Daniel Burrus

Unprecedented opportunities for rapid, profitable growth abound today like never before! The introduction of ChatGPT by OpenAI, along with the subsequent worldwide surge of AI tools for businesses, signifies both groundbreaking possibilities and challenges. Agility and adaptability are now insufficient! The key to success lies in accurately forecasting technological shifts and evolving customer demands.

In this era of unparalleled change and unpredictability, it's crucial to identify our certainties. Strategies anchored in uncertainty entail significant risks, while those built on certainty substantially reduce risks and yield exceptional outcomes.

Achieving strategic foresight involves pinpointing the Hard Trend future facts that are inevitable and linking them to their related opportunities.

KEY TAKEAWAYS (Customized for Each Audience)

In this enlightening and inspiring talk, world-renowned futurist, authority on disruptive innovation, and serial entrepreneur, Daniel Burrus, will captivate and empower you with strategic foresights. As the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, Burrus masterfully combines riveting examples with just the right amount of humor, illuminating the key trends that are molding our future and the massive growth opportunities they present.

In addition, Burrus imparts tried and tested trends and tactics to devise indispensable products, services, and experiences that will enhance relevance and fast-track profitable expansion.

Using Burrus’ mastery of storytelling to illustrate examples, deliverables include:

• Empower your team with the knowledge to leverage cutting-edge AI tools, resulting in cost reduction, enhanced operational speed, and rapid growth. 
• Learn to identify and capitalize on 'Hard Trends' - the inevitable future events - and the unique opportunities they offer for growth acceleration. 
• Gain the ability to discern 'Soft Trends', trends based on assumptions that might happen, and learn to harness them to remove growth obstacles. 
• Discover how to utilize the certainty derived from 'Hard Trends' to stimulate innovation with substantially less risk. 
• Master the technique of 'Problem Skipping' to advance your progress at a faster pace.

The rapid acceleration of digital transformation and disruption has diminished the effectiveness of traditional planning and innovation strategies. Moreover, the mere existence of a plan doesn't assure success! Let's face it, every business in history that has failed or suffered a severe decline had a plan! Some plans were predicated on potential scenarios, some assumed current trends would persist, while others were fixed plans aimed at executing a consistent strategy over several years, regardless of exponential technological change.

Burrus, the innovator behind the award-winning Anticipatory Organization^® Planning Methodology, has revolutionized the approach to planning and innovation among highly successful organizations of all sizes, including the Department of Defense.

KEY TAKEAWAYS (Customized for Each Audience)

In this enlightening and highly engaging presentation by one of the world's foremost global futurists, disruptive innovation experts, and serial entrepreneurs, Daniel Burrus - a New York Times bestselling author of seven books - artfully combines vivid examples and the perfect dose of humor as he discusses the most significant trends shaping the future and the opportunities they offer. Furthermore, Burrus will employ industry-specific examples to instruct attendees on how to elevate their strategic planning by distinguishing Hard Trends - which are based on inevitable future facts - from Soft Trends - which are based on assumptions of what might occur. This will enable them to pinpoint transformative opportunities to boost innovation and growth, while significantly reducing risk.

Using Burrus’ mastery of storytelling to illustrate examples, deliverables include:

• Discover how organizations of diverse sizes have employed the Hard Trends methodology to stimulate both Everyday Innovation and Exponential Innovation, while significantly reducing associated risks. 
• Learn to pinpoint inevitable Hard Trends, allowing for the accurate anticipation of disruptions before they occur, thus transforming disruption from an unexpected event into a strategic choice. 
• Understand how to use Hard Trends to foresee potential problems and pre-solve them, thereby avoiding unnecessary complications. 
• Master the art of using Hard Trends to identify emerging opportunities that can drive accelerated growth. 
• Gain the ability to recognize Soft Trends - those based on assumptions that might occur - and the associated opportunities to manipulate these trends to your benefit. 
• Learn the strategy of Problem Skipping to expedite your organization's growth and boost individual success among your team members. 
• Acquire the know-how to employ new AI tools effectively, reducing costs, increasing operational speed, and accelerating growth.

The rapid, technology-driven pace of change has been amplified to extraordinary levels, propelling several Megatrends, including the swift expansion of Generative AI tools for businesses, which are already transforming every industry and business model we know. These Megatrends will persist in accelerating, yielding unprecedented opportunities and potential disruptions, more so than at any other point in history. Leveraging Daniel Burrus' award-winning Hard Trend methodology and his proven record of accurately forecasting technology trends over the past 40 years, disruptions can be anticipated well in advance, affording you the chance to become a positive disruptor. This empowers you to drive transformative change and proactively shape the future instead of merely responding to it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS (Customized for Each Audience)

In this enlightening and inspiring presentation by one of the world's top global futurists, disruptive innovation experts, and serial entrepreneurs, Daniel Burrus - a New York Times bestselling author of seven books - artfully interweaves compelling examples and the perfect dose of humor as he uncovers the most significant Megatrends shaping the future. He also explores potential disruptions and the transformational opportunities they offer. Furthermore, Burrus will present real-world examples of how both small and large organizations have used his Hard Trend methodology to anticipate disruptive Megatrends before they occur, enabling them to accelerate growth by becoming positive disruptors. The Megatrends, strategies, and examples shared will equip attendees with the capability to create low-risk, high-reward innovations that enhance value, expedite growth, and revolutionize results.

Using Burrus’ mastery of storytelling to illustrate examples, deliverables include:

• Discover how to leverage cutting-edge AI tools for cost reduction, enhanced efficiency, and rapid growth acceleration. 
• Learn to pinpoint inevitable Hard Trends and accurately foresee disruptions before they occur, transforming disruption into a strategic choice. 
• Master the technique of utilizing Hard Trends to detect potential problems in advance and pre-solve them. 
• Acquire the ability to identify emerging opportunities through Hard Trends, expediting growth. 
• Understand how to recognize Soft Trends based on assumptions that might happen, and the associated opportunities to manipulate them to your benefit. 
• Explore ways to employ the certainty derived from Hard Trends for accelerating both Everyday and Exponential Innovation, while significantly reducing risk.
• Uncover the strategy of Problem Skipping to boost your organization's growth and individual success among team members.

Every business and industry is in the midst of an unprecedented disruption as the Generative AI revolution and rapid technological advancements bear down like oncoming headlights. Unlike recent times, this expansion of disruption is occurring at an unparalleled speed and depth, promising to have profound effects. Simply reacting as quickly as possible, regardless of one's agility, will no longer suffice.

Fortunately, Daniel Burrus' award-winning Hard Trend methodology, combined with his extensive experience as a strategic advisor to both the military and leading companies on AI, and his remarkable track record of accurate technology forecasts spanning four decades, enables the identification of disruptive changes well before they manifest. This empowers you to seize the role of a positive disruptor, leveraging groundbreaking tools to effect the transformative changes necessary as you actively shape the future rather than merely responding to it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS (Customized for Each Audience)

In this captivating and inspiring presentation, led by Daniel Burrus - a renowned global futurist, and disruptive innovation expert, serial entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author of seven books - attendees will be treated to a wealth of compelling examples interlaced with just the right amount of humor. Burrus will unveil the most crucial trends influencing the future and the transformative opportunities they present.

Furthermore, through industry-specific illustrations, Burrus will impart valuable knowledge on identifying the Hard Trends - future facts that are certain to occur - and demonstrate how to leverage these certainties along with the game-changing opportunities they offer. This will enable attendees to harness disruption and change, transforming them into advantageous opportunities.

Using Burrus’ mastery of storytelling to illustrate examples, deliverables include:

• Unleash the power of new AI tools to drive cost reduction, amplify operational speed, and propel exponential growth. 
• Master the art of accurately identifying Hard Trends that will inevitably occur, empowering you to proactively anticipate disruptions and transform them into strategic choices. 
• Learn how to leverage Hard Trends to preemptively identify and pre-solve predictable problems, ensuring smoother operations and optimal outcomes. 
• Harness the potential of Hard Trends to spot emerging opportunities, fueling accelerated growth and competitive advantage. 
• Develop the skill to discern Soft Trends based on assumptions that might happen, enabling you to influence them to your advantage and seize untapped possibilities. 
• Utilize the certainty derived from Hard Trends to expedite innovation with significantly reduced risk, revolutionizing your organization's trajectory. 
• Embrace the strategy of Problem Skipping to fast-track your organization's growth and cultivate personal success among your employees.