Informing Choices Mini-Pod

As we have seen in recent years, so many technological advances have changed our world. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a number of those, particularly the way we interact remotely and virtually. But what do some of these technologies mean for the way we celebrate Christmas?

In this final festive episode of the Informing Choices Mini-Pod mini-series, Fast Future CEO Rohit Talwar shares his ideas about Christmas in 2040.

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In this short mini-series on the Informing Choices Mini-Pod, we are exploring how futurists think we might celebrate Christmas in 2040.

There are many cultural, religious festivals and celebrations around the world, but few with such global social and economic significance as Christmas. So when we turn towards the future, and consider the year 2040, what might celebrating Christmas entail? How might we digitise some physical aspects of our celebrations? In this episode, Strategic Communicator Gina Clifford shares her thoughts.

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Speak with a futurist and at some point you may well hear the notion that foresight generally and scenario development specifically are not designed to create prediction but to help describe what might happen in the future.

Futurist Sylvia Gallusser points out that in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the ghost of Christmas yet to come explains to Scrooge how the future is not set, and that we can set our journey into future by adapting our actions now. Perhaps Dickens was a futurist! With that in mind, in this festive episode of the Informing Choices Mini-Pod, Sylvia explores Christmas in 2040 through four scenarios. The question is, which is your favourite?

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Here on the Informing Choices Mini-Pod, in the context of such rapid and extensive global change, we are exploring what futurists think Christmas might be like in 2040. Today, I am delighted to welcome back to the podcast Strategist and Futurist Joana Lenkova for this festive peek into the future. Joana focuses on using technology for a nostalgic trip to Christmases past, expanding the themes of personal kindness and magic in the context of demographic changes which might have an impact on broadening the cultural appeal of the festive season, beyond the purely religious.

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Christmas is a special time of year for over two billion Christians around the world, and here on the Informing Choices Mini-Pod we are exploring what futurists think Christmas might be like in 2040. For futurist Alexandra Whittington, Christmas in 2040 might see old traditions retained but with a virtual twist.

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In this short mini-series of the Informing Choices Mini-Pod, we are exploring what futurists think Christmas in 2040 might be like. 

For change leadership advisor Rob Caldera, Christmas 2040 might include new treatments for ageing and immersive technologies - like virtual reality - to help us feel more connected across the festive period

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Over a period of time, the time we spend with family and friends over Christmas develops its own tradition. Like all traditions, there is evolution, but rather than look back, I wanted to look forward – to Christmas 2040. So in a festive mini-series, I will post a short episode of the podcast each day between Monday 20th and Christmas Day.

I have been speaking to six brilliant futurist friends of the podcast to explore what they think Christmas in 2040 might be like and I am eternally grateful to Rob Caldera, Gina Clifford, Sylvia Gallusser, Joana Lenkova, Alexandra Whittington, and Rohit Talwar for sharing their time and ideas with me.

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Our VUCA world requires us to adapt to the pace and scale of change as rapidly as we can. The survival of enterprise and effectiveness of public sector organisations relies on cutting edge leadership to create successful entities in the near term, while in parallel setting the conditions for future success, despite the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous nature of our world. Agility and resilience are increasingly critical organisational characteristics.

But it that is the situation at the organisational level, how do the same drivers impact on our personal resilience? To discuss Personal Resilience in a VUCA World, Director and Co-Founder of Working the Future, Cathryn Barnard joins me on podcast today.

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When we implement change programs, how often do we future-proof the change by exploring the future? Do the programs we put in place simply seek to change the past and present and how well does that set us up for an increasingly uncertain future characterised by exponential change? In this episode of the podcast we explore the integration of foresight with a human-centric change approach to develop programs that help organisations design, create, and implement effective, future-fit change that focuses on people.

So, to discuss leading change with foresight, guest host Islay O’Hara is joined by Change Consultant Jennifer Bryan and Futurist (and usual Informing Choices Mini-Pod host) Steve Wells on the podcast.

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Extended reality (XR) is a term used to collectively describe immersive technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. These technologies extend reality by adding to or simulating the real world through digital materials:

With the extended reality revolution already underway, it’s easy to envision a future in which the lines between the real world and the virtual world become even more blurred than they are today.

To discuss the possibilities presented by extended reality technologies, co-founder of Shooting Stories—a video marketing and digital media production company—and Technology Director at IORMA Ross Edwards joins me on the podcast.

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