Tony Hunter is a Food Futurist and Strategic Foresight consultant grappling with one of humanity's most pressing problems: how to sustainably and equitably feed our growing global population (projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050). This is also a major theme in my new novel The Olympus Project so I was especially excited to hear Tony’s worldview.
Through his work Tony has become convinced about the potential of agrifood tech to be part of the solution - leveraging both technology and changing food habits to reduce the reliance on land and water in food production and to support widespread food self-sufficiency. Tony has seen firsthand what the technology is capable of achieving and believes the future of food lies in dissolving the divide between traditional and technological food production, opening minds, hearts (and mouths!) to a reimagining of where our food comes from and why. This points to some fascinating leadership challenges from rethinking relationships with traditional competitors to truly tapping into next generation customer desires.
Reinventing leadership and lifestyles
One of the biggest challenges we face as leaders is how we will feed our populations in the future. The solution is not in redistributing food, but making the technology available to all.
Why you should listen: a fresh leadership take on foresight
No one can predict the future but your leadership actions can direct it
We explore the leadership strengths we need right now
Leadership skills for solving a crisis
Flipping the leadership mindset from zero-sum game to collaboration
Spreading new ideas is a leadership responsibility
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About Tony Hunter:
Food Futurist Tony Hunter on reinventing leadership and lifestyles.
Tony Hunter is a Global Strategic Foresight consultant, Food Futurist, Food Scientist and Speaker specialising in alternative proteins and the Future of Food.
He is a passionate believer that AgriFood Tech offers massive opportunities to solve the problems of sustainability and feeding the growing global population.
He provides strategic foresight services to major clients worldwide using his unique combination of scientific, business and futurist skills. Find out more about Tony and his work: futuristforfood.com
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.