#58–Future-Fluent with Dmitriy Zakharov

March 27, 2022 by Mark Sackler

“To have another language is to possess a second soul.”–Charlemagne

“To have another language is to possess a second soul.”–Charlemagne

I wouldn’t call future fluency a a new jargon. I would call it a unique and practical way of looking at foresight–of integrating it into the culture of an organization.

Dmitriy Zakharov is a fellow alumnus of the University of Houston’s graduate foresight program. His recent volume Future-Fluent equates foresight with language. He breaks down it’s component parts into syntax and semantics and discusses how to implement this point of view of the future into your life and your organization.

In episode #58 of Seeking Delphi™ Dmitriy tells us of his journey to write the book, and explains what it’s all about.

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#58: Future-Fluent

Podcast #52: Nurturing Foresight in a Short-Sighted World, with Peter Hayward

October 28, 2020 by Mark Sackler

“It is not in our stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.”–Willaim Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene III

Got foresight? Do you even need it? Hell yes, you do. The consequences of lack of foresight have never been more evident than they are in the age of the coronavirus pandemic. But just how can the long view be fostered in a human society that doesn’t often look beyond the next pay check, the next quarter, or most notably, the next election? Peter Hayward is a fellow futurist podcaster. In this episode of Seeking Delphi™ Peter joins me to discuss his approach to very much the same podcasting end that I have. .

#52: Nurturing Foresight in a short-sighted world

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https://www.futurepod.org/podcast/2020/9/28/ep-66-foresight-journalism-mark-sackler

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Podcast #41: After Shock and the Legacy of Alvin Toffler, with Jerome Glenn and Andrew Curry

February 17, 2020 by Mark Sackler

“Future shock is a sickness that comes from too much change in too short a time.”–Alvin Toffler

The newly released volume, After Shock, features 50 of the world’s most renowned futurists reflecting on the 50-year legacy of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, and looking ahead to the next 50 years. In this episode recorded just a few days after the book’s release, two of the contributing essayists, Jerome Glenn and Andrew Curry, discuss with me their views on the legacy of Toffler and Future Shock. Below are links to the audio podcast as well as to the unedited YouTube video of the original webinar.

The day I read Future Shock, just a couple of years after it came out, was the day that started me on the course to becoming a futurist. Here’s what I wrote on this blog when Toffler died in July of 2016.

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episode #41, After Shock and the Legacy of Alvin Toffler

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After Shock, 2017 APF Mini-Cast #1 redux: What Is A Futurist? With Cindy Frewen, Andy Hines, Richard Yonck, et al

February 11, 2020 by Mark Sackler

“No serious futurist deals in prediction. These are left for television oracles and newspaper astrologers.”–Alvin Toffler

The newly released volume, After Shock, features 50 of the world’s most renowned futurists reflecting on the 50-year legacy of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, and looking ahead to the next 50 years. Seven of the contributors have been guests on Seeking Delphi™ This is the sevneth and final in a series of repeats of these podcasts, which will lead up to panel discussion with some of the authors, on the book and the Toffler legacy.

In this episode from the opening reception of the July, 2017 Association of Professional Futurists meeting in Seattle, Washington, we’ll hear three of those contributors. Cindy Frewen and and Richard Yonck, both of whom previously were heard on Seeking Delphi and in this repeat series, and Andy Hines, who was being heard for the first time. Several other APF members are also heard, answering the question, what is a futurist?

The most common question that I get asked, when I tell somebody I’m a futurist, is “what is a futurist?” From now on, I’ll tell them to listen to this podcast. From the Association of Professional Futurists annual meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 27, 2017.

2017 APF Minicast #1–What is a Futurist?

2017 APF Mincast #1 (YouTube)–What is a futurist?

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An Invation to The Future, Seeking Delphi(tm) Webinar: After Shock and The Legacy of Alvin Toffler, with Cindy Frewen, Jerome Glenn, and Andrew Curry

February 9, 2020 by Mark Sackler

“Change is not merely necessary to life–it is life.”–Alvin Toffler

Join me on Thrusday, February 13 at 12:00PM EST, 5PM GMT for a webinar discussion with three of the 50 contributors to After Shock, as we discuss the book and the 50 year legacy of Alvin Toffler. Panelists will include two previous Seeking Delphi™ guests, Cindy Frewen and Jerome Glenn. One new face–Andrew Curry–will also join us. All three are fellow members of the Association of Professional Futurists. Use this Zoom link to sit in and, if motivated, participate in the Q and A session at the end of the program. https://zoom.us/j/118159454

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After Shock, Podcast #19 redux: Ending Aging, with Aubrey de Grey

February 4, 2020 by Mark Sackler

“Your future self is watching right now through your memories.”–Aubrey de Grey

The newly released volume, After Shock, features 50 of the world’s most renowned futurists reflecting on the 50-year legacy of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, and looking ahead to the next 50 years. Seven of the contributors have been guests on Seeking Delphi™ This is the sixth in a series of repeats of these podcasts, which will lead up to panel discussion with some of the authors, on the book and the Toffler legacy.

Aubrey de Grey is co-founder and chief science officer of the SENS foundation, and a leader in the global research effort to end aging. This program from 2017 was the first of four appearances for Aubrey on Seeking Delphi.™ All of his previous programs are linked below this first one.