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Hosted by Steve Fisher · business · EN-US · 155 episodes
Welcome to the Think Forward podcast where we have conversations with futurists, innovators and big thinkers about what lies ahead. We explore emerging trends on the horizon and what it means to be a futurist.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to the Think Forward podcast where we have conversations with futurists, innovators and big thinkers about what lies ahead. We explore emerging trends on the horizon and what it means to be a futurist.
Think Forward: Conversations with Futurists, Innovators and Big Thinkers is hosted by Steve Fisher. The show has published 155 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Afrofuture: Remixed with Stacey A. Robinson | EP 154" (30 September 2026, 97 minutes), "Dancing With Uncertainty: Leading and Following the Future with Tanja Schindler | EP 153" (23 September 2026, 54 minutes), and "Everyone Gets a Superpower | EP 151 with Paul Baier" (2 September 2026, 38 minutes).
Think Forward: Conversations with Futurists, Innovators and Big Thinkers publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 155 episodes.
Booking probability for Think Forward: Conversations with Futurists, Innovators and Big Thinkers is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Think Forward: Conversations with Futurists, Innovators and Big Thinkers requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Think Forward: Conversations with Futurists, Innovators and Big Thinkers's contact route on record: verified email.
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Steve Fisher hosts Think Forward: Conversations with Futurists, Innovators and Big Thinkers, a business show with 155 episodes published.
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Episode #154
This week I'm talking with Stacey A. Robinson, an artist and Afro-surrealist whose work lives at the intersection of hip hop, comics, and what he calls the Afro now. We go back to his earliest memory, drawing every...
Episode #153
Tanja Schindler was a competitive Latin dancer at twelve and the family member who set up every television, a split between creative and technical that would define her career. She trained as an electrical engineer...
Episode #151
Paul Baier has spent the last few years in the rooms where large companies decide what to actually do about AI, and he has trained something like 15,000 people within those organizations. So when he says the technology...
Episode #150
One hundred and fifty episodes in, this is the conversation Think Forward was built for. Radha Mistry leads foresight at Arup, and before that she built a corporate foresight practice from a standing start inside a...
Episode #149
A lot of strategy collapses the moment a "guarantee" fails, and the easiest way to find those guarantees is to notice what you never question. We start with something as small as flipping a light switch, then zoom out...
Episode #146
Trends aren’t just a fashion problem. They’re a system for manufacturing novelty, and right now that system is running at TikTok speed. I sit down with Clarice Garcia, a futurist and designer who moved from architecture...
Think Forward: Conversations with Futurists, Innovators and Big Thinkers
<p>Many of us are navigating a world defined by relentless change—and AI is transforming every part of it faster than we can keep up. But what if the key isn’t resisting these shifts, but mastering how to flow with...
Episode #145
<p>You can feel the ground shifting under AI right now, but the hardest question isn’t “When do we get AGI?” It’s this: if we can’t prove whether something is conscious, how would we ever know when a machine deserves...
Episode #144
<p>We explore how an evolutionary mismatch between ancient biology and modern culture keeps our stress response switched on and quietly shapes health, behavior, and society. Tom shares how future thinking helped him...
Episode #143
<p>We explore why fear-based futures work narrows imagination and how an indigenous lens replaces control with respect for the unknown. Sherman shares how futures literacy, decolonizing foresight, and...
Episode #142
<p>Welcome to this special crossover episode from our other show, Going Off World.</p><p>In this episode, the hunt for alien life isn’t a sci-fi dream. It’s a patient, high-stakes investigation unfolding across labs...
Episode #141
<p>Emmanuel Daniel unpacks how digital finance prioritized monetization over true inclusion, then traces a larger shift from markets to networks where information compounds value. We test CBDCs, stablecoins, tokenized...
Episode #140
<p>What if the people best equipped to shape tomorrow aren’t engineers first—but emotional athletes? Our guest, Ahmed Best—actor, educator, Afrofuturist, and the pioneering performer behind Jar Jar Binks—shows how art...
Episode #139
<p>We talk with Peter von Stackelberg about humility in consulting, why timeframes matter, and how narrative foresight turns data into action. We trace his path from journalism to futures, explore exploratory forecasts...
Episode #138
<p>Peter Hayward shares his journey from a problem-solving tax professional to becoming one of the most influential futures educators, training hundreds of futurists and co-creating the renowned FuturePod podcast...
Episode #137
<p>What if the key to understanding tomorrow lies not in boardroom predictions but in the rhythms of a DJ's turntable? Derek Woodgate, with his 30+ years as an experimental futurist, takes us on a fascinating journey...
Episode #136
<p>Welcome to this episode of Think Forward! In this episode, we sit down with Cécile Cremer, founder of Wandering the Future, joins us to challenge conventional wisdom about how we prepare for tomorrow's challenges...
Episode #135
<p>What happens when you hold an artifact from a future that doesn't exist yet? A newspaper headline from 2045, a product manual for technology not yet invented, or a social media post from an entirely different world...
Episode #134
<p>The key to organizational survival lies in embedding foresight deeply into company DNA, creating structures that detect change, understand implications, and adapt accordingly before crises emerge. Futurist Steve...
Episode #133
<p>Nicholas Badminton brings a refreshingly grounded yet visionary perspective to futures work, sharing his journey from growing up around a slaughterhouse to delivering over 450 keynotes worldwide as a renowned...
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