Patricia is a rule-ignorer who insists on Futures being of real use in helping make better decisions, often using an inclusive process of appreciative in-quiry to find out what resources are available, to uncover the necessary energy for change and, then, to find a way forward.

Tom Lombardo is a psychologist, futurist, educator and author who belives that Futures Consciousness is innate to humans but it is a capacity that should be heightened. He has had a life long passion for Science Fiction which he sees as operating as a Futures mythology. For Tom, humans can consciously evolve themselves and our species and that we all need to face up to that responsibility.

The COVID-19 pandemic is moving rapidly around the world. Extinguishing our expected futures and opening up the possibilities of different ones.

At FuturePod we have decided to speak to our previous guests, to ask them what this particular moment in time means to them, and more importantly, to us all.

The COVID-19 pandemic is moving rapidly around the world. Extinguishing our expected futures and opening up the possibilities of different ones.

At FuturePod we have decided to speak to our previous guests, to ask them what this particular moment in time means to them, and more importantly, to us all.

The COVID-19 pandemic is moving rapidly around the world. Extinguishing our expected futures and opening up the possibilities of different ones.

At FuturePod we have decided to speak to our previous guests, to ask them what this particular moment in time means to them, and more importantly, to us all.

The COVID-19 pandemic is moving rapidly around the world. Extinguishing our expected futures and opening up the possibilities of different ones.

At FuturePod we have decided to speak to our previous guests, to ask them what this particular moment in time means to them, and more importantly, to us all.

Victor Vahidi Motti is the Director of the World Futures Study Federation (WFSF) which is our foremost body for independent future studies scholarship. Victor explains how he applies an Integral Futures Framework, which is based on the science of complex systems and names after Zurvan, the entire god of infinite time and space in ancient Persian mythology. For him, Futures is the search for the Husraw Wisdom and finding trans-formative narratives.

Frank Spencer calls himself a complexity geek and in this interview he brings an enthusiasm and an urgency for everyone to become more comfortable with working with complexity. Embracing complexity along with democratising the future and democratising foresight are the foundations upon which his businesses (Kedge and The Futures School) operate.

From COVID-19 quarantine, Peter Black walks us thoughtfully through the worlds of veterinary epidemiology and how a full Foresight toolbox can help in the Long Game and the Hard Game. Peter has some important reflections on how we have come to this current COVID-19 moment on-board an outdated old vessel and what will make the difference between snapping back to spend more and more money in keeping her afloat or taking only what we need to re-set the future.

Donna is passionate about how Emergency Management and how foresight can help them. She sees herself as a bridge between the two professional domains. The evolutionary paradigm of resilience gives her hope that we can manage the current and future emergency challenges we all face.