Back to the F**kture

In the fifth episode of season two of our Back to the F**kture podcast, Martin Raymond speaks with innovation-seeker and author of The Serendipity Mindset, Dr. Christian Busch, about the importance of having an open and curious outlook. Dr. Christian Busch is a globally renowned expert in innovation and serendipity and director of the CGA Global Economy Programme at New York University, also teach...

In the fourth episode of season two of our Back to the F**kture podcast, Martin Raymond speaks with techno-optimist Bethany Koby-Hirschmann about the importance of a healthy relationship between children and technology. Beth is the co-founder of Tech Will Save Us , and founder of FAM , the family inventions studio that’s already making waves in the world of health, wellbeing and the future happine...

In this episode of our Back to the F**kture podcast, Martin Raymond speaks to Harry Jameson, performance coach and personal trainer to athletes, celebrities and professionals, and columnist at The Times. Harry is also the founder of RAIN, a luxury CBD home and body balm range, and his latest company Pillar Wellbeing, which focuses on what he refers to as ‘the three guiding pillars of Synchronised...

In the second episode of season 2 of our Back to the F**kture podcast, Martin Raymond speaks to Victoria Stoyanova, strategist by trade and connector at heart. Victoria recently founded Institute of Belonging, a studio exploring the generative power of networks, designed to bring people together to experiment, play, learn and co-create. In this episode, we discuss the power of networking. For Vict...

Welcome back to the second series of our Back to the F**kture podcast, where we ask renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. In the first episode of series two, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks to Belgian forecaster Herman Konings. Herman Konings is author of seven books, studied theoretical psychology at the University of Leuven, and in h...

In the final episode of season one of our Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond spoke with artist-curator, art director, editor and writer Georgina Johnson. Georgina has previously worked with the V&A, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, The Photographers’ Gallery, Now Gallery and Ace & Tate. She founded The Laundry Arts in 2017, a platform cent...

Our Back to the F**kture series asks renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. In episode 9, Martin Raymond speaks to sociologist, columnist and author, Ana Andjelic to discuss how we should look to prioritise solid cultural growth. Ana specialises in strategy and has worked for some of Fortune’s top 500 brands, she was recently appointed as chief brand officer...

Our Back to the F**kture series asks renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. This month Martin Raymond speaks to Ozlem Tuskan, founder of the conscious female coaching and entrepreneur accelerator The Resilient.  She has launched her own academy and private business coaching programme to help brands tackle future challenges and create winning brand strategies....

Our Back to the F**kture series asks renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. This month Martin Raymond speaks to Ariane van de Ven, a French trend forecaster and cultural analyst. Ariane works with Fortune 500 companies, organisations and brands around the world to help them set up their first trends and forecasting departments and programmes. In this episode,...

Our Back to the F**kture series asks renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. This month Martin Raymond speaks to Bas Van de Poel, ex-creative director and visionary behind Ikea’s famed Space10 design and innovation lab. Bas Van de Poel describes his new venture, Modem – co-founded with fellow designer and creative director Astin Le Clercq – as an office for de...

Our Back to the F**kture series asks renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. This month we speak to Cat Tully, the founder of the School of International Futures. Cat has extensive experience as a practitioner, helping governments, civil society and businesses to be more strategic, more effective, and better prepared for the future.  For Cat Tully, decoding th...

Our Back to the F**kture series asks renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. This month Martin Raymond caught up with long-time forecaster and entrepreneur Henry Coutinho-Mason, who has just left his job as managing director of TrendWatching.com to become director of content strategy with Brent Hoberman and his team at Founders Forum , Europe’s answer to SXSW...

Our Back to the F**kture series asks renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. This month Martin Raymond talks to Ryan Lanji  a queer curator, dj, club organiser, archivist, influencer and all-round Instagram personality with his own show and a pretty massive following. In this episode, we talk about Hungama , a mad, queer, glittering, wholly over the top Bollyw...

Our Back to the F**kture series asks renowned thinkers to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight. This month Martin Raymond talks to Stefan Liske and Adrien Hobt from the PCH Innovations studio about Changing Matter, their recently launched transformation catalogue. PCH Innovations is a multi-disciplinary innovation strategy & technology development studio, translating radical...

In this episode, The Future Laboratory's co-founder Martin Raymond talks to world renowned academic Devon Powers about why so many forecasters failed to anticipate the global pandemic and what this means for the future of the industry. Devon Powers is the associate professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at Temple University. She is the author of 3 books, the most recent of...