Future-Proof Your Career

We cannot underestimate the value of community in a difficult future. Plus, future energy: why the medium is the message.

When we focus on optimising our businesses, it's all too easy to engineer out the creativity. Plus, why tomorrow's Luddites will be raging against invisible machines.

Tom travelled to The Accenture Dock in Dublin, to interview some of the thinkers guiding global corporations through their digital transformation. In this recording, Tom speaks to Ryan Shanks, director of The Dock, about active listening and the future of skills.

Tom travelled to The Accenture Dock in Dublin, to interview some of the thinkers guiding global corporations through their digital transformation. In this recording, Tom speaks to Ryan Shanks, director of The Dock, and Lorna Ross, Group Director of Fjord.

Hobbies are a great opportunity to jumpstart your learning processes, and to get a dose of humility at the same time. Plus, what if we hadn't taken a step back every time a civilisation fell. Where would we be now?

Tom kicks off a new collection of episodes with some updates about applied futurism in 2019.

Everyone thinks they know the story of King Canute, but there’s another version that has a very different moral. Both speak to the current Brexit crisis. Plus, how the car will continue to shape our cities, if we let it.

In the debate around automation, people often confuse jobs and work. Understanding the difference is crucial to successful planning for a brighter future. Plus, is that future fractured, or just diverse?

If your ideas are too complex for others to understand, that’s your failure, not theirs. Plus, why knowing too much isn’t good for us.

As digital experiences consume more of our lives, will we value the physical thrills of the theme park ever more? Plus, can the EU challenge the dominance of the big digital platforms?