Future On Deck
What if the future isn’t something that happens to us, but something we build together? Future on Deck lives at the intersection of social innovation, human potential, and radical imagination. Each episode is an open invitation to dream out loud, challenge what we think we know, and co-create solutions for a world not yet built. Hosted by Sam Mellerson and Tshaka Barrows of the Haywood Burns Institute.
The future cannot wait!
Future On Deck
Latest Episodes
Why a podcast? And why now?
Have you thought about doing a podcast, but found it difficult to get started? So did we! In this episode, Sam Mellerson and Tshaka Barrows bring in their producer Nathan Fink, to have an honest conversation about the decision to do a podcast a...
Innovation in Action with David Carroll
What happens when a community refuses to accept the system as it is, and starts imagining something better in its place? In this episode, Sam Mellerson and Tshaka Barrows sit down with David Carroll, Director of the Department of Youth Developm...
Creativity, Freedom, and the Courage to Begin
What if creativity isn't a luxury, but the very thing that frees us? In this episode, Sam Mellerson and Tshaka Barrows explore creativity as the soul of social innovation and the engine of building what does not yet exist. From Tshaka's first m...
Unlocking our potential: Integrity is our key
How do we unlock our greatest human potential? Integrity is our key. In this episode, Sam Mellerson and Tshaka Barrows of the Haywood Burns Institute return to the value that anchors everything else: integrity. They explore why integrity is not...
The Future Can't Wait.
What if the future isn't something that happens to us, but something we build together? In this debut episode, Sam Mellerson and Tshaka Barrows of the Haywood Burns Institute introduce Future on Deck — a space where social innovation, human pot...
