Scott Smith (futurist) explained

Scott Smith
Birth Date:1967
Nationality:American
Occupation:futurist, strategist, and writer
Organization:Changeist

Scott Smith (born 1967) is a futurist, strategist, and writer known for coining the phrase "flatpack futures."[1] [2] Flatpack futures refers to "future technological systems which are imagined as readymade products that people will choose to adopt, rather than as the assembled work of countless different actors."[3] Smith argues that this conception of the way the future will play out is limiting and counterproductive.[4]

Career

Smith began his technology forecasting career in 1995 as the Director of Digital Commerce at Jupiter Communications, one of the earliest Internet research companies, helping companies prepare for the online world.[5] [6] He moved on to Director of Internet Business Strategies for Current Analysis in Sterling, Virginia in 1997.[7] From 1999 through 2002 he was Director Networked Business Strategies Europe at the Yankee Group, and then worked as Director of Research Applications at Social Technologies (later Innovaro) until founding Changeist with Susan Cox-Smith in 2007.[8] [9]

Smith is the founder and managing partner of Changeist, a futures research and consulting company established in 2007 which has worked with UNICEF, Comcast, Nokia, and NASA to assist them in preparing for a complex future.[10] [11] He was also co-developer and advisor for the Futures Institute at the Duke University TIP program, and designed the Innovation & Future Thinking summer professional program at IED Barcelona.[12] He is a frequent keynote speaker at Media Future Week, NEXT, and Lift conferences.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Smith was a columnist for Qz from 2012-2016, and wrote the Discontinuities column for Thesigers' Current Intelligence from 2011-2013.[18]

Writing

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bigge . Ryan . The Novel and the Future of the Near Future . Hazlitt . 2014-06-03 . 2020-01-10.
  2. Web site: Design Fiction: Scott Smith, "Beware of Flat-Pack Futures" . WIRED . 2013-07-02 . 2020-01-10.
  3. Web site: Learning . LinkedIn . Interfaces (Design Fiction & Flat-Pack Futures) . Share and Discover Knowledge on LinkedIn SlideShare . 2014-05-19 . 2020-01-11.
  4. Web site: iMMovator . Scott Smith (Changeist) @ MFW13 . Vimeo . 2020-01-08 . 2020-01-11.
  5. Web site: HP to Buy E-Commerce Darling . WIRED . 1997-04-23 . 2020-01-10.
  6. Web site: Smart standards for e-commerce . CNET . 1996-12-23 . 2020-01-10.
  7. Web site: CIO: Certificate of Authenticity . 15 July 1998. 2020-01-11 . 68.
  8. Web site: E-commerce to expand despite security issues . The Irish Times . 2013-03-21 . 2020-01-11.
  9. Web site: First keynote speaker: Scott Smith . Media Future Week . 2014-02-27 . 2020-01-11.
  10. Web site: Mims . Christopher . Think Like a Futurist to Be Prepared for the Totally Unexpected . WSJ . 2017-01-01 . 2020-01-11.
  11. Web site: Team . Changeist . 2020-01-10.
  12. Web site: First keynote speaker: Scott Smith . Media Future Week . 2014-02-27 . 2020-01-10.
  13. Web site: Strategic Designer Scott Smith returns for MFW15! . Media Future Week . 2015-02-27 . 2020-01-10.
  14. Web site: Speaking . Changeist . 2020-01-04 . 2020-01-11.
  15. Web site: Scott Smith . NEXT Conference . 2019-07-26 . 2020-01-11.
  16. Web site: Oppliger . Matthias . Futurist Scott Smith: "The next Uber is going to be a biotech-company." . Medium . 2019-05-25 . 2020-01-11.
  17. Web site: Scott Smith - Is This Really The Sharing Economy? . Lift Conference . 2011-02-05 . 2020-01-11.
  18. Web site: Thesigers . The Future of Informal Economies . Thesigers . 2012-12-20 . 2020-01-11.
  19. Web site: Page . Kogan . How to Future . Kogan Page . 2020-02-04.
  20. Web site: 2023-10-31 . Future Cultures (9781398612389) . 2023-12-12 . www.koganpage.com . en.

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