Daniel Burrus

Daniel Burrus
Born 1947
Portland, Oregon
Residence San Diego, CA
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Occupation American technology futurist, Innovation expert, Business strategist, Author, Public speaker
Website burrus.com

Daniel Burrus is an American technology futurist, innovation expert, business advisor, author, and frequent public speaker about business strategy and innovation.

Burrus is the author[1] of six books.[2] His newest book, Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible (HarperBusiness 2011),[3] became a New York Times[4][5] and Wall Street Journal[6] best seller. He also writes on the topics of innovation, transformation and technology-driven trends for LinkedIn Pulse as a Top 50 Influencer,[7] Huffington Post,[8] Business2Community,[9] Harvard Business Review,[10] BestThinking[11] and Wired Magazine.[12] Burrus has been a contributing blogger on the topics of innovation, change, and the future for Harvard Business Review, LinkedIn, CNBC, Huffington Post, Wired Magazine, Examiner.com, Business 2 Community, and Big Think.

The New York Times has referred to Burrus as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.[13] Additionally, his methodology for separating Hard Trends[14] (trends that will happen) from Soft Trends (trends that might happen)[15] has been the subject of several PBS television specials.[16]

Burrus is the CEO of Burrus Research,[17] a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements in technology driven trends[18] to help clients profit from technological, social and business forces that are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities.

Life and times

Burrus was born at Portland, Oregon in 1947. He grew up in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. He attended the Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh and graduated in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree. In 1971, Burrus and fellow student Bill Gray, during their senior year, were awarded a research grant for $9,800 from the United States Department of Education to establish a student training assistance program. He was co-director along with Bill Gray of the first federally funded program of its kind in the nation and a first with undergraduate directors.[19] The program offered free tutoring for collegians with deficiencies in specific academic subjects, sample test files, class notes, textbook exchange, general information and referral, assistance in registration, and help in selection of courses and teachers.[19][20]

After graduation from college, Burrus became a science teacher. Within the first three months of teaching, he was nominated for an Educator of the Year Award.[21] He taught science from 1971 to 1978. He went on to start six companies. Burrus is a member of the National Speakers Association and is a Certified Speaking Professional. An article in the New York Times in 1995 described Burrus as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker along with Roger Blackwell and Tom Peters.[13] According to the New York Times:[13]

"Gurus of the moment on these topics are Tom Peters, the former McKinsey consultant and best-selling author, who discusses ways for corporations to cope with change; Roger Blackwell, the Ohio State University marketing professor who specializes in how to do business in a global marketplace, and Daniel Burrus, the futurist who talks about how a vision of times ahead can shape business decisions today."

Companies founded, 1971 to present

Blogs

Books

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Newsletters

Video learning system

Business strategy games

Education strategy games

Television shows

Awards and accomplishments

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/1358/Daniel_Burrus/index.aspx
  2. ↑ Best Thinking. Retrieved 2/4/2014
  3. ↑ http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Flash-Foresight-Daniel-Burrus/?isbn=9780061922299?AA=index_authorIntro_1358
  4. ↑ New York Times Bestseller (Flash Foresight): The New York Times Best Sellers List: 6 February 2011.
  5. ↑ Editor. (6 February 2011). Best Sellers: Advice, How To and Miscellaneous: Sunday, February 6th 2011. The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Wall Street Business Journal Bestseller (Flash Foresight): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703293204576106001243444180.html (under hardcover business)
  7. ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/influencer/48342529-Daniel-Burrus
  8. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-burrus/
  9. ↑ http://www.business2community.com/author/daniel-burrus#!p9uv1
  10. ↑ http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/07/todays-cio-needs-to-be-the-chi/
  11. ↑ http://www.bestthinking.com/thinkers/danielburrus
  12. ↑ http://insights.wired.com/profile/DanielBurrus?xg_source=activity#axzz2nJLlSH9f
  13. 1 2 3 Wayne, Leslie. (8 September 1995). Leaping to the Lectern. Business Day. New York Times.
  14. ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140127194126-48342529-improve-planning-by-separating-hard-trends-from-soft-trends?trk=mp-author-card
  15. ↑ Green, Holly. “Got Flash Foresight?” Forbes
  16. ↑ The McCuistion Hour. Flash Foresight Parts 1 & 2. PBS http://www.frtv.org/tag/daniel-burrus/
  17. ↑ Burrus Research. Retrieved 2/4/2014
  18. ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2014/01/16/the-tech-trends-that-will-disrupt-create-opportunities-in-2014/
  19. 1 2 Editor. (25 February 1971). Dan Burrus Directs Assistance Program. Suburban Life. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Oshkosh, WI.
  20. ↑ Morris, Michael R. (November 1972). A College Student Organization for Promoting Student to Student Academic Assistance. Final Report. GRANT: OEG-5-71-0009 (509). Wisconsin Univ., Oshkosh. Office of Education (DHEW). Washington, D.C. Bureau of Research.
  21. ↑ Editor. (1987). Daniel A. Burrus. The Futures Research Directory: Individuals. World Future Society. Transaction Publishers.
  22. ↑ Editor. (17 August 1986). FutureScope TV show and Daniel Burrus. The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. Page 4.
  23. ↑ http://www.speakersaccess.com/featured-speakers/business-leaders/business-futurists/620-burrus-daniel
  24. ↑ http://www.executivespeakers.com/speaker/Daniel_Burrus
  25. ↑ Daniel, Isaac S. (2014). Flexible communication device with a display. U.S. Patent No. D710,220. Issued 5 Aug. 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  26. ↑ Yun, Joon-Ki, Hyoung-Shin Park, and Dong-Kyun Kim. (2014). Multimedia portable electronic communication device. U.S. Patent No. D715,758. Issued 21 October 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  27. ↑ Yun, Joon-Ki, Hyoung-Shin Park, and Dong-Kyun Kim. (2014). Multimedia portable electronic communication device. U.S. Patent No. D716,246. Issued 28 October 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  28. ↑ Yun, Joon-Ki, Hyoung-Shin Park, and Dong-Kyun Kim. (2014). Multimedia portable electronic communication device. U.S. Patent No. D716,247. Issued 28 October 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  29. ↑ Yun, Joon-Ki, Hyoung-Shin Park, and Dong-Kyun Kim. (2014). Multimedia portable electronic communication device. U.S. Patent No. D717,261. Issued 11 November 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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