Thomas Frey

Thomas Frey is the executive director and senior futurist at the DaVinci Institute and currently Google’s top-rated futurist speaker.  At the Institute, he has developed original research studies, enabling him to speak on unusual topics, translating trends into unique opportunities. Tom continually pushes the envelope of understanding, creating fascinating images of the world to come.  His talks on futurist topics have captivated people ranging from high level of government officials to executives in Fortune 500 companies including NASA, IBM, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Unilever, GE, Blackmont Capital, Lucent Technologies, First Data, Boeing, Ford Motor Company, Qwest, Allied Signal, Hunter Douglas, Direct TV, Capital One, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, STAMATS, Bell Canada, American Chemical Society, Times of India, Leaders in Dubai, and many more. Before launching the DaVinci Institute, Tom spent 15 years at IBM as an engineer and designer where he received over 270 awards, more than any other IBM engineer.

Articles by Thomas Frey

The futurist: The rise of the city
A look at cities in a century

The futurist: More about downloading a personality
How about Dave Letterman?

The futurist: Downloading a personality
Data? Rosie? WALL-E?

The futurist: More about eyes in the sky
Will this destroy the world as we know it?

The futurist: We’re watching you
Monitoring people from space

The futurist: The rise of the MOOCs
Groundswell of change for colleges

The futurist: The half-life of a college education
Does its usefulness end before the payments do?

The futurist: Undoing extinction
Should we revive species that no longer exist?

The futurist: The final five unanswerable questions
Why is the future unknowable?

The futurist: Ten unanswerable questions
The first five

The futurist: Life in the drone-zone
It's coming, and soon

The fastest way to create new jobs: Part 2
Automation is the key

The futurist: The fastest way to create new jobs: Part 1
This will surprise you

More about the Empire of One
Fickle consumers create scads of niche markets

Introducing the Empire of One
An option most VCs want you to overlook

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