Garry is a professionally trained futurist who writes, speaks, and consults about issues that will shape society and business in the 21st century. His uncanny sense of what will hit—and what won’t—can be seen in futurethink’s research and heard in his international keynotes and corporate leadership seminars. His insights on how to align talent development to coming industry and market transitions have been shared with and implemented by such organizations as the McGraw-Hill Companies, Goodyear, S&P, and Reliant Energy.
For more than a decade Garry Golden has been providing insights to industry leaders on issues shaping society and business. As an academically trained Futurist, he helps clients bring structure and discipline to exploring implications of long term change. Garry has worked across a wide range of industry sectors and projects related to the future of infrastructure for energy and transportation, financial services, learning and talent development, civic and cultural institutions and the implications of global demographic transitions.
Garry serves as Adjunct Lecturer on the Future of Energy and Environment for the University of Houston. He has consulted on projects as diverse as the future of utilities; transportation and supply chains; food safety and health; financial services; and sustainable retail packaging. He is the co-author of the inspiring book Designing Your Future, and author of the upcoming book titled The Age of Adaptive Experiences.
Garry attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his Futures Studies degree from the University of Houston. He is a past board member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) as well as an aspiring collector of street art (which will likely be huge in the year 2040.) If left to his own devices at a museum gift shop, odds are a micro-machine or geological piece will be finding itself a future home.
We are privileged to have Garry joining us this year at the 2019 IIAR Natural Refrigeration Conference & Expo as our Keynote Speaker. Garry will share with us his insight on energy related programs. Garry currently works with municipal and investor owned utilities seeking to embrace the integration of new solutions ranging from new customer experiences to distributed energy resources. He also helps elected officials and business civic leaders learn how to filter out important signals from the noise of futuristic energy solutions– and imagine the right roadmap for their communities and customers. Golden has worked with organizations across the energy sector to help leaders understand a range of futures shaped by the most dynamic forces of change.