About Exponential Minds Podcast with Chief Futurist Nikolas Badminton
Chief Futurist and leader of the Futurist Think Tank Nikolas Badminton presents the Exponential Minds Podcast where he explores ideas with experts from futures thinking all fields around the world discussing how humanity is impacted by the exponential growth in technology and the thinking behind it.
S5 Ep5: Karl Schroeder talks about the importance of narratives and long-form fiction in foresight
Karl Schroeder talks about the importance of narratives and long-form fiction in foresight
Karl Schroeder is the author of eleven science fiction novels including the award-winners Permanence and Lockstep. His latest book is Stealing Worlds, a near-future thriller about augmented-reality live-action role playing, murder, and talking groceries, among other things. Aside from writing, Karl also consults as a futurist, having attained a Masters in Strategic Foresight and Innovation in 2011. He is currently working on multiple writing and foresight projects.
See more about Karl on his new website Narrative Futures (https://narrativefutures.com/)
See more about Nikolas at www.nikolasbadminton.com (//www.nikolasbadminton.com)
15 Nov 2021
S5 Ep4: Dr. Jake Sotiriadis speaks about pushing against the tyranny of the now and the power of ideologies
Jake is Director of the Center for Futures Intelligence and Director of Operations/Engagement for National Intelligence University's Intel, Research, Education, and Solutions (IRES) Laboratory. He is also a member of the research faculty. He is an international speaker on global futures and intelligence and founded the US Air Force's Strategic Foresight and Futures Team. Jake's work spans the nexus of disruptive tech, geopolitical risk, and futures intelligence. He leads a team that helps senior leaders in the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense embrace uncertainty and build anticipatory thinking.
He holds a Ph.D. in political science and geopolitical futures from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, a Master of Arts in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, a Master of Philosophy in military strategy from the US Air Force’s School of Advanced Air & Space Studies, a Master of Military Operational Art & Science from the Air Command and Staff College, and a Bachelor of Arts in international studies from Norwich University.
His work as a thought leader has been featured internationally in: The National Interest, The Diplomat, Defense News, C4ISR Journal, China-US Focus, Greece's Kathimerini, the Middle East Institute, MIT Political Science News, the Futurist Institute, the Future Today Institute, and the Delphi Economic Forum. He is a regular speaker and lecturer on strategic foresight, global affairs, and national security.
You can connect with Jake on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakesotiriadis/)
See more about Nikolas at www.nikolasbadminton.com (https://www.nikolasbadminton.com/)
9 Nov 2021
S5 Ep3: Dr. Wendy Schultz speaks about collecting futures methods and #pandemicartifacts
Dr. Schultz is an academically trained futurist with over forty years of global foresight practice. She has designed futures research projects for NGOs, government agencies, and businesses, and recently completed with her colleagues at SAMI Consulting four global scenarios and multiple regional scenarios on the futures of research and innovation in a post-COVID world.
Wendy specializes in participatory futures workshops – most recently online for the ILO and the International Institute of Islamic Thought; other examples include face-to-face workshops offering foresight training in Kuala Lumpur and istanbul; at A Temporary Futures Institute at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp; In Cairo for the ILO; for Africa Knows in Arusha, Tanzania; with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Bangkok, New York, and Geneva; and in Budapest for Vodafone. Wendy teaches futures studies in the Masters Program in Strategic Foresight at the University of Houston; is a Fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy; a Senior Fellow of the Center for Post-Normal Policy and Futures Studies; a member of the Association of Professional Futurists; and a Fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation. She is Director of Infinite Futures and Futures Puzzlemaster at Jigsaw Foresight.
See more about Wendy at Infinite Futures (http://www.infinitefutures.com/aboutif.shtml)
See more about Nikolas at www.nikolasbadminton.com (//www.nikolasbadminton.com)
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