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Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist Conference Speaker
Dr Patrick Dixon is often described in the media as Europe's leading Futurist. He is one of the world's leading authorities on global trends, working with a wide range of industries and clients including Google, Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Phillips, GSK, UBS, RBS, Airbus, BP, Shell, Nokia, Siemens, AT&T, Allianz and Prudential. He is author of 12 books including Futurewise which contains hundreds of Futurist insights. He has given Futurist presentations to conference audiences in 51 nations. (See Futurist videos)
"All leaders are Futurists to some degree: they have to think ahead and plan for tomorrow and that means constantly watching out for the latest trends. You may think that you have the best strategy and change management programme, but if the world changes in a way you don't expect, you can just land up going faster in the wrong direction.
"Professional Futurists spend almost all their time listening and observing, talking to history-makers in many different industries and nations, taking a wide view of unfolding events. Futurists with a track record, whose insights have been proven in the past to be helpful, are in very high demand from large corporations as they refine their strategies. Futurists are usually very well travelled, have deep insight into different cultures, personal experience of emerging markets and are constantly watching out for new influential groups.
"Futurists also need detailed understanding of each business they advise, and are used to identify major new market opportunities as well as to help identify and manage risks. A major risk is institutional blindness, which is why many best-known Futurists operate as independent advisors rather than as an integral part of large organisations."
Biography of Dr Patrick Dixon
Summary of key
futurist messages in Futurewise
Futurist article on surviving
the economic downturn - based on Futurewise
Futurist Keynote lectures
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Futurist Blogs - web / video diaries on trends / management by Dr Patrick Dixon
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