The Futures Project Podcast
The Futures Project Podcast
Podcast Description
The future’s not what it used to be. Welcome to The Futures Project Podcast. Join educators, futurists, writers, researchers, mums and friends Cathy Walker and Chloe Combi as they invite guests to explore the world that awaits our young people. Between them, Cathy and Chloe have over 30 years’ of educational experience working with, and for the benefit of, young people. They've conducted 10,000 hours of interviews and surveys with over 30,000 young people and hundreds of teachers, listening actively, extracting learnings, identifying trends, validating experiences… and transforming this important information into programmes that enlighten, empower and enhance. On The Futures Project Podcast. they welcome guests from the worlds of politics, sustainability, business, academia, celebrity, media, education and more. Tune in to hear them cover everything from the climate crisis to culture, music to money, society to sex, always looking for the realistic but also the reassuring take on the brave new world in which our children are making their way. Because they are, after all, the ultimate Futures Project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This podcast focuses on topics such as the climate crisis, education trends, social issues, and personal development, with episodes that examine subjects like social entrepreneurship, the role of AI in education, and cultural shifts affecting younger generations. Illustrative episode examples include discussions on the impact of TikTok on creativity and insights drawn from academic leadership experiences.
The future’s not what it used to be.
Welcome to The Futures Project Podcast. Join educator, futurist, writer, researcher and mum Cathy Walker as she invites guests to explore the world that awaits our young people.
Cathy has over 25 years’ of educational experience working with, and for the benefit of, young people and their families, listening actively, extracting learnings, identifying trends, validating experiences… and transforming this important information into programmes that enlighten, empower and enhance.
in each episode she welcomes expert guests from the worlds of education, sustainability, business, celebrity, media, and more. She explores what the future really looks like—for the next generation and for the rest of us. Expect real talk, fresh insight, and a reassuring take on the fast-changing world our young people are making their way in.
Because they are, after all, the ultimate futures project.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This fortnight’s guest is Laura Jane Silverman. LJ is Head of LSE Generate, the London School of Economics’ award-winning Entrepreneurship Hub that she set up in 2018 to support the School’s students and alumni to develop entrepreneurial skills as they build businesses and innovate in the UK and around the world. To date, Generate has supported over 20,000 LSE entrepreneurs as they validate, build and scale their businesses, innovating, in line with the LSE motto, ‘for the betterment of society.’
In this episode, we cover
- what it means to be a mission-driven entrepreneur
- what makes LSE stand out as the UK’s most entrepreneurial university
- entrepreneurs to watch
We also talk about the brilliant LSE Generate Schools Programme which has reached over 12000 students in 100+ schools across the globe, empowering young people with the transferable skills and entrepreneurial mindset to be able to thrive in a fast-evolving future.
To sign up to LSE Generate’s Innovation Bootcamps for 16-19 year olds this summer, click here or for more information, you can get in touch with the team at LSE Generate.
And you can check out more of LSE Generate’s work here.
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