Looking Outside Podcast
1) Change the story before you change your strategy - UNESCO futures chair Sohail Inayatullah
On this episode of Looking Outside we peek into the metaphors, imagery and stories that unknowingly shape the limitations of our business strategy, and limit our ambitions. UNESCO chair of futures, So...Show More
2) 2025 recap: the most popular perspectives on business transformation
What a year! It’s time to wrap it up for 2025 and highlight the eclectic mix of diverse perspectives, divergent topics and expert thinking that appeared on the show this year. From the best performing...Show More
3) This is a talent transformation - work futurist Andrea Clarke
In this live conversation, recorded on the podcast stage at SXSW Sydney, two futurists explore the unforeseen future emerging in the workplace. Author and ex-journalist Andrea Clarke, joins host Jo Le...Show More
4) The big food problem no one wants to talk about - journalist Michael Grunwald
The food system isn’t broken. But it has a big problem. That is land – and how little of it we have. Journalist and author Michael Grunwald joins us on the show today to talk openly about the elephant...Show More
The big food problem no one wants to talk about - journalist Michael Grunwald
55:45 | Nov 18th, 2025
5) The population crisis can be abated - political demographer Jennifer D. Sciubba
Business forecasts depend on the predictable patterns of population growth, both for customer sales and for workforce talent. But what happens when we see this growth halt, or even regress? Political ...Show More
The population crisis can be abated - political demographer Jennifer D. Sciubba
43:04 | Nov 4th, 2025
6) You shouldn't use old playbooks to place new bets - venture capitalist Roger Spitz
Today we are joined once again by good friend of the podcast, Roger Spitz. While Roger is known well as a futurist and change agent today, his career started in investment banking and M&A. On this epi...Show More
You shouldn't use old playbooks to place new bets - venture capitalist Roger Spitz
45:04 | Oct 20th, 2025
7) Would you confide in an AI replica of you? - tech entrepreneur Robert LoCascio
When we talk about “human in the loop” of AI, what we mean is human intervention. But what if the AI was human? Or more accurately, a replica not of a generic repeatable, predictable human-sounding re...Show More
Would you confide in an AI replica of you? - tech entrepreneur Robert LoCascio
44:50 | Sep 30th, 2025
8) Big companies optimize for profit, not the consumer - strategy advisor Peter McDonald
If strategic planning in the consumer goods sector feels different right now, you’re not imagining it. For the past 15 years, leaders in CPG categories have struggled to build plans that deliver the k...Show More
9) There's no way to fix fast fashion - French designer Justine Leconte
Fashion is a massive $1.8 Trillion industry. Within that two tales unfold: one of quality, timelessness and individualized expression, and another of wastefulness, shame and pride. On this episode of ...Show More
10) Media we create and consume is becoming synthetic. Who is this for? - FARSIGHT crossover with Casper Skovgaard Petersen & Toke Hanghøj
This podcast was not read by synthetic AI generated replicas … although it could be. Live from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies in Denmark, together with three trained communications profe...Show More