Category: Interview
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276I_Beth McDaniel, President of Reactive Surface Partners at McDaniel and Associates

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “What we can’t do is be an ostrich and put our head in the sand and expect [climate change] to go away.” Are you interested in carbon capture technologies? What do you think about the opportunities within our collaborations? How can we shake off our boiling frog…
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274I_Richard Gill, CEO of RethinkX

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “[In] societal change we need to protect people, not jobs or industries.” Are you interested in transformational technologies? What do you think about cities being in competition? How can we embrace change even if it is messy? Interview with Richard Gill, CEO of Rethink X. We talk…
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272I_Frank Elavsky, accessibility and data interaction researcher

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Our job is to imagine a future that is hopeful.” Are you interested in the difference among hope, knowledge and prediction? What do you think about our responsibility in imagining better futures? How can we use predictions better to prevent nightmarish scenarios? Interview with Frank Elavsky, an…
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270I_Lucas Gil Nadolskis, PhD student at the Bionic Vision Lab

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “I think when you say someone is disabled, there is an assumption that that person is not functional – which could not be more wrong!” Are you interested in the difference between inclusion and integration? What do you think about the disability of people or the environment?…
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268I_Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Children are the future, but they are also current.” Are you interested in involving the young generation into decision-making? What do you think about meaningful involvement? How can we differentiate between consultation, collaboration and children-led projects? Interview with Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional. We…
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266I_Alison Whitten, the Director of the Systems Lab at Regen Melbourne

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Regeneration is about how we leave things better than the way we found them.” Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the role of citizens, governments and the designers in urban futures? How can we play an active role in urban futures? Interview…
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264I_Robert Pradolin, director of Housing All Australians

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Success for me is making an influence on society in a beneficial way.” Are you interested in housing as economic infrastructure? What do you think about the developer sector? How can we be more aware of our effects through the built environment on society? Interview with Robert…
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260I_Dr Haydn Read, a specialist practitioner in systems thinking and action

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Pitch it high and don’t take your eyes off the prise!” Are you interested in distributed well-being? What do you think about density as a measurement for affordability? How can we use the why-how-what questions for better urban futures? Interview with Dr Haydn Read, a specialist practitioner…
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256I_Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics at Queensland University of Technology

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Science has already fixed climate change. We know what’s causing it, we know what to do about it. The fact that there is paralysis is not the problem of science.” Are you interested in listening to scientists? What do you think about the urgency of actions after…
