Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a dynamic and captivating speaker who combines the storytelling skills of a best-selling novelist, the sharp insights of an award-winning investigative journalist and a deep understanding of technology and the future.
He is a best-selling author, technology pioneer and futurist, who most recently served as futurist-in-residence for The New York Times. He has worked with companies ranging from FedEx, Boeing and NBC Universal to Microsoft, Pfizer and Siemens, focusing on how companies can think about the future in useful ways. He speaks to audiences worldwide and is a regular guest on radio and television, including Good Morning America, the Today Show, PBS, CNN and the History Channel.
Rogers began his career as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. He co-founded Outside magazine and then launched Newsweek's technology column, winning numerous journalism awards. For ten years he was vice president of The Washington Post Company's new media division, leading both the newspaper and Newsweek into the new century and earning patents for multimedia technology. He is also a best-selling novelist whose books have been published worldwide, chosen for the Book-of- the-Month club and optioned for film.
Rogers studied physics and creative writing at Stanford University, with additional studies in finance and management at the Stanford Business School Executive Program. He lives in New York City and is currently working on book and television projects.
Michael Rogers is a dynamic and captivating speaker who combines the storytelling skills of a best-selling novelist, the sharp insights of an award-winning investigative journalist and a deep understanding of technology and the future.
He is a best-selling author, technology pioneer and futurist, who most recently served as futurist-in-residence for The New York Times. He has worked with companies ranging from FedEx, Boeing and NBC Universal to Microsoft, Pfizer and Siemens, focusing on how companies can think about the future in useful ways. He speaks to audiences worldwide and is a regular guest on radio and television, including Good Morning America, the Today Show, PBS, CNN and the History Channel.
Rogers began his career as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. He co-founded Outside magazine and then launched Newsweek's technology column, winning numerous journalism awards. For ten years he was vice president of The Washington Post Company's new media division, leading both the newspaper and Newsweek into the new century and earning patents for multimedia technology. He is also a best-selling novelist whose books have been published worldwide, chosen for the Book-of- the-Month club and optioned for film.
Rogers studied physics and creative writing at Stanford University, with additional studies in finance and management at the Stanford Business School Executive Program. He lives in New York City and is currently working on book and television projects.
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Management Meets the Future: The Innovation Challenge
Never before has management's life been so...interesting. Business, government and society are all creating a vast new digital infrastructure, from smart sensors and cognitive computing to wearable computers, extended social networks and virtual workplaces. That puts leaders in the midst of not just technical challenges but broader social quandaries such as the nature of privacy, white collar automation, reskilling workers, the rule of law in cyberspace--not to mention the strategic...
Your Business in 2030: A Customized Prediction
For this popular speech, Michael-who is also a best-selling science fiction writer- does an interview to learn more about your business, practice or discipline. He then creates a realistic scenario of what your profession or business may be like in the late Twenties. He'll identify potential new products, new customers and new challenges. He's done it for lawyers, health care professionals, transportation companies, retailers, educators, financial services companies and more-even a luxury...
Artificial Intelligence Will Change....Everything!
Cognitive computing is the latest and most potent expression of artificial intelligence. Software and robots can now learn from experience and then reason and act upon information--often coming up with insights that humans might not reach. Because they are "cloud-based", these powerful thinking tools will be accessible even to small organizations and individuals. The result will be new efficiencies and surprising new intelligent services that will change the very nature...
The Virtualization of America--and the World
Over the next decade, more and more of our work, what we care about and how we interact with others will involve the Internet, intelligent computers and the Internet of Things. If you think that's already happened...just listen to what Michael predicts is next. Add to that the rise of a new generation of "digital natives" who are remarkably comfortable with virtual relationships. What will this mean for how our businesses and organizations must evolve in the years to come? How will...
What Comes After COVID?
The Healthcare Revolution
The future is bright for medicine: telemedicine, wellness monitors, personal genomics, electronic health records, and more. Plus: "big data" and smart computers will choose the best and most efficient treatment options based on actual outcomes. All this progress will come with caveats, of course: how do we keep the human element in healthcare? What are the privacy implications of personal genomic data? How do we fund the latest technologies while still making sure that...
The Radical New World of Education
We're all educators--either as professional teachers, or as managers, team leaders, mentors, or parents. In the future, we will be permanent students as well. The online world represents a powerful opportunity for education to reach a wider, more diverse audience. But it's also a challenge to the future of both teachers and campuses.
And there's a second issue: what do we teach? Now that young people live with one foot in the virtual world, how does that impact education and...
