Martin Raymond is a Co-founder of The Future Laboratory, journalist and considered one of the world’s leading futurists. In this Luminaries podcast interview Kay Corry Aubrey spoke with Raymond about the critical role of the human researcher in foresight research as we enter an age dominated by artificial intelligence. The Future Laboratory’s work is truly human centered. Raymond describes how his team identifies trends by finding and connecting with people who are the true innovators in a field, and how they use qualitative research, scenario planning, and storytelling to build frameworks to flesh out future trends
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