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Introducing PolytopiasThe word polytopia means “many places”. Unlike dystopias and utopias — which begin or end on the precipice of change — polytopias show the change from one state to another. They are stories that depict many people, many places, at many times. They demonstrate the incremental steps required to shift a system and how those... See more

How do we move out of this uncomfortable tech-for-tech phase into the Purpose Built Era? The Purpose Built Era is born out of discomfort, restlessness and our innate drive to always ask for more.

Climate change, Covid and conflict; an increasingly dispersed multi-generational workforce that is crying out for meaning and belonging: The unrelenting pace of these leadership challenges is demanding an evolution in organizational thinking in response.

3 Key Stakeholder Groups — All peoples, all non-humans, all planet — expanding human-centred design’s stakeholders from just ‘business and target users’ to ‘all peoples (across the supply chain, related communities, and ‘invisible’ humans), all non-humans, and all planet’

The goal of the show is to inform more humans about the path ahead and inspire people to play a role in our collective future. Guests will be from a wide range of scientists, leaders, activists, thinkers, and doers.