Radio Future Skills Academy

I talk with Emma Jefferies PHD. Emma is an author and expert on how to lead a movement of change with empathy. We talk about courage, resilience, empathy and your inner child.

Sarah is an Expert in Design Thinking, Innovation Program Development, and Training Corporate Entrepreneurs & Innovative Leaders Sarah calls herself a misfit, but she is actually always looking to build bridges. I talk to her about how she grew up, what shaped her and how she creates safe spaces for the creative teams she works with.

Sarah Braud is an author, brand storyteller and content strategist.

We talk about how storytelling combines all of her passions. We also talk about art, design, her spiritual journey, a beautiful story of 'the river and the rock', being a parent and what really matters most in life.

Her upcoming books has the working title: 'Judge yourself accordingly'

Jan-Erik is an author of the book Leading Design and professor of Design Management at the University of Applied Science and Arts in Lucern. We talk about his career at Philips Design, growing up as a Dutch-German hybrid and always trying to fit in while staying your authentic self.

Guido has been an influential person in the world of design thinking for over a decade. He is the author of the book 'Radical Changes in Small Steps' (still only available in Dutch) a bestseller and Management Book of the Year. He was "born to be a designer", had a long career at Océ and is now lector and professor of design thinking.

On the show we talk about design thinking, how the body knows more than we can articulate, the Occam's Razor principle on beauty and simplicity and how adversity can spark creativity.

Gordon Adomdza is Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professor at Ashesi University College in Accra Ghana. We talk about how he grew up in Ghana, studied in Canada, discovered design thinking and became one of the leading design thinking evangelist in Africa.

Pak is a Fashion Psychologist who moved from Hong Kong to the UK when he was 8 years old. His parents stayed in Hong Kong. We talk about how this has influenced his development and the way he looks at things. We also talk about design thinking, leadership and… Teddybears.

Today on the show I talk to Becky Wright, Creative Director at New Leaf and a modern-day alchemist.

"If you and I would to go down to the river, we wouldn't find gold where the water is running fast. We'd find it where it's running quite slow."

On this show I talk to Ralf Beuker. Ralf is the Dean of the Design Faculty at University of Applied Sciences Muenster, Germany and a professor of Design Management. We talk about when to make jokes.. and when not, the transitions from chaos to order and back, the evolution of Design Management into Design Thinking and… how I 'pissed him off'

We talk about how being too satisfied with ourselves and being stuck in routines can make us blind to change that is happening around us.

On this show I talk to Service Designer Anupa Dasgupta. We talk about storytelling, growing up in India and Greece, adapting and what an Indian 'Joined Family' is…

We discuss the need for Emotional Intelligence in Leadership, dyslexia, learning 'disabilities' and what it means when you're wired differently.