In this episode, world-renowned futurist Daniel Burrus—keynote speaker, business strategist, and author of the New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestseller Flash Foresight—joins us to break down the real science of predicting the future. From advising the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Fortune 500 CEOs to pioneering the concepts of Hard Trends and Anticipatory Thinking, Burrus reveals how leaders can pre-solve problems, anticipate disruption, and create exponential opportunity.
We explore why uncertainty paralyzes decision-making… and how Burrus’ methodology gives entrepreneurs and innovators the confidence to make bold, future-shaping moves.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• What “Hard Trends” vs. “Soft Trends” really are—and how predicting the future becomes surprisingly certain when you separate the two.
• How AI, robotics, quantum computing, and Web3 converge into a wave of change greater than the Industrial Revolution.
• Why the accelerating pace of innovation is predictable, not chaotic—and why shorter time cycles actually simplify future planning.
• How Burrus helps global accounting & finance leaders map the year 2040, including his bold prediction that today’s 40-hour workweek becomes 90 minutes.
• Why automation won’t replace humans—but amplify them, freeing us from lower-level tasks and unlocking unprecedented creativity.
• The surprising future of healthcare: AI + human experts, not AI replacing them.
• Ray Kurzweil, Moore’s Law, disruption-as-a-choice, and what every entrepreneur needs to understand NOW.
