Dan Burrus is one of the world's leading technology futurists, business strategists, and innovation advisors. An American author and public speaker specializing in global trends and disruptive innovation, he has spent decades helping organizations anticipate and leverage technological change to gain competitive advantage. His work focuses on the intersection of emerging technology, business transformation, and strategic foresight.
Burrus is best known as the author of Flash Foresight, a New York Times bestselling book published in 2011, which introduced his principle of anticipating the future rather than simply reacting to it. He has authored eight books in total on technology trends and innovation, providing frameworks that help business leaders distinguish between hard trends — future certainties — and soft trends, which remain open to influence. This methodology has made him a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and organizations worldwide.
At Nightingale-Conant, Dan Burrus brings his transformative insights to a wide audience, offering listeners practical strategies to harness the power of anticipatory thinking. His programs are especially relevant for entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals seeking to stay ahead of disruption, capitalize on emerging opportunities, and build organizations that thrive in an era of accelerating technological change.
