Jonathan Brill

Jonathan Brill is an American business futurist, keynote speaker, and author, known for his work on strategic foresight, disruption preparedness, and innovation leadership.

He is the author of AI and the Octopus Organization: Building the Superintelligent Firm and Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change and advises Fortune 50 companies and U.S. government agencies.

Early life and education Brill was born in 1967 in the United States. He obtained a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute, served as a research consultant to the MIT Media Lab, and completed executive education at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Career Brill is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Center for Radical Change, where he advises global business and government leaders on how to identify, manage, and transform change into innovation and opportunity. He is a board member at one of the world's largest private intelligence agencies, a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business Review's China New Growth Institute, and Amazon's Futurist in Residence.

Brill is an active business futurist and keynote speaker. Forbes ranked him among the top futurists in their "5 Futurists To Watch In Uncertain Times", and Harvard Business Review described him as "The world's leading transformation architect." His talks draw upon his experience as a technology and intelligence executive, including at:

Futurist-in-Residence at Amazon Global Futurist at HP – led long-range strategy, innovation, and global intelligence across 32 countries Adjunct Faculty, Singularity University Futurist in Residence, Territory Studio Board Advisor & Fellow, Frost & Sullivan Co-founder, Special Projects Agency CEO, CCD Innovation Creative Director, Frog Design

He has consulted on the development of over 350 products for major technology and consumer brands, as well as the United States government. Projects have ranged from metaverse technologies to theme park rides and design of the US Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 to Taco Bell's Gordita.