Daniel Burrus Keynote Speaker

One of the World’s Leading Futurist Speakers on Global Trends and Disruptive Innovation
Strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies
Author, "The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change Into Opportunity and Advantage"

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Daniel Burrus's Biography

Daniel Burrus is considered one of the World’s Leading Futurist Speakers on Global Trends and Disruptive Innovation. The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.

He is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller Flash Foresight, as well as the international best-seller Technotrends. His latest book, The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change Into Opportunity and Advantage , is an Amazon #1 Hot New Release for Business.

Daniel Burrus’ accurate predictions date back to the early 1980s where he became the first and only futurist to accurately identify the 20 Exponential Technologies that would become the driving forces of business and economic change for decades to come. They included digital electronics, A.I., distributed computing, genetic engineering, lasers, optical storage, photovoltaics, fiberoptics, and nano technologies to name a few.

Since then he has established a worldwide reputation for his exceptional record of predicting the future of technology-driven change and its direct impact on the business world. As a business strategist, he has helped hundreds of clients profit from new opportunities and develop successful competitive business strategies based on the creative application of leading-edge technologies.

Daniel is a featured writer, reaching millions of monthly readers with his insights on disruptive innovation, exponential change, and the future. His work is featured across various platforms, including LinkedIn, where he is a member of the exclusive Top Voices program, an invitation-only group of experts. On LinkedIn alone, he has built a following of over 1.2 million professionals.

An award winning keynote speaker, Daniel has delivered over 3,000 keynote speeches to corporations, associations, and professional organizations worldwide. In his presentations, he blends timely and provocative insights with just the right amount of humor and motivation to enable his audiences to take positive action.

He is a master at customizing his presentations to his audiences as he identifies game-changing trends that will have a direct impact on his audience members and offers powerful, practical guidance for turning rapid change into a competitive advantage.

Today, as founder and CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements and innovation in technology driven trends, Daniel helps clients profit from technological, social and business forces that are converging to create enormous untapped opportunities.

Mastering AI’s Future Today: How to Thrive in a World Where AI and Human Ingenuity Meet

The intersection of AI and human ingenuity is redefining what’s possible in business. In this eye-opening and highly motivating presentation, Daniel Burrus shares the most important AI-driven trends shaping the future and the opportunities they provide.

Know What’s Next: Leveraging The New Science of Certainty

Strategies based on uncertainty have high risk. Strategies based on certainty have low risk and high reward.

When employees have high levels of certainty, they have the confidence to make bold moves. When a potential customer has high certainty, getting them to say “yes” is much easier.

The Anticipatory Mindset: Leading with Certainty in Uncertain Times

In today’s world of accelerating disruptions, simply reacting to change as quickly as possible—regardless of one’s agility—will no longer suffice.

Leaders who embrace an anticipatory mindset can turn uncertainty into transformative opportunity and advantage.

Predict, Adapt, Dominate: Dramatically Elevating High Performing Sales Teams with Predictive Insights

Equip your sales team with an anticipatory mindset they can use to excel in a rapidly changing market.

In this highly motivating keynote, Daniel Burrus reveals how to use predictive insights and anticipatory strategies to stay ahead of customer needs and industry shifts.

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Comments & Testimonials

Daniel’s message was a natural fit for our audience of more than 1,000 utility industry employees. His technology expertise and Hard Trends were very applicable to our industry and well received. His depth of knowledge in his field and passion for the subject matter were evident throughout his presentation.

Sharelynn Moore VP, Itron

We are going through an incredible digital transformation right now, and in his keynote speech, Daniel touched on a large number of points that tied everything together with practical strategies that we can immediately take action on. He really energized our dealer network to embrace the transformation that we’re going through. I can’t recommend Daniel enough!

Steve Rosenburg Senior Marketing Manager, Toyota

A ‘must-hear’ presentation.

Steven A. Ballmer CEO, Microsoft