Futurist Speaker
Futurist Keynote Speaking
David Houle has been a leading keynote speaker about the future and global trends since 2007.
He is regarded as one of the foremost futurist speakers in the world today. He has keynoted hundreds of conferences, spoken to corporate retreats in the U.S. and internationally, and regularly presents to groups of CEOs around the world. He has spoken on all six continents and in 14 countries in the last eight years. All speeches deal with mega concepts that provoke audiences to think about the future and what may lie ahead. David very much likes to follow up speeches with extended Q&A and discussions and to act as a catalyst for thinking about the future as it may pertain to a specific group or company.
David Houle has won a “Speaker of the Year” award from Vistage International, the world’s largest CEO organization. He has been called, “the CEOs futurist” “America’s Leading Futurist” and “one of the foremost futurists in the world today”
He is also the co-founder of the new global non-profit organization http://thisspaceshipearth.org/
POPULAR TOPICS
“Shift//Transformation: 2017-2037
This is Houle’s brand new general presentation for the future. Since it was first delivered in November 2016, it has been well received and is his current most in demand speech. It builds on his highly regarded “The Shift Age” and “Entering the Shift Age” presentations delivered in 14 countries since 2008. It opens with a high level look at where humanity is now and will be going in the next two decades, a time when “reality” as we know it will completely change in almost every category of endeavor. Such topics as Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, the IoT, AR, VR, the redefinition of work/employment/management, the macro economic trends for the next five years, the huge transformation in energy, transportation and communications, the coming redefinition of Capitalism and Democracy and the need to face Climate Change with a Spaceship Earth mindset can all be covered. Houle always customizes this presentation based upon the industry, market sector and composition of the audience. In these times of high uncertainty, disruption and creative destruction this is becoming the most requested keynote speech Houle delivers.
“Brand Shift: The Future of Brands and Marketing”
This presentation is based on the book of the same name which was rated one of the top five books published on marketing in the world in 2014. Houle takes a high level look at the future of brands and the marketing of brands. After a quick look back on the history of brands, Houle discusses the waves of technology and then the current and future trends that are rapidly reshaping how brands are marketed. Not a “how to” presentation but a visionary look into what brands will have to do to thrive in this time of rapid transformation in the next 5-10 years. This presentation has been well received by professional marketing executives in a variety of industries.
“This Spaceship Earth”
This is Houle’s acclaimed presentation on Climate Change, and the need for humanity to develop Crew Consciousness as the only real way to move as rapidly as possible to collectively face the single biggest threat facing all of us. Based on Houle’s seventh and most recent book of the same name, this presentation has already triggered high praise and demand. Using science, visuals and high level concepts this is the presentation that will provide the “aha” moment for audiences ans it is delivered by a globally known futurist and not a scientist or environmental activist. As Houle says: “It would be a professional dereliction of duty as a futurist to not address Climate Change. This is why I have founded: http://thisspaceshipearth.org/ to activate humanity to act as crew of This Spaceship Earth”
“The New Health Age”
Houle has keynoted numerous medical conferences and company retreats and has spoken in five countries about the future of health care and medicine. This presentation provides a large contextual and conceptual understanding of the huge forces and changes that are and will completely transform the medical and health care in America and around the world in the next ten years. Houle’s co-authored book “The New Health Age: The Future of Health Care in America”, published in 2011 was an Amazon #1 best seller. This presentation has provided numerous associations and health care companies with the vision and understanding of the huge changes that are inevitable. An essential presentation for any health care or medical meeting, particularly now that health care is being completely transformed by technology, connectivity, AI, robotics and DNA manipulation.
“Entering the Shift Age”
This presentation, based on Houle’s widely acclaimed book of the same name, an Amazon #1 best seller in the category of Business Planning and Forecasting has been delivered 200+ times globally. Futurist Houle identifies and explains the new age we have entered. He looks at the three forces of the Shift Age, the Five Contexts of the Shift Age and how they will affect us as individuals, business people and leaders. He takes a look at generations, women, technology, education, big data and other industry relevant topics and provides the audience with eye opening transformations dead ahead. The Shift Age is one of, if not the most transformative and exciting times in human history. Houle leaves us with suggestions for how to prepare for and adapt to this new age. A big picture presentation that is relevant for any group or organization. It can be customized for any industry or business sector.
“Shift Ed: The Future of Education”
Since Houle’s book “Shift Ed: A Call for Transforming K-12 Education was published in 2011 he has keynoted numerous education conferences in America, Australia and Europe. A futurist in education, Houle calls for nothing less that the transformation of K-12, higher education and continuing education for the 21st century. He frames this transformation in both the history of education and the future of this new century and the Shift Age. This presentation has been highly praised by educators as a needed vision of the future of education. We have moved from the Knowledge Economy to the Learning Society.
“Is Privacy Dead? The Future of Privacy in the Digital Age”
This presentation, based in part on Houle’s eBook of the same name, takes a new look at privacy today and in the future. After a quick look back at the history of privacy, Houle presents why we have lost so much of our privacy in the past decades and years and why those dynamics will continue to eviscerate personal privacy in the future. Incorporating a look at technological innovation, accelerating electronic connectedness, Big Data freedom versus convenience and the loss of the Concept of Place, this is a powerful presentation about one of the most important and topical subjects of our time.
ADDITONAL SPEECHES
The Shift Age – Singapore
TEDx: The Concept of Place has Changed Forever
Annual CEO Forum, Tianjin, China
PCMA
Corporate Visioning and Futuring
SCF Commencement Address – David Houle