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Future Solving

Future Solving

By: Brian Evergreen
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We're taught in school and at work to solve problems and leave things a little better than we found them. This podcast is for people who want to go beyond solving problems to setting a vision and solving for a bold & achievable future for their life, their team, their organization, their ecosystem, or their market. Because the future is not to be predicted but created: with vision, strategy, and bold leadership.


People have so many ideas about creating a better future, but how do you get leaders to show up in the room, make the decisions, invest the actual dollars, and do the work? That is Future Solving.


If you know me from my books, courses, or speaking, you know that I started working with Fortune 500 C-suite executive teams while at Microsoft in 2019 to develop their AI strategies, where I learned that the playbook we've inherited from the industrial revolution and the era of Digital Transformation are not suited for the era of AI. The research and writing that followed led to the introduction of my first book, Autonomous Transformation, where I introduced the idea of Future Solving.


I started this podcast to share conversations I've been having behind closed doors with the world's top executives and thinkers with people who want to hear honest conversations about the frameworks, examples, and stories of how others have set a vision and solved for a bold & achievable future in their lives and work.


So if you're looking for a new idea, a fresh perspective, or just a reminder that there are great minds out there working on creating a better future for all of us — join me on Future Solving!


Connect with me on Instagram @brian.evergreen or LinkedIn at @brianevergreen

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Episodes
  • Whitney Johnson on the S-Curve of Disruption

    Whitney Johnson on the S-Curve of Disruption
    Dec 17 2025

    Whitney Johnson is the leading authority on disruption with nearly 2 million followers across social media. She's the CEO of Disruption Advisors, and former cofounder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen. Whitney has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 management thinkers in the world, and her podcast "Disrupt Yourself" has ranked in the top .5% of listenership of all podcasts.


    Whitney and Brian discuss disruption and when we'll be able to accurately say that AI has disrupted this or that industry, how Whitney met the legendary Clayton Christensen and left her job as an award-winning Wall Street analyst to co-found the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Christensen, how growth is a dopamine management exercise, how she would disrupt the AI industry if gifted a check for $100 billion, and so much more.


    Follow Whitney:

    LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/

    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnsonwhitney/

    YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/WhitneyJohnson

    Podcast - https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/podcast/


    Future Solving:

    🟦 Buy Autonomous Transformation book here - https://a.co/d/fDs7GSJ

    🟦 Bring Future Solving to your organization: https://bit.ly/48Y5Qvm

    🟦 Follow Brian on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianevergreen

    🟦 Follow Brian on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brian.evergreen

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    26 mins
  • Rita McGrath on Strategy in the era of AI

    Rita McGrath on Strategy in the era of AI
    Dec 8 2025

    Rita McGrath is one of the world's foremost experts on strategy & innovation, she's a strategy professor at Columbia Business School, and a longtime member of the Thinkers50 list, where she has consistently ranked among the top 10 management thinkers in the world.


    Rita and Brian discuss how to think about the term AI Strategy and the term strategy itself, systems thinking, the history of disruption, her upcoming book, and the great modern tragedy of management thinking and academia. Rita and Brian also discuss whether we still have visionary leaders (and how to cultivate a more visionary mindset), how Rita would help one of the top AI companies win if given full rein, how she would reinvent Hollywood if she were named CEO of a major studio, and more.


    Follow Rita:

    LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritamcgrath

    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ritamcgrath.hub

    YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/rgmcgrath


    Future Solving:

    🟦 Buy Autonomous Transformation book here - https://a.co/d/fDs7GSJ

    🟦 Bring Future Solving to your organization: https://bit.ly/48Y5Qvm

    🟦 Follow Brian on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianevergreen

    🟦 Follow Brian on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brian.evergreen

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    41 mins
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