In this episode Monika Bielskyte talks about a variety of topics concerning the present and future including the importance of language and stories when it comes to the future over colonialism, the marginalized, paradigms and stereotypes to protopian future.

About Monika Bielskyte

As a futures researcher, Monika Bielskyte has been on an 9-year nomadic journey exploring futures in 90+ countries. As a futurist and futures designer, Monika consults on and prototypes culturally expansive, socially and environmentally engaged future world designs for the media industry, technology companies, and cities/countries. With expertise in the immersive media space (XR/AI/UX) and edutainment, her work consists in connecting bleeding edge technological innovation with some of the world's most original creative visions that explores the relationship between speculative science fiction narratives (Dystopias, Utopias, &, most specifically, Protopias) & the unfolding Global Futures.

Monika’s past clients include Universal, Google, Nike, DreamWorks, World Economic Forum, BBC, Microsoft, Mexico City, McKinsey, Anonymous Content, Ridley Scott Associates, Reliance JIO, Telefonica, Intel, MTN, Huawei, TATA, Xerox PARC & Rick Owens, among others.

Monika is also an internationally renowned public speaker in the field of innovation represented by London Speaker Bureau & The Closer. Her talks cover the range of subject matter at the intersection of science and technology and its feedback loop with social, cultural and political realities across the world. She has spoken on panels and presented keynotes at The Royal Society, CERN, Unesco, C2, CPH:DOX, Future Of Storytelling, Sonar, among others.

Most recently, Monika has been working on @ProtopiaFutures – a platform for research & creative collaborations challenging & offering alternatives to dystopian/utopian stereotypes. Protopia explores visions of radically hopeful & inclusive futures centering Queerness, Indigeneity, Disability & previously marginalized cultural perspectives in the context of futurism & foresight work. The framework of Protopia has been shaped by the urgent need for expanded futures literacy, to combat the rise of misinformation in the coming age of the increasingly immersive media.

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/monikabielskyte/

https://twitter.com/monikabielskyte

https://medium.com/@monikabielskyte

https://medium.com/protopia-futures

https://www.instagram.com/monikabielskyte/

https://linktr.ee/monikabielskyte

Books mentioned in the podcast

The Future is History - Masha Gessen
The Memory Code - Lynne Kelly
Dark Emu - Bruce Pascoe

In this podcast episode we talk about unfolding potential, education and limiting beliefs.

About Marcus Orlovsky

Marcus is passionate about education, and really helping young people to find their path. With a background in finance, real estate and tech, he was heavily involved in designing and building new schools in the UK. He was advised, and he hoped, that with a new building, education would improve. Not so. He came to realise that, after 300 new schools, what was needed was a change in attitude from both teachers and students. Grades and marks, so loved as a measure of success, is not enough. Ability to learn fast, ability to think, discuss and work as a team is what's needed in society - but there are no grades or assessments. Soft skills, all so needed in life, tend to be overlooked in schools. He's now worked with nearly 100,000 students, generally drawn from those less likely to 'achieve' with astonishing success. The social enterprise Marcus founded empowers students to be inquisitive and seek out their own pathways: to become the pilots of their journey rather than just the passengers. In his spare time, Marcus hosts a number of TEDx events, has spoken at many, and is asked to speak at major conferences globally.

Marcus is a Chartered Accountant and had a major stroke seven years ago. He delivered the opening keynote for the National Association of Head Teachers' annual conference fourteen days later.

Links

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusorlovsky/

Website

http://bryanstonsquare.com/

In this podcast episode we talk about distributed ledger technology, blockchain and a decentralized economy as well the paradigm what a woman is expected to be in society.

About

Satya Dash, originally from India, has studied in technology and law in Austria. Her work experience is in technology driven innovation projects in corporations, start-ups and as an advisor. Today she works as a digital economist, engineer, advisor and solution architect for business and technology in the Digital Data economy focusing on business model innovation and finding solutions to complex challenges.

Mail

dashsatya.2015@gmail.com

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyasandhadash