Making connections, not predictions with Marc Palatucci

Marc Palatucci of the Future Today Institute explains how his foresight work prepares clients by making connections, not predictions. He discusses how smart eyewear will take us from "hands on to heads up" and the idea of diminished reality, in which people can minimise their surroundings.

Episode notes

Today, I’m joined by Marc Palatucci, senior foresight associate at the Future Today Institute. Marc has served on the World Health Organization’s Learning Strategy Advisory Group, and is a senior deputy to the World Economic Forum’s Platform for Shaping the Future of Media, Entertainment and Culture. He also co-leads the MBA course in strategic foresight at the New York University Stern School of Business and serves as editor-at-large for Office Magazine. In this in-depth conversation, Marc shares his view on where tech is heading, with a particular focus on how smart eyewear will take us from “hands on to heads up;” discusses his work at the Future Today Institute, preparing clients for their future by making connections, not predictions; and dives into diminishing reality, and what being able to “minimise your surroundings” will mean for our daily lives.

Read the written interview from this episode on francishellyer.com, published 13 January 2022.