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Episode Synopsis
Development Partner Daniel Bluzer-Fry in conversation with FORWARD Senior Industry Fellow. Sarah Lorimer.
Sarah is a cultural insight strategist with a background in brand strategy, and a focus on using futures to push brand and narrative growth. She is interested in how technology can illuminate predictive shifts in culture.
Beyond her experience conducting research and consulting, Sarah has been a mentor for CSIRO ON-accelerator, Co-authored ‘Disruptive Futures and Brands’ for Pause Festival (2017) and Contributed to 'Reconstructing Identity' (Palgrave MacMillan 2017) in a chapter titled ‘The Role of Narrative in the Creation of Brand Identity’.
In this conversation, Sarah shares her eclectic educational background, her passion and perspective around democratising futures and foresight, along with some key interests in the world of skills and workforce transformation.
Transcript here
https://otter.ai/u/F8tfS7ZtYmQd-XhHrRJnM9EDhYQ
Production by Michael Donaldson https://8sided.blog/8sided-about/
Sarah is a cultural insight strategist with a background in brand strategy, and a focus on using futures to push brand and narrative growth. She is interested in how technology can illuminate predictive shifts in culture.
Beyond her experience conducting research and consulting, Sarah has been a mentor for CSIRO ON-accelerator, Co-authored ‘Disruptive Futures and Brands’ for Pause Festival (2017) and Contributed to 'Reconstructing Identity' (Palgrave MacMillan 2017) in a chapter titled ‘The Role of Narrative in the Creation of Brand Identity’.
In this conversation, Sarah shares her eclectic educational background, her passion and perspective around democratising futures and foresight, along with some key interests in the world of skills and workforce transformation.
Transcript here
https://otter.ai/u/F8tfS7ZtYmQd-XhHrRJnM9EDhYQ
Production by Michael Donaldson https://8sided.blog/8sided-about/
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