Daniel Burrus
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| Born | 1947 Portland, Oregon |
| Residence | San Diego, CA |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh |
| Occupation | American technology futurist, Innovation expert, Business strategist, Author, Public speaker |
| Website | burrus |
Daniel Burrus (born in 1947) is an American technology futurist, innovation expert, business adviser, author, and public speaker in the areas of business strategy and innovation. He has written on the topics of business transformation and technology-driven trends.
Burrus was born at Portland, Oregon in 1947. He grew up in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.
In 1966, he graduated from Brookfield East High School in Brookfield, Wisconsin. He attended the Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh, where he graduated in 1971 with a bachelor's degree. In 1971, Burrus and fellow student Bill Gray, during their senior year, were awarded a research grant for $9,800 from the United States Department of Education to establish a student training assistance program. He and Bill Gray were co-directors of the first federally funded program of its kind in the nation. The program offered free tutoring for collegians with deficiencies in specific academic subjects, sample test files, class notes, textbook exchange, general information and referral, assistance in registration, and help in selection of courses and teachers.
Following college, Burrus became a science teacher. Early in his teaching career, he was nominated for an Educator of the Year Award. He taught science from 1971 to 1978.
Burrus created six companies. Burrus is the founder and CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm.
Burrus is a member of the National Speakers Association and is a Certified Speaking Professional.
Burrus has authored several books. His most recent book is Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible. Burrus has written for LinkedIn, The Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review, and Wired magazine. He has been a contributing blogger on the topics of innovation, change, and the future for CNBC, Examiner.com, Business 2 Community, and Big Think. His methodology for separating "hard trends" (trends that will happen) from "soft trends" (trends that might happen) has been the subject of PBS television specials.
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