Curiosity That Matters

Conversation with FutureDays founders Meri & Uri that happened right after FutureDays 2025 in May 2025 at their place in Lisbon

The Messy Middle with Climate KIC's Kirsten Dunlop Episode 10 features Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of Climate KIC , discussing the profound shifts needed for climate action and transformation through radical collaboration and place-based approaches. Kirsten emphasizes the importance of navigating the 'messy middle' — the gap between present realities and future climate goals — by fostering hope, courage,...

Our latest episode features Dan Hill, a renowned designer, urbanist, and director of the Melbourne School of Design. Dan delves into his multifaceted career and his work at the intersection of design, technology, and urban planning. Key themes discussed include: - Dan's multidisciplinary approach to solving urban problems - The concept of 'dark matter' in design, involving unseen factors like poli...

In this episode, host Nadim Choucair speaks with Bridget Gildea, a multidisciplinary consultant & behavioral scientist working at the intersection of applied learning, technology, behavioral insights, and public policy. We discuss the value of curiosity in policymaking and how to create the right conditions to foster productive curiosity. We explore the challenges in translating intention into act...

In Episode 7 of Curiosity That Matters, host Nadim Choucair engages with Sir Geoff Mulgan, a prominent author, thinker, and advocate for collective intelligence, social innovation, and public policy. Geoff shares insights from his multifaceted career spanning roles in the UK government and academia, reflecting on lessons learned from his political activism to his leadership at Nesta, the UK's inno...

In this episode I speak with Zahra Davidson , the outgoing CEO of Huddlecraft , about peer learning, collective imagination, and letting go. Zahra left her post as CEO at the end of March 2024 Zahra explains how Huddlecraft facilitates huddles - small peer learning groups united by a shared curiosity. She discusses the importance of crafting a personal learning question, embracing emergence and gi...

“Agile stability in the context of the entrepreneurial state” explores the role of the state in innovation and the economy. UCL Professor & IIPP Deputy Director Rainer Kattel, explains why innovation needs bureaucracy, and why the initial nimbleness and speed required to innovate needs a certain structure that provides stability for scaling innovations.  Kattel introduces the idea of “agile stabil...

Our 4th episode features Indy Johar, founding director of Zero Zero and Dark Matter Labs , discussing the need for a “boring revolution” to transform the underlying systems and values that are driving our current crises. Indy argues we need to move beyond an extractive, ownership-based system to one based on shared value creation and recognizing our interconnectedness. Key themes include reimagini...

Charles Landry is a renowned urbanist and author, and founder of the Berlin-based Creative Bureaucracy Festival Join us in this re-published episode to learn more  his concept of "creative bureaucracy" and the role of curiosity and imagination in public administration. Landry explains that creative bureaucracy is about fostering a culture within public organizations that is open to new ideas and s...

EP2: NURTURE CAPITAL with Huria Obgamichael & Joshua Haynes from Masawa Episode two is all about mental wellness with a particular focus on founder mental health and the role of capital in promoting mental wellbeing. Some notes for you: Huria, Joshua and myself all went to The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. Check out the school’s programs here: https://fletcher.tufts.edu/...

For the first episode of Curiosity That Matters, I travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, to interview Christian Bason, CEO of the Danish Design Centre. In this episode, we delve deep into one of his latest books:  Expand. Stretching the future by design We talk about: The SIX expansions in the book, along with practical examples Christian's influences and his career journey What he's looking forward t...

Meet Curiosity That Matters host Nadim Choucair and learn what topics you can expect to explore during the upcoming conversations!