Watts Wacker is one of the most celebrated and influential minds in modern business. A Time Magazine “Person of the Year” and one of the world’s most respected futurists, Wacker is a bestselling author, lecturer, political commentator and social critic. His uncommon versatility and vision has allowed him to help the world’s top corporations and organizations navigate the sea of change that is taking hold in the new millennium.
Wacker is CEO of FirstMatter, an innovative think tank whose guiding principle is to challenge convention. The promise of FirstMatter is to bring the future to an organization and – praised as one of today’s best storytellers, that is exactly what Watts Wacker will do for you.
SPEAKER TOPICS
There is no subject for which Watts Wacker does not feel prepared to create a story – a fully customized presentation incorporating powerful insight and unparalleled perspective. Accordingly, his topic range is expansive and diverse but is rooted in first-hand research and experience in each subject matter. Past performances include:
ABOUT Watts Wacker (+/-)
Acclaimed Forecaster and Vanguard
As founder and director of FirstMatter, Watts Wacker has focused his attention on creating a new kind of think tank and describes himself as a twenty-first century alchemist, challenging conventional wisdom, celebrating thought-leadership, and creating new methods, metrics and tools. Prior to founding FirstMatter, Wacker served as the futurist at SRI International, the legendary Menlo Park think tank, and spent ten years as the resident futurist at the preeminent social research organization, Yankelovich Partners.
Honored Author, Decorated Scholar
Wacker is the author of several award-winning books including The 500 Year Delta, an international bestseller translated into ten languages and selected for the NASA Library as well as an "Editors’ Choice" top five selection on the Amazon.com book list for 1997. Watts' second book, The Visionary's Handbook is required reading at many of the world's best business schools and What’s Your Story? Storytelling to move markets, audiences, people and brands was a finalist for advertising/marketing book of the year. Wacker’s work has featured in the media the world over and he has been lauded as a "must quote" by the Associated Press.
SPEAKER TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS (+/-)
The Consumer Agenda
- Lifestyles
- Retailing
- Value chain
- New products and services
- Media consumption
- Advertising
- Promotion
- Public relations
- Relationship management
Economics
- Value and wealth creation
- Economic theory
- Application of "new" business models to your business
- Globalization
Technology
- Virtual reality
- Artificial intelligence
- Telecommunications
- Information technology
- Telematics
- Bio/genome or "pharmacogenomics"
- Ethics and technology
- Nano-science
- The history and the future of physics
- Biologic metaphor and its transfer to business and life
- Quantum technology
Government and Governance
- Globalization
- Liberal democracy
- Geo-politics
- Policy issues
- Military issues
The Social Agenda
- Leisure
- Nature of families
- Work
- Nature of community
- Social trends
- Children
- The search for values
- Aging
- More generations living on earth
- The definition of culture
- Globalization of culture
- Art and design
- Science
- Philosophy
- The "media-centric" life
- Institutional deconstruction and renewal
- Secular fundamentalism
Business
- Leadership
- Strategy
- People management
- Creativity and innovation
- Execution
- Communications
