How To Future
By Scott Smith w/ Madeline Ashby

Media

 
 

MEDIA

Below you can find coverage of How to Future, and our published thoughts on futuring.

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Interviews

The Metaverse Podcast

Madeline Ashby joined Francis Hillyer of the Metaverse podcast to talk about the role of fiction in futuring, and the value of understanding How to Future.

The Iowa Idea Podcast

Scott Smith joined Matt Arnold of Spark Consulting for the Iowa Idea Podcast, to discuss the craft of futuring.

Near Future Laboratory Podcast

Madeline Ashby recently joined Julian Bleecker of Near Future Laboratory for a conversation in two parts, discussing futures, fiction, worldbuilding, risk and uncertainty.

The Evolving Leader

Scott Smith joined Jean Gomes and Scott Allender to discuss how applied futuring differs from popular perception, and to talk about how we think about time and possibility.

The Deep Dive

Scott Smith and Madeline Ashby spent time with cultural anthropologist Phil McKenzie about accountability, imagination and culture in futures.

Nesta Talks To…

Scott Smith spoke with Celia Hannon of Nesta about the tools and uses of futuring, the cultural barriers organizations face, and more (3 November, 2020).

Z-TOPIA on Twitch

Scott and Madeline joined Phil Balagtas and Ben Lowdon of the Design Futures Initiative to talk about the book, film, TV and folklore (15 November, 2020).

Change Alchemy Podcast

Scott joined Shobhana Viswanathan to talk about the culture of futuring, books and more.

Scott Smith discusses takeaways from his book "How To Future". He talks about his work as a futurist, guiding large organizations towards better futures with a blend of foresight, narrative design and strategic thinking.

NewCities Big Rethink

Madeline Ashby joined Greg Lindsay of NewCities Foundation for this discussion of the future (23 September, 2020)

Ars Electronica Festival 2020

Scott Smith spoke with Dr. Michelle Kazprzak about How to Future for Ars Electronica Festival 2020 — Kepler’s Garden (10 September, 2020)

LinkedIn Live with Bernard Marr

Scott joined business expert Bernard Marr for his weekly LinkedIn Live session. This episode, How To See Into The Future And Spot Trends, is also available via his podcast series.

Off the Page with Kogan Page

For the book launch, Scott talked with Jaini Haria of Kogan Page about the key ideas in the book, the practice of futuring, and smart tactics in the field or workshop (September 2020).

Business Extra Podcast — The National UAE

Scott joined Kelsey Warner of The National UAE for the Business Extra Podcast (September 2020).

After 15 years of working with Fortune 500 companies, governments and start-ups, Scott Smith says anyone can make sense of this age of uncertainty and act. Host Kelsey Warner speaks to the futurist, founder of Changeist and author of How to Future: Leading and Sense-making in an Age of Hyperchange about how he maps the future.

SpeculativeEdu

Scott Smith interviewed by SpeculativeEdu on the use of prototypes and designs in futuring. (January 2020)

Power of Ten Podcast

Scott recently joined Andy Polaine for an episode of Power of Ten to discuss futures, and the work he and his colleagues at Changeist do to help organizations find more useful futures. (January 2020)

 

France24 Tech24

Scott Smith interviewed on France24’s Tech24 on the role of prediction and using models to understand the future. Video below. (January 2020)

MIT Technology Review

Scott talking about the uses of prototypes and design fiction in this MIT Technology Review feature by Tim Maughan (December 2020)

Wall Street Journal

Think Like a Futurist to Be Prepared for the Totally Unexpected — Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal (December, 2016)