 Thomas Frey
Google's Top-Rated Futurist; Executive director of the DaVinci Institute
The Future of Business – Where Are We Going And How Will We Get There?
| "The greatest value in understanding the future comes from spotting the major cultural, demographic, societal, and economic shifts early and translating them into viable business strategies” |
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An 8-Dimensional View For Business: A summary of eight aspects of the future that can be predicted with high degrees of probability and their impact on ‘business as usual’. Hear how to successfully implement these trends of the future and evaluate their proven impact. |
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Why Do We Fear The Future? The idea of the future in the mid 20th century was a highly anticipated era, however in the 21st century; businesses have come to dread what may lie ahead. The fear of the unknown is stifling change. The villain in the story of the future is technology, but is there more to it than that? |
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The Future Customer: Successful selling of the future is all about ‘hyper-individuality’. Discover how the minute details of your customers’ lives will transform your targeting approach. The what, where, when and how will they run their lives will play an increasingly crucial role. What are the boundaries involved and how can you become more efficient in your targeting, using the increased level of information you have at your finger tips? |
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Experience v Product: The shift in expectation; how customers are no longer satisfied with a product and now desire an ‘experience’ to engage with and buy into your brand |
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The Ethics of Knowledge: As information and knowledge are such valuable assets, is it possible to inherit bad knowledge? What is the impact of bad knowledge on a business and a leader and how can this be turned on its head? |
Facts about this speaker
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Founder of The DaVinci Institute - a non profit futurist Think-tank |
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Former engineer for over 15 years at IBM winning over 270 awards |
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Member of the Triple Nine Society (High I.Q. society over 99.9 percentile) |
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Author of 2 books: Inventions of Impact and Nanotechnology: The Future |
Tom continually pushes the envelope of understanding, creating fascinating images of the world to come. His keynote talks on futurist topics have captivated people ranging from high level government officials to executives in Fortune 500 companies including NASA, IBM, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Capital One, Visa, and Ford Motor Company.
As the Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute, Thomas Frey works closely with his Board of Visionaries to develop original research studies, enabling him to speak on unusual topics as well as translating trends into unique opportunities. Not content with conceptual thinking Frey’s mission in life is to create tangible results from the research conducted.
Because of his work inspiring inventors and other revolutionary thinkers, the Denver Post and Seattle Post Intelligence have referred to him as the "Dean of Futurists".
Frey’s continual search for answers on such a broad range of topics will create food for thought throughout his presentation, and result in an inspiring session which will make you focus on topics and ideas that you could never have imagined.
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