02 April 2013

How to Recontextualize Your World View to Understand Information: Futurist David Houle (Video)

Posted In: Behavioral Finance, Leadership, Management & Communication Skills

Even when the predictions of futurists are off, they can help investment professionals recontextualize the facts of the information landscape. Often this leads to new and varied insights about events that shape global politics, economics, finance, and technology. Here, leading futurist David Houle, author of Entering the Shift Age, discusses some of the techniques he shares with CEOs for seeing their world anew.

Houle was a part of the executive teams that launched MTV, Nickelodeon, and Headline News. He is an Emmy winner and an Academy Award nominee. In addition, Houle has spoken to or advised more than 2,000 CEOs on six continents, and has given several well-received TEDx talks.

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Jason Voss, CFA

Jason Voss, CFA, tirelessly focuses on improving the ability of investors to better serve end clients. He is the author of the Foreword Reviews Business Book of the Year Finalist, The Intuitive Investor and the CEO of Active Investment Management (AIM) Consulting. Voss also sub-contracts for the well known firm, Focus Consulting Group. Previously, he was a portfolio manager at Davis Selected Advisers, L.P., where he co-managed the Davis Appreciation and Income Fund to noteworthy returns. Voss holds a BA in economics and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Colorado.

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