David Houle

A high-level look at the next 20 years. 2017-2037 will be the most transformative 20 years in human history. There will be more change than in any 50-year period in history. Reality as we know it will change. This presentation looks into the future of AI, IoT, Big Data, Energy, Transportation, 21st Century Manufacturing, the coming disruption in the Global Economy, the new imperatives for companies, and the need to face Climate Change, reinvent Democracy and Capitalism. This presentation builds on the highly popular presentations, “The Shift Age” and “Entering the Shift Age” which have been delivered on six Continents and 16 countries since 2008.

The brand-new presentation about what will be the single most disruptive decade in human history. A high-level overview of transportation, energy, global finance, climate change, artificial intelligence, the massive global generational change, 21st century manufacturing and transformational medical and health discoveries will all be touched upon. Any organization that wants to avoid disruption or actual collapse will benefit from this presentation.

We have entered the Age of Intelligence. Breakthroughs in Neuroscience, brainwave connectivity and Technological Intelligence will merge to possibly create humanity’s next evolutionary stage. There will be no aspect of society that will not be affected by this historical passage we have entered. The age of computing has been just a prelude to this new age.

The centuries old definition of manufacturing is undergoing a radical change. The physical to digital revolution is now altering manufacturing, supply chains and materials. New logistics and economic models are being developed. Technological Intelligence and Robotics are rapidly taking over. Take a look into what is already happening and the vision for the future. A major economic sector entering complete transformation.

We have entered the transition from internal combustion engines to electric ones, from driver to driverless and from ever more autos on the road to fewer and fewer. The century old definition of the auto is in the process of changing. This is a massive transformation that will not just affect transportation but will reorganize work and society. Today’s young children may never get a driver’s license.

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 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 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.