Tomorrow Comes Today

Reframing your perspective

St. James’s Place Podcast: Tomorrow Comes TodayEpisode 6: Reframing your perspective How can shining a light on different perspectives encourage us to learn, grow and develop? In this episode, hosts Matt Potter and Rob Gardner talk to some very special guests who are helping to shine that light. George Magnus, one of the world’s foremost experts on China, tells us how stepping away from the media narrative can increase our understanding of what’s really going on. Astrochemist Ashley Walker discusses how she is working to get black and female voices into science, while Barnaby Spurrier and Greg Nugent talk about their documentary, Rising Phoenix, which looks at the advent of the Paralympic Games and the future of the Paralympic movement. Bank ranking source: S&P Global Market Intelligence report of the 100 largest banks in the world, data correct at the time of recording. Presenters: Rob Gardner, Matt PotterProducers: Sera Berksoy, Nathan Copelin, Stuart KnottAssistant Producer: Chris Marais Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Superstar tennis coach Judy Murray

St. James’s Place Podcast: Tomorrow Comes TodayEpisode 5: Superstar tennis coach Judy Murray What can we learn from one of the most legendary coaches in the world of sport, and apply it to our own choices, investments, and lives? Judy Murray has steered her sons Andy and Jamie Murray to greatness, founded competitions, and coached countless successful players as kids and adults. In this very special episode, hosts Matt Potter and Rob Gardner delve deep into the psychology, method and instincts of the game, to reveal some often-surprising truths about the value of advice. Sources:Rob Gardner: FCA, “The changing shape of the consumer market for advice”, August 2018 Presenters: Rob Gardner, Matt PotterProducer: Sera BerksoyEditing: Nathan CopelinExecutive producer: Chris Marais Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plausible futures

What’s on the horizon and what does the future hold? In this episode, hosts Matt Potter and Rob Gardner meet the people putting in the hours to investigate what our world might be like in the years to come. Gavin Serkin, author of Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow, has travelled the world scoping out frontier markets, while Nicholas Booth and Elizabeth Howell, authors of the new book The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time, have examined the ultimate frontier market. Finally, we meet Future Today Institute founder Amy Webb, the futurist who doesn’t predict the future but models it – with a methodological approach and by challenging her own biases. Presenters: Rob Gardner, Matt PotterProducers: Sera Berksoy, Nathan Copelin, Stuart KnottAssistant Producers: Chris Marais Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drowning in data, starving for wisdom?

If data really is the new oil, how do we use it to get to where we want to be? In this episode, hosts Matt Potter, Rob Gardner and Claire Trott are joined by the FT’s Undercover Economist Tim Harford, who explores the perils of prediction, with cautionary tales of unexpected crashes in stock markets and computers; Baroness Camilla Cavendish, former advisor to Prime Minister David Cameron and author of the acclaimed book Extra Time: 10 Lessons For An Ageing World, discovers some intriguing possible futures as our populations age; and we meet Toby Heaps, the ‘clean capitalism’ pioneer, who reveals how greater transparency has allowed investors to become a powerful force in global efforts to make business more sustainable. Presenters: Rob Gardner, Matt Potter, Claire TrottProducers: Sera Berksoy, Nathan CopelinAssistant Producers: Chris Marais, James Hedley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new normal

Tomorrow Comes Today: The St. James’s Place podcast Episode Two: The new normal How does sleeping help us make smarter decisions? Will working from home challenge the need for big cities? What can history teach us about the journey from crisis to ‘new normal’? In this special recorded-under-lockdown episode, hosts Matt Potter and Rob Gardner meet the people whose job it is to help turn those crises into opportunities.We meet legendary crisis comms specialist Phil Hall – the man CEOs, companies and celebrities have on speed-dial for when it all hits the fan – who reveals what we can all learn from recent big business successes – and failures. From Melbourne, veteran investment fund manager Michael Stapleton tells how wise investors can emerge stronger from dips by focusing on a few fundamental truths. And from Cape Town, leadership coach Lani Carstens reveals the techniques that help the best leaders find their true north – and stay calm and focused – when the chips are down. Presenters: Rob Gardner, Matt PotterProducers: Nathan Copelin, Sera BerksoyAssistant Producers: Chris Marais, James Hedley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.