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Adjiedj Bakas
Inspiring and visionary speaker on future trends
Adjiedj Bakas is an inspiring, visionary and entertaining speaker. His main interest throughout his working life has been identifying economic, technological, demographic, environmental, spiritual and security trends. His ability to share his knowledge in an entertaining way makes him a much sought-after speaker at conferences and events. Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, describes him as “an original and innovative thinker”. According to the press he is ‘engaging’ (BBC),…
Adjiedj Bakas is an inspiring, visionary and entertaining speaker. His main interest throughout his working life has been identifying economic, technological, demographic, environmental, spiritual and security trends. His ability to share his knowledge in an entertaining way makes him a much sought-after speaker at conferences and events. Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, describes him as “an original and innovative thinker”. According to the press he is ‘engaging’ (BBC), ‘inspiring’ (The Guardian), ‘very knowledgeable and with star appeal’ (China Daily) 'provocative' (TV2 Magazine, Denmark) and ‘a true citizen of the world’ (Times of India).
He has sold more than 500,000 books worldwide. His successful English language titles from his trend series include: Beyond the Crisis in 2009 (about the future of capitalism) and number one Amazon.com bestseller, World Megatrends in 2009 (about the future of humanity) and Living without Oil in 2009 (co-authored with fellow trendwatcher Rob Creemers). The Future of Faith in 2010, explores how economic, political and environmental changes will reshape the ethics, morality, religion and spirituality that underpin our lives. The Future of Privacy is the latest book in the series of trend books by Adjiedj Bakas.
These books are used at universities, among government officials and within most industries
He delivers around 200 lectures each year for companies, governments and universities including CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) in Shanghai and Emory University, Atlanta (US), and can tailor his lectures for small audiences and larger audiences of up to 1,000 people. In The Netherlands he hosts his own TV show, Studio Innovation & Co-creation.
Feedback:
“It was a great pleasure to meet Adjiedj Bakas recently in Oslo. I'm really impressed by his charisma, creativeness and progressive way of thinking.” Andrey Korzh, 3rd Secretary Russian Embassy in Oslo, Norway
“Adjiedj Bakas recently lectured for our customers. It was a great speech. I heard a lot of positive feedback.” Casper Zweers, Country Manager Motorola Solutions Netherlands & Belgium
“It was a pleasure to have Adjiedj Bakas as the key note at our conference. His professionalism as well as his provocative (in the most positive meaning) style really blew the hair back on all the attendees and that was what I hoped for.“ Truls Berg, chairman of Innovation Forum Norway.
“The lecture by Adjiedj Bakas was one of the most entertaining presentations I’ve seen. It’d be my pleasure to welcome him back to speak.” Scott Goodfellow, Marketing and Events Manager, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
“We greatly appreciated the Adjiedj Bakas’ lecture. It was refreshingly unbiased and put forward in a manner that lay people could understand.” Faye Zhou, editor CEIBS Business Review (China Europe International Business School), Shanghai, China
“Our recent conference for bankers from forty countries was a great success, due to Adjiedj Bakas. He inspired them all.” Bas Rekvelt, FMO, Dutch Development Bank
“Adjiedj Bakas lectured for our HR-managers from sixty countries. His lecture was rated the best they had during that conference, a remarkable success.” Stijn van de Wiel, Air France KLM
