Water Foresight Podcast

Meena Sankaran, Founder & CEO of Ketos, joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss "Scenarios for Resolving Future Water Quality Challenges."  Meena shares her "Four As" relative to her scenarios.  Who is thinking about how technology can address water quality challenges?  Do regulations respond to or drive investments in water quality-focused technology?  Is there a rela...

Is communication the vehicle of leadership?  Stephanie Corso and Arianne Shipley of Rogue Water--the H2DuO--join the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss, "How Communication Will Shape the Future of Water."  What will water leaders be discussing in 20 years?  Same thing, different year?  Or, is the real problem that the water sector mired in a constant state of poor communication?  What wi...

Gary Wong, Global Industry Principal of Infrastructure and Water at AVEVA, joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss "Water and the Pivot From Analog to Digital."  Who is making this "pivot"?  What are the barriers to digital transformation within the water sector?  Is customer privacy relevant?  What are the risks of digital transformation?  Will digital transformation ever...

Robert Powelson, CEO of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss the impact the private water sector will have on the future of the United States.  What will be the future hurdles for private water?  in 2040, what will be the most significant accomplishment of private water?  How does private water respond to the claim that "water is a h...

Dr. Kevin Morley of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) joins the Water Foresight Podcast to offer his views on the future of cybersecurity in the water sector.  What will the minimum cyber standards look like in 10-20 years?  Can we prevent cyber attacks or simply seek to mitigate the effects?  How will insurance companies and ratings agencies respond?  Will concerns over cybersecurity di...

Dr. Miguel De La Torre continues the discussion of the future of water through the lens of ethics and worldviews.  In the future, what will be our right relationship with water?  Will it be through a "Eurocentric worldview" of "dominion" or some other worldview?  How will indigenous or other worldviews ("on the margins") impact our view of our relationship with water?...

Dr. David Groenfeldt completes Part 2 of his interview on Ethics and the Future of Water. #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aqualaurus

Dr. David Groenfeldt of the Water-Culture Institute joins the Water Foresight Podcast to offer a broad assessment of alternative worldviews and how they may shape the future of water.  What if water is considered a "deity" in the future?  How might indigenous worldviews shape the future of permitting water facilities? #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aquala...

The Honorable Robert Dawson, Founder of Dawson & Associates, joins the Water Foresight Podcast to examine the future of the federal government and its relationship with water.  What is the role of technology?  What role will trust play over the next 10-20 years? #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aqualaurus

Our guest is Cindy Wallis-Lage, President of Black & Veatch's water business.  She unpacks the future of the "one water ethic."  What is the one water ethic?  Will society ever fully achieve the one water ethic?  What will the one water ethic look like in 20 years? #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aqualaurus

Maria DeChellis joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss "The Water Customer of the Future: The Ethic of Affordability."  How have water utilities responded to the Covid-19 pandemic?  What are the impacts to financial and workforce issues?  What can water utilities learn from a water disconnection moratorium?  Were water utilities able to forecast the implications?  What are the long...

Reese Tisdale from Bluefield Research joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss the future of the water marketplace. #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aqualaurus

Cristina Ahmadpour, President of Isle Utilities, joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss innovations within the water sector and the cultural implications thereof. #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aqualaurus

In this inaugural episode of the Water Foresight Podcast, guest Dr. Virginia Richardson, Chair of the Strategic Foresight Concentration within the School of Business & Leadership's Doctoral Program at Regent University, introduces the discipline of strategic foresight. #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aqualaurus

In this second episode of the Water Foresight Podcast, guest David McGimpsey, a Partner and Co-Lead of Denton's Energy Practice, provides his thoughts and observations about the future of water as the host of the Water Values Podcast. #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aqualaurus

In this third episode of the Water Foresight Podcast, guest Elisa Speranza of Seventh Ward Strategies explores the "social" aspect of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments by organizations and the future impact on water. #water #WaterForesight #strategicforesight #foresight #futures @Aqualaurus