I’m over 15 years futures-studies researcher, trend expert and at the Zukunftsinstitut / Future-Institute in Berlin the director of science/research on the international level. Starting as 'little' trendscout & tech(nology)scout about 1984 (Orwells year) I was going one step after the other to get a futurist and to build up 'my' Future-Institute, first in Berlin, then New York, Tokyo and today in Shanghai.
Starting as trendscout to look, which consumer trends are in & out, what's happening in lifestyle, fashion to tech trends the next 3 months first in Berlin, London, then New York and today Tokyo, I was able to understand every year better the future, beginning to see forward first 1 year,... since 10 years mega trends and by going forward to find followers to continue my work. A future scientist is so good as it’s trendscouts, confirming my future scenarios or testing new developments. So we’re start growing, first being 5, then 10, 25…trend agents. At this time like a bit today it was hard to be a 'prophet' in the own country, so Germans like technology trends, but have great fear of the future, thinking of future-researcher as unrealistic thinking science-fiction authors or esoteric astrologists. But I never give up my dream as a young boy, reading future-fiction from the founders of the futurology, searching friends sharing my future idea of a worldwide future organization, finding them all over the world -and every day more today . Until there're many anti-thinking as negative futures acting people in this world, we'll try to convince them, and support all the people on this earth, who want to create a better world with more peace and freedom. So the Future-Institute is able to be public for all as indepandant commercial on its own way, be a virtual expert network also as a real company - important is the competence to change every day the future, yourself and never stop or hurry-up to fast in the future. So I can say, that I’m every morning at the start and end/target at the same time, my way, management task and vision is being a sponsor as investor for good human future projects international and got better.
