Episode #30: In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we explore the role of new technologies in creativity with Brooke Hopper. Brooke Hopper is Principal Designer for Machine Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at Adobe, working to deepen and enhance the creative process and allow all humans to more fully realize their creative visions. 

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Episode #28: In our our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we discuss future proofing one of the world’s best known brands with Joanna Lepore. Joanna Lepore is the Global Foresight Director for McDonald’s, leading the exploration of new capabilities globally by putting humans and sustainability at the center of their future visioning.

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Carin Ism and Nancy Giordano discuss the future of governance...

We see example after example of how exponential technologies are changing everything, yet our systems of governance are not keeping pace. Cross-pollination between the digital realm and governance design is long overdue, and that's exactly where our latest Femme Futurists Society interviewee comes in. A "power nerd" and co-author of “How to Rule a World—A Guide to the Established and Emerging Tools for Power and Governance in the 21st century" (set to be released at the end of 2020), Carin Ism is fascinated by systems of governance.

An advocate of the solar punk movement - which envisions a future beyond scarcity - she is the co-Founder of the Future of Governance Agency (FOGA) dedicated to seeding innovation and general power literacy. Besides living at 14,000 feet in the Himalayas to develop design principles for space societies, she was also the principal investigator of the first governance study on Mars. (And so many other things on her resume there simply isn't room for!). We got to the end of this interview and were blown away. We hope you are too.

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Zahara Chetty and Nancy Giordano discuss the need for divergent thinking and polymaths...

Zahara Chetty and Nancy Giordano discuss the need for divergent thinking thinking, polymaths and multi-potentialities in this heartfelt conversation around her life growing up in Apartheid South Africa. As an Educationist, Writer, Facilitator, Fashion Designer and Coach she works remotely with teams all around the world to help individuals, CEOs, startups, social enterprises, governments and organizations navigate complexity and develop more conscious and collaborative solutions for the future. She has a special interest in cognition, trauma and conscious evolution in a time where technology threatens to outpace human development.

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Lisa Galarneau and Nancy Giordano discuss anthropology of the future...

A curiosity-led, polymath and anthropologist, Dr. Lisa Galarneau uses the past to shape the future. Firmly believing that we have the ability right now to shape a thriving existence for all (including the planet), in this conversation with Nancy Giordano she wonders what's stopping us? Lisa posits that, "we must de-condition ourselves from 10,000 years of bad behavior. And, it’s not easy". Her vision? A world that works for everyone. We couldn't agree more.

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Geci Karuri-Sebina and Nancy Giordano discuss the importance of intelligent cities rather than smart cities...

In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss intelligent cities not just smart cities with Geci Karuri-Sebina. GECI KARURI-SEBINA is a Johannesburg-based scholar-practitioner who works on urban planning and governance issues to ensure we don’t just have smart cities but intelligent cities that foster distributed communities, self-reliance, interconnectivity, and a unique sense of identity.

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Dana Klisanin and Nancy Giordano discuss cultivating consciousness...

In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss how to "rewild the mind” with Dana Klisanin. DR DANA KLISANIN is CEO at Evolutionary Guidance Media R&D, Inc. and Co-Founder at ReWilding: Lab, a new venture to "rewild the mind"  and expand the way we learn, heal, and envision our planetary futures.

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Erica Dhawan and Nancy Giordano discuss connectional intelligence and digital body language...

How can you break through overwhelm and make big things happen? While we have all talked about collaboration for years, our need for one another has become vitally important these days. Sheltering in our homes all these months (and we're not out of the woods yet), we have been intensely challenged to adopt new ways of working, learning AND nurturing our relationships. Our experience of time and boundaries are undergoing a dramatic shift, putting new emphasis on our connections with each other. Whether fracturing or bringing us closer, it is clear our ability to respond and deliver game changing innovation will be directly related to the value of our interactions and our ability to explore, trust and coordinate with one another. Which leads us to Erica Dhawan, next up in our Femme Futurists Society series!

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Ivy Mahsciao and Nancy Giordano discuss self-discovery through empathy AI...

In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss mindtech using voice + emotion AI to help youth. IVY MAHSCIAO is founder + CEO of Evrmore, the first mindtech startup using voice + emotion AI to provide an inclusive betterment platform for young people to improve mindset, social and emotional resilience, and build a strong personal narrative that makes life rewarding.

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Samar Hechaime and Nancy Giordano discuss what constellations and systems can teach us about complex problem solving...

Samar Héchaimé is focused on enabling leaders to achieve strategic transformation through multidisciplinary, humancentric disruption that considers systems as constellations. As Co-founder/Director of Agora Visioning, she has worked around the world solving complex infrastructure problems from Saudi Arabia, to Lebanon, London and more; all with an emphasis on challenging established models to shape more thriving futures.

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