Trendwatcher | Futurist
Tony Bosma is internationally recognized as a renowned futurist and trend philosopher. A realistic and critical view of today's world and future promises.
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Tony Bosma is internationally recognized as a renowned futurist and trend philosopher. Due to his unique approach and always highly relevant lectures, Tony Bosma is a sought-after speaker both nationally and internationally. He ranks among the top 100 most influential futurists in the world and is particularly known for his sense of realism in his presentations.
He clearly distinguishes himself from other futurists and trendwatchers by offering customized sessions based on a preliminary conversation, where the goals of the session are always taken into account during preparation. Additionally, Bosma’s lectures contain a high degree of realism. No exaggerated future scenarios, but realism combined with a critical view of today’s world and future promises. Bosma challenges and provokes thought.
Bosma is known for his striking statements and often poetic lectures in which he effectively captures the spirit of the times with language. He does not give lectures; he offers experiences. All lectures are multimedia, featuring engaging and current cases and data. The lectures are always updated up to the day of the presentation. Tony Bosma passionately shows you which trends and transitions have a lasting impact on your organization and what that means for your organization and people.
Moreover, Tony is frequently invited as a future expert in panel sessions, as an advisor, jury member, and inspirator/executive coach, or as a moderator. Through his organization Extend Limits, he supports companies, institutions, and governments in mapping trends and future scenarios (scenario planning) and conducts strategy and innovation challenges.
Topics that Tony Bosma provides engaging sessions on include:
An engaging and illustrative session about the future of technology. What is predicted and what comes true? We saw the first self-driving car in the 1930s. What does reality tell us? A session that provides a current and future perspective on technology while also debunking many myths.
For organisations that are wary of technological utopian stories and want a realistic view of the future, this is highly recommended.
What we can do technologically is not what we want. In a presentation that truly explores and indicates the boundaries of technological possibilities, Bosma asks you: how ethical is your organisation? Those organisations that embed the ethical side of technology have the future. Ethics is the gold of the future. A lecture that vividly sketches the ethical side of many technological developments.
For organisations that want to highlight the ethical side of technology, this session is highly recommended.
An extremely critical and realistic mirror on contemporary society. What have we created and what are we pursuing? Based on trends and developments, Bosma aptly summarises the challenges for the future. Looking from the present to the future, we are amazed; looking from the future to the present, we are shocked.
Many socially engaged organisations have hired Bosma on this theme. After this session, you will absolutely view contemporary society in a different way.
Every organisation originated from the principle of scalable efficiency. And it is precisely this principle that is under pressure due to technologisation. We should be glad about this because much of today’s work has been dehumanised. The greatest challenge is not work for everyone. The challenge in the field of work is that everyone can make a meaningful contribution. The future, therefore, belongs to meaningful organisations. From job security to existence security and identity mobility. In a striking presentation, Bosma shows how human organisations are the new beacons in a sea full of swirling technology.
A wide variety of organisations have hired Bosma on the future of work.
“Education will change technology more than technology will change education!
The ode to the teacher and breaking the myths in education where humans will always make the difference. That education perhaps innovates more slowly is partly because education does not want to experiment with children. An inspiring session for everyone working in education where Bosma holds up a critical societal mirror and makes clear where the real value of technology and people in education lies. Do not adapt technology to the system, change the system. Skills needed are learning to listen to the present answers, becoming machine-aware, and critical thinking power. Technology is the calories of the future.
Specifically for organisations in the education sector but also very relevant for parents, this presentation puts many developments into perspective.
For decades, humans have been organising all movement out of their lives. Technology is an important cause of this, but also a world that increasingly thinks and acts in systems. Bosma holds up a critical mirror about movement and sport in our society and shows the future of sport and exercise. What the world needs is the return of free play and sport. Stop with the pre-programmed society. Bosma has spoken on this theme, among others, for the Olympic teams TeamNL and TeamGB.
For everyone who loves sport. The session provides insight into the challenges in the field of sport but also the societal place and impact of (top) sport. Also recommended for entrepreneurs.
The sector most subject to change is healthcare. But what are the most relevant developments because the sector is also driven by hypes. Bosma shows the most current developments with a focus on people and ethics. Technology is fun and necessary, people make the difference. Bosma tailors the healthcare sessions for care and cure.
Especially for organisations active in healthcare that want a realistic view of the most relevant developments.
What is the future of manufacturing and where are the challenges? Are we really getting a future of lights out manufacturing or is this future still far away? Concrete and current examples in the context of the challenges of the industry. That is where this realistic future presentation takes you. Critical and inspiring with relevant cases. The future of manufacturing has begun today.
For organisations active in the world of manufacturing.
From physical safety to digital safety, Bosma aptly indicates what the future brings us on these themes. A session that does not show utopian images about safety but rather vividly shows the challenges. A society that can no longer embrace fate is the greatest threat to this society. We give up everything for a utopian safe society and get a dystopian society in return? How can we view the concept of safety in the near future? A ‘must see’ for professionals in the safety sector.
The central question for organisations in mobility is: are you part of the problem or the solution? In an overwhelming lecture about trends and the future, Bosma also holds up a critical societal mirror about the current mobility system. He also shows what the future can bring us. The greatest challenge here is to question the existing world. Can you as an organisation do that? After Bosma’s lecture, you will have to!
Specifically for organisations and institutes active in the field of mobility and transport in the broadest sense of the word.
What does technology bring to the world of marketing and is this what we want? Is what is technologically possible also what we actually want and what are the many marketing promises worth? A session in which Bosma critically looks at the evolution of marketing and the consumer. He sketches images of the future and the actual challenge for the marketing profession today. After this session, you will think differently about the marketing profession.
Especially for marketers and business development.
How does technology transform the world of insurance and banking? Bill Gates indicated that financial institutions are the dinosaurs of the near future. How realistic is that? After all, dinosaurs lived for a very long time. Are the hypes surrounding the many start-ups realistic or will laws and regulations curb this storm of innovation within the financial world? A presentation that critically looks at the many technological developments and places them in the perspective of the new role of financial organisations.
Refreshing for organisations active in insurance and finance.
Algorithms as a starting point, human intervention on request. Is this the future of government services? Bosma has a provocative presentation specifically for municipal organisations about the future of services. What opportunities does technology offer, but why do people become even more important? Inspiring and above all a realistic perspective on the near future of municipal services. No utopian image but realism translated into actions for today! A must see for people active in municipal services.
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Hoe zien kinderen tussen de 6 en 12 jaar de toekomst. Gezamenlijk hebben Tony en een groep kinderen gebrainstormd. De uitkomst is de Kindertrendrede. Zelf voorgedragen door de kinderen, geschreven door Tony (in samenwerking met de kinderen).
Hoe zien kinderen tussen de 6 en 12 jaar de toekomst. Gezamenlijk hebben Tony en een groep kinderen gebrainstormd. De uitkomst is de Kindertrendrede. Zelf voorgedragen door de kinderen, geschreven door Tony (in samenwerking met de kinderen).
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