Patrick Dixon
Global Change Guru, Europe's Leading Futurist
Patrick Dixon is often described in the media as Europe's leading futurist.
He is a dynamic, provocative and entertaining speaker who advises many of the world's largest corporations on key trends, managing uncertainty, identifying risk and developing opportunities. He digs deep into the strategy of each organization, and creates a unique presentation for each event. He has successfully identified hundreds of future business innovations.
Latest book "The Future of Almost Everything" a brilliant guide to our future, which should be read by every decision-maker, packed with deep insights on a huge number of trends.
Patrick Dixon has a great track record over many years in forecasting opportunities, risks and challenges that will affect us all.” Sir Brian Souter - Chairman, Stagecoach Group Plc
More than 500,000 web pages talk about Patrick Dixon and his ideas, with cumulative TV, radio and press audience reach estimated to be more than 450 million. He has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today. Author of 16 books (over 620,000 books printed in 35 languages).
Dr. Dixon's another book with coauthor Johan Gorecki is titled "SustainAgility: How Smart Innovation and Agile Companies will Protect Our Future."
"SustainAgility" is a down-to-earth, step by step guide to hundreds of the most important ways in which business will help save the world. It's about a new wave of lower cost, green innovation. It's about harnessing the inventive talent and agility in every nation, office, factory and home.
Almost all books about sustainability are at core a warning of doom, with calls for action on a scale that global leaders are very unlikely to accept. In contrast, "SustainAgility" is a practical guide to a better future, which can be turned by business and government into action right now, at low or zero cost in many cases.
He was ranked as one of the world's 20 most influential business thinkers alive by Thinkers 50 (2005). He is a successful entrepreneur and physician by first training and author of 15 books in 27 languages including "Futurewise and Building A Better Business." His websites have had 15 million unique visitors and over 4 million have watched his videos.
Patrick Dixon has worked with hundreds of multinationals in over 50 nations, across every industry. For example he has:
· Helped identify next-generation blockbuster drugs with potential sales of over $50bn a year
· Assisted a global telecom company to develop better customer focus
· Identified significant sustainability initiatives for the European Chemical Industry
· Advised on online banking strategy for one of the world's premier banks
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Patrick has spoken on issues as varied as:
· Impact of Biotech on Health Care
· Future of the European Petrochemical Industry
· Future of Private Banking and Family Offices
· Future of Management and Virtual Teams
· Future of Corporate Real Estate in Asia
· The Future of Ageing - Impact on Pensions
· Winning the War for Talent - Future Trends
· Sustainable Business - Strategies for Carbon-Use Reduction
· Telecom Trends in Emerging Markets
· Future of Logistics and Distribution
· Impact of Online Communities on Marketing and Corporate Image
· Investment Opportunities in Kazakhstan
He has given future insights to:
· Airlines, Travel, Shipping, Hotels, Tourism and Automotive Industry
· Banking, Insurance and other Financial Services
· Media, Telecommunications and Distribution
· Technology, Engineering, Software and Computer Manufacturers
· Food and Drink, Household Goods and Packaging Industry
· Energy, Chemical Industry, Mining, Metals, other Commodities
· Health Care, Pharmaceutical Industry, Medical Technology and Cosmetics / Lifestyle
· Government and UN
· Marketing, Advertising and Design
· Law Firms / Legal
· Management, Consulting, Training, Service Organisations
· Non-Profit Organisations
· Real Estate / Construction / Engineering
· Retail, textiles and some other manufacturing
16 Books By Dixon On Trends And Growth Strategies
Patrick Dixon's latest book is „The Future of Almost Everything“ - published in Autumn 2015 by profile Books. He has written 16 books, including „SustainAgility“ - about the $40 trillion green tech revolution and how profitable innovation will help protect our world.
“A brilliant guide to our future, which should be read by every decision-maker, packed with deep insights on a huge number of trends. Patrick Dixon has a great track record over many years in forecasting opportunities, risks and challenges that will affect us all.” Sir Brian Souter - Chairman, Stagecoach Group Plc
"Absolutely brilliant. I love this man's exhilarating thinking and writing. Here are far-sighted insights into the tangible and intangible horizons of future change, underpinned by wisdom abut its ultimate driving force - human nature." Nigel Nicholson, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School