Tom Koulopoulos

Futurist & Global Innovation

Categories: AI, Big Data, Blockchain, Business, Digital, Futurist, Innovation, Strategy, Technology, Trends

Tom Koulopoulos is Chairman and founder of Delphi Group, a 30-year-old Boston-based think tank named one of the fastest growing private companies by Inc. Magazine, and the founding partner of Acrovantage Ventures, which invests in early-stage technology startups. He is also the author of 13 books, an Inc.com columnist, the past Executive Director of the Babson College Center for Business Innovation, the past director of the Dell Innovation Lab, and a professor at Boston University.

His insights have received wide praise from luminaries such as the late Peter Drucker, the father of modern management; Dee Hock, founder of Visa International, and Tom Peters, who called his writing, “a brilliant vision of where we must take our enterprises to survive and thrive.” His Inc. column is read by over one million people yearly.

Mr. Koulopoulos’ thirteen books include his most recent, Reimagining Healthcare, The Bottomless Cloud, Revealing the Invisible, The Gen Z Effect, and Cloud Surfing. His upcoming book, Gigatrends, looks at the seven tech trends that are shaping the future of how we live, work, and play.

According to Tom’s mentor, Peter Drucker, Tom’s writing “makes you question not only the way you run your business but the way you run yourself.”

Generation Z

One of the most profound changes in business and society is the emergence of the post millennial generation, Gen Z.

While every new generation has faced its share of disruption in technology, economics, politics and society, no other generation in the history of mankind has had the ability to make sure that every human being on the planet is connected to each other, fully educated, and economically engaged. What might this mean for the way in which we build our business, markets, and institutions for education in the future?

In this revolutionary keynote, drawing from his upcoming book, The Z Generation, Tom delves into a vision of the future that will not only disrupt but also reinvent almost every aspect of how we work, live and play. From radical new approaches to marketing and manufacturing to the potential obliteration of intellectual property and the shift to mass innovation, Tom provides a mind-bending view of why we will need to embrace Gen Z as the last best hope for taking on the world’s biggest challenges and opportunities, and how you can prepare yourself and your business for the greatest era of prosperity and advance the world has ever experienced.

The Internet of Everything, Everyone, Everywhere
Living, Working and Innovating in the Age of Big Data and Small Devices

The Internet of Everything (IoE) is one of the hottest business and tech topics to come along in years, and nobody can better speak to the impact that IoE will have on our organizations and our lives than Tom Koulopoulos.

What is IoE? It’s the incredible new value being created through the ability to hyperconnect all of the devices, sensors, people, and data being collected about how businesses and people behave. In short – it’s the future of business and society.

If your clients have not yet begun to ask for a presentation on the IoE and Big Data, they will. Be assured, as always, Tom is on the cutting edge of current trends in business and technology. If you would like to discuss the focus of this keynote, so that you may present it to your clients, we are happy to arrange a conversation!

Beyond Brainstorming
Becoming Future-Proof in an Uncertain World

Beyond Brainstorming is a completely interactive keynote for a 1000 participants. In this bold new approach to large scale meetings, Tom challenges the traditional thoughts on brainstorming and introduces a scenario-based approach for team-based problem solving that allows you to break down even the most complex challenges, generate novel ideas quickly, focus on the best ideas, and then select the ideas with the right balance of risk and value. Please contact me if you have a client looking for a hands-on experience that will both motivate and inspire! http://youtu.be/MxAp1tHje-I

The Innovation Zone :A deep look at how Innovation will change companies and careers. Tom uses examples from some of the world’s leading innovators, lessons from his mentor Peter Drucker and challenges us to all become world-class innovators.

The Social Economy: Facebook and Twitter are just the tip of a massive iceberg of change that lies directly in our path. In this keynote Tom will guide your audience through the maze of challenges, options and opportunities that social networking and social media are creating.

Living in The Cloud: The hottest topic since the advent of the Internet. And nobody can speak to it with more insight, energy, and humor than Tom. It’s why HP, Microsoft, Gartner and many others have asked Tom to keynote their organizations’ cloud events. Drawing on his latest e-book, Living in The Cloud, Tom paints a powerful picture of how The Cloud will change the way we live, work and play.

The Future of Globalization: Coping With and Profiting From the Effects of Globalization.

The Uncertainty Principle: How to build organizations that can survive and thrive in times of uncertainty.

Managing Knowledge: The Myth and the Reality of Managing Knowledge and Those Who Own It.

FutureTech: A Look at the Future of Technology and Organizations in the coming Decades.