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44 min listen

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39 min listen

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42 min listen

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29 min listen

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36 min listen

Christopher Mims on seeing what’s next, filtering tools, valuable conversations, and tapping expertise (Ep17): Christopher Mims is a technology columnist at Wall Street Journal. Before joining the Journal in 2014 he worked as a science and technology journalist and editor for a variety of august publications including Quartz, Technology Review, Wired, by Thriving on Overload

30 min listen

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34 min listen

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25 min listen

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33 min listen

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30 min listen

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35 min listen

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32 min listen

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33 min listen

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34 min listen

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30 min listen

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36 min listen

Joyce Gioia on identifying trends, scanning processes, stakeholder experience, and adopting personas for communicating (Ep22): Joyce is a strategic business futurist and President of The Herman Group appears regularly in the media, including in Entrepreneur Magazine, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. by Thriving on Overload

31 min listen

Ari Popper on storytelling for meaning, structural frameworks, taming complexity, and creative synthesis (Ep43): Ari is the Founder and CEO of SciFutures, a foresight and innovation firm that works with leading organizations such as Visa, Ford, and NATO to create inspiring and insightful visions of the future to drive innovation and positive change. by Thriving on Overload

30 min listen

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34 min listen

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27 min listen

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35 min listen

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35 min listen

Nick Abrahams on purpose and prioritisation, talking for mutual value, deliberate sharing and engagement, and telling stories for understanding (Ep23): Nick Abrahams is a leading lawyer, futurist, and keynote speaker. He is the Global Co-leader of the Digital Transformation Practice at Norton Rose Fulbright advising major organisations on technology M&A, blockchain and cryptocurrency, by Thriving on Overload

31 min listen

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32 min listen

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34 min listen

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37 min listen

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35 min listen

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