We often look to the future by focusing on what is new, but history offers another way to see what may be coming. In this keynote, Frank Diana explores how recurring patterns of pressure reveal when established systems are beginning to lose fit with a changing world, and how the interaction of technological, social, economic, geopolitical, scientific, philosophical, and environmental forces can turn separate changes into systemic transitions. The goal is not to predict what happens next, but to recognize the pressures already shaping the future while there is still room to influence what comes next.
About the Speaker
Frank Diana is a futurist, author, and keynote speaker focused on understanding systemic change and the forces reshaping our world. His work draws on history, convergence, and patterns of pressure to help leaders see how major transitions form before their outcomes become obvious. He is the author of Inside the Next Transition: Seeing Systemic Change Before Pathways Harden, which explores how recognizing pressure in the present can give us greater visibility into the futures beginning to take shape.
