Daniel Burrus is considered one of the world’s leading futurists on global trends and disruptive innovation. The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.
He is the author of seven books, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Flash Foresight and his latest Amazon No. 1 bestseller, The Anticipatory Organization.
Burrus has delivered over 3,000 keynote speeches worldwide and is a strategic advisor to Fortune 500 executives, helping them develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. His client list includes Lockheed Martin, Verizon, Microsoft, VISA, Deloitte, Google, Procter & Gamble, KPMG, Honda, FedEx, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
An innovative entrepreneur, Burrus has founded six businesses—four of which became U.S. national leaders in their first year. He is the CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements in technology-driven trends to help clients profit from technological, social, and business forces that are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities.
He is the creator of the Hard Trend Methodology and the Anticipatory Organization® Business Model, which are used by leading organizations worldwide. He is also a founding member of the Department of Defense Joint Services Futures Group.
Burrus’s accurate predictions date back to the early 1980s, when he became the first and only futurist to identify the 20 exponential technologies that would drive business and economic growth for decades to come. These included digital electronics, AI, distributed computing, genetic engineering, lasers, optical storage, photovoltaics, fiber optics, and nanotechnologies, among others. Since then, he has continued to establish a worldwide reputation for his exceptional record of predicting technology-driven change and its direct impact on the business world.
A featured writer, Burrus reaches millions of readers monthly with his insights on disruptive innovation, exponential change, and the future. His work is featured across various platforms, including LinkedIn, where he is part of an exclusive invitation-only group of experts. On LinkedIn alone, he has built a following of over 1.2 million professionals.
He has been the featured subject of several PBS television specials and has appeared on programs such as CNN, Fox Business, and Bloomberg. Burrus has also been quoted in leading publications, including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fortune, and Forbes.



