Tim Longhurst
About Tim
As an advisor, much of Tim’s work has involved exploring trends with some of the world's most recognised organisations, including Nokia, Johnson & Johnson and Fuji Xerox.
Speaking engagements
As a speaker, Tim offers a perspective that is rarely conventional, but always well received. His examples and case studies are both current and practical. They are often fun, too.
Booking Tim as a futurist
While many futurists give one-size fits all presentations on futures thinking and foresight. Tim never gives the same presentation twice. His presentations are always tailored to the client and rely on a combination of trend research, stakeholder interviews, and consultation with Tim’s wide network of futurist speakers.
Tim offers an initial obligation-free telephone consultation to determine an approach that will achieve your goals.
Once a clear set of objectives has been agreed upon, Tim’s team will prepare a Statement of Work that will outline the work to be conducted, indicative time frames, and a schedule of fees, usually within 24 hours.
Tim’s professional memberships
Tim is a member of the World Futures Society (a global network of futurists) and an Associate Member of the National Speakers Association Australia (NSAA). In fact, the NSAA their NSW "Speaker Idol" for 2009.
As a professional speaker, Tim is committed to the NSAA Code of Professional Conduct.
Tim’s Blog
Tim’s blog is full of case studies, stories and anecdotes. When clients or audiences request more info on a topic, Tim posts the info to his blog to widen the conversation. Between 500-1000 people visit the blog weekly.
Contact details
Phone
Australia - mobile: +61 (0)412 449 629
Australia - Matthew Thompson, business manager: +61 1 300 123 223
Email
timDELETETHIS@timlonghurst.com (remove ‘deletethis’ or use the contact form below)
Social Networks
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Resources for conference organisers
Tim Longhurst - Futurist & Conference Speaker (‘one sheet’ bio in PDF)
Tim Longhurst - AV Requirements (PDF)
What is a futurist?
Within organisations, futurists generally attempt to answer two important questions: 1) What’s going on ‘out there’? and 2) What needs to change ‘in here’?
History is littered with organisations, and indeed, entire countries whose failure to appropriately answer one or both of these questions led to their downfall.
The ability to ‘read the market’ is both the art and science of futurists... Identifying trends and anticipating changes to operating environments is a practice that occurs in a surprisingly small number of Australian organisations, but futurists are changing that.
A few of Tim's favourite quotes about the future
"The future is not what will happen; the future is what is happening." Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad
"The future is here: it's just not evenly distributed" - William Gibson.
Tim Longhurst, Futurist and Conference speaker travels from Sydney, Australia. He is fun, easy to get along with, and is happy to fly economy - as long as the flight is carbon offset!
Tim Longhurst identifies trends and helps organisations adapt to a changing world. As a futurist, he is an energetic & passionate advocate for innovation.
Tim collaborates with organisations to think about the future. He is an advisor and conference speaker for some of the world’s largest brands.