‘Exploring Imagination’ with Adam Zeman

About this episode

The episode explores the role of imagination in navigating the past and future with neurologist Adam Zeman.

In this episode of The Evolving Leader, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to neurologist and author Adam Zeman about his latest book The Shape of Things Unseen. Together they explore how imagination helps us step outside the here and now, recall the past, and anticipate the future, and why this ability matters more than ever in a world shaped by automation and accelerating change. Adam takes us inside the science of the mind’s eye, from aphantasia (the inability to visualise) to hyp...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jean Gomes, Scott Allender

Guest: Adam Zeman

Topics covered

• imagination
• neurology
• automation
• science of the mind
• aphantasia
• future anticipation

Keywords

• imagination
• neurology
• aphantasia
• automation
• mind's eye
• future

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Shape of Things Unseen

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