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Future-Proof Your CareerBONUS EPISODE: Tomorrow's Jobs Market, with Korn FerryIn putting this podcast together, we had a whole range of fascinating conversations, not all of which fitted into the standard format for this series, where each episode is focused on a particular skill. One of those conversations was with Korn Ferry, the global consulting firm.
Korn Ferry works with companies and leaders to help them put in place the optimal structures, roles, and responsibilities, hire the right people to fill those roles, and advises them on how to reward and motivate their workforce. So as you can imagine, it’s a company that has a huge amou...
2023-06-0835 minFuture-Proof Your CareerHow to be sceptical, with Gemma MilneIn this episode of Future-Proof Your Career we’re talking about scepticism, the willingness, and the discipline, to question what we see and hear. And to have the skills to find the facts amongst the opinions and beliefs.
As always, we’ve invited an expert guest to speak to us, and this time it’s Gemma Milne, writer and researcher, and author of the excellent book Smoke and Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It.
Gemma gave us loads to think about, in terms of how we improve...
2023-05-1838 minFuture-Proof Your CareerFuture-Proof Your Career: TrailerWelcome to Future-proof Your Career, your guide to the most important skills for a long, successful working life. This special season of the Talk About Tomorrow podcast will explore in depth the idea of the Three Cs, three skill groups that are critical to success, in a business or as an entrepreneur. The ability to curate information, create new things, and communicate ideas. In each episode we explore a facet of one of these skills, alongside a guest.
2023-04-1303 minFuture-Proof Your CareerWhy laziness is goodTom and Katharine talk about laziness: as a motivator for innovation and as a challenge to wasted effort. Are you lazy enough to be useful?
Plus, it’s the end of this season for the podcast. Five seasons now! All very different in length and format. But this has been the first with a co-host and though we’re biased, we think it has been great!
We’ll be back for season 6 tackling some new topics in a few months.
2022-05-1928 minFuture-Proof Your CareerNet LuxuryKatharine and Tom discuss the concept of Net Luxury - an approach to addressing climate change based on the continuing reluctance of many people to make real change. Can we convince people to cut back? Or can we make saving ourselves (the planet will be just fine) seem even more appealing than you'd think it ought to be?
2022-05-1229 minFuture-Proof Your CareerNetworks not monolithsThe shape of the most successful organisations is changing. Companies are shrinking and distributing their work across partners and semi-autonomous units, giving them scale, agility and reduced risk. As usual, Tom explains and Katharine interrogates!
2022-03-3126 minFuture-Proof Your CareerNetworks not monolithsThe shape of the most successful organisations is changing. Companies are shrinking and distributing their work across partners and semi-autonomous units, giving them scale, agility and reduced risk. As usual, Tom explains and Katharine interrogates!
2022-03-3126 minFuture-Proof Your CareerReintermediation: The new middle men, women, and thingsTom and Katharine discuss our response to the explosion of choice faced by the modern consumer: the return of the intermediary, offering advice, direction and editorial input. Why do we value influencers? What role for AI in the future of our decisions on music, travel and finance? Find out in this episode.
Note: the book reference in the episode is Barry Schwartz's 'The Paradox of Choice - Why More is Less' from all the way back in 2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice
2022-03-2429 minFuture-Proof Your CareerExtended AdolescenceIn this season of the podcast we're going to explore a few big ideas in a bit more depth. These are ideas or theories that keep coming up in my work with global 500 brands and government departments around the world.
The first topic is what I have termed 'extended adolescence' - in short, are we now experiencing a longer childhood?
The ages at which we cross key (traditional) milestones in adult life have been shunted back by a decade. People now learn to drive, buy a house, find a partner, get married, have kids etc p...
2022-02-2326 minFuture-Proof Your CareerEntering the MetaverseTom and Katherine round off the recent episodes with a broad discussion of the Metaverse: what is it? What are the implications? And should we be scared or excited?
Original story: https://tomcheesewright.com/entering-the-metaverse
2021-07-2629 minFuture-Proof Your CareerBuilding an Immersive Future, with John KeefeJohn Keefe is one of the founders of Draw and Code, a content studio building immersive entertainment for the world's biggest brands. Tom speaks to John about the evolution of immersive media across augmented and virtual reality, the state of the art in hardware, and how big the coming revolution will be.
2021-07-2332 minFuture-Proof Your CareerInvestigating the Metaverse, with Cathy HacklTom talks to fellow futurist and Magic Leap alumnus Cathy Hackl about the Metaverse: the coming together of physical and digital worlds through augmented reality, the internet of things, and more. When is it coming? And what does it mean for brands?
Find Cathy Hackl online at https://cathyhackl.com
2021-07-2126 minFuture-Proof Your CareerWhat's next? Lessons from the past on the future of social equityTom speaks to Professor Steven Cleveland, educator and filmmaker about his work on Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's time in Hawaii and the lessons from the past about the future of social equity.
Find out more about Steven's project at https://akinginparadise.com/
2021-07-1430 minFuture-Proof Your CareerSmart contact lenses: the future of augmented reality?Tom speaks to Steve Sinclair, Senior Vice President of Product and Marketing at Mojo Vision, the company building smart contact lenses for a future of invisible computing. This sci-fi prospect is fast becoming reality, another piece of the puzzle in the next big shift in our relationship with computers.
Find out more at https://www.mojo.vision/
2021-07-0732 minFuture-Proof Your CareerThe dividing line: Further and higher educationTom highlights the collapse in funding and student numbers in further education in the UK, and Katharine points to the risk of a 'skills timebomb' this presents for the future.
Original story: https://tomcheesewright.com/further-and-higher-education-the-dividing-line/
2021-06-2827 minFuture-Proof Your CareerBig world and small world problemsTom and Katharine discuss the G7's moment of harmony, the solution to what Tom calls a 'small world problem'. What does that mean? And what is a 'big world problem'? Find out in this episode of Talk About Tomorrow.
Original story: https://tomcheesewright.com/small-world-and-big-world-problems
2021-06-1127 minFuture-Proof Your CareerTomorrow's home: a smart, green machine for living inTom and Katharine talk about the future smart home: transforming furniture, shared energy, and communal living. And about the pitfalls of smart tech, especially when it interacts with pets.
Original story: https://tomcheesewright.com/the-future-home-a-smart-green-machine-for-living-in/
2021-05-2929 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS4 E2 The Trust GapTom argues that the declining trust in media, politicians and experts is down to distance. We are too far from power and too unequal in wealth and education. Katharine brings the data, and connects questions of trust in our employees, our children, and in each other.
Read the blog post here: https://tomcheesewright.com/the-trust-gap
2021-05-1432 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS4 E1 All the world is a stadiumSeason four of Talk About Tomorrow begins with an introduction to Tom's new co-host, Katharine McNamara, and a story about the gamification of life in both fun and less fun ways.
In the first episode of this new format, Katharine questions Tom about digital inclusion and social credit, and coins the phrase 'digital Top Trumps'. Tom says 'you know' a lot in response (he promises this will stop).
The story on which this episode is based, replete with links and references is here: https://tomcheesewright.com/all-the-worlds-a-stadium-and-all-the-men-and-women-merely-gamers
2021-04-3035 minFuture-Proof Your CareerInterview: The future of healthcare with Dr Rachel JennerFor the second interview in a series focused on the future of healthcare sponsored by Sony Professional Solutions Europe, Tom speaks to Dr Rachel Jenner, consultant in paediatric emergency medicine and associate medical director for quality and safety at Manchester Royal Infirmary. Dr Jenner speaks about healthcare through the pandemic and the lessons learned, and about her work with the Violence Reduction Unit, tackling knife crime.
Links:
- Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit: https://twitter.com/gm_vru
2021-03-2620 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3E19: A digital life after deathTom explores the ethics and etiquette of resurrecting our loved ones as chatbots, following a recent patent filing from Microsoft. Plus, a longer listen about two key technologies that will affect the future: 5G and mixed reality.
Original posts:
- https://tomcheesewright.com/digital-life-after-death/
- https://tomcheesewright.com/long-read-5g-and-mixed-reality/
2021-03-2421 minFuture-Proof Your CareerInterview: The future of healthcare with Ludger Philippsen, Sony Professional Solutions EuropeTom talks to Ludger Philippsen of Sony's European Healthcare practice about the paper they have authored on the future of healthcare. How are organisations in this sector responding to the lessons of lockdown? How is technology transforming the operating environment? And why is it critical to shift their focus from optimisation to adaptation.
Read the paper here: https://pro.sony/en_SE/insight/digital-transformation-healthcare-insights/tom-cheesewright-whats-next
2021-03-1928 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E18: The brain in the jarTom explores the sci-fi trope of the brain in the jar. Can we really divorce our minds from our bodies? Plus, replacing the car: how do we tackle all its downsides while keeping its advantages?
Original posts:
- The brain in the jar: https://tomcheesewright.com/the-brain-in-the-jar/
- Replacing the car: https://tomcheesewright.com/replacing-the-car/
2021-03-1714 min
Future-Proof Your CareerS3 E17: When half our money is spent onlineThis week Tom asks what happens to our high streets, companies, and jobs, when half our money is spent online. Plus, disrupting housebuilding: an essay on an alternative model for construction.
Original posts:
- https://tomcheesewright.com/when-half-our-money-is-spent-online/
- https://tomcheesewright.com/disrupting-housebuilding/
2021-03-1015 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E13: The city is dead. Long live the cityTom shares an extended version of the argument he made on Radio 4's Moral Maze for the future of cities. Plus, the four horsemen of disaster that will define the next few decades.
Original posts:
The city is dead. Long live the city: https://tomcheesewright.com/the-city-is-dead-long-live-the-city/A race between the four horsemen: https://tomcheesewright.com/a-race-between-the-four-horsemen/
2021-02-1013 minFuture-Proof Your CareerInterview: Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina on our cyborg livesTom speaks to Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina, about our relationship with technology. How conscious are we of our reliance on our devices and our connections through social networks. Are they good for us? And what do we need to change?
Anastasia is the bestselling author of Homo Distractus, and founder of the London-based tech-life balance consultancy and first ICF-certified digital wellbeing coach training company Consciously Digital. She is a frequent speaker at global conferences, such as Mobile World Congress, and she has appeared numerous times in the national and international press, including BBC, ITV, Metro, Guardian etc. Anastasia's TEDx...
2021-01-2926 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E11: Plants in spaceCan we grow plants in space? Plus, Tom reveals his own challenges of working remotely: the need to always be in performance mode.
Original posts:
Will we grow plants in space? https://tomcheesewright.com/will-we-be-growing-plants-in-space-by-2100-askafuturist/The price of performance: https://tomcheesewright.com/the-price-of-performance/
2021-01-2210 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E10: Plastic and elasticTom cautions that we must understand two types of change: plastic and elastic. Only one snaps back. Plus, will Strictly go on forever?
Original posts:
Plastic and elastic: https://tomcheesewright.com/change-separating-plastic-from-elastic/Will Strictly go on forever? https://tomcheesewright.com/will-strictly-go-on-forever-askafuturist/
2021-01-2010 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E9: What will you be driving in the future?Tom takes a look at tomorrow's car, following his work with Auto Trader. Plus, what will the future world be made from?
Original posts:
https://tomcheesewright.com/your-next-new-car-might-be-a-new-brand-and-a-new-shape/https://tomcheesewright.com/what-will-the-future-world-be-built-from-askafuturist/
2021-01-1311 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E8: Fake meatWill fake meat ever replace the real thing?
Plus, more #AskAFuturist answers: will nuclear energy replace fossil fuels?
Full show notes and references at https://tomcheesewright.com/podcast
2020-12-1615 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E7: All the times that I have been wrongTom answers the trickiest #AskAFuturist question yet: what have you been most wrong about in the past.
Plus, why we need a new blueprint for the future.
Full show notes and references at https://tomcheesewright.com/podcast
2020-12-0910 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E5: The future high streetThe first step to building the future high street is accepting that the one we know is dead and gone. Plus, casting back to the start of lockdown with Tom's predictions then of how COVID-19 would affect us.
2020-11-2518 minFuture-Proof Your CareerOne million entrepreneurs: interview with Simon SquibbTom talks to Simon Squibb about his mission to help a million people start their own business, and the need for entrepreneurship in the challenging times ahead.
2020-11-2330 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E4: The future of privacyIn his #AskAFuturist series, Tom answer's Franck Nijhof's question: what will be left of privacy in 50 years?
Plus, what is the future of consumer credit?
2020-11-1818 minFuture-Proof Your CareerShaping the future with Trond UndheimTom talks to fellow futurist Trond Undheim about his new book, FutureTech, and his incredibly busy career, as a civil servant, lecturer, start-up wrangler, founder, author, and podcaster. Tom learns about 'project identities' - a characteristic of busy people - and why democracy is an outdated concept.
Check out Trond's own podcast, Futurized for more on this:https://www.futurized.co/
And find out more about Trond here:
https://trondundheim.com/
Twitter: @trondau
LinkedIn: in/undheim/
2020-11-1339 minFuture-Proof Your CareerFuture-proof your career: Interview with Chris BishopTom talks to Chris Bishop, a man on his eighth career who now helps others to future-proof theirs. Tom and Chris chat about how music became data in 1985, why the best advice is to "chase the maelstrom", and why the future doesn't care how you became an expert (courtesy of Thomas W. Malone).
Find out more about Chris at this places:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisbishop
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherbishop123/
Website: https://improvisingcareers.com/
And check out his Future Career Toolkit - part of his LinkedIn Learnin...
2020-11-0642 minFuture-Proof Your CareerS3 E2: Net luxuryTom argues that the only way to tackle climate change is by offering people 'net luxury'.
Plus, Tom's talk to the property industry on the future of planning.
2020-11-0415 minFuture-Proof Your CareerTowards zero carbonTom speaks to Nicola Lovett, CEO of Engie UK & Ireland. Engie is an energy and services giant that has transformed in recent years from a carbon dinosaur to a pacesetter in greening both public and private sector.
Nicola speaks about her journey to the role of CEO, shares stories of Engie's work with local authorities and large businesses, and talks about transformation of a former coal plant site into 2000 low-carbon homes.
2020-07-1527 minFuture-Proof Your CareerWork in a post-COVID worldTom talks to Janine Owen, specialist in recruitment marketing and technology, about the future of work in a post-COVID world.
What changes will we see to the way we hire and manage our teams? Can we expect dramatic shifts or just the acceleration of existing trends? How do we revalue humans in the new workplace? And what is the role of attitude over experience?
2020-06-1034 minFuture-Proof Your CareerBuilding emotional robotsRobot-fan Tom speaks to Peter van der Putten, Assistant professor in AI & Creative Research at Leiden University, and Director, Decisioning & AI Solutions, at Pegasystems. Peter researches robots, in all their forms, looking particularly at the interface between human and machine.
He and Tom discuss emotional robots, misbehaving robots, and why it's important to experiment with machines that do bad, as well as machines that do good.
You can find out more about Peter and his projects, both academic and corporate, at these links:
Academic page: http://liacs.leidenuniv.nl/~puttenpwhvander/
Bots Li...
2020-06-0441 minFuture-Proof Your CareerThe future of leadership with Fiona McKayHow are leaders changing in response to these uncertain times? Fiona McKay works with the leaders of global corporations to help them to change and develop.
In this episode she talks to Tom about the results of her research into the gender pay gap and the critical differences between the feedback that men and women receive in the workplace.
Plus how the nature of leadership is changing - and must change further - in response to a very different business environment.
2020-05-1338 minFuture-Proof Your Career#AskAFuturist: Will we ever have driverless cars?In the second #AskAFuturist series, Tom shows why people are right to be sceptical about self-driving cars, but why they will ultimately take over.
Plus, why high frequency change doesn’t affect everything.
2020-04-2214 minFuture-Proof Your CareerFive trends for the 2020sWhat are the five trends that will define the 2020s? This is Tom's bet.
Plus, the first in Tom’s #AskAFuturist series where he collects the questions you want to ask a futurist from social media: will we really eat insects in the future?
2020-04-1517 minFuture-Proof Your CareerFuture careers: tell your own storyTom shares his experience of mentoring people with an unconventional career path and suggests that there is always a story of your past that leads to your career future.
Plus, how Tom went about making predictions about the future of sport for a joint project with Grosvenor.
2020-04-0808 minFuture-Proof Your CareerWill we ever put microchips in our brains?Tom answers one of his most frequently asked questions: will we ever put microchips in our brains?
Plus, why tomorrow’s worker is always performing, and why that might not be healthy.
2020-04-0112 minFuture-Proof Your CareerNOT at Mobile World Congress, with Dan SodergrenTom catches up with fellow futurist Dan Sodergren, in an episode that was due to be recorded at Mobile World Congress, the first major event to be cancelled after the COVID-19 outbreak back in February. Tom and Dan talk about the future of work, and a post-pandemic world.
2020-03-2545 minFuture-Proof Your CareerIs immersive entertainment the future?Tom asks whether digital entertainment can ever stand up to the experience of a live gig. Plus, why the future high street is about community, not commerce.
2020-03-1810 minFuture-Proof Your Career5G, what it is and why it is important, with Jeremy Thompson, vice president, Huawei UKTom speaks to Jeremy Thompson of Huawei about 5G. What is it? Why is it causing so much excitement? What are the opportunities it presents? And when will those opportunities be realised?
2020-03-0442 minFuture-Proof Your CareerPredicting the future is all about timeOne of the first things Tom learned about being a futurist is that it is a lot easier to see what will happen than it is to predict when those changes will take place.
Plus, what is an algorithm archaeologist? It could be your job in the future.
2020-02-2607 minFuture-Proof Your CareerInterview, Chintan Patel, Chief Technologist, Cisco UK & IrelandTom speaks to Chintan Patel, Chief Technologist for Cisco UK and Ireland at Cisco Live! in Barcelona, about STEM education, the importance of user experience, industry 4.0, machine learning, and much much more.
2020-02-1936 minFuture-Proof Your CareerLet’s play Fear of the Future BINGO!Doing radio phone-ins exposes Tom to lots of complaints about the modern age and exposes people’s fears of the future. How many of these do you recognise?
Plus what does the future of recruitment look like?
2020-02-1312 minFuture-Proof Your CareerBetamax was not better than VHSTom addresses the widely-shared myth that VHS won the videocassette format wars of the 1970s in spite of its competitor Betamax being the better technology. Despite being distant history, this debate continues to inform current practice. Plus, in this episode, why even the giants of the internet age will fall.
2020-01-3007 minFuture-Proof Your CareerWhy batteries beat hydrogenIn this episode, Tom looks at the two technologies competing to power our electric cars: batteries and hydrogen. Plus, building the bionic banker. How will technology transform the future banking industry?
2020-01-2312 minFuture-Proof Your CareerNew Year, New Book, Free ChapterKicking off a new season of episodes of the podcast, Tom shares some news about why he went quiet in late 2019 (it's all good) and invites you to #AskAFuturist your questions (Tweet him at @bookofthefuture with this hashtag or email hello@bookofthefuture.co.uk). Plus, an audio sample chapter from his book, High Frequency Change.
2020-01-1614 minFuture-Proof Your CareerFuture Builders: Education and endless learningTom speaks to the founders of AI-powered learning platform Future Builders, Spencer Ayres and Jordan Poulton, about the future of education and the need to keep our skills current throughout our careers.
2019-12-1343 minFuture-Proof Your CareerChoice and the future of politics.Tom talks to Michael Taylor, journalist, author, and recent Change UK candidate, about choice in politics, the fracturing of old alliances, and whether choice as a message is always a euphemism for markets.
2019-07-2454 minFuture-Proof Your CareerThe business of augmented reality.Tom speaks to Dominic Collins, co-founder and CEO of Darabase, a company built to solve one of the critical challenges of a world where physical and digital begin to blend together.
2019-07-1030 minFuture-Proof Your CareerHow we buy thingsTom speaks to Damian Thompson, global head of consumer insight for Wavemaker, about how we make buying decisions in this age of endless choice.
2019-06-2637 minFuture-Proof Your CareerAccenture Dock Interview 2Tom travelled to The Accenture Dock in Dublin, to interview some of the thinkers guiding global corporations through their digital transformation. In this recording, Tom speaks to Ryan Shanks, director of The Dock, about active listening and the future of skills.
2019-04-0531 minFuture-Proof Your CareerAccenture Interview 1Tom travelled to The Accenture Dock in Dublin, to interview some of the thinkers guiding global corporations through their digital transformation. In this recording, Tom speaks to Ryan Shanks, director of The Dock, and Lorna Ross, Group Director of Fjord.
2019-04-051h 01Future-Proof Your CareerApplied Futurism in 2019Tom kicks off a new collection of episodes with some updates about applied futurism in 2019.
2019-02-2004 min
Future-Proof Your CareerDreams Of FlightAs digital experiences consume more of our lives, will we value the physical thrills of the theme park ever more? Plus, can the EU challenge the dominance of the big digital platforms?
2018-10-1705 min
Future-Proof Your CareerArchimedes' LeverIf you wanted to make a lever to move the world, what material would you choose? Plus, how different do you want the future to be? Past performance is no guarantee of future returns…
2018-10-0310 min
Future-Proof Your CareerSlow Down To Speed UpTom shares advice from his mentor about simply doing less: sometimes everyone needs an external perspective. Plus, the future of work: what matters?
2018-09-0307 min
Future-Proof Your CareerFlying Car Reality CheckWill we really all take to the skies? Or is terra firma a safer bet? Plus, have you ever thought about the bandwidth between you and your machines? It's falling.
2018-08-2707 min
Future-Proof Your CareerTime Is TactileAs more and more of our daily experience is digitised, do we lose touch - literally - with the physical world? Tom doesn't think so. Plus, the TSB banking failure: what really happened?
2018-08-2007 min
Future-Proof Your CareerLife In A Quantum WorldWe have barely entered the quantum age, yet already our expanded understanding of physics has begun to define our world. What's next? Plus, moving money: how will we pay in the future?
2018-08-1306 min
Future-Proof Your CareerA Cult Of CultureAs levels of faith fall, what replaces religion in tomorrow's society? Plus, Tom returns to the Cambridge Analytica story: how will we manage - and monetise - our personal data in the future?
2018-08-0612 min
Future-Proof Your CareerWhat Does Innovation Mean To You?Tom examines what is - and what isn't - true innovation. Plus, fighting friction, what role does 5G have in saving us time and hassle?
2018-07-3010 min
2018-05-0306 min
Future-Proof Your CareerThe New Radio RentalsTom explores the assumption that no-one will own a car in the future, and that we will all be serviced by self-driving fleets, arriving on demand. Is this realistic? Plus are futurists here to share a vision, or advocate for one?
2018-04-1910 min
Future-Proof Your CareerWill a robot hold your hand?Would you want to be nursed by a machine when you're in your old age? Tom explores the adoption of robots in care. Plus, why transparency undermines trust and threatens human strengths in the workforce.
2018-04-1112 min
Future-Proof Your CareerFacebook Fallout & The Art of LyingTom explores the Cambridge Analytica story: will this be the bucket of cold water that awakens people to how their data is data is being traded by social networks? Plus, why the art of lying will be a growth business in tomorrow's mixed reality world.
2018-04-0507 min
Future-Proof Your CareerAutomation in the Third SectorTom replays his talk from SCVO's giant charities conference, The Gathering, where he helped third sector organisations to understand how automation my benefit - and threaten - their organisations, and missions. Plus, takeaways from Mobile World Congress, one of the world's largest technology shows.
2018-03-2612 min
Future-Proof Your CareerPolitical Choices In The Face Of AutomationTom explores two possible policy responses to rising automation in the workforce: enhanced employment regulations and rising corporation taxes. Plus, how do you make a phone disappear? Three critical considerations for whatever replaces the smartphone.
2018-03-2011 min
Future-Proof Your CareerGrowth hacking for grown-up companiesAugmenting your connection with customers is a critical component of building a future-eady organisation, Tom argues this week. Plus, is tomorrow's trucker a glorified hitch hiker?
2018-02-1907 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 25: Life among the starsAs we begin to adapt our cities to the challenges of climate change, should we be considering a more radical move to the stars? Plus, when does a company become too big to be regulated by the market - a market in its own right?
2018-02-1511 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 24 - Inverting the PyramidAutomation promises to fundamentally reshape the traditional hierarchy of our organisations. Could we see future businesses with more people at the top than the bottom? Plus, how do we prepare tomorrow's workforce for a world where creativity is the most important human talent?
2018-02-0516 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 23 - Facebook's Kodak MomentIs Facebook forever? Tom doesn't think so. Mark Zuckerberg has led the company to sustained success through acquisitions and rapid change, but one day it is bound to be outpaced. This is how it will happen. Plus, why there is no single future for everyone.
2018-01-3108 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 22 - Conversations with my houseTom talks to his house. Well, sort of. What can we learn about smart cities and artificial intelligence from basic experiments. Plus, why we shouldn't be too negative about the impact of technology on young people and their social lives.
2018-01-2109 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 21 - Tech trends for 2018New Year means curious journalists, wanting to know what's next. This episode features a round-up of the key technologies for 2018 that Tom's been talking about on the radio. Plus, why tech is the starting point for examining possible futures.
2018-01-1510 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 20 - Ten DisruptionsTom shares 10 trends that are transforming the future home, following his closing keynote at the Property Week RESI 2017 conference.
2017-10-0609 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 19 - An open source futureTom talks to Andrew Back (@9600) founder of the Wuthering Bytes festival of technology in Hebden Bridge, about this year's programme and the global open source project, collaborating to solve tomorrow's tech problems in everything from the Large Hadron Collider to NASA spacecraft
2017-07-2144 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 17 - Tech For Good?Tom talks to host of the Tech for Good podcast, and Reason Digital's Head of Strategy & Insight, Rebecca Rae-Evans about technology and society. Is tech a force for good? How will bots be applied in public service? And what's wrong with tech?
2017-07-0355 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 16 - Smart CitizensFollowing a series of conversations with local authorities and housing associations, Tom reflects on the future citizen and the need for participation - and education
2017-06-2607 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 15 - Hello Cyberwoman!Tom talks augmentation to an audience of marketing professionals at this year's Tug Life conference, and about the trend of 're-intermediation', the growing market for middle men and women to help us handle complex choices. Plus, hyperloop and how a futuristic project faces some very old challenges: physics and planning.
2017-06-1914 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 14 - Law and the InternetThis week Tom speaks to principal lawyer at Slater and Gordon, and recognised expert on law, the internet and social media, Steve Kuncewicz, about calls to 'bring the internet to heel' in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Manchester and London.
2017-06-1227 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 13 - Is The World Spinning Faster?Tom addresses the argument for accelerated change and explains the wave theory, separating speed from scale. And he introduces VUCA - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity, and explains how you navigate through it.
2017-05-3009 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 12 - Securing the Extended HumanWith the NHS held to ransom by the WannaCry malware, Tom imagines how such infections might affect us as we become ever more reliant on technology - or even integrated with it.
2017-05-2215 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 11 - Into SpaceWith the news dominated by politics, Tom thinks about getting away...far, far away, with two stories about the future of space travel.
2017-05-0808 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 10 - Your Privacy or Your LifeTom explores the balancing act between health monitoring and invasion of privacy as Manchester hosts the Informatics for Health conference
2017-05-0208 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 9 - Working 9-5, Learning 24/7This week Tom looks at the future of work - and what we do without it. How do we get the most out of our working day, and will the state support us when it's time to retrain with a Universal Basic Income?
2017-04-2410 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 8 - Learning To LearnWhat skills do we need to survive and thrive in tomorrow's world? Tom talks education with fellow BBC tech commentator and UTC MediaCity's business engagement lead, Dan Sodergren.
2017-04-1727 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 7 - Augmented Reality and Awesome AndroidsInspired by the Science Museum's robots exhibition, and a debate with Google and the BBC on augmented reality, Tom explores tomorrow's mixed reality, populated by virtual beings both digital and physical.
2017-04-1017 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 6 - Smart Kitchens and Living CitiesThis week Tom starts work on the '4G Kitchen' with famous designer Johnny Grey and the National Innovation Centre for Ageing at Newcastle University, and highlights the differences between 'smart cities' and 'living cities' at Pro Manchester's digital disruption conference.
2017-04-0312 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 5 - Smart Cities and BeyondTom speaks to Andrew Beechener, founder of 'Republic of Things' about the strengths and weaknesses of smart cities, and Manchester's CityVerve programme.
2017-03-2727 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 4 - Faith and FailureReviewing the newspapers for the BBC, Tom connects two stories about our faith in technology and the effects of that faith being undermined.
2017-03-1308 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 3 - Lovejoy and the RobotsThis week, Tom visits Sunday Brunch's Tim Lovejoy to talk about the rise of the robots
2017-03-0617 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 2 - The Future is ElectricTom reveals five trends for the future of energy from a new report produced with Nabarro, and debates the future of mobility at the University of Cambridge.
2017-02-2715 min
Future-Proof Your CareerEpisode 1- Superyacht Design Syposium, AustriaTom visits the Superyacht Design Symposium in Austria to discuss how tomorrow's technologies will remove the design limitations from these already-extreme vehicles.
2017-02-1813 min