From The Archives: Garry Golden

In this episode of the GDA Podcast, Kyle Davis sits down with Garry Golden, an academically trained futurist, to explore how leaders can better anticipate change, identify emerging trends, and prepare their organizations for what’s ahead.

Garry shares how futurists look beyond individual technologies to understand broader shifts in society, culture, demographics, and business. The conversation explores the future of work, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the importance of spotting early signals of change before they become major disruptions.

Key topics include:

• How professional futurists study and anticipate long-term change
• The impact of demographic shifts on the workforce and organizations
• How humans and artificial intelligence could work together in the future
• Understanding blockchain beyond cryptocurrency and its potential business applications
• Using foresight to uncover blind spots and prepare for disruption
• Building a “signals team” to identify emerging changes and turn them into action

Garry’s message is a reminder that thinking like a futurist isn't about perfectly predicting what will happen. It’s about paying attention to signals of change, exploring what they could mean, and preparing to act before change arrives.

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