Magnus Lindkvist – World’s Renowned Trendspotter, Futurologist
Magnus Lindkvist is one of the most sought-after speakers globally on the subjects of Trends, Trendspotting and Future Possibilities. In 2009, he won the coveted Business Speaker of the Year award in Sweden Magnus weaves together the most important and exciting current trends to forecast what life, society and business might look like in the future. With a uniquely energetic speaking style, his talks are a multimedia-infused boost of intellectual inspiration about topics ranging from trendspotting and innovation to future-living and the business world of tomorrow.
Magnus Lindvist is the author of three renowned books – Everything We Know Is Wrong, The Attack of The Unexpected and When The Future Begins. Magnus is a graduate of Stockholm School of Economics and UCLA School of Film, Television and Theatre and has made a career out of fusing the measurability and tangibility of the business world with the imaginative storytelling of Hollywood. He founded his company Pattern Recognition in 2005 to help companies make sense (and money) out of the future.. In 2008, he created the world's first academically accredited course in Trendspotting and Future Thinking at Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship. Magnus is a member of renowned conference TED.