Business and Markets

What We Know About the Future

October 30, 2020  • Business and Society Program

At a time of tremendous uncertainty, what can we know about the future? In the final episode of the Business 20/20 podcast, hear interviews with Betty-Sue Flowers on the art of scenario planning, and Judy Samuelson’s analysis of the deep trends changing business and society.

The Business 20/20 podcast is a series that explores the changing relationship between business and society from 1999 to today. Each episode unpacks a key event—from the Seattle WTO protests to the global financial crisis and beyond—to find insights for the future. Produced by the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program and hosted by Michelle Harven.

Follow the Business & Society Program on @AspenBizSociety and subscribe to the Business & Society Newsletter.

Episode Notes

Guests

Betty-Sue Flowers

Host

Michelle Harven

Writing and Production

Written by Keith Schumann with input from Felicia Davis, Nancy McGaw, Miguel Padró, and the Business & Society Team.

Recorded by Ben Eyler, Amina Akhtar, and Rachel Wheeler and edited by Jesse Krinsky.

The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

  • Daniel Woldorff
Music Samples Featured in this Episode

Chad Crouch – Algorithms (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

Chad Crouch—Negentropy (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

Related
Colleges and Universities
The Humanities & Business Education In an Economic Crisis
July 31, 2020 • Business and Society Program