We have pushed forward through the Information Age into the Shift Age, a time of great risk and incredible opportunity. David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that will shape our society and our world in this new era alongside with the possible threats to our civilization. David Houle is a futurist, thinker and speaker. Houle spent 20+ years in media and entertainment working at NBC, CBS and as part of the senior executive team that launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News. Houle has won a number of awards including two Emmys, the George Foster Peabody award, and the Heartland award for “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream”. He was also nominated for an Academy Award.
Houle consistently ranks as one of the top futurist keynote speakers on the major search engines and in the world today. He was named a Vistage Speaker of the Year for 2008. In the last eleven years, he has delivered 900+ keynotes and presentations on 6 continents and 16 countries. He is often called “the CEOs’ Futurist” having spoken to or advised 4,000+ CEOs and business owners in the past 10 years.
He authors the futurist blog www.evolutionshift.com with the tag line “A Future Look at Today" and publishes the free Shift Age Newsletter, available at www.davidhoule.com/newsletter. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx