly experienced corporate executive and entrepreneur,...