Guest: John Sweeney
Location: Belarus
Interview Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
Interviewed By: Peter Hayward in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. John A. Sweeney is an award-winning author, designer, and futurist.
John reminds us that futures are still plural, and the importance of holding the space for possibilities. One of the most immediate things each of us can do, is pay careful attention to the language we use to navigate this time.
Peter and John also discuss going beyond a technocrat (the technically elite) response by having good conversations to support values-led futures, and help clarify what we want to keep from the past.
Foresight in a Time of Coronavirus Series
The COVID-19 pandemic is moving rapidly around the world. Extinguishing our expected futures and opening up the possibilities of different ones.
At FuturePod we have decided to speak to our previous guests, to ask them what this particular moment in time means to them, and more importantly, to us all.
Resources from John
By John Sweeney: Hot Take v2.0: Covid-19 both “is & is not” a Black Swan (& that’s ok), futures/foresight in Postnormal Times