11. Local Action, Global Impact

If there is one thing we’ve all felt in 2020 it’s the passionate lean in to support small business, locally made products and close to home communities. But how much of this is likely to stick through to the next decade, and what macro geopolitical and environmental macro forces will influence how it plays out?

Join our host Jo Lepore, Global Foresight Lead for North America, as she explores a not-so-subtle change taking place in the world – action taken at the local level, impacting the global world at scale.

Jo is joined by a guest panel offering their unique perspective on the topic: Rose Herceg, Chief Strategy Officer at WPP (AUNZ), Quinault Childs, Institute of the Future’s Research Director, Lauren Kemp, Marketing and Insights Manager at McDonald’s, and Alan Reed, Executive Director at Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network and Bigger Table - inspirational leaders helping to drive understanding and impact on both the local and international stages.

Together they discuss the demand of organizations to take accountability, to adapt to environmental structural changes, to take ethical action transparently (but not boastfully) and other critical themes.

What does this mean for YOU as an individual and for our globally connected world? Tune in and get curious.

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