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.
Back to the Future – Retrofuture Foresight with Steve Wells
If you follow the headlines, it’s hard to escape the sense that we are standing on the edge of something unprecedented. Artificial intelligence is advancing at extraordinary speed. Machines are beginning to perform tasks once thought uniquely human. Entire industries are being reshaped in real time. It feels like the beginning of a radically new era.
But here’s a useful pause for thought: Every generation, when confronted with powerful new technologies, has felt exactly the same.
So in this episode of the podcast, I will explore the value of looking back, to make sense of the rapidly emerging future.
You can learn more about me and my work asfollows:
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-wells-futurist-speaker
Website https://www.stevewells.uk
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@InformingChoices (https://www.youtube.com/@InformingChoices)
Read my related article published on LinkedInhere: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/back-future-retrofuture-foresight-steve-wells-rn1be/?trackingId=LcSfuyx5JBZMmUIojfr0Cw%3D%3D (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/back-future-retrofuture-foresight-steve-wells-rn1be/?trackingId=LcSfuyx5JBZMmUIojfr0Cw%3D%3D)
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Intro: Ivan_Luzan - Breaking News Intro Logo https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-breaking-news-intro-logo-154189/ (https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-breaking-news-intro-logo-154189/) on https://pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com)
Outro: Zen_Man - Background Loop Chill Techno #05 https://pixabay.com/music/electronic-background-loop-chill-techno-05-3511 (https://pixabay.com/music/electronic-background-loop-chill-techno-05-3511) on https://pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com)
5 Mar 2026
Transformation of Work (part 3) with Steve Wells
Over three podcast episodes, I am exploring The Transformation of Work by 2040. In the first episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fbqKnkuQzY8vCsHhgmzg7 I reviewed key drivers and explored a number of potential future business models. In the second https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HgXWRvPrDvK6zZllqAPFM I shared some thoughts the skills evolution; which skills might diminish in importance and which will be of emerging or increasing importance, and then explored a number of possible future jobs.
In this, the third and final episode of this mini-series, I will share the three work models and consider what I think this means for organisations now.
This series of three podcast episodes is based on a presentation I recently gave at the Corporate World Intelligence event exploring digital transformation in HR, in Dubai. In my presentation, I explored how technology, culture, and business could redefine employment and work by 2040. I looked at skills evolution, what sort of new jobs we might seein 2040, looked at the key drivers of change, explored three different work models and their supporting business models, and shared five key take-aways.
You can learn more about me and my work as follows:
LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/steve-wells-futurist-speaker
Website stevewells.uk
Credits
Images
Informing Choices Mini-Pod titles https://pixabay.com/photos/doors-choices-choose-decision-1690423
Episode titles and slides OpenAI ChatGPT
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Intro: Ivan_Luzan - Breaking News Intro Logo https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-breaking-news-intro-logo-154189 on https://pixabay.com
Outro: Zen_Man - Background Loop Chill Techno #05 https://pixabay.com/music/electronic-background-loop-chill-techno-05-3511 on https://pixabay.com
5 Mar 2026
Transformation of Work (part 2) with Steve Wells
Over three podcast episodes, I am exploring The Transformation of Work by 2040. In the first episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fbqKnkuQzY8vCsHhgmzg7 I reviewed key drivers and explored a number of potential future business models. In the third and final episode of this mini-series https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qJ6w2BWr2T9iXpYS4eKxe I will share the three work models and consider what I think this means for organisations now.
In this, the second episode of this mini-series, I share some thoughts about the skills evolution; which skills might diminish in importance and which will be of emerging or increasing importance by 2040, and then explore a number of possible future jobs.
This series of three podcast episodes is based on a presentation I recently gave at the Corporate World Intelligence event exploring digital transformation in HR, in Dubai. In my presentation, I explored how technology, culture, and business could redefine employment and work by 2040. I looked at skills evolution, what sort of new jobs we might see in 2040, looked at the key drivers of change, explored three different work models and their supporting business models, and shared five key take-aways.
You can learn more about me and my work as follows:
LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/steve-wells-futurist-speaker
Website stevewells.uk
Credits
Images
Informing Choices Mini-Pod titles https://pixabay.com/photos/doors-choices-choose-decision-1690423
Episode titles and slides OpenAI ChatGPT
Music
Intro: Ivan_Luzan - Breaking News Intro Logo https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-breaking-news-intro-logo-154189 on https://pixabay.com
Outro: Zen_Man - BackgroundLoop Chill Techno #05 https://pixabay.com/music/electronic-background-loop-chill-techno-05-3511 on https://pixabay.com
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