S5 Ep2: Madeline Ashby speaks about why futures work is the hardest thing you’ll ever do, and it’s easier than you think

Exponential Minds Podcast with Chief Futurist Nikolas Badminton

Madeline Ashby is a science fiction writer, futurist, speaker, teacher, and immigrant living in Toronto. She is represented by Cooke McDermid, and UTA.

Her fiction has appeared in Nature, Tesseracts, Escape Pod, FLURB, the Shine Anthology, and elsewhere. Her essays have appeared at BoingBoing, io9, WorldChanging, and The Atlantic. Her fiction has appeared in Slate, MIT Technology Review, Clarkesworld, and multiple anthologies.

Madeline has worked with Intel Labs, the World Health Organization, the Institute for the Future, SciFutures, Nesta, Data & Society, The Atlantic Council, Changeist, and others. She has spoken at SXSW, FutureEverything, MozFest, and other events.

I’m currently reading her and Scott Smith’s book ‘How to Future’ and they help people understand how to think and what to do.

You can read more about Madeline at - https://madelineashby.com/

See more of Nikolas' writing at www.nikolasbadminton.com