Jul 16 2008
James Woudhuysen
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Authority on the Future of Management/IT, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation
James Woudhuysen is one of Europe’s best-known independent speakers and writers on the future. In the 1980s he co-directed Britain’s first major study into the future of e-commerce (’teleshopping’ in those days). He then moved to the Henley Centre, Britain’s best-known think-tank on EU markets, where he built up the firm’s forecasting on the broader future of IT and proposed, in 1992, that the Internet be delivered over TV.
In 1996 staff at Phillips nominated James as ‘Motivator of the Year’
In detail
A physicist, broadcaster and author of several books, James is a columnist for IT Week and is visiting Professor of Innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester. He is often on BBC Radio 4. James managed worldwide market intelligence for Philips consumer electronics in the Netherlands.
What he offers you
He offers a highly visual, very witty, but deadly serious alternative to myths about the future of work, consumers and IT. An inspirational opponent of politically correct trends in management and beyond, he spells out what to do and how to do it in controversial but deeply insightful style.
Topics
Technology and the Future of IT
Human Resources, Change Management and the Future of Work
Agility, Globalisation and R&D
Market Intelligence, Innovation and Brands
Construction and Housing
Consumer Leisure and Play
Publications
2006
Computer Games and Sex
Difference Cooking 2026
2005
About Trends, Design Council
2004
Why is Construction So Backward?
2004
The Globalisation of UK Manufacturing and Services
2003
Play as the Main Event in International and UK culture, Cultural Trends
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