Digitally Curious

In this episode we speak with Dr Elaine Kasket who tells stories about the impact of the digital age on how we live and how we die, and helps others write and speak powerfully about what matters to them.  She is the author of a fascinating book on the subject “All the Ghosts in the Machine” which I had the pleasure of reading ahead of our recording. In this podcast, you will also learn ·      The...

In Episode 10 of the Actionable Futurist® Podcast we speak with Lauren Walker , who at the time of recording was the Chief Operating & Data Officer in EMEA for leading agency Dentsu Aegis. She is now Managing Director at Accenture Interactive. Lauren joined Dentsu in 2017 from IBM and lead a team of more than 600 people across operations, market research, social science, digital and data scien...

In Episode 9 we speak with James Varga , who co-founded The ID Co in 2011 with a mission to create convenience  allowing consumers to sign up to new products and services in seconds. He is active in a number of local and global efforts to help people do more online, including the Fintech Delivery Panel, the Open Banking Excellence where he is Co-founder and Trust In Digital Life. As one of the fir...

In Episode 8 we speak with Dr. Lynn Gribble , who is one of Australia’s founding coaches, an accidental academic and an award-winning author and university lecturer. She’s known as a digital innovator for her work in technology-enabled academia and she calls herself a “pragmatic futurist coach”. She also helps people to “future proof” their careers in an ever-evolving workplace. We spoke with Lynn...

In Episode 7 we speak with Pitching expert Peter Hopwood and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Pitching for Success?” Peter is a communications and presence coach, public speaking and pitch trainer and conference host. We spoke with Peter from Croatia where he lives and works. We discussed a range of topics relevant to companies of any size including: Getting people curious about your bu...

In Episode 6 we speak with the CEO of Integral Communications Group Ethan McCarty   and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Employee Communication?” A former journalist, Ethan joined IBM in early 2000 to manage the web presence for IBM’s $6 billion a year research division, he also co-authored their groundbreaking blogging guidelines, launched IBM’s intranet podcasting platform and worked...

In Episode 5 we speak with Digital Strategist Tiffany St James and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Digital Transformation?” Tiffany is the former Head of Public Participation for the UK Government and an Executive Director of the British Interactive Media Association. She embeds digital and social media capability into national and international organisations and governments, and speak...

In Episode 4 we speak with Dom Price , Work Futurist at Australian Unicorn Atlassian and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Work?” This special episode was recorded live in front of an audience at Australia House in London during Tech Week, hosted by The Australia United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce where we discussed a range of topics relevant to companies of any size including: The cultu...

In Episode 3 we speak with James Poulter, the co-founder of Voice Agency Vixen Labs and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Voice?”. In this show, we covered a range of topics including: Why James started podcasting back in 2007 Key learnings from being an early podcaster How the next generation will interact with computers using voice How smart speakers will drive the growth of all voice...

In Episode 2 we speak with Minter Dial about the future of AI and Ethics and answer the question “What’s the Future of … AI & Ethics?”. In this show we covered a range of topics: What is "Heartificial empathy"? The need for empathy in business Can we create empathy in a machine? Feeling vs cognitive empathy Ethics in AI Avoiding conscious bias How can we learn to be more empathetic?...

In the 1st episode of the Actionable Futurist® Podcast, we spoke with Impacttologist Martin Brooks and answered the question “What’s the Future of Communication?”. In this show we covered a range of topics: What is an Impacttologist and who would hire one? What levers can you pull to make you a better communicator and maximise your impact? How we communicate in a world without face-to-face communi...