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Since Megatrends, his first published book in 1982,
the future has been in the center of John Naisbitt's field of activity
as an author and speaker. The culmination of nearly a decade of research,
Megatrends is one of publishing's greatest success stories.
It was at the top of the New York Times best-seller list for more than
2 years, published in 57 countries, and sold more than 9 million copies.
John Naisbitt is often called the global philosopher
among futurists. With his “astonishingly precise predictions”
(Financial Times) and inspiring message he is one of the most sought after
speakers in the world. He has experience in top management, in politics
-- as assistant secretary of education to President John Kennedy and special
assistant to President Lyndon Johnson -- and as an entrepreneur. His picture
of the future is not only formed by the research he does. He has traveled
the world since the late 1960s, keeping in close connection with corporations
and people in different fields of endeavor. He has spoken to virtually
every major corporation, to many several times.
His cultural life and residence in the United States, Asia and now Europe
keep him directly in touch with a changing economic environment -- experience
that is reflected in the books he has written.
John Naisbitt published the international bestsellers Re-inventing the
Corporation in 1985, Megatrends 2000 in 1990, which was published in 32
countries and the Number One bestseller in the U.S., Japan, and Germany,
and Megatrends for Women in 1992, (co-authored with Patricia Aburdene).
His Japanese language book, Japan's Identity Crisis, was released in 1992
and was a bestseller in Japan.
His 1994 book, Global Paradox, received England's World Review Award for
The Best Book of The Year. Megatrends Asia in 1995 was a bestseller in
the German language and in Asia. High Tech High Touch, was published in
the fall of 1999 and has since been published in 17 countries.
His latest book Mind Set! was published worldwide in English by Collins
in October 2006, in November 2006 in Korea and Taiwan, and will be published
in 36 countries during the year 2007.
The Wall Street Journal called his work “triumphantly useful…taking
bearings in all directions and giving us the courage to do the same.”
John Naisbitt’s goal is to motivate and inspire his audience to
see the future as something we can have access to, if we deliberately
develop mindsets as a tool to see and evaluate the seeds and signs of
change, which in time will built the future.
· Studied at Harvard, Cornell and Utah Universities
· Former executive with IBM and Eastman Kodak
· Assistant Secretary of Education to President Kennedy
· Special Assistant to President Johnson
· Former visiting fellow at Harvard University, visiting professor
at Moscow State University, and current faculty
member at the
Nanjing University in China
· Distinguished International Fellow, Institute of Strategic and
International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia -- the
first non-Asian to hold this appointment
· Recipient of 15 honorary doctorates in the humanities, technology
and science
John Naisbitt and his wife Doris, his former German language publisher,
live in Vienna, Austria.
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