Episode 90: 2025 recap
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Looking Outside is for curious people looking for a fresh take on familiar topics, in business and beyond.
What a year! It’s time to wrap it up for 2025 and highlight the eclectic mix of diverse perspectives, divergent topics and expert thinking that appeared on the show this year. From the best performing episodes and most popular themes, to the most prominent guest go-to's for fresh perspectives, today we’re going back to the episodes that resonated most.
Top episodes of 2025:
venture capitalist and futurist Roger Spitz: new playbooks for volatile business environments & live follow up change systems
political demographer Jennifer Sciubba: the narrative around our population ‘crisis’
fashion designer Justine Leconte: the manipulative systems that fuel fast fashion
forecaster Paul Saffo: pressure testing assumptions about what we know to ‘certain’ in uncertain times
experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats: asking better questions in existential times
Honorable mentions & favorites:
CPG strategist Peter McDonald: the lost muscle of innovation in consumer markets
political scientist Verlan Lewis: flawed political ideologies and the need for less divisive conversations
neuroaesthetics expert Susan Magsamen: the psychology behind our physical senses
Other themes covered in 2025
BUSINESS STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION
Marketing with the next generation with Radhika Zaveri
Synthetic media and the lost art of communication live in Copenhagen
The talent transformation at work with Andrea Clarke (SXSW Sydney)
Geopolitics and the return of 'old powers' with Jake Sotiriadis
SUSTAINABILITY
Climate finance with David Carlin
The forgotten social science of economics with Hans Stegeman
Agriculture's big problem: limited land with Michael Grunwald
FORESIGHT & FUTURES
Spotting signals in the noise live at SXSW Austin
The possibility of living forever with Sven Gabor Janszky
An unnatural (science led) future with Jamie Metzl
DIVERGENT INNOVATION
Staying human in the age of AI live at SXSW Austin
Bio-engineering from lab to your plate with Hamid Noori
The next digital immersive experience with Lyron Bentovim
AI replicas and proprietary human experiences with Rob LoCascio
All views are that of the host and guests and don’t necessarily reflect those of their employers. Copyright 2025. Theme song by Azteca X.
