65 Episodes

  1. Forward Thinking on what deep history might tell us about today’s turbulent times with Alan Taylor

    Published: 2/15/2023
  2. Forward Thinking on how to get remote working right with Nicholas Bloom

    Published: 2/1/2023
  3. Forward Thinking on the complicated and contentious state of global trade with Chad P. Bown

    Published: 1/19/2023
  4. Forward Thinking on the meeting point of science and humanity with Jayshree Seth

    Published: 11/30/2022
  5. Forward Thinking on the fragility of the world’s food systems and how to fix them with Jessica Fanzo

    Published: 11/16/2022
  6. Forward Thinking on talent, state capacity, and being hopeful with Tyler Cowen

    Published: 9/28/2022
  7. Forward Thinking on progress in science funding, immigration, and biosecurity with Alec Stapp

    Published: 8/10/2022
  8. Forward Thinking on the sustainability revolution in textiles and the fashion industry with Edwin Keh

    Published: 7/27/2022
  9. Forward Thinking on people, places, and the revenge of places that don’t matter with Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

    Published: 7/13/2022
  10. Forward Thinking on war in Ukraine, inflation, and cooperation in a fractured world with Jean Pisani-Ferry

    Published: 6/29/2022
  11. Forward Thinking on measuring the value of the digital age with Avinash Collis

    Published: 6/1/2022
  12. Forward Thinking on trade, vaccines, and sustainable and inclusive growth with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Published: 5/18/2022
  13. Forward Thinking on democratizing technology with Anne-Marie Imafidon

    Published: 5/4/2022
  14. Forward Thinking on the growing role of business in the net-zero transition with Claire O’Neill

    Published: 4/20/2022
  15. Forward Thinking on tech and the unpredictability of prediction with Benedict Evans

    Published: 4/6/2022
  16. Forward Thinking on sustainable and inclusive growth with Ron O’Hanley

    Published: 3/23/2022
  17. Forward Thinking on pandemic paradoxes, labor market myths, and ‘cowboy capitalism’ with David Autor

    Published: 2/23/2022
  18. Forward Thinking on the social contract in a postpandemic world with Minouche Shafik and Andrew Sheng

    Published: 2/2/2022
  19. Forward Thinking on the transformative role of intangible assets in companies and economies with Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake

    Published: 1/12/2022
  20. Forward Thinking on globalization and the evolving role of corporate leadership in the 21st century with Matthew Slaughter

    Published: 12/15/2021

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Forward Thinking examines groundbreaking ways in which the world is evolving and how people and organizations can respond to changing demands and technologies. In each episode theorists, innovators, and business leaders discuss global trends—technology, artificial intelligence, globalization, urbanization, climate change, and more—with hosts Michael Chui and Janet Bush of the McKinsey Global Institute.