Gerd Leonhard

"It is becoming less and less feasible to prosper alone."

Gerd is a Futurist and a Humanist, a leading global Keynote Speaker (on stage as well as virtually), the author of 5 books including ‘Technology vs. Humanity’ and a Film-Maker.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in London and the CEO of The Futures Agency in Zürich / Switzerland. “Embrace technology but don’t become it” is his credo.

Gerd is considered a leading expert on topics such as the future of humanity, big data and privacy, digitally native business models, the networked society, a sustainable business ecology, social media, social business and So-Lo-Mo communications, TV & Radio futures, mobile strategies, innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship, consumer trends, UGC and peer production, copyright and IPR issues, next-generation advertising, marketing and branding, and more recently the development of ‘green futures‘ scenarios.