Gerd Leonhard is a renowned futurist who focuses on near-future, ‘nowist’ observations and actionable foresights in the sectors of humanity, society, business and commerce, media, technology and communications. 

Leonhard is also an influential author, a sought-after executive ‘future trainer’ and a trusted strategic advisor. He is the co-author of the best-selling book The Future of Music and the author of 5 other books including The Humanity Challenge. Leonhard is also the host of the web-TV series TheFutureShow and the CEO of TheFuturesAgency, a global network of over 30 leading futurists.

Leonhard is considered a leading voice on a wide range of topics including digital transformation and the opportunity-challenges of the coming exponential society. He is also well versed on building a sustainable business and cultural ecology, the future of media, mobile content and commerce, ‘hard-future’ consumer trends, human-machine futures and AI, cognitive computing, the IoT, big data and automation and next-generation advertising. 

In 2006, The Wall Street Journal called Leonhard ‘one of the leading Media Futurists in the World’, and in 2015, Wired Magazine listed him as No 88 of the top 100 influencers in Europe.