What Can We Do Come Monday with Reanna Browne

Reanna Brown, an academically trained and practicing futurist, joins the Chief Meta Chicks podcast to discuss her work as a futurist and her journey from professional cricket player to futurist.

Reanna explains that a futurist's work focuses on change, anticipating change, shaping it, challenging assumptions, and expanding possibilities.

We dive into many important topics including:

• The importance of unlearning how we think about the future and rethinking our actions in the present.
• How sport can be a setting for social change and innovation
• The need to reimagine beyond traditional models to create the future of women's sport
• The intersection of sports and social issues such as domestic violence and gambling
• The risks for organizations focusing on the wrong things with work from home mandates
• The impact of saying "So what, now what, what can we do come Monday"

Enjoy!

‍Sound Bites

• "Future's work is about change. It's about anticipating change. It's about how can we shape change? How do we navigate change?"
• "The future hasn't happened yet. It's just our ideas and images. So the way we think about the future shapes our action in the present."
• "The future of women’s sport requires reimagining beyond traditional models and exploring opportunities for innovation and community engagement."

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Defining Futurist

08:17 Reimagining the Future of Women in Sport

25:14 Unlearning and Rethinking for the Future

32:49 Paying Attention to Signals of Change

38:05 The Impact of Data Analytics and AI in Sports

43:37 Sports as a Setting for Social Change and Innovation

49:29 Embracing Change and Creating a Supportive WorkCulture

56:53 The Power of Collaboration and Learning in Entrepreneurship

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