The Quiet Future Podcast
Episodes
Episode 47: The Futures We Feel - From Feelings To Agency
25 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Quiet Future Podcast, I reflect on the first experiences with the Futures We Feel project and the developing Behavioural Atlas....
Epsode 46: Why We Feel The Future First - Bonus episode
24 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special bonus episode of the Quiet Future Podcast, shared while host Kristiina Paju recovers from a cold and is unable to record this week. ...
Episode 45: The Stranger You're Building For: Anticipatory Joy and the Future Self Illusion
17 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest obstacle to building a better future isn't a lack of motivation — but the fact that your brain has already decided your future s...
Episode 44: The Stories We Bury - Narrative Bias, the Ostrich Effect, and the Futures We Refuse To See
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we keep imagining the same futures over and over, and why do we avoid the ones that matter the most? In this episode of The Quiet Future Podcas...
Episode 43: Futures Literacy As Behaviour: How Everyday Decisions Shape The Future
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What is futures literacy and why doesn’t it always lead to action?In this episode of the Quiet Future Podcast, futurist Kristiina Paju explores how ...
Episode 42: The Ripple App Explored
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if your everyday decisions could show you the futures you’re already creating?In this episode, we explore The Ripple — a quiet, interactive s...
Episode 41: Why Traffic Strategies Fail - How Behavioural Conditions Shape Urban Mobility
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Discover why even the best traffic strategies often fail in cities - and how behavioural conditions like agency, defaults, friction, capacity, attenti...
Episode 40: The Future Is Already Speaking — Are We Listening? (A Quiet Future episode for Podcasthon)
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if young people don’t need more agency — because they already have it?In this episode, I share insights from my role as a judge in the Young ...
Episode 39: Leave It to Us — A 25-Year Promise to the Future
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty-five years ago, children from around the world gathered at the UNEP Millennium Children’s Conference on the Environment to talk about the fut...
Bonus: Notebook LM episode on how small choices create quiet futures
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is based on the inteviews executed by AI with Kristiina Paju. Covering behavioural futures, choice architecture, the definition of quiet ...
Episode 38: Futures Literacy Is a Leadership Condition
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
During this year’s 24-hour World Futures Day dialogue — with over 800 participants across time zones from New Zealand to Hawaii — one insight be...
Episode 37: The Quiet Future Framework - When Agency, Defaults and Meaning Start Talking to Each Other
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Quiet Future Podcast, I bring the six conditions of the Quiet Future together into one coherent framework.Over the past episode...
Episode 36: Meaning — Why Some Futures Endure
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why do some futures hold us over time, while others quietly fade away? In this episode of Quiet Future, Kristiina explores meaning as the cultural and...
Bonus: NotebookLM audio overview of the Quiet Future Report 2025
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the Google NotebookLM-made audio episode tackling the report I made - the Quiet Future Report 2025.
Episode 35: Attention — What the Future Competes For
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why does the future feel so hard to think about lately — even when we care deeply about it?In this episode of Quiet Future, Kristiina explores atten...
Episode 34: Capability: Why Seeing the Future Is Not Enough
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us understand what the future could look like — yet change often stalls in our daily lives. In this episode, Kristiina explores capability: ...
Episode 33: Friction - Why Good Futures Don't Stick?
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We often explain failed change as resistance. But many futures do not fail because people oppose them . They fail because they quietly ask too much. I...
Episode 32: The Defaults That Decide For Us
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we don’t actively decide?In this episode of The Quiet Future, we explore the hidden power of defaults — the routines, systems, a...
Episode 31: From Awareness to Agency
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 1 of The Quiet Future Podcast, futurist Kristiina Paju explores the shift from awareness to agency. Drawing on behavioural science and fore...
Season 2 trailer
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have a listen what to expect in 2026 when the Quiet Future podcast returns!
Season 2 trailer
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone! Season 2 is starting in January - stay tuned!
Episode 30: The Hidden Currents - How Unseen Relationships Shape Organizational Futures
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Season 1 Finale is here! In this final episode, we explore a side of organizational life that rarely gets named - the quiet, invisible relationships t...
Episode 29: When Warnings Go Unheard
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore why some of history's most important ethical warnings - from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Herman Kahn - were ignored, dism...
Episode 28: Whose Future Gets Heard? Power, Voice & Collective Imagination
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 28 of The Quiet Future, we explore a powerful question: whose future gets heard? Drawing on behavioural science, foresight and Finno-Ugric ...
Episode 27: The Wisdom of Uncertainty - Rethinking Risk, Ethics and Leadership
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often treat uncertainty as something to manage or eliminate. Yet, what if the real skill of leadership lies in learning with it?In this episode of ...
Episode 26: Misbehaving Minds - The What and How of Behavioural Economics
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, economics assumed people were rational. Then Kahneman, Tversky and Thaler showed us otherwise - that our decisions are shaped by bias, st...
Episode 25: Seeing Beyond the Noise - The Psychology of Trendspotting
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every foresight professional knows that spark - the moment you notice something new emerging and think:"Something's changing!" But what ...
Episode 24: Clarity Before Action - Decision-Making in Uncertainty
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In uncertain times, the pressure to act quickly can be overwhelming. But what if clarity - not speed - is the real key to better decision-making?In th...
Episode 23: What Does a Sustainable Future Really Mean?
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about sustainability all the time but so we truly understand what it means?In this reflective episode of The Quiet Future, Finnish-Estonian fu...
Episode 22: Beyond Short-Sighted Layoffs - Leading with Foresight in Tough Times
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When economic pressures rise, layoffs often feel like the easiest solution but the consequences ripple far beyond balance sheets. In this episode, Kri...
Episode 21: AI Is Not Neutral - Quiet Nudges, Big Futures
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often frame artificial intelligence as a neutral tool - something we design, program, and control. But in reality, AI is already shaping how we thi...
Episode 20: Beyond Titles - Rethinking Biases in Recruiting
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruitment is often framed as a rational, objective process. But hidden beneath the résumés and job titles are subtle biases that shape who gets se...
Episode 19: Boldness In Leadership
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Boldness in leadership is often confused with recklessness or bravado. But when seen through the lens of behavioural science and foresight, boldness t...
Episode 18: Flipping Discomfort Into Opportunities
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we think about the future, it is natural to lean into hopeful visions. But alongside the desirable futures, there are always the ones we would ra...
Episode 17: Shaping Futures Through Behaviour Change Techniques
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Futures do not only happen in vision - they emerge from our daily choice and actions. In this episode of the Quiet Future, Finnish-Estonian futurist K...
Episode 16: The Power of Small Wins in Foresight
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In futures work, it is tempting to wait for the big leaps - those grand transformations that change everything. But often, the true progress happens q...
Episode 15: The Invisible Hand of Choices - Designing Decision Environments for Better Futures
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every decision you make happens inside an environment designed by someone. From the order of a menu to the way a question is worded, choice architectu...
Episode 14: Looking Back to Leap Forward - Rethinking Backcasting
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode dives into one of the foundational tools in futures work - backcasting. Often mistaken for common sense planning, backcasting is somethin...
Trailer: Your Invitation To Quiet Future
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if slowing down could open up new ways of seeing the future? Welcome to the Quiet Future - a reflective podcast exploring futures literacy, cogni...
Episode 13: Playing with Certainty - How Games Reveal Bias in Strategic Foresight
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can a game help us make better decisions about the future?In this reflective episode, Kristiina Paju shares how decision-making games, like the one sh...
Episode 12: Futures Fatigue - Making Space for Everyday Foresight
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why does thinking about the future feel so heavy, especially at work? In this reflective episode, Kristiina Paju explores the quiet reality of futures...
Episode 11: Beyond the Echo - Groupthink, Belonging, and Collective Futures
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Quiet Future, Kristiina Paju explores how in-group bias, groupthink and herding quietly shape the futures we imagine - especial...
Episode 10: Seeing What We Expect - Fear, Emotion, and The Futures We Imagine
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your emotions were quietly shaping the futures you believe in? In this episode of The Quiet Future, Kristiina Paju explores how confirmation b...
Episode 9: Futures of Belonging, Reclaiming Connection in a Fragmented World
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the futures we long for do not begin with progress or prediction, but with a feeling? In this episode of the Quiet Future, Kristiina Paju refl...
Bonus episode 2: presentation of the Futures Literacy Journal
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode features the audio from a recent LinkedIn Live presentation. It introduces the background and structure of the Futures Literacy Jou...
Episode 8: Seeing with New Eyes - Imagining Beyond Ourselves
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we imagine futures that are bigger than just our own stories? In this episode of the Quiet Future, Kristiina Paju invites listeners into a quie...
Bonus episode: Different Minds, Shared Futures - Empowering Neurodivergent Youth for Planetary Change
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the most urgent futures could only be imagined by minds that see the world differently? In this special bonus episode of the Quiet Future, Kri...
Episode 7: Unlearning the Obvious: Futures Begin Where Assumptions End
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often walk through life guided by quiet rules we did not choose - stories about success, growth, time, and worth. These assumptions shape our visio...
Episode 6: Tending the Possible: Imagination as a Daily Practice
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often tend imagination as something distant - something for artists, or dreamers, or children. But imagination lives in every decision, every doubt...
Episode 5: Rest as a Radical Future
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world that rewards urgency, productivity, and burnout, rest can feel like a luxury. But what if rest is something else entirely? What if rest is ...
Episode 4: A Journal for Quiet Future
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, host Kristiina Paju introduces the Futures Literacy Journal — a written companion to The Quiet Future podcast. Created to d...
Episode 3: More Than One Future
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the The Quiet Future, we explore the idea that there is no single future - only many. Host Kristiina Paju invites you to consider t...
Episode 2: The Futures We Inherit
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Quiet Future, we explore the quiet stories we carry - unseen assumptions about what comes next, inherited from culture, family,...
Episode 1: A Soft Beginning
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this opening episode of The Quite Future, host Kristiina Paju - Finnish-Estonian futurist with a background in education, sustainable development, ...
Introduction to the Quiet Future Podcast!
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this opening episode, Finnish-Estonian futurist Kristiina Paju shares the purpose behind The Quiet Future—a reflective podcast designed to slow d...