Imagining the Future: Kian Bakhtiari

Kian is Founder of The People, a creative company powered by a global community of young, diverse changemakers

“As you grow up in life, whether you go to school, you go to work, you kind of grow up. People start pointing fingers at you and telling you that's not possible. That's a stupid idea. That will never work. And I think because of that a lot of people become scared to imagine and think about something that doesn't exist, which is both scary, uncertain, but also if you have that social pressure of you don't want to be the person that does something stupid. It prevents you from going all out, and imagining where you could go.”

We can get so caught up in thinking about ‘The Future’ that we forget to be active players in it. And that’s an act of imagination.

One of the people who reminds us of that most often is Kian Bakhtiari, Founder of the People, and one of the best Future Makers we know. Here’s an excerpt from our interview - full version below!