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Authority on the Future of Management/IT, Professor of Forecasting

James Woudhuysen is one of Europe’s best-known independent speakers and writers on the future. James helps clients master new trends in society and innovation, so as to implement major shifts in corporate strategy and innovation. He frequently broadcasts about the future of the workplace on Radio 4’s You and Yours, and writes for spiked (London) and Novo (Frankfurt). He is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Consumer Behaviour.

In 1996 staff at Phillips nominated James as ‘Motivator of the Year’

[expand title=”In detail”] A physics graduate and author of several books, James is Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester. In the 1980s he co-directed Britain’s first major study into the future of e-commerce (‘teleshopping’ in those days). He then moved to the Henley Centre, Britain’s best-known think-tank on EU markets, where he built up the firm’s forecasting on the broader future of IT and proposed, in 1992, that the Internet be delivered over TV. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]He offers a highly visual, very witty, but deadly serious alternative to myths about the future of work, consumers and IT. An inspirational opponent of politically correct trends in management and beyond, he spells out what to do and how to do it in controversial but deeply insightful style.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]James is a master at explaining ‘The Big Picture’ in a way that convincingly suggests ‘What To Do Next’. Reinforced by brilliant visuals, he first makes complex issues simple and then makes them sizzle.[/expand]

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Topics

Energy and Sustainability

Technology and the Future of IT

Human Resources, Change Management and the Future of Work

Agility, Globalisation, Research and Development

Market Intelligence, Innovation and Brands

Construction and Housing

Consumer Leisure and Play

Publications

2010
Big Potatoes: The London Manifesto for Innovation

2009
Energise! A Future for Energy Innovation

2006
Computer Games and Sex

Difference Cooking 2026

2005
About Trends, Design Council

2004
Why is Construction So Backward?

2004
The Globalisation of UK Manufacturing and Services

2003
Play as the Main Event in International and UK culture, Cultural Trends

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