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Meet Simon

Name: Foresight 20/20
Author: Simon Anderson

Executive futurist helping leadership teams and business owners stay ahead of rapid change.

Simon Anderson professional portrait, gray suit

Simon Anderson has spent 15 years working at the intersection of technological change and executive strategy. He works with leadership teams and business owners around the world as they navigate rapid change.

His clients range from global enterprises to industry associations: he has keynoted TATA's annual Business Excellence Conference for their top performers worldwide, and worked with senior leadership at companies from AstraZeneca to Zippo. Clients invite him back, sometimes nearly a decade after their first event.

He is the co-author of the award-winning book Foresight 20/20, which outlines a framework for understanding complex technological and societal shifts before they upend entire industries.

The Informed Outsider

What separates Simon's approach is his deliberate cultivation of an "Informed Outsider" perspective. Having worked closely with leaders in finance, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, engineering, and construction, he recognizes that the patterns defining success in times of change are remarkably consistent across sectors.

Often, the solution to an industry's most intractable problem has already been solved in a completely different domain. Simon brings this cross-pollination of ideas to every engagement.

Off the stage, Simon is the founder of SpeakerKey and SpeakerSignal, software built for the business side of professional speaking.

The Future Ready Framework

Through his work with leadership teams across industries, Simon developed the Future Ready Framework. It helps organizations develop three capacities:

Attention: Seeing the signals others miss before they become obvious.
Anticipation: Developing a considered view of what is likely coming and why.
Action: Moving from insight to decision with clarity and confidence.

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Beyond the Stage

Based in Valencia, Spain and Minneapolis, Simon works with leadership teams wherever they are, and keeps exploring the world in between.