FuturePod

In episode 251, Peter Hayward meets Alicia Richins. Alicia (she/they) is a climate justice advocate, sustainable impact strategist, and writer passionate about imagining beyond the plausible.

With nearly a decade of facilitation experience and five years in consulting, Alicia helps organizations and community groups develop futures-oriented impact strategies that navigate the intersections of climate, social, and economic justice. Through their work, they guide teams in unpacking complex challenges while building actionable pathways toward their desired futures.

A proud Trinbagonian-Canadian, their approach is shaped by deep engagement in the youth climate movement across Canada and the Caribbean, alongside graduate studies in ecological economics, international development, and urban planning. Their work is further enriched by ongoing education in strategic foresight, sustainability, and systems change.

Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

In episode 250, Adam Sharpe joins Amanda to discuss how we can create meaningful opportunities for young people to be active participants in shaping the future.

Adam is a foresight practitioner and facilitator working at a global level with UNICEF, navigating policy fora where the future of intergenerational fairness and the social contract is being negotiated. Simultaneously, through Metafuture School, he builds the foresight capacities of communities and leaders across sectors and continents.

Adam’s mission is to address a systemic lack of long-term thinking and intergenerational governance worldwide, and to unleash the fullest potential of young people to meet today's challenges, and those emerging on the horizon. He wants to ensure that young people are not just passively inheriting the future—which they never truly are—but have every opportunity to actively co-author it. He wants what we all want: a better future for my son, and for all children everywhere.

In 2022, Adam was awarded the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners award for Intergenerational Fairness by the School of International Futures. He is also a KFAS-Salzburg Global Fellow, an NGFP Fellow, and a member of the Association of Professional Futurists.

Interviewed by: Amanda Reeves

In episode 249 Richard Slaughter and JP Jakonen join Peter to discuss the past and present of Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory and their book Integral Foresight and Human Futures

In episode 248, Peter speaks to Ruth Lewis  who is a trained foresight professional and professional engineer with a passion to assist people make wise and informed decisions in technology investments to enable preferred futures.

Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

In episode 248, Peter speaks to Ruth Lewis  who is a trained foresight professional and professional engineer with a passion to assist people make wise and informed decisions in technology investments to enable preferred futures.

Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

In episode 247, Peter speaks to Lavonne Leong who is the founder and principal of Embr Futures.

Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

 

In episode 246, Peter speaks to Richard Hames who returns to FuturePod to discuss his new book, Teaching Silicon How to Feel.

Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

In episode 245, Peter speaks to Dr Tim Mansfield, Futures Researcher and a Culture Consultant at the Interaction Consortium.

In episode 244, Peter speaks to David Geye who is an organisational futurist in the aerospace sector committed to leveraging his previous military and corporate experiences to anticipate future challenges and empower people and organisations.

In episode 243 Peter speaks to Louka Parry who is the CEO and Founder of The Learning Future which believes in human-centred education and views education as an ecosystem, nurturing thriving ‘humans’ to grow and connect in a healthy environment.

Interviewed by: Peter Hayward