DECODING TOMORROW: FUTURISM AND FORESIGHTS TODAY

FORESIGHTS AND IDEAS THAT EXPAND MINDS AND INSPIRE A CHANGE OF HEART.

21 Sep 2025

Sydney Futurist: Future of Work in an Age of AI

The future is better than you think. Standing on stage at CoreNet Global's Summit in Amsterdam last week, I shared this message with 500+ corporate real estate leaders who are grappling with one of the most complex challenges of our ...

26 Aug 2025

Futurist: Future of Childhood and the Damage of Helicopter Parenting

I remember something from my childhood in Sweden that tells the entire story of what we've lost. Coming back from school holidays, kids in my class would have casts on their arms, on their legs. Battle scars from summer ...

14 Jul 2025

Futurist: The Power of Counterintuitive Thinking - UPS's Left Turn Revolution

UPS made one tiny change… and it saved them millions. They stopped turning left. It sounds absurd until you dig into the data. United Parcel Service analyzed the numbers and found that 22.5% of U.S. vehicle accidents happen when ...

12 Jul 2025

The Futurist's Paradox: Finding Tomorrow in Solitude

You'd think a futurist would live in a high-tech city, right? Surrounded by glass towers, startup energy, and the constant hum of innovation? But I actually live in a tiny off-grid cabin—only accessible by boat. Why? No, it's not to ...

15 Jun 2025

Australian Futurist: Why Jony Ive’s Next AI Device Should Be on Your Radar

It’s been a global whirlwind since we last Decoded the Future together in mid-April: I’ve been speaking at events in Helsinki, Miami, the Gold Coast and Sydney and juggling client projects, research, and scenario planning in Los ...

12 Feb 2025

Futurist: The Exponential Power of An Idea and the ROI on a Keynote

The Exponential Power of an Idea: Why Investing in a World-Class Futurist Keynote Speaker Delivers 10X ROI What if one small idea could 10X your entire organization? As a futurist and keynote speaker, my mission is to spark that ...

31 Jan 2025

Futurist on Change: Human Resistance to "Different" Versus Curiosity for "Better"

At the PSCU conference in Las Vegas, I shared a striking insight from a UC Berkeley study that highlights a fundamental truth about human behavior: we resist the unfamiliar, but we embrace progress. The study posed two similar ...