Let’s Reboot the Future

What does it look like to build a business where people truly matter? Edwin Booth CBE, Executive Chairman at E.H.Booth & Co ltd, shares his journey from arriving as an 18 year old into his family's business, shaped immediately by the sheer kindness of the people around him, to becoming a leader who puts people at the heart of everything. Edwin reflects on how culture is built from the inside out. By listening to people’s experiences, especially those who have faced barriers such as impris...

Michael Macy may describe himself as having a minor role, but a front row seat in establishing peace across some of the world's most complex conflict zones - but the lessons he carries from those experiences are anything but minor. At the heart of this conversation is a deceptively simple but profound insight: "Too often people think you have to resolve all the conflicts before you can have peace. No, peace, in my experience, peace creates the space to resolve the conflict." Michael brings th...

In this episode, we’re joined by Gaynor Morrison, a midwife, lecturer and photographer, and the creator of You Were Held. Drawing on her role as a midwife safeguarding lead, Gaynor shares how she supports some of the most complex moments in care, when babies are removed from their mothers following court decisions. Through You Were Held, she offers a simple but profound gift: professional photographs taken at birth, created with care and dignity, to honour the bond, love and connection betwee...

Daryl Davis is an American musician, lecturer, activist and author whose life’s work has been shaped by a simple question: why would you hate me when you don’t even know me? He has spent decades studying, seeking out and speaking with members of hate groups, including the Ku Klux Klan. Through Daryl’s calm, human conversations, many have chosen to leave these organisations and encourage others to do the same. Daryl believes we learn to hate, and that what is learned can be unlearned. At the h...

Rachel (Rai) Lewis is the director and co-founder of Plant One, a Cornish woodland creation CIC restoring habitats and connecting communities with nature across the South West. Rai is also autistic, and in this conversation she speaks candidly about what it’s like to move through a world that often perceives her as naïve. She shares some of the traits many autistic people experience - struggling to detect lies quickly, finding it difficult to lie convincingly, and navigating social contexts t...

Ben Solanky, Co-Founder and Director of Empathy Action, speaks up for not allowing your enthusiasm to be dampened. From a young age, Ben was encouraged to bring his enthusiasm and energy to any task he put his hand to. A sliding door event brought him into the world of development, where he learned that championing a cause is not optional, it is a powerful skill, especially when funding and resources are scarce. Empathy Action works through immersive experiences that help people try to unders...

This week we’re joined by Minnie Moll, CEO of the Design Council, who shares stories that shaped her belief in pushing beyond what many think is possible. From growing up on a boat in the English countryside, Minnie’s deep love of nature and animals fuelled a childhood full of adventure and curiosity, always bringing other children along for the ride. She speaks with real pride about creating the Design Council’s Design for Planet mission, launched at COP26 in Glasgow. Built on faith that it ...

American author John Perkins joins Let’s Reboot the Future to reflect on what it really means to follow your heart, and the courage it takes to keep listening to that inner voice even when it disrupts expectations, security and status. John shares how dropping out of college to become a journalist in Boston set him on an unexpected path that allowed him to build skills in both writing and business. Over time, these came together in his bold attempt to tackle the problem of acid rain caused by...

Augustus Hoff, conservationist and storyteller, shows how passion can bridge divides and inspire care for the environment beyond our own backyard. He reflects on how growing up in a small Florida town taught him the importance of connecting across differences and inspiring care for the natural world. Now pursuing a master’s in environmental science and policy at CU Boulder, he shares his insights on science communication and environmental policy, translating the importance of ocean health to ...

Shazam Co-Founder and Tech for Good investor, Dhiraj Mukherjee, speaks this week about the extraordinary things we can achieve if we give people a chance. The desire to contribute and give back has always been part of Dhiraj’s story. From earnest days as a Boy Scout to what looked, from the outside, like a surprising right-angle turn away from Shazam, he chose to take his business knowledge into the charity sector, working with Save the Children to help raise more money for children around th...

In this episode, we hear from Anuradha Chugh, a leader whose life and work have been shaped by something many people dismiss as naïve: trust. From childhood roots in a secure and loving home, to boardrooms, redundancy processes, and uprooting her life across continents, Anuradha has carried a steadfast belief that the world - and people - are fundamentally worthy of trust. Yet her story isn’t one of blind optimism. Anuradha shares how this trusting worldview was tested: being undervalued earl...

In this episode, John O’Brien MBE, Founder of Anthropy, invites us to let curiosity be the fuel that drives us to act, create, and contribute. John reflects on how his concern for the future of the UK coming out of Covid, inspired him to establish Anthropy, an annual national gathering that brings together responsible leaders and organisations to imagine a positive future for the UK and its role in the world. He speaks about the power of motivation and will, and why sometimes not knowing how ...

Tsitsi Chirikure, Cultural Curator and current Associate at Reboot the Future, asks us to consider how changing the way we relate to nature might also change the way we relate to each other. She shares her work on Himalayan Balsam and invasion ecology, and reflects on how the language used to describe so-called ‘invasive species’ in the UK often mirrors the language used about people with an immigration background. Tsitsi invites us to notice how feeling ourselves in relationship with all f...