S3 - EP10: The Future of the Citizen (With Jon Alexander)

Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts - The Book of Revelations

Keep It Light Media

Science, Technology

4.9 • 687 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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S3 EP10: The Future of the Citizen (With Jon Alexander) Our guest this week joining to discuss the future of the citizen and citizenship is the brilliant Jon Alexander. His fantastic new book 'Citizens' is available to pre-order now. BIO:Jon spent the first decade of his career working in the advertising industry, selling some of the world's biggest brands, and winning plenty of awards along the way. Then he realised he was caught up in a story he didn't believe in: The Consumer Story.In 2014, Jon co-founded the New Citizenship Project with Irenie Ekkeshis, a former ad-land colleague. Their mission was to figure out how to use their skills not just to sell stuff to Consumers, but to involve people in the decisions that affect their lives as Citizens. They have since partnered with organisations and institutions including the Co-op, The Body Shop, National Trust, BBC, European Central Bank and many more.Jon is a Fellow of the Young Foundation and the Royal Society of Arts, as well as a member of the World Economic Forum's Political Entrepreneurship Network and of the OECD's Innovative Citizen Participation Network. He holds three Masters degrees in disciplines spanning humanities and business, and has won several essay awards including the inaugural Ashridge/European Academy of Business in Society Sustainable Innovation Award, and the Young Foundation's Beyond Meritocracy Prize. Along the way, he has also represented Great Britain in two different sports.We hope you enjoy. Please rate and review. Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;[email protected]: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.4	Stream now. Hello and welcome to John Richardson and the Future Notes Book of Revelations.
1:03.2	This is episode 10, The Future of Citizens, featuring our guest John Alexander.
1:08.1	But before that, let me introduce my colleagues, my friends.
1:12.8	It's Mark Stevenson and Ed Gillespie.
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1:21.1	What the fuck?
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