Richard Sandford is Professor of Heritage Evidence Foresight and Policy at the UCL Institute of Sustainable Heritage (Twitter, LinkedIn). He interested in how we think about the future and how we connect it to the past. We discuss in depth how heritage can be a source of useful and productive stances towards the future. Key line from Richard for me: "Change s coming...If you're looking at the future, perhaps our job now is to preserve that sense of identity that allows us to act without reifying the things that we do need to let go."LinksRichard's key paper (£) laying out how he thinks lived futures should be the focus of futures researchers and heritage, rather than history, offers the context for developing lived futures.UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) on Futures Literacy.Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies.Stuart Candy on Design and Futures. Rodney Harrison and "future-making".Rupert Read on the need "to build lifeboats to carry as many as possible of us through the storms that are coming".Gillespie and Zittoun -- Imagination in Human and Cultural DevelopmentMore on Three Horizons method here.Courses at UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage.Link to get Richard's email address.More on Tony Hodgson here.Timings0:50 - Q1 What are you doing now? And how did you get there?11:10 - Q2. What is the future you are trying to create, and why?27:33 -- BONUS QUESTION: Is the rise of imagination activities a sign that we have run out of road and trying to imagine something different?31:10 - Q3. What are your priorities for the next few years, and why?38:14 - Q4. If someone was inspired to follow those priorities, what should they do next?41:45 - Q5. If your younger self was starting their career now, what advice would you give them?43: 34 - Q6. Who would you nominate to answer these questions, because you admire their approach?46:06 - Q7. Is there anything else important you feel you have to say?More hereTwitter: Powerful_TimesWebsite hub: here.Please do like and subscribe, to help others find the podcast.Thank you for listening! -- David

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