Futures Intelligent Leadership: Innovative Wisdom for Future-Ready Leadership

Episode 36F with authors from the book "Leadership For the Future." --INTERVIEW 1 (00:00 - 16:05) Jan Klakurka Jan Klakurka is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Studies at Huron University and long-standing instructor within the strategy department at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. With over twenty-five years of professional experience in industry and management consulting, Jan advises C-Level executives and executing on the ground and has served organizations across private and public sectors through his practice. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/janklakurka/)Candice Chow Candice Is professor at DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. She teaches technical know-how as well as values-based leadership focused on moral values, self-reflection, critical integrated thinking, courage and compassion. Candice's consulting services enable holistic strategy development through engaged advisory, workshops and team-based coaching. She co-founded Elevae Strategic Advisory to bring fresh values-based perspectives, novel evidence-based models, pragmatism, and a future-conscious mindset to help your organizations become purposeful, strategic, innovative, responsible and sustainable.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/candicechow/) ---- INTERVIEW 2 (Starts at 16:05)  Roger Spitz, President of Techistential & Founding Chairman of the Disruptive Futures InstituteBased in San Francisco, Roger Spitz is the President of Techistential (Foresight Strategy) and founding Chairman of the Disruptive Futures Institute. A member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF, Washington), he sits on a number of Advisory Boards of Companies, Venture Capital funds & Academic institutions worldwide. Techistential's renowned Board, Governance & Investor practice works with leaders and their organizations globally to capitalize on disruption as a springboard to drive value. An advisor, speaker and author on Artificial Intelligence, Roger has invested in a number of AI startups.  Roger has two decades leading investment banking businesses, advising CEOs, founders, boards and shareholders of companies globally on strategic M&A transactions, and has advised on deals with overall value of $25bn.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerspitz/)Rauli Nykänen, Research Fellow & Chair of Center for Philosophy at the Disruptive Futures InstituteBased in Finland, Rauli has a background in humanities and philosophy. After a Masters in European Philosophy, he attended doctorate studies focusing on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.  He has a keen interest in a process philosophy approach, ontology, as well as philosophy of science. Rauli is currently conducting research at the Disruptive Future Institute where the focus is on the philosophical questions involved in complexity, artificial intelligence and decision-making. The aim is to present views on the nature of physicalist scientific speculation in such a way as to equip audiences with the ability to better appraise both capabilities and limitations of scientific solutions and the technological applications derived from them. -----About  the Book "Leadership For the Future"In this book, twenty authors from around the globe present, explore, and discuss such approaches from multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and planetary perspectives for the 21st century. They embrace a variety of diverse values, cognitive maps, definitions, and frameworks. Some approaches are more academically oriented; they discuss and develop theoretical perspectives. Others focus on the practice of leadership in and for the

EPISODE 36E of the Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast. About Mattia Vettorello Mattia is an innovation Manger.  He is a believer in life-long learning, and researches the intersection of Innovation Management, Design and Futures Studies. The research focuses on enabling and integrating Futures Literacy in complex behavioural strategies to support strategic decision-making.About Jim BurkeJim is a Foresight and Solutions Navigator at DeepDive Foresight: He is transforming ways that people and businesses can intentionally speculate, identify, and apply insights for the future. He creates innovative foresight studies that exploit  systems thinking, early-warning signals, and emerging trends to forecast disruptive risks and opportunities. About  the Book "Leadership For the Future"In this book, twenty authors from around the globe present, explore, and discuss such approaches from multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and planetary perspectives for the 21st century. They embrace a variety of diverse values, cognitive maps, definitions, and frameworks. Some approaches are more academically oriented; they discuss and develop theoretical perspectives. Others focus on the practice of leadership in and for the future, and offer practical guidelines for implementation.Find out more about the book "Leadership for the Future" here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/news/item/book-in-focus-leadership-for-the-future-lessons-from-the-past-current-approaches-and-future-insightsLet's listen -----Find out more about HA:KU Global - www.haku.global Opening Music By Drew Henmi - www.drewhenmimusic.com/

Episode 36D with Authors from Leadership For the Future. About Timothy DolanTimothy Dolan is a Policy foresight specialist with extensive international and cross cultural competencies in course development, long-term policy analysis workshops, and international policy. He is currently the principle at Policy Foresight.  About Elizabeth TureskyElizabeth Turesky is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Her interconnected research focuses on women and leadership, organizational change, and the nexus of experiential learning and leadership development. Prior to her academic life she was an independent Organizational Development Consultant.  About Carol NemeroffCarol Nemeroff is a Professor and Dean of the Renaissance College of Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada. She is also the principal at the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center at the University of Southern Maine.  Her research focuses on three interconnected areas: The first is intuitive or “magical” bases for decision-making;  the second is cross-culturally models for building resilience in ethical decision-making; the third is the intersection of gender, culture, and leadership. About  the Book "Leadership For the Future"In this book, twenty authors from around the globe present, explore, and discuss such approaches from multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and planetary perspectives for the 21st century. They embrace a variety of diverse values, cognitive maps, definitions, and frameworks. Some approaches are more academically oriented; they discuss and develop theoretical perspectives. Others focus on the practice of leadership in and for the future, and offer practical guidelines for implementation.Find out more about the book "Leadership for the Future" here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/news/item/book-in-focus-leadership-for-the-future-lessons-from-the-past-current-approaches-and-future-insightsLet's listen -----Find out more about HA:KU Global - www.haku.global Opening Music By Drew Henmi - www.drewhenmimusic.com/

EPISODE 36C of the Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast with Guest Dr.  Thomas Meylan and Dr, Shelbee NguyenVogesAbout Thomas Meylan  Dr. Thomas Meylan is the CEO of Digital Clones, Inc. which focus on System Integration Concepts for Targeted Sustainability Programs. Thomas has Published approximately 20 scientific papers on various aspects of stellar physics and chemical composition, and methods of spectroscopic analysis. He utilizes his experience working with organizations to develop strategies that enhance Knowledge Driven Leadership for mastery of the unexpected. About Shelbee NguyenVoges Dr, Shelbee NguyenVoges is Associate Professor at St Edward's University. She is responsible for overseeing revisions to curriculum and program design, development, implementation, & assessment initiatives. She advises graduate students, developing, designing, & teaching graduate courses situated in emancipatory Interdisciplinary adult education and the practice of adult learning theory. About  the Book "Leadership For the Future"In this book, twenty authors from around the globe present, explore, and discuss such approaches from multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and planetary perspectives for the 21st century. They embrace a variety of diverse values, cognitive maps, definitions, and frameworks. Some approaches are more academically oriented; they discuss and develop theoretical perspectives. Others focus on the practice of leadership in and for the future, and offer practical guidelines for implementation.Find out more about the book "Leadership for the Future" here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/news/item/book-in-focus-leadership-for-the-future-lessons-from-the-past-current-approaches-and-future-insightsLet's listen -----Find out more about HA:KU Global - www.haku.global Opening Music By Drew Henmi - www.drewhenmimusic.com/

Episode 36 B of the Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast with Guests Elissa Farrow and Charlene D'Amore .  This is the second in a series of podcast with Chapter authors from the book "Leadership for the Future." In this podcast I interview Elissa Farrow followed by Charlene D'Amore.About Elissa FarrowElissa is the founder of “About Your Transition” which  was created to enable positive agency and adaptation. The organization as a proven track record in co-designing, assuring and delivering transformational and trans-contextual change in individuals, teams, organisations and communities. She is also a Ph.D. candidate exploring organisational adaptation implications and scenarios in the context of Artificial Intelligence futures. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/efarrow/)About Charlene D'AmoreFor over 20 years, Charlene D'Amore has been a public school teacher in Pennsylvania.  Every day she touches the future as she teaches students in grades K to 12.  In 2001, Dr. D'Amore began to learn and practice the 8 spiritual principles featured in her chapter: "Mindful Leadership: Transform Your Self, Organization, and Society".  The information in her chapter is a combination of these spiritual principles and concepts from Sociology, Organizational Management, and Leadership.  Dr. D'Amore completed her PhD in August 2019 in the area of Administration and Leadership Studies.  Her research interests include reducing stigma in society and increasing the practices of mindful leadership and spiritual development.  About  the Book "Leadership For the Future"In this book, twenty authors from around the globe present, explore, and discuss such approaches from multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and planetary perspectives for the 21st century. They embrace a variety of diverse values, cognitive maps, definitions, and frameworks. Some approaches are more academically oriented; they discuss and develop theoretical perspectives. Others focus on the practice of leadership in and for the future, and offer practical guidelines for implementation.Find out more about the book "Leadership for the Future" here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/news/item/book-in-focus-leadership-for-the-future-lessons-from-the-past-current-approaches-and-future-insightsLet's listen -----Find out more about HA:KU Global - www.haku.global Opening Music By Drew Henmi - www.drewhenmimusic.com/

Episode 36A: Leadership for the future with book editor and author Thomas Mengel. In this episode I am joined by Thomas Mengel.  He is the editor of a new book  "Leadership For the future." And this episode is the first in a series of episodes featuring chapter authors.  About Thomas Mengel  Thomas is a Professor at Renaissance College,  University of New Brunswick in Canada. Thomas has a diverse background with graduate degrees in computer science, adult education and theology. He has served in management, leadership and consulting roles in several organization in Europe. He is particularly interested in leadership and project management education in practice and theory in the context of futures studies and foresight, as well as in their historical development and philosophical underpinnings.Thomas is the recent editor of the book “Leadership For the Future: Lessons from the Past, Current Approaches, and Future Insights”.  He is also the author of four chapters in the book, which is now available to purchase. In this book, twenty authors from around the globe present, explore, and discuss such approaches from multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and planetary perspectives for the 21st century. You can also find a chapter in book authored by me and HA:KU global co-founder Kevin Reddy titled, " The six pillars of leadership future intelligence."   About "Leadership For the Future"Find out more about the book "Leadership for the Future" here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/news/item/book-in-focus-leadership-for-the-future-lessons-from-the-past-current-approaches-and-future-insightsLet's listen -----Opening Music By Drew Henmi - www.drewhenmimusic.com/

Episode 35 of the Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast: Looking for What Has Not Changed In the Future with Ralph Mercer and Kevin EikenberryAbout Ralph Mercer Ralphs is a former member of the Canadian Forces and currently a PhD student investigating the structural systems within professions and exploring the limiting effects on the possible futures of educational technologies. He uses Causal Layered Analysis i as an inclusive and unique method to explore the complex relationship individuals have with technology and how that relationship constraints professional agency and decision-making.About Kevin Eikenberry Kevin is the Chief Potential Officer at The Kevin Eikenberry Group. His work focuses on help organizations, leaders and individuals reach their potential through remarkable learning approaches. He is the author of “The Long Distance Teammate, which provides insights into how to help teams Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere. In this episode we discussWhy trust and safety nets are essential for leadership to build especially in a decentralized work landscape. Why wise leaders have a pulse on future trends, while also keeping an eye on the past. Why leaders should look at what has not changed instead of what has changed and why remote leadership has change what we think about leadership, but not how we lead. Let's listenVisit us at www.haku.global to find out about Future Intelligent Leadership Training and Design Sprints. opening music by (www.drewhenmimusic.com

Episode 34 of the Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast About John Hagel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhagel/)John is the Founder of Beyond our Edge. He is widely published and quoted thought leader and keynote speaker featured at the World Economic Forum, Microsoft CEO Summit, World Technology Summit, Harvard Business School, TED, and Singularity University. His goal is to help leaders engage around fundamental issues, find more effective ways of integrating personal development, and drive the evolution of their environments to achieve their full potential. He works with companies from all over the world, to widen the field of vision to anticipate opportunities that can be leveraged, build excitement, and cultivate emotions that will help people achieve more impact and more meaning.About Amy Fletcher (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyfletcher-futures/) Amy is a Visiting Professor of Political Science, Eastern Kentucky University. Her work focuses on public policy and foresight for emerging technologies, With areas of expertise including #futures studies, #foresight, #biopolitics, #spacepolicy and #smartcities. Skills include public policy analysis, public speaking, workshop facilitation, online webinars, and foresight analysis and scenario building.About this episodeIn this episode we discuss how fear limits foresight, why leaders need to balance the ability to zoom out and zoom in, how to create the pause and space for foresight, the power of being vulnerable enough to ask questions and not just provide answers, why organizations of the future will scale learning instead of efficiency, and why the current climate of exponential change creates exponential opportunities.   Let's listenwww.Haku.global 

Episode 33: Functional, Implicit and Relational Roles within an Emerging Organizational System with Joan Lurie and Aurora Aritao About Joan LurieJoan is the CEO of Orgonomix, a company helping leaders and organisations transform themselves and to function at their growing edge. Her integrates strategy, systems thinking, complexity, social construction and adult development theory.Joan works with boards, executives and leadership teams to help them rewire their thinking to be more systemic, and to design and lead complex adaptive and second-order change in their organisations. With 20 years in practices she has helped companies achieve turnaround results - emerging new cultures, operating models and different organisational systems, whilst simultaneously building their adaptive capacity.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-lurie-73bb0215/About Aurora AritaoAurora is founding principal at THRIVEinMIND, which offers a multi-disciplinary approach to coaching influenced by research in organisational change, motivation, emotional resilience, collective intelligence, collaboration and adaptive leadership. Aurora has had roles as a founder, leadership consultant, executive team coach and facilitator with extensive experience in tech product marketing: launching and growing award-winning productivity solutions globally for the world's largest Tech/Telecom companies.Aurora's current interests lie in understanding transformation, organizational behaviour, group dynamics, collaboration and the interrelationship between personality, leadership style, culture and decision-making.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/auroraaritao/ About this episodeIn this dialogue we discuss the importance of leadership developing systemic intelligence, how the act of drawing out your role at work, and the system you work in, helps reveal your mental maps, why leadership needs to understand both the functional roles and implicit roles within a team, why understanding networks and relationship patterns is just as important as self awareness, how our inner world shape the system work and how the system or work shaping our inner world, why leadership needs to create container for the emergence of new possibilities and why big picture visions are not as useful as discovering the adjacent possibles.  Let's listen. www.haku.global------Opening music "Breath in" by Drew Henmi: www.drewhenmimusic.com

Episode 32 with Riel Miller and Miguel Jimenez) About Riel MillerRiel has been co-creating innovation, leadership and transformation in both the public and private sectors around the world for the past 30 years. He is one of the world's leading strategic foresight designers and practitioners. Currently Riel holds the position of Head of Foresight and futures literacy at UNESCO in Paris. Riel's specialty is bringing decision makers to question the assumptions underlying current choices and exploring the potential of the present. Specific sectors: The future of money (financial sector). The Future of Schooling and Universities (Education). The Future of Cyberspace (Internet, networking). The Future of Technology (from nano to AI) The Future of Governance. https://www.linkedin.com/notifications/About Miguel JimenezMiguel is a futures and foresight practitioner with a strong focus on observing systems holistically - he makes sense of context, driving forces, system relationships, global trends, and key influencers shaping the future - to forecast, design and implement better solutions for society, businesses, and governments. He is currently the CEO and Founder of FFWD, a future anticipation and strategic foresight office helping you to transform for what is coming next.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-jimenez-futurist/About this Episode In this episode we explore the impossible role of leadership, why the context of the past might be shaping the wrong future, why leadership needs to see uncertainty as an asset instead of a risk, the significance of bringing awareness to creativity and integrating it into the leadership process, why the past should never be immortal, and why leadership needs to embrace future literacy to better understand the risks and opportunities of the future.  Let's listen www.haku.global------Opening music "Breath in" by Drew Henmi: www.drewhenmimusic.com

Episode 31 of the Future Intelligence Leadership Podcast with Guests Elissa Farrow and Cathy HacklAbout Elissa FarrowElissa is the founder of “About Your Transition” which  was created to enable positive agency and adaptation. The organization as a proven track record in co-designing, assuring and delivering transformational and trans-contextual change in individuals, teams, organisations and communities. She is also a Ph.D. candidate exploring organisational adaptation implications and scenarios in the context of Artificial Intelligence futures. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/efarrow/)About Cathy HacklCathy is a leading tech futurist and globally recognized business leader specializing in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), & spatial computing. She is one of LinkedIn's top technology voices and BigThink named Cathy one of the top 10 most influential women in tech in 2020. She's been called the CEO's business guide to the metaverse. Cathy was included in the 2021 prestigious Thinkers50 Radar list of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathyhackl/)About This EpisodeIn todays episode we dive deep into the impacts of technology on leadership, the changing dynamics of human and machine interaction, the challenges of navigating and leading in an augmented future, the role of virtual beings in the human landscape, and how leadership can maintain high human touch in a hi-tech reality. www.haku.global

Episode 30: Network Weaving & Digital Paradox with Jeff Piontek and Daniel PesutAbout Jeff PiontekJeff is the Vice President of Global Business Development at Perfection Learning. He is an education expert working around the world building experiences that engage students and empower them for success. His core passion is in the areas of STEM/STEAM. (Science Technology Engineering and ARTS and Mathematics) and enhancing it (logically) with the "R" for reading because, if you can't read you will be challenged to be successful in every phase of life. Jeff is committed to being a resource to his business partners, colleagues/contacts and friends, with a professional motto of "If I can't help you, I know someone who can."About Daniel Pesut Professor Emeritus at University of Minnesota. He is an Innovative Nurse Educator, Academic Career Coach, Author, Keynote Speaker, Organizational Consultant, Futurist, and Trusted Advisor. He is Skilled in helping people create desired futures with creativity, innovation, and foresight. Committed to the future of nursing and health care through development of foresight leadership, Daniel Influences and educates the next generation health care leaders to reason with critical, creative, complexity, strategic, systems, and integral thinking skills. About this EpisodeIf you are interested in exploring the timezone paradox, the challenges of quality online education, why we need at least 20% of the people in the world to be futurists, how to close to triangle for global network weaving, the future of education in a digital world and why “You cannot know where you are going until you know where you have been” then this episode is for you. Let’s listen-----Find out more about "Accelerating Leadership Future Intelligence " at http://www.haku.global Opening music "Breath in" by Drew Henmi: www.drewhenmimusic.com

Episode 29 of the Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast with guests Adam Safron and Thomas SchindlerAbout Thomas SchindlerCEO/ Founder of Delodi a company dedicated to developing custom software for clients and supporting clients in the product development and business model innovation process. Through his diverse work of projects, initiatives, non-profits and for-profits business, Thomas directs his focus and energy towards using technology to contribute towards making the planet a good place.  LinkedinAbout Adam Safron Adam is a systems neuroscientist with diverse research experience that focuses on multi-scale perspectives of the brain, ranging from cellular to computational levels. He is currently doing Postdoctoral research at the Kinsey Institute using neuroimaging methods to study emotion, behavioral drives, and social cognition. LinkedinAbout this EpisodeThis is dialogue we discuss:How to be an Adaptive, Autonomous and intentional leaderThe important balance between chaos and order during changeThe correlation of Adjacent possibles, zones of proximal development and production possibilities frontiersThe difference between Day One and Day Two OrganizationsThe role of predictive modeling and self modeling functions of the brain for developing a future vision. The significance of congruency and authenticity for developing trustHow leadership can create a distortion field of reality to inspire collaboration toward a future vision.-----------Find out more about Future Intelligent Leadership Facilitations and Trainings at www.haku.globalOpening Music by Drew Henmi: www.drewhenmimusic.com/

Episode 28 (season 2) of the Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast with guests Nick Jankel and Dr. David Griffiths. About Nick JankelNick is a professional keynote speaker & transformation catalyst. He is a co-founder of two enterprises: SWITCH ON, which deploys deep transformation courses, peer coaching kits, & cohesive leadership programs. And FUTUREMAKERS a start-up that works with pathfinding orgs to unleash creative sustainability & regenerative innovation. Nick co-founded his first company at age 24 and grew it exponentially to be a world leader in breakthrough innovation. After a breakthrough in his understanding of purpose at age 30, he pivoted to developing regenerative innovation approaches; and Bio-Transformation Theory & Practice®, a rigorous pathway for mastering transformation in any human endeavor thats fuses the latest brain and complexity science with profound contemplative wisdom. About Dr. David GriffithsDr. David Griffiths, A PhD but not an academic, is Trusted by executives in some of the world's best-known brands, he harnesses the power of science to create impact and meaningful value for change leaders and managers. David shows leaders and managers how to move knowledge to action to create meaningful value for themselves, their teams, their organisations and wider society. His work has won awards for research excellence through to national awards for impact on US society. David has worked with some of the world's best-known brands in 17 countries, to help leaders and managers accelerate change and transformation.In this Episode we dialogue about…The Importance of Cognitive and Emotional Complexity Why leaders need to allow a space for meaning too inspire meaningful action and meaningful valueHow micro-interventions for expanding leadership capability and capacity need to be supported by embodiment What happens when leaders asking the wrong questionsWhy there is not a one-size-fits-all to learning and development Ashbys law of Variety and how that impacts diversity and inclusionHow leaders can get people to swarm around your future visionWhy many leaders are doing the wrong things brilliantly. Why the future is like Building a plane while you flyWhy leaders need to give themselves permission to move from being cooks to chefsFind out more at www.haku.global/podcast and gain access to podcast transcripts and new content for building future intelligence leadership and advanced future readiness.

Episode 27 of the Futures Intelligence Leadership Podcast with guest Fiona Kerr. ABOUT FIONA KERRDr Fiona Kerr researches, speaks and consults on a range of topics including the neuroscience of human-human and human-technology interaction, neurogenesis, and how good leaders create organisations that flourish. Fiona founded The NeuroTech institute to investigate how humans shape each other, how technology shapes us and thus how we should shape technology. The centre explores how we can leverage the incredible capabilities of both humans and AI, how we can maintain human connection in an increasingly technologised world, and how to create quality interaction and partnerships between humans and AI. ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this dialogue we discuss why leadership needs more complex thinking, the role of emergent logic leadership in the future, how leaders set the tone of the organization through their Volatilome, why leadership that inspires neural synchronization creates a more innovative and futures ready organization, and how to deal with the increasing role of technology in our lives without loosing the importance of human-to-human interaction and how leaders can create shared neural networks to increase autonomy and improve strategic decision making.find out more at www.haku.global

EPISODE 26 of the FUTURES INTELLIGENCE LEADERSHIP PODCASTABOUT BRONWYN WILLIAMSBronwyn Williams is a partner and foresight lead / trend analyst for FluxTrends.com and she is the co founder of Apollo42 Which develops brands for the future. She is the Co-Author of a recent book titled “the The Future Starts Now.” ABOUT BILL GENOVESEBill Genovese Chief Technology Officer | Executive Board Director Standard Health Corporation. He is a former VP of Corporate Strategic Research and Planning for Huawei in China. He has over 25 years experience in consulting and delivering financial systems management applications and infrastructure. He is also an advisor for HA:KU Global and you can learn more about his perspective on risk and risk analysis in a HA:KU global leadership fireside chat…www.haku.global. ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn today’s dialogue we explore, the role of technology in disabling and building trust, why Sentiment analysis might be a good signal for the past, but a poor signal for the future, why leadership needs to move from deterministic thinking to probabilistic thinking to expand future horizons, the dangers of using viral content to inform foresight and why we need leadership that has the courage to take risks especially in deep uncertainty.

Episode 25: The brain is a system within a system, embedded in a system, how mindfulness impacts brain traits and states, how to utilize bias, How to unwind detrimental thought loops, Why the brain is the original virtual reality device, the neuroscience of awareness and focus, the power of the word “because,” and why your brain might be a generator, antenna or receptor for consciousness with Dr James Giordano and Rob DubeAbout Dr GiordanoDr James (Jim) Giordano is a Neuroscientist and neuroethicist focusing upon mechanisms and treatment of neuropsychiatric spectrum disorders, and neuroethical issues generated by brain science and its applications in medicine, public life, and military intelligence and warfare. He is a Professor in the Department of neurology and biochemistry and chief of the neuroethics studies program At Georgetown university. About Rob Dube Rob Dube is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder at imageOne, which was recognized as one of the Top 25 Small Businesses in America as a Forbes Small Giant company in 2017. Rob is the author of “donothing, The most rewarding leadership challenge you’ll ever take” and he hosts leadership retreats to help leaders do-nothing as a means to unplug and rejuvenate their minds. About this EpisodeI am really excited to have Dr Giordano on for his second visit as a guest on the podcast. If you missed it you can catch his deep insights on futures intelligence in episode 11. In this episode Rob discusses the practical practice of mindfulness that he utilizes for himself and other leaders, while Jim provides insights into the neural correlates, or brain mechanisms or the experiences. As always this discussion is focuses around the impacts this has on futures intelligence leadership. So if you are interested in why leaders need to understand that their brain is a system within a system, embedded in a system, How to remove mental busy-ness, how mindfulness impacts brain traits and states, how to purposefully utilize personal bias as a leader, How to unwind detrimental thought loops, why the brain is a bayesian processor and how that impacts the ability to predict and make decisions towards a specific future, Why the brain is the original virtual reality device, the neuroscience of awareness and focus, the power of the word “because,” the neuroscience of compassion, and why your brain might be a generator, antenna or receptor for consciousness. Find out more about Futures Intelligence Leadership at www.haku.global

Episode 24: Technology Upgrades and Human Performance, Humility in complex decision making, pushups for the mind, values vs results and bravado vs authentic courage with Paul Gibbons and Armon OwensABOUT THIS EPISODEIn todays episode we dialogue about the importance of Optimizing human performance and not just technology upgrades, why leadership needs to be humble when decision making in complexity, Why we need pushups for the mind to develop human cognition at scale, the distinction between values and results when measuring leadership capabilities and the difference between leadership bravado and authentic courage.ABOUT PAUL GIBBONSPaul is a keynote speaker and specialist in leading change, business strategy, and helping businesses navigate ethical challenges He is a professor at the university of Denver and His current project is a four book series called Leading Change in the Digital Age. His new book titled “The Spirituality of Work and Leadership: Finding Meaning, Joy, and Purpose in What You Do” will be out in the fourth quarter of 2020. This is Paul’s second go at the Futures Intelligence Leadership Podcast and I am excited to have him back for this episode. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulggibbons/ABOUT ARMON OWENSArmon Owens is a Command Master Chief in the US Navy. Currently stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is also an advisor for HA:KU global leadership trainings. He is passionate about a concept he calls “Unsung Leadership”… which utilizes empathy, compassion and honor to elicit the best possible results from yourself and your team. https://www.linkedin.com/in/armon-owens-37759a36/www.haku.global

Episode 23 of the Futures Intelligence Leadership Podcast with Graham Norris and Dave Snowden. ABOUT Graham NorrisGraham is the founder of Foresight Psychology, delivering Keynotes and facilitation to help people get comfortable with the future and make better decisions. His doctoral research looked at change, adaptability and mindfulness among knowledge workers in China, which has been experiencing exceptionally rapid change and development. The subjects of the study showed that resilience and flexibility are key to overcoming biases and primal thinking that make optimal decision-making in the modern world challenging.ABOUT Dave SnowdenDave is the founder of Cognitive edge which was founded in 2005 with the objective of building methods, tools and capability to utilise insights from Complex Adaptive Systems theory and other scientific disciplines in social systems. Even if you do not know who Dave Snowden is you may be familiar with, or even used one of his decision making frameworks, called the Cynefin Framework, which he developed while at IBM to help understand the context for decision making. You can find out more about Dave and his work at https://www.cognitive-edge.com/ABOUT The DialogueIn this dialogue we discuss, how uncertainty impacts our understanding of space and time, the limitations of self awareness and memory, the importance of disposition in complexity, how to navigate crisis using diversity and distributed decision making, why leaders need better decision making metrics and why need to get rid of the cult of the individual leader and embrace contextual and crews based leadership.

Episode 22 of the Futures Intelligence Leadership Flowcast with Guests Katherine Green, PhD and About Nur Anisah PhD---------About Katherine Green, PhDKatherine is the creator of Futures at Work. She is seasoned foresight professional helping organizations explore the future, make strategic choices, raise institutional capacity to manage change, and execute on planned change, targeting a preferred future. She use a cross-disciplinary approach, blending the futures field with the behavioral sciences. Katherine helps her clients to be prepared, not surprised. She use a recognized 6-step foresight process, enabling clients to solve pressing business, talent and organizational challenges with tailored solutions for their future. Her work helps organizations identify change strategies that enhance success during the transitions, and offer guidance on how to 'stay the course' while pursuing a preferred future. About Nur Anisah PhDDr Anisah is a Senior Teaching Fellow Strathclyde Business School. She graduated with a PhD (Operations Research) and is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists. She helps organisations plan strategically, and design and develop performance measurement systems. She uses foresight and scenario planning to help organisations go beyond just forecasting to the generation of preferred futures.Dr Anisah created Futures_Sandbox, an initiative for transformative action learning and youth development. The Futures Sandbox is an independent, collaborative and open platform for workshops, seminars, and hands-on projects to educate and inspire youth toward imagining and creating preferred futures. https://linktr.ee/itsanisah

Episode 21: Empathic, Adaptive, Improvisational, Intuitive Leadership with guests Norman Wolfe and Francis Valintine. Frances Valintine is the Founder & CEO The Mind Lab & Tech Futures Lab. helping organisations and individuals to navigate the contemporary world of business. She works on issues related to the impact of exponential technologies, new business models, changing demographics and high impact work cultures to the new expectations of customers, the sharing economy and social responsibility. Find Frances on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesvalintine/Norman Wolfe is the founder of Quantum Leaders, Inc., has spent over 40 years working in a variety of organizations from Fortune 500 to technology startups. He is a leading voice of the emerging new business paradigm and is viewed as an expert in the areas of leadership, strategy, change adoption, process improvement, organization design. He sees an organization through a different lens and uncovers new possibilities for growth. Norman is the author of “The Living Organization” which outlines what is required to elevate senior executive teams to new standards of performanceFind Norman on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfe/

Episode 20 of the Futures Intelligence Leadership Podcast with Guests Mark Laisure and David Burkus. About Mark LaisureMark is the CEO of Vortex Immersion Media, the world’s leading designer of transformative 360degree immersive entertainment experiences. Mark spent his early career around Wall Street as principle with Firms such as UBS Paine Webber and Wellington Shields & Co. has utilized his experience to guide several business start-ups, takeovers, and turn-arounds,. Mark is also an inspirational speaker, producer & Co-Host of The LIFE CHANGES Radio Show and Live Event Series focused on sharing and embracing "change" in order to "do life better." Find Mark on Linkedin. About David BurkusDavid is one of the world’s leading business thinkers. His forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever. He is the best-selling author of five books about business and leadership. His insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg and BusinessWeek… to name a few. Since 2017, David has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. He is a former business school professor and holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology and a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University.Find David on LinkedinABOUT THIS EPISODEI met Mark several years ago in California where we were speaking at the same event. What struck me was how Marks career has transitioned from finance and mechanistic thinking to a more wholistic and energetic focused mindset. This is theme is present throughout this dialogue. Another theme we touch on is the importance of leadership authenticity and the ability of leaders to create a sense of safety. Within a climate of uncertainty complexity and exponential change…leaders will get things wrong and they will fail to achieve their initial vision and the the vision might change…and that is ok. But they also need to create a safe space for others to fail in the process. And this requires leadership to have the courage to relinquishing control over the future vision and allow a collaborative vision to emerge. If you are interested in exploring the role of psychological safety in change, The power of “I don’t know”, how to create collaborative visions of the future, authentic listening and positive authenticity, the importance of developing self discernment in a information world, the power of flexible work environments and why experts and leaders need to share their thought process to get buy-in…then this episode is for you. Let’s listen. Find out more about www.haku.global

Jerome Glen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromecglenn/)Jerome is the Executive Director of the Millennium Project, with a focus on Creating a sustainable global collective intelligence System and also houses the largest collection of internationally peer-reviewed methods to explore the future. Jerome Specializes in global futures research, global scenarios, and strategies to address global challenges. He manages a participatory think tank of 63 Nodes around the world that conduct futures research on science and technology, environment, energy, and collective intelligenceMarcus Anthony (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-anthony-74831524/) Marcus is an Associate Professor of Futures Studies at the Beijing Institute of Technology. He writes books, articles and popular pieces about the future, and gives public talks and workshops. He likes to explore Deep Futures – profound, meaningful and sustainable visions of tomorrow. He is also the coordinator of the Global Talent 2050 platform and Foresight advisor for the Research and Development Center for Future Civilisation and Talent at the Beijing Institute of TechnologyABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this dialogue we discuss Collective intelligence, the importance of feedback and challenges of information overload, the value of intelligence, wisdom and embodiment, the role of intuition and logic for decision making about the future, how levels based systems create inherent bias and how spherical systems help to overcome bias and the need for more cognitive diversity in the future. Let's listen.www.haku.global

Episode 16 with guests Alanna Shaikh and Shara Evans. Alanna ShaikhAlanna is a Senior international development consultant and coach, working with high-level government officials and development donors. She has skill speaking in four languages Arabic, Russian, French, and Uzbek. And is a former USAID office director and Senior TED fellow…who recently gave a talk on COVID 19 that received a lot of attention. Shara EvansShara is a Keynote speaker and internationally acknowledged as a cutting edge technology futurist, commentator, strategy advisor and thought leader. She is the Founder and CEO of Market Clarity, an award-winning technology analyst firm that provides specialized insight, intelligence and advice on all aspects of emerging technologies.ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday we dive into a post-covid future and what leaders need to do to adapt. In the dialogue we discuss: understand which lessons from the past are relevant. Post Covid work environments, more thoughtful human interactions and touch, adjusting our level of risk, why the next 6-month will determine the next 2-3 years, and the inequality of pandemic effects on different populations and how that effects the future. Let's Listenwww.haku.global

Episode 15 of the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast with Oscar Venhuis and Andrew BladesOscar VenhuisOscar is the co-founded theDesk, a pioneering collaborative work and event space in Asia. He is the Chief Collaboration Officer tasked with designing innovation that creates a strategic advantage. .Andrew BladesAndrew is the Manager of Risk and Compliance Environmental protection authority Victoria About this EpisodeI met Oscar at a workshop I was leading in Hong Kong on Conscious Leadership and I met Andrew in Manchester England at a 5 Day Foresight training Emersion. In todays episode we dive into uncertainty…is uncertainty something we should live with or learn to embrace? If you are interested in exploring how to embrace uncertainty, the power of collaboration, cognitive diversity, balancing the past and the future, developing human skills, planning less and adapting more, and developing foresight, insight, hindsight and oversight, then this episode is for you Lets listen

Episode 14 of the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast with Blake Morgan and Damon D'Amore. Power of Listening, Good Leaders are Normal People, Slow Down, Importance of Self-Validation for future leadersAbout Blake MorganBlake Morgan is a leader in customer experience. She is a keynote speaker and author of two books including "The Customer Of The Future: 10 Guiding Principles For Winning Tomorrow's Business” Blake is a guest lecturer at Columbia University and adjunct faculty at the Rutgers executive education MBA program. Blake contributes to Forbes, the Harvard Business Review and Hemispheres Magazine. She is the host of The Modern Customer Podcast and The Be Your Own Boss Podcast.About Damon D'AmoreDamon is a C-Suite Performance Specialist, working with top CEOs, founders, executives and creatives in North America. He has founded multiple startups both raising millions in investment capital and is an international speaker. Interestingly, Damon produced a number of creative brand integrations for Fortune 500 companies as a producer of the reality television shows Undercover Boss and The Apprentice with Donald Trump. SUMMARY What I really liked about this episode, aside from the insightful conversation, was the fact that Damon produced the Undercover boss TV show and Blake admits that it is one of here favorite shows. This guides the dialogue to focus on the full value chain of leadership from personal self awareness, to employee satisfaction, all the way to customer experience.In this dialogue we discuss, the power of listening, how positivity increases resilience, how to align tasks with goals, the importance feelings in your customers experience, Why good leaders are just normal people, why we need to slow down, how to balance feelings and facts, and the role of self validation and external validation for future focused leadership.

Episode 13 of the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast with Luke van der Laan and Rebecca CostaAbout Rebecca CostaRebecca Costa is an American Sociobiologist, Technology Futurist and Author at the Costa Group. She is a renowned global expert on the subject of “fast adaptation in complex, high failure-rate environments.” She is the author of “The Watchman’s Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse” and a follow up book titled, “On the Verge” with proposes the idea of Pre-adaptation. About Luke van der LaanLuke van der Laan is a Program Director & Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland and author of “Foresight and Strategy In the Asian Pacific Region.” And an Advisor at HAKU Global. His expertise is in Foresight, strategic thinking, innovation and implementation.About This EpisodeThis is a very timely episode considering the state of world today. In this episode the dialogue centers around a few key ideas. (1) There is a vacuum in leadership and we have lost trust in leadership globally. (2) At the same time we have increased our trust in AI and technology. The question that emerges from this is how can leadership utilize AI and technology to enable better decision making, without limiting their generative capability? And what type of leadership will emerge that can inspire trust?So if you are interested in exploring why the old models of leadership are inadequate, why there Is a vacuum in leadership, How AI and technology enable decision making, How transparency has actually decreased leadership trust, why trust is important for happiness, Why we trust our technology more than we trust our leadership, how technology can trap us in analytical thinking, why we need more generative thinking in leadership, and why your executive board needs a Futurist or Foresight expert….then this episode is for you. Find out more at www.haku.global

This this episode of the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast I am joined by Furturists Sohail Inayatullah, and Elina Hiltunen. About Sohail InayatullahIs the current Chair in Futures Studies at UNESCO and USIM. He is a Professor at Tamkang University In Taiwan and The University of Melbourne in Australia. He is passionate about helping individuals and organizations develop their alternative and preferred futures. He completed his PhD at the Political Science Department at the University of Hawaii.About Elina Hiltunen Elina Hiltunen is the Futurist and CEO at What’s Next Consulting. She has an extensive experience in anticipating and innovating futures. Elina has writer11 books, including, "Foresight and Innovation: How Companies are Coping with the Future” and a children's book about computational thinking. Elina received here Doctor of Science in Future Studies and Organizational Learning from Aalto University In Helsinkin Finland About This EpisodeI met Sohail for the first time a couple years ago during his once a year trip to Hawaii. And found him to be very insightful with a unique perspective on futures and change. Interestingly, 10 years ago Sohail was one of Elina’s thesis advisors. By random chance they meet again on the flowcast. Both Sohail and Elina have been in the Professional foresight field for many years. What I really liked about this dialogue was the contrast between Sohail’s discussion around the power of individual metaphors and Elina’s interest in collective or crowd sourced foresight. As you will see in the dialogue we need to integrate both into a coherent whole to understand the future. In this dialogue we discuss the importance of slowing down to speed up, mindfulness and foresight, crowdsourced foresight, the power of metaphor for inspiring change, The importance of discovering the cognitive diverse of weak signals, why foresight is useless without the power to act on it, how to look at mega trends, Why anticipation = Facts + Fantasy, and how changing the end of an old story changes the future. Find our more at www.haku.global

EPISODE 11 of the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast I am really excited to share this episode with you, because I am joined by two scientist…and am I reminded of my early days in college research parasitic Protozoa and DNA binding behavior within different contexts. What is interesting is the two guest are many years apart. We have Dr. Jim Giordano who well into his career as a professor and neuroscientist, and we have Gabe Fernandez-Bueno, who is just getting started in his career as a clinical research scientist. So we have perspectives on leadership, not only from the mind of scientists, but also from the perspective of different generations. I think you will find the dialogue very insightful and provide a new lens from understanding what it means to be a leader. DR JAMES GIORDANOJim is a Neuroscientist and neuroethicist focusing upon mechanisms and treatment of neuropsychiatric spectrum disorders, and neuroethical issues generated by brain science and its applications in medicine, public life, and military intelligence and warfare. He is a Professor in the Department of neurology and biochemistry and chief of the neuroethics studies program At Georgetown university. Gabe Fernandez-Bueno, PhDGabe is currently a Clinical research scientist at the translational research Institute for metabolism and diabetes. He is a multidisciplinary scientist with an interest in aiding the advancement of medicine to understand the intricate cellular mechanisms at play during metabolic and autoimmune disease pathogenesis. His focus is on creating the next generation of prevention techniques, therapeutic modalities, health services, and medical devices.ABOUT THIS EPISODEOne thing I really enjoyed in the dialogue was Jim’s and Gabe’s continual reference to philosophical thought. It helps to remind us that philosophical thought is often at the root of scientific theory and research. In the dialogue we discuss the Cognitive bases of leader, Participatory leadership and how that also correlates with human cell biology, the importance of the three vistas of capability in the future, How an embodied and embedded brain impacts decision making, Why the ooda loop is really the doodac loop, How our biology is expressed through relationships and responds through psychology, Why mitochondria is important for understanding leadership function and biological energetics, Why understanding causation and disposition are required to complete the story of science, and finally, how initial conditions shape a system and how that impacts the context of leadership. Lets listenfind out more at www.haku.global

In this special episode of the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast, HA:KU global advisors share their insights and tips for leadership during times of complexity, uncertainty and exponential change. SUMMARY OF INSIGHTS: Tyler Mongan, President, HA:KU global: Two types of resilience. (1) Find Physiological resilience through focusing on the heart-beat for 1-3min and increase the Heart Rate Variability (HRV). (2) Find Results resilience by recharging your attention through pausing and taking an expanding view. Finish your task and feel accomplished. Then expand out and see what needs attention now. Repeat. Armon Owens, CMDMC, US Navy: Do not assume the state of others that are emotionally compromised. Keep yourself in a high-performance state for clear decision making. Bill Genovese, Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Banking & Financial Markets at Huawei: You need both Outside-In and inside-out perspectives to take a more wholistic and adaptive view. Do not get caught up in competition us vs them mindset, rather this is a situation requires a collaborative and quantum mindset. John Sweeney, PhD. Director at Qazaq Research Institute for Futures Studies (QRIFS).- Watch your signal to noise ratio and have clear lines of communication within your organization to ensure you are staying connected on important matters. Even though you need to take extreme measures now, it is important to also consider second and third order impacts of decision making. Loretta Breuning PhD, Founder of Inner Mammal Institute. - The brain is looking for prediction to stimulate dopamine as we confirm the prediction. This is difficult in times when we cannot see the future. Be aware that this is what the brain wants…find other ways to stimulate dopamine by focusing on a project to accomplish. You need to take step toward a reward to get the dopamine, so if your goals have changed, then find new sources of reward. . Luke van der Laan, PhD, Associate Professor & Director of Professional Studies, University of Southern Queensland. - We need leaders to show they are part of the global community by giving. Not to self isolate and retreat from a world that needs them. Show extra generosity. Give their time. involvement, safety, and resources. Systems that have entities that only take, cause the system to collapse. If leaders give to the system, the system will give back. Find out more at www.haku.global

Episode 10: When to Follow the Herd & When to Trust Yourself, Outside-In Noise & Fear, Leadership Empathy & Authenticity With Bill Genovese & Loretta BreuningBILL GENOVESEBill is the VP of Corporate Strategic Research and Planning for Huawei in China. He has over 25 years experience in consulting and delivering financial systems management applications and infrastructure. He is an advisor for FinTech4Good and a global panel member for MIT technology review. If you follow his posts on LinkedIn, you will realize that he is an overall brilliant gentleman, with a strong interest in quantum computing.LORETTA BREUNING, PhD.Loretta is the founder of Inner Mammal Institute, which offers free resources to help you manage your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. She is the author of three books: “Habits of a Happy Brain,” “The Science of Positivity,” and “Tame Your Anxiety.” Before starting the inner mammal institute, Loretta spent 22 years teaching business management at California state university. She is very engaging and has a wealth of knowledge in how our brain chemistry influences our behaviors. ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this episodes Dialogue we discuss when to stay with the herd and when to trust your gut and leave the heard. And how leadership can develop their ability to trust their inner voice. If you are interested in how to think outside the herd mentality, how to develop your inner sense of knowing, how to make decisions that are free from external noise, how to limit the outside-in influence and enhance the inside-out experience to make better choices, why it is important to focus on the next-step, how to shift away from threat focused reaction and towards reward focused behavior, and the importance of empathy and authenticity in leadership…then this episode is for you. www.haku.global

Today I am joined by Peter Bishop and Edward Tenner. Dr. Peter Bishop is the Exec Director of Teach the Future, an initiative to encourage and support educators to introduce futures thinking into their classes and schools at all levels. He is a retired Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight and former Director of the graduate program in Foresight at the University of Houston. Dr. Bishop specializes in techniques for long term forecasting and planning, and he has published two books on the subject: Thinking about the Future (2007) and Teaching about the Future (2012),Edward tenner is a distinguished scholar at Smithsonian institute and associate professor at Princeton. He is the Author of several books including “Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology” and “The Efficiency Paradox: what big data can’t do” - released in 2018. He is a writer, speaker (TED), and consultant for newspapers, magazines, colleges and universities, research-oriented corporations, philanthropies, and professional associations.About This EpisodeAfter re-listening to this episode I am reminded of a series of books I loved to read as a child called “Choose Your Own adventure.” Each book followed a unique storyline and the reader was give the unique opportunity to choose which path a character should take at certain points in the story. Once they made a choice the reader would turn to the page the reflected that choice and continue the story. This model of storyline development was fascinating to me as a Child, because it allowed me to have some control over the direction of the story, and it also helped me realize that the past, present and future were not part of a single trajectory, rather there were multiple trajectories into he future. I could go back and read a “choose your own adventure book’ several times and each story would be similar, but different. One point that Peter makes in the dialogue is that the 20th century mindsets about the future as part of a single timeline are not accurate and they are no longer useful in the current climate of rapid change. The future has many paths and the future s always uncertain. As Edward points out, Futurism is a tool kit for flexibility, that allows us to envision and prepare for possibilities on top of possibilities, that the future presents. If you are interested in exploring, the role of history in the future, how to use history for the future, restoring the uncertainty of the past to realize that history was a series of choices within an uncertain future, just like today. How a feeling about the future drove Jeff Bezos to take the risk to create Amazon.com. Why information that is more difficult to access is being neglected, and how that is influencing the future. Why the current mindsets of education is limiting the future. The difference between transmitting knowledge and developing skills. The curse of knowledge, and why we need more uncertain leadership. Then this episode is for you. Let’s listen. Find out more at www.haku.global

In this episode host Tyler Mongan provides a quick summary of the first 1-7 Episodes. Find some nuggets of gold, and then go back to the original episode to dive deeper. SUMMARY STARTEach episode I end with the question, "In One Word, what do you want to share with Futures Intelligent Leadership?" Here are the words from the first 7 episodes: Increased Bandwidth Next Quarter century - not next quarterEmpowerment EmpowermentAwarenessVisionAmbiguityCharacterEmpathy Foresight HopeHopeOmphaloskepsis: which means navel-gazing to the point of boredomFlourishingYou can skip to different chapters to listen to each episode. Enjoy. www.haku.global

Episode 7 of the Futures Intelligent Leadership FlowcastIn this episode I am joined by Flynn Coleman in New York and Drew Dudely in Canada. Interestingly they are both recent authors and their book topics are fresh on their minds. About Flynn Coleman (flynncoleman.community)Flynn is an international lawyer, professor and the Author of “A Human Algorithm: how artificial intelligence is redefining who we are. It is a groundbreaking narrative on the urgency of ethically designed AI and a guidebook to reimagining life in the era of intelligent technology.Flynn has written extensively on issues of global citizenship, the future of work and purpose, emerging technologies, political reconciliation, war crimes, genocide, human and civil rights, humanitarian issues, innovation and design for social impact, and improving access to justice and education.About Drew Dudley (https://www.drewdudley.com/)Drew is the Author of “This is Day One: a practical guide to leadership that matters.” He is the Founder and Chief Catalyst of Day One Leadership an organization that helps individuals and organizations create cultures of leadership through the identification and operationalization of key leadership values.Drew’s work, as you will learn in the episode, is focused on helping people identify and adopt a personal leadership philosophy rooted in value-driven decision making. Individuals who are seen as having a personal leadership philosophy are rated as 110% more effective as leaders, and are 130% more likely to be trusted.The DialogueIn the dialogue it is evident that both Flynn and Drew are well spoken and really understand the nature and importance of their work. We discuss how to build momentum towards the future within a context of uncertainty and complexity, by taking one day at a time. How to build values into the story of the future. Why we should re-examine the identity of leadership outside the constraints of influence and power. Why current leaders might need to give up their seat, or pass the mic to those who have not had a place or a voice in the future. And also the challenges of having the courage to give up your seat. The difference between equity and equality. Why leaders are not the center of the equation…Let’s listen-------Find out more at www.haku.global

In this episode I am joined by Sonja Rasula in California and Dr. Claire Nelson in Jamaica.Sonja is the founder of Unique Markets; an innovative, modern pop-up marketplaces for small business owners. It has taken place around the United States: Los Angeles, San Francisco, NYC, and Austin for example. Fashion mogul Eileen Fisher named Sonja '1 of 30 Women Entrepreneurs Changing the World', and Los Angeles Magazine awarded her 1 of 10 of LA's Most Inspiring Women. I First met Sonja while presenting my work at her event the Unique Camp. During Camp, small business owners spend 4 days in a digital free environment, while exploring their creativity, business, and human-to-human connection. Claire is the the Chief Ideation Leader at the Futures Forum; a strategic foresight and sustainability engineering consultancy. She is also the founder and president of institute of Caribbean studies. She is a Key note speaker, presenting on the future in general and specifically on human rights and human flourishing. I met Claire while presenting at the World Futures Society Federation Conference in Mexico. Today’s episode highlights the importance of individuals taking small steps towards a shared vision of the future. But also reveals the challenges of connection and confidence that individuals experience while taking actions. Leaders can be an example for others and inspire others to see how their individual action is significant, locally and globally.I am reminded of my time working with the non-profit Kanu Hawaii. The mission of Kanu Hawaii is to empower people to build more environmentally sustainable, compassionate, and resilient communities rooted in personal commitments to change. What this looks like in practice is people make small commitments formulated into “I WILL” statements. For example, “I will eating more locally grown food”, “I will connect my neighbors”, “I will ride my bike to work”, or “I will bring my own bag to the market.” Kanu Hawaii would track these small commitments to change, calculate their individual impact over time and then calculate the larger impact when thousands of people took the same action together. Kanu Hawaii and this dialogue is a simple reminder that futures build inertia and moment through small decisions and daily human actions.…When individuals take collective action towards a transparent shared vision, the desired future is more likely to emerge. find out more: www.haku.global

In todays episode of the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast I am joined by John Sweeney in Kazazstan and Philippe Guichard in Australia. John is an assistant professor of futures and foresight at Narxoz University in Almaty Kazakstan and Director at the Qazaq Research Institute for Futures Studies and a Foresight advisor for Interpol. John has organized, managed, and facilitated workshops and seminars, multi-stakeholder projects, and foresight gaming systems in both the public and private sector in over 45 countries in around the world. Philippe Guichard is the founder and creative director at D2 Design and Development. He is an Award-winning international industrial designer with over 20 years of industrial and product design experience. He is also a TED x speaker and presented on the topic “Re-designing our world. Small Changes = Big impact.” Todays dialogue seemed to focus in on the importance of the inner narrative and how that shapes lens and values through which leaders see the future. One point that John makes was in reference to a study that demonstrated how the narrative and metaphor frames choices and future possibilities.In the study titled "Metaphors We Think With: The Role of Metaphor in Reasoning" (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016782), for half of the participants, crime was metaphorically described as a beast preying on the city, and for the other half as a virus infecting the city. The results revealed that metaphors systematically influenced how people proposed solving a cities crime problem. When crime was framed metaphorically as a virus, participants proposed investigating the root causes and treating the problem by enacting social reform to inoculate the community, with emphasis on eradicating poverty and improving education. When crime was framed metaphorically as a beast, participants proposed catching and jailing criminals and enacting harsher enforcement laws.In the dialogue John and Philippe also discussed the importance of self awareness for foresight, creating safe spaces to experiment through play and creativity, why command and control no longer works, the importance of collaboration for future leaders, and why foresight needs to be part of a companies hygiene. Listen and Enjoy. www.haku.global

In this Episode 4 of the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast I am joined by Dave Snowden and Craig Whelden. Dave is the founder of Cognitive edge which was founded in 2005 with the objective of building methods, tools and capability to utilize insights from Complex Adaptive Systems theory and other scientific disciplines in social systems. Even if you do not know who Dave Snowden is you may be familiar with, or even used one of his decision making frameworks, called the Cynifen Framework, which he developed while at IBM to help understand the context for decision making. If you look at his profile you will quickly realize that he has a brilliant mind and alot of wisdom to share. Craig has 40 years of experience in the US Military, both in and out of uniform. He recently retired and authored a book titled, “Leadership The Art of Inspiring People to Be Their Best” and he enjoys motivational speaking about his experiences in leadership. I had the pleasure of meeting Craig in Honolulu Hawaii prior to his book release and found him to be a very humble and authentic person, and a great model of leadership.In this dialogue Dave and Craig explore contextual leadership, cognitive diversity to manage complexity, coherent teams and cultures, why many military command techniques are rooted in neuroscience, why changing process and relationships dynamics is more effective than trying to change people, The power of leadership self-awareness, the strengths and limits of 360 reviews, and the important of real time feedback loops and leadership narrative.Lets listen Find out more at www.haku.global

Aloha and welcome to todays flowcast. I am joined by Sean Webb in Charlotte North Carolina and Bronwyn Williams in Cape Town South Africa. Sean is a Specialist in Emotional Intelligence, Artificial Emotional Intelligence, and the Algorithms of Human Emotion. He is the author of “Mind Hacking Happiness” and currently co-hosts a podcast with two navy seals called “two seals and a walrus” Bronwyn is the foresight lead and trend analyst for FluxTrends.com and she is the co founder of Apollo42 Which develops brands for the future.In todays dialogue we discuss the role of emotions and expectations in helping leaders shift from being reactive to proactive. Why leaders are hunger for change, but also find change difficult. How leaders get trapped focusing on the day-to-day and cannot find the space to look into futures. How we can use long term thinking and cognitive reflection to tame the emotions of fear when we think about the future. The role of artificial intelligence in decision making and relationship management. And why the leaders of today might not be the leaders of tomorrow. Let’s listenFind out more at www.haku.global

This episode of the Futures intelligent Leadership Flowcast features a dialogue with Chenoa Farnsworth (BlueStartups, Hawaii) and Dr Kathryn Hall (Harvard Medical School). During the flowcast the dialogue explores...Why you should not build the future inside an isolated building. The Fine line between delusion and competence The placebo and transforming ideas into market relevant and investable products and servicesHow the placebo effect allows you to create something from nothing.The delusions of Theranos How to strip bias out of the equation. The Hawthorn effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effectHow leaders can use the placebo effect to get by-in on vision The value of doubtHow being honest empowers other and gets results. LISTEN NOWFind out more at www.haku.global

Todays guest on the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast are Paul Gibbons and Adam Pantanowitz About Paul GibbonsPaul is a keynote speaker and specialist in leading change, business strategy, and helping businesses navigate ethical challenges (AI, automation, discrimination, harassment, digital privacy, international competition, and fraud). He is a professor at the university of Denver and His current project is a four book series called Leading Change in the Digital Age. He just released the second book in the series called “Impact” which focuses on culture and mindset for digital transformation and the future of work. Interestingly, Paul and I share a background in graduate school studies in both biomedicine and philosophy. About Adam Pantanowitz Adam is an Innovator and researcher in technology (specifically in startups, financial & biomedical industries) he draws on a variety of skills from engineering, computing & machine learning to solve problems. He is a seasoned startup executive and currently a lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and a faculty member at singularity university. About this episodeWhat I really like about this episode is it sets the tone for the The Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast. We have two big thinkers discussing a variety of current and future leadership relevant issue that require us to expand the scope of our horizons and challenges leaderships, as Paul says int he dialogue, to look beyond the next quarter and look into the next quarter century. If you are interested in Agility and Resilience in Rapid Change, Upgraded Cognition, Signal to noise ratios, Technology Access Gaps, and exploring the human competitive advantage, then you will enjoy this episode. Enjoy.

In this inaugural episode, host Tyler Mongan shares background on the Futures Intelligent Leadership Flowcast and what you can expect in future episodes. 71% of organizations admit their leaders are not prepared for the future (Brandonhall State of Leadership Survey - 2015) and many organizations claim that current leadership training programs are not meeting the needs of their clients (Center for Creative Leadership: Future Trends in Leadership Development - 2014). What are we doing to train and prepare leadership for the future? How can leadership become more future intelligent? Is there a neuroscience-based approach to leadership that can help? Listen to find out more. Episode References: 1. Brandonhall State of Leadership Survey (2015): www.brandonhall.com2. Center for Creative Leadership: Future Trends in Leadership Development - White Paper (2014).3. Baars, Bernard J. (1988), A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness (Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press)4. Childre, Doc & Howard Martin, Deborah Rozman, Rollin McCraty (2016). Heart Intelligence: Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart. U.S.A.: Waterfront Press. See also: Pearsall, Paul (1999). The Heart's Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy. U.S.A. Broadway Books5. Jing Jiang, Chuansheng Chen, Bohan Dai, Guang Shi, Guosheng Ding, Li Liu, and Chunming Lu, Leader emergence through interpersonal neural synchronization, PNAS April 7, 2015. 112 (14) 4274-4279;