Whose Future Is This?

Sohail Inayatuallah is a world renowned futurist and  political scientist and he was the first futurist I ever met. I wanted to talk with Sohail about how we can go about futures thinking to create social change. In this episode we cover a few different topics including how our names relate to futures thinking and a futures method  created by Sohail called Causal Layered Analysis and we share how we deal with life's uncertainty when the rug is pulled from beneath us.   Refer to the timestamps to guide your listening. 

Timestamps

00:00- 3:13: The story behind the name Sohail Inayatullah

3:13:5:-3: What do our names have to do with future studies?

5:08-6:02: What does Sohail do as a futurist?

6:02: How does Sohail use the future to create social change?

12:29-16:50 Cherie introduces a futures method that Sohail created called Causal layered analysis. 

16:50-20:23 Sohail shares stories about the use of CLA

20:33- How to see the future as a learning journey.

21:56 What is a used future and what does it have to do with eating too much chocolate?

23:23 Oppression and imagining a preferred future. 

25:55: A teenager dreams of owning her own bubble tea company but needs to change her story. 

27:34: How the liberals sell us fearful stories and labour sells us policies. 

29:29: How do we move from  fearful stories and/or idealistic pipedreams? What about the alternatives in between?

33:32: Cherie and her preferred future and how she had to own what she was pushing away. 

33:38 Sohail answers a listeners question: What scenarios do you see playing out with the current conflicts in the world and decline of democracy?

36:24 How do Sohail and Cherie cope with the uncertainty in the world and the lessons learnt from when the rug has been pulled  out from beneath you.

40:30 How did Sohail become a futurist?

A tool box to understand and apply Causal Layered Analysis

CLATOOLBOX2017FUTURIBLES.pdf (metafuture.org)

Sohails website and training opportunities

About us – Metafuture: Futures Studies by Sohail Inayatullah and Ivana Milojević

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The title “futurist” is popping up more and more in job titles  and in the way that people describe what it is they do, but what exactly is a futurist?  What is it that they do? and what skill set do you need to be one?  It proves to be a challenging and intricate one to address because the truth is anyone can call themselves a futurist. In this episode I share my observations  and experiences working with different types of futurists and leave you with resources to explore how you might want to develop your own skills in becoming a futurist. 

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In 2020 I met a space lawyer by the name of Mclee Mcreolle and he opened my eyes to the world of the space industry. An industry  that is growing at a very rapid pace. Many of the conversations he was having with me back in 2019 are now becoming more talked about so I wanted to touch base with Mclee to see what the latest emerging issues are and what is going on up in space and how it can impact our everyday lives. 

Mclees not for profit organisation

GSitA/GLobal Space Industry Trade Association

Mclee Kerolle profile

Indigenous Space agency (Australia based)

Get in touch;

Email : [email protected]

LinkedIn : au.linkedin.com/in/cherie-m-85b2284a

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Welcome to Whose Future Is This? A podcast that explores the future of different issues and topics  whilst also exploring the different ways that we think and work towards different futures. The podcast draws on the power of observation, lived experience and the hosts background in future studies to unpacks different ideas, images, stories and narratives of the future and why how we think and understand the future matters. 

Get in touch;

Email : [email protected]

LinkedIn : au.linkedin.com/in/cherie-m-85b2284a

IG | @whose_future_is_this

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