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The Briefing.Today

by Mattia Vettorello

The Briefing.Today is an independent, niche, non-for-profit podcast aiming to create awareness on innovative thinking and doing. The podcast sits at the intersection of Futures, Innovation and Design. At The Briefing.Today, we want to contribute to knowledge and practice by inviting maverick innovators and change-makers that have an entrepreneurial spirits, and want to push the boundaries of innovative thinking. The Briefing.Today speaks to people's creativity by embracing the wonder of change, and curiosity by adventuring in unchartered territories to eventually drive positive innovation.

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Episodes

  1. Matt Finch: Tomorrow’s Inequalities

    Exploring the use of foresight for unpacking issues on justice, injustice, and inequality. Today I am joined by Matt Finch, Associate Fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and strategy consultant at Mechanical dolphin.

  2. Ron Adner: Ecosystem Strategy

    The basis of competition is changing. Rivalry is shifting from well-defined industries to broader ecosystems that deliver expansive value propositions. Industry boundaries are collapsing everywhere we look, emergence is around the corner, and this trend is just accelerating. Today I am delighted…

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  3. Peter Scoblic: Long-Term Anticipatory Thinking

    The way we frame our thinking highly influences the very way we reason. The way we act is consequently influenced by the way we think. And then, we give a meaning, we define our surroundings based on such framing. The combination of framing and reasoning affect the way we create hypotheses of the...

  4. Richard Sandford: Heritage Mindset

    Time goes by and elements of the past are carried over into the future becoming heritage. Decisions are made on what to carry and what to leave behind, maybe some will be forgotten. How do we make such a decision on what to carry across? What do we as humans look for in making a heritage…

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  5. Nicklas Larsen: Applied Futurism

    How do we apply futures studies? Why do we need to look into different futures? What is the impact in the present? Today I am thrilled to be joined by Nicklas Larsen, Senior Advisor at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, one of the oldest think tanks studying the future, in the world.

  6. Ivana Milojević: Futures Fallacies

    Biases are part of our day-to-day thinking and decision making. There are also futures fallacies which sways us from envisioning, using Dorr’s terms, “realistic” futures in an effective and efficient manner. These are common errors we fall trap while reasoning about futures. Today I am joined by...

  7. Maree Conway: Episodic foresight

    Episodic foresight is identified as the primary neural mechanism that enables humans to construct images of the futures, providing explanatory power to further define and understand the processes that are invoked in futures studies and foresight activities. These enlightening words are from Maree...

  8. Anita Hazenberg: Police Futures

    Technology and innovation are constantly shaping our lives, often for the better. Yet, today’s security landscape is volatile, subject to unexpected shock. From terrorism to cybercrime, unparalleled criminal activities can quickly emerge on the radar. I am pleased to be joined by Director of...

  9. Susann Roth: Mission-Oriented Innovation

    Mission-oriented innovation and market-shaping policies have recently been adopted by policymakers around the world in international bodies like the EU and UN, national governments, and institutions. Missions can be designed and implemented as a policy tool. Using missions to drive national...

  10. Dave Snowden: Cynefin Framework

    “Chaos and catastrophe by their very definition do not repeat but it is important to realise that there are different types and levels of uncertainty that we need to be aware of. It is not always about being rational or having a process in place: being aware of our limits in what we are able to…

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  11. John A. Sweeney: Community Futures

    People. Interactions. Groups. Relationships. Communities. Participation. Togetherness. Systems. With System we generally defined a group of entities that operates within the same boundaries, which informs/defines are doing. At a macro scale, we have society, at a smaller scale there is an...

  12. David Kalisz: Beyond Scenario

    Turbulence and uncertainty are still strongly prevalent in our professional and personal lives. How we see, think and explore trends is influencing the way we imagine possible future scenarios, eventually informing our decision. Today I am joined by a friend and colleague David Kalisz to go…

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  13. Ilaria Mazzoleni: Futuring Biomimicry

    Envisioning futures that are non-linear from the present isn’t that hard. Teams need different tools and reasoning to think laterally. By combining human ingenuity with nature’s genius, the possibilities of envisioning alternative futures are infinite. Nature is the only real model that shows us…

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  14. Jose Ramos: Anticipatory Experimentation

    Frank Snowden once said “all pandemics afflict societies through the specific vulnerabilities people have created by their relationships with the environment, other species, and each other.”. Today such vulnerabilities show the lack of inclusion, anticipation and adaptation of human beings. The...

  15. Betina Szkudlarek: Shifting Paradigms

    Paradigms are shifting. We cannot stress it more: things are evolving for the good or the bad. Currently, we do not know how things will unfold in the long term. Too many uncertainties. Yet, we as a collective are required to engage in more sustainable and inclusive practices. When it comes to...

  16. John Rousseau: Responsible Design

    Designers are the creators of new products, services, applications and so on. Simply put, designers are the creators of the things we interact in our daily life. Each new addition to the system means that known and unknown consequences will follow. Today I am joined by John Rousseau to explore…

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  17. Peter Black: Deep Drivers

    We know that there is more than one possible future. Now we have adjusted to what has been called The New Normal, however we are asked to further adapt to a New New Normal. Today I am joined by Peter Black for a practical talk to discuss Deep Drivers of change. Peter is Director of Essential...

  18. Ed Hess: Hyper-Learning

    “Hyper-Learning is cognitive, behavioral, and emotional. Yes, Hyper-Learning is behavioral. It is how you think, how you listen, how you connect and relate to people emotionally and how you collaborate. It starts with mindset.” I am citing Ed Hess who is here with me today to chat about human...

  19. Loes Damhof: Futures Applied

    The future is Uncertain, Ambiguous, Unknown, Challenging, Novel. In the past months, how many times have you heard these ‘frightening’ words? Today I’m joined by Loes Damhof whose expertise relates to teaching the use-of-futures to innovate in the present. Loes teaches at Hanze University and is...

  20. Massimo Garbuio: Value-based Innovation

    The 21st century is dictated by complex, ambiguous and fast changing societal scenarios. Innovation requires new reasoning capabilities to deal with these entangled dynamics. Today I’m joined by colleague and friend Massimo Garbuio to chat key reasoning to strategically design innovative futures....

  21. Steve Tighe: Scenario Planning

    Some ask what the future will bring, few ask how we can shape that future. It goes without saying that there are several futures, not just one. However, we can strategise and plan for changes. Today we explore from a practical perspective the very exercise of scenario planning and how it is used…

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  22. Sohail Inayatullah: Narrative Foresight

    Who doesn’t like a good story to let the imagination flows? Today we explore the value of Narrative Foresight to actually explore, generate and describe possible alternative scenarios, whether utopian or dystopian. I am joined by Sohail Inayatullah, UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies. Sohail…

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  23. Riel Miller: Futures Literacy

    In a society that is pivoting to a ‘new’ normal which shows the fragility of the interrelationship of its elements and values are changing, people are questioning what the future will hold. Today I will explore the potential of embracing an attitude toward imagining the futures and leveraging off...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Briefing.Today is an independent, niche, non-for-profit podcast aiming to create awareness on innovative thinking and doing. The podcast sits at the intersection of Futures, Innovation and Design. At The Briefing.Today, we want to contribute to knowledge and practice by inviting maverick innovators and change-makers that have an entrepreneurial spirits, and want to push the boundaries of innovative thinking. The Briefing.Today speaks to people's creativity by embracing the wonder of change, and curiosity by adventuring in unchartered territories to eventually drive positive innovation.

HOSTED BY

Mattia Vettorello

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