Dear Future, I'm Ready!

About Dear Future, I'm Ready!

This. Is “Dear Future. I’m Ready’, a podcast brought to you from Amsterdam by Digital Society School and Transformational Studio. In this podcast we explore more responsible ways to use the global transformation for the benefit of society. As a listener, you will hear from 21 transformational leaders about how we might address the challenges of the 21st Century. As they share their ideas you’ll learn about how design, technology and social innovation can help reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Publisher

Digital Society School & Transformational Studio

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Feb 2021

Latest episode

16 Dec 2022

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Dec 2022

   DF - #21for21 - #21 - Christian Bason

   Listen to our FINAL(!) episode of the #21for21 podcast 🚀  🌏  with Christian Bason, director of the Danish Design Center, author and thought leader on mission driven design. Christian sat down with Marco (Unfortunately, Carola was still not able to make it due to personal circumstances) and talked with Marco about complexity, the role of design centers, the role and responsibilities of designers, governments and companies, and about stretching the future, for us all and for a more beautiful planet. 🎤 We should get the thinking back into Design Thinking. Design Thinking is what has gotten us into the boardroom and the 🎤corporate lingo. But we are not getting much further as it has reduced design to a set of processes and methods. 🎤 We (Danish Design Center) can drown you in toolkits😉 But I think we should have a nuanced perspective on what design is and what the role of the designer is. 🎤 To work on these complex issues won't be for all designers. Some of us will move into more strategic positions, but many probably won't. And that is fine. We need to re-think 'Design Thinking' in this way. 🎤 Our role is to raise agenda's, to direct design education but at the same time train current professionals and executives with the latest tools and mindsets that are needed. 🎤 Designers can work together with farmers to positively envision a future, with nature as a stakeholder, that can be beneficial for all. And interestingly enough... don't forget: the dining table is the epicenter of the transition. 🎤 Regulation is driving innovation, putting incredible pressure on companies. This is an incredible opportunity for designers. Designers can be the glue that binds and bridge all layers and parties. 🎤 As innovation labs/ design centers... If you want to work with real systemic change, we have to build new infrastructure. It is important to be open and available for a wider set of actors and entities. Not just inside institutions. 🎤 I am really first and foremost a storyteller... How might I tell the right stories, so that we can truly address the challenges we are facing as humanity and the planet? 🎤 Dear Future, I am Ready to stretch you. I am ready to expand you and I am ready to shape you in a way that is good for us all and for the world we live in. Listen to the episode below 👇 🎧 About Christian Bason Christian Bason, CEO, Ph.D. leads the Danish Design Centre (DDC), a non-profit foundation backed by the Danish government. Pursuing missions across green, digital and social transitions, the DDC creates new opportunities for innovation and sustainable growth for business, organizations and designers. Previously, Christian was Director of MindLab, the Danish government’s innovation team, and Business Manager with Ramboll Management Consulting. Christian is the author of eight books on innovation, design and leadership, including Expand: Stretching t

2. 

   3 Nov 2022

   DF - #21for21 - #20 - J Bob Alotta

   Listen to our latest episode of the #21for21 podcast 🚀 🌏 with J Bob Alotta, Media activist, filmmaker, movement strategist and current Vice President, Global Programs at Mozilla. J Bob sat down with Marco at the Society 5.0 Festival (https://society5festival.com/) in Amsterdam on October 12-13 where she was one of the keynote speakers. She talked with Marco about building movements for transformation, Mozilla as a driver of change, activism in times of uncertainty and of course, fueled with the topics of AI, big tech and the digital society. 🎤 We find ourselves in our own echo chambers and this makes us feel we don't have to be accountable to each other. The real truth is that we are interdependent. 🎤 This means you and I are engaged in this tension filled relations and then actually where there are consolidations of power and weatlth these are untouched. And this design is deeply problematic. 🎤 We already have power and value. There is a dominant naritive that has us think we don't. But the gorgeous opportunity is to be inventive together and to be thoughtful about what we can produce and collaborate on together. 🎤 Fear is preventing us to do most of the things we need to do at this point. 🎤 Dear Future, I am Ready to not be afraid! Listen to the episode below 👇 🎧 About J Bob Alotta J. Bob Alotta is a veteran movement builder and nonprofit executive working at the intersection of technology and communities. Now serving as Vice President, Global Programs at Mozilla, Bob leads several ambitious initiatives to make the internet and artificial intelligence more trustworthy and equitable. These include the Mozilla Festival (MozFest), which convenes tens of thousands of technologists, artists, and activists each year. The Data Futures Lab, which reimagines new, better ways for data to be governed. The Responsible Computer Science Challenge, which is training a new generation of ethics-minded technologists. And more. Links Welcoming message by Mozzilla (https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/welcoming-j-bob-alotta-mozilla-foundations-new-vp-global-programs/) IMDB profile (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022325/) J Bob on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jbobalotta?lang=en) J Bob on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alottabob/?hl=en)

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   25 Oct 2022

   DF - #21for21 - #19 - Roland van der Vorst

   Listen to our inspiring new episode of the #21for21 podcast 🚀 🌏 with Roland van der Vorst, head of innovation of the international Dutch bank Rabobank and former professor of TU Delft and founder and director of Freedomlab. Roland sat down with Marco at the Society 5.0 Festival (https://society5festival.com/) in Amsterdam on October 12-13. He talked with Marco about transitions, looking at things differently, the role and responsibilities of corporates and academia in these transformational times, and of course what it means to be a creative voice and designerly thinker in a corporate environment. 🎤 I am not so interested in what is happening in the world, but more in how we deal with it. The fear we experience is most alarming, even more than the situations themselves. 🎤 Transition always starts in the mind, from within us. One of the biggest transitions in our mind is that we now start to understand that we as an individual are not the center of the universe. It all starts there, without it we can't change our behavior. 🎤 Technology is sold as being 'open', but at the same time technology forces us to fixate. 🎤 Don't mix up dreams with goals. Goals you evaluate based on results, dreams you evaluate based on your intention. 🎤 It is extremely exciting to be in a bank. Especially because is not going to change over night, but at the same it needs to change. That is my challenge, both from an intellectual and entrepreneurial perspective. 🎤 Dear Future, I am Ready to open up! Listen to the episode below 👇 🎧 About Roland van der Vorst Roland's professional life is dominated by two activities: trying to understand things and to put things in motion. The first has lead to various books, columns and lectures. The second has put on the path of entrepreneurship. I have always worked at the crossroads of strategic thinking and creative thinking. The last 16 years I did so by advising clients in various industries on brand development. I have managed professional organizations and put my strategies into practice by being an entrepreneur in both Europe and Singapore. Links TU Delft page including overview of books written by Roland (https://www.tudelft.nl/io/over-io/personen/voormalig-hoogleraren/vorst-rrr-van-der) LinkedIn of Roland (https://nl.linkedin.com/in/roland-van-der-vorst-377b4326) Weekly columns by Roland (https://fd.nl/auteur/roland-van-der-vorst) Profile of Roland by Rabobank (https://rabobank.jobs/en/grow-magazine/making-impact-on-a-global-scale-roland-van-der-vorst/)

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