Career

Burrus is the author of six books His newest book, Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible (HarperBusiness 2011), became a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller. He also writes on the topics of innovation, transformation and technology-driven trends for LinkedIn Pulse as a Top 50 Influencer, Huffington Post, Business2Community, Harvard Business Review, BestThinking and Wired Magazine.

The New York Times has referred to Burrus as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.

Additionally, his methodology for separating Hard Trends (trends that will happen) from Soft Trends (trends that might happen) has been the subject of several Public Broadcasting Service television specials. Burrus is the Chief Executive Officer of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements in technology driven trends to help clients profit from technological, social and business forces that are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities.