Jonathan Brill

Jonathan Brill is a globally recognized expert in strategic foresight and technology innovation, named by Harvard Business Review as "the world's leading transformation architect" and ranked as Forbes' top futurist. As the former Global Futurist at HP, where he directed long-term strategy and planning, Brill brings a rare combination of visionary thinking and pragmatic execution to organizations navigating radical change. He serves as Senior Fellow at HBR's China New Growth Institute and Board Advisor at Frost & Sullivan, one of the world's largest market intelligence firms operating across 46 countries. He is the author of Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change (McGraw-Hill), the #2 selling economics book in China, praised by The Economist as "a very important book for managers" and endorsed by Adam Grant as "an actionable framework for driving change instead of being blindsided by it." Brill has taught his proven methodologies to over 27,000 executives — from startups to Fortune 500 companies to the United States Secret Service. His innovation consultancies have developed more than 350 products and generated over $27 billion USD for clients including Samsung, Microsoft, Verizon, PepsiCo, and the US government, spanning AI, search engines, metaverse technologies, and beyond. Inc. magazine has called him "a Silicon Valley legend." A sought-after speaker and thought leader, he has contributed to TED, SXSW, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, The Economist, and J.P. Morgan, and has educated corporate leaders at Harvard and Stanford Universities. Brill holds a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute, served as a research consultant to the MIT Media Lab, and completed management training at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.