What next? Leadership conversations for a better future
Episodes
Bridging the trust gap: rebuilding legitimacy through place and community
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Professor Mike Kenny, Head of Department at the Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge Jacinta Koolmatrie, Aboriginal herit...
Making the Transition Investable: Policy Certainty, Capital, and Coordination with Marina Grossi, Sang-Hyup Kim & Helena
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Clean and green growth has moved from ambition to execution, but the challenge is one of pace. Investment conditions are key: predictable rules, credi...
Reclaiming the Future from the Algorithm
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Vilas Dhar – President, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation; philanthropist, technologist and advocate for human-centred AI What Next? Leadersh...
Changing Minds, Changing Markets
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guests: Michael Liebreich – Managing Partner, EcoPragma Capital & CEO, Liebreich Associates Rory Sutherland – Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK; behavioura...
Backing the Future: Can Philanthropy Drive Systemic Change? with Peter Bennett & Leslie Johnston
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode our hosts explore the role of philanthropy in shaping cleaner, fairer and more resilient economies. Philanthropy funds much of the wor...
Rewiring Finance for a better future with Sarah Kemmitt, Nina Seega and Jose Vinals
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lindsay Hooper and Marc Kahn examine a critical question: what will it take to align global capital with a cleaner, fairer, more resi...
The New Fault Line: How U.S. Polarisation Is Reshaping Global Sustainability with Gillian Tett and Professor Bob Eccles
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. has become the centre of a global sustainability fault line: it hosts the world’s most advanced innovation ecosystem and deepest pools of p...
The Meaning Deficit and Why It Matters to Leadership with Sudhanshu Palsule, Richard Springer and Gillian Secrett
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode examines the emerging “meaning deficit” – the collapse of coherence, trust and belonging that is driving anxiety, polarisation and ...
The Value of Values with Alison Taylor and Karen Wood
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an era of market pressure, political backlash, and accusations of “purpose-washing”, do corporate values still matter? Why isn’t making money...
The Tech Reckoning: Who Shapes the Next Economy? with Thomas Lingard
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode looks at the power shifts created by AI and digital systems - asks where real agency still lies. Hosts Lindsay Hooper and Marc Kahn sit ...
AI Shaping the Future with Dominic Vergine
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of What Next? Leadership Conversations for a Better Future, hosts Lindsay Hooper and Marc Kahn speak with innovation and sustainabilit...
Powering Africa’s Future with Carlos Lopes & Jasandra Nyker
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode examines Africa’s energy transition as both an economic strategy and a question of agency, featuring insights from Professor Carlos Lop...
Young Divided and Under Pressure with Clover Hogan and Ravi Naidoo
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For years, we’ve comforted ourselves with the idea that young people will “save the world.” But is that hope realistic - or an unfair projection...
From Heavy Industry to Clean Growth with Faustine Delasalle and Katie Fergusson
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What Next? Leadership Conversations for a Better Future explores how leaders can help build future-fit economies, bringing fresh perspectives, provoca...
Trailer - What Next? Leadership Conversations for a Better Future
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we rebuild confidence in the future - and in our collective ability to shape it? How do we reconnect economic growth with social progress, fair...