James Canton

James Canton (born April 29, 1951) is a futurist, author, entrepreneur, CEO & Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures. He forecasts global trends in business, technology, globalization, trade, health care, population, science, climate, workforce and security. He is noted for his keynote presentations and consulting with organizations, assisting them to better understand and benefit from complex change and opportunities in technology, energy, medicine, finance, climate, population, entertainment, security and media. He also assists clients in creating global alliances, investments, strategy and in developing new products or services. He has worked with the leading organizations in the world including IBM, General Mills, Deloitte, Fedex, General Electric, Apple, Phillips, Seimans, Cisco, McKinsey, Tata, Pepsi, Fujitsu, Sony, Pfizer and the US Department of Defense. He has advised three White House administrations, the National Science Foundation, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Science and Technology Council. Canton is the co-developer of Trend Trakker, a network based forecasting platform that analyzes and tracks trends, innovations, threats and global risks. Canton received his Ph.D. in Management and social science from the Union Institute & University in 1982. His thesis was on Global Systems and High Technology Organizations which he completed while working at Apple Computer. He was born and raised in New York City area.

Canton studied and worked with the noted futurist and author of Future Shock Alvin Toffler at the Anticipatory Democracy Network. This was a project designed to incorporate foresight and strategic planning into government. He was Executive Director and founder of the Health Policy Council, a health policy think tank he founded and lead from 1976–79, while serving as an adviser to the United States Department of Health and Human Services working on wellness, prevention health policy and strategic planning. This was an early effort to transform the health care system by introducing prevention policy and led to the wellness revolution. Canton served on the California Governor's Council on Wellness and was appointed Chairman, The Work and Health Task Force, Wellness Council.

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