Scott Smith

Scott Smith is founder and managing partner of Changeist, a futures research and consulting partnership established in 2007 in the United States, now based in the The Hague.With more than 15 years in futures, Scott and his team have consulted to a range of global institutions, including SWIFT, UNICEF, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, The Royal Society, Nesta, and the Dubai Future Foundation. He leads engagements with some of the largest and most respected global financial, retail, telecoms, technology and media brands. He has delivered futures projects, talks and workshops in over a dozen countries, across Asia, North America, Europe and the Middle East.Scott developed the Strategic Foresight program for Dubai Future Academy, and guest lectures in the Innovation & Future Thinking program at IED Barcelona. He has written for international publications such as The Atlantic, Quartz, WIRED UK, and How We Get to Next, and spoken at major events worldwide, including The Next Web, Lift, South Australia’s Open State, Oxford Futures Forum, Sibos, FutureFest, and NEXT. He is the author of “How to Future: Leading and Sense-Making in an Age of Hyperchange,” published by Kogan Page Inspire.