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Marina Gorbis is a futurist and social scientist who serves as executive director to the Institute for the Future (IFTF), a Silicon Valley nonprofit research and consulting organization. In her 15 years with IFTF, Marina has brought a futures perspective to hundreds of organizations in business, education, government and philanthropy to improve innovation capacity, develop strategies, and design new products and services. Marina’s current research focuses on how social production is changing the face of major industries, a topic explored in detail in her book, The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World. She also leads IFTF's research on the future of learning and the future of work. Marina has also blogged and written for BoingBoing.net, FastCompany, Harvard Business Review, and major media outlets. A native of Odessa, Ukraine, yet equally at home in Silicon Valley, Europe, India, and Kazakhstan, Marina is particularly well suited to see things from a global viewpoint. She has keynoted such international events as The Next Web Conference, NEXT Berlin, the World Business Forum, the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention, and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges annual conference. She holds a BA in psychology and a master’s of public policy from UC Berkeley.

Expérience

Executive Director

Institute for the Future
– Aujourd’hui (18 ans 5 mois)Région de la baie de San Francisco, États-Unis
Lead research looking at innovation at the intersection of new technologies and social organization.
(en cours)1 projet

Director

SRI International
– (14 ans)

Projets

The Nature of the Future: The Socialstructed World (Keynote Address)(Lien)

Keynote address given at the NEXT Berlin conference (April 23, 2013) and The Next Web conference in Amsterdam (April 25, 2013).

Publications

The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World(Lien)

Simon & Schuster
9 avril 2013
Large corporations, big governments, and other centralized organizations have long determined and dominated the way we work, access healthcare, get an education, feed ourselves, and generally go about our lives. The economist Ronald Coase, in his famous 1937 paper “The Nature of the Firm,” provided an economic explanation for this: Organizations lowered transaction costs, making the provision of...plus

Compétences

Top des compétences
  • + de 99Research

  • 95Qualitative Research

  • 93Nonprofits

  • 74Entrepreneurship

  • 64Public Policy

  • 55Ethnography

  • 55Program Management

  • 49Strategy

  • 46Public Speaking

  • 41Social Entrepreneurship

Marina connaît aussi…
  • 38Leadership
  • 36Strategic Planning
  • 28Research Design
  • 22Workshop Facilitation
  • 21Policy Analysis
  • 20International...
  • 20Community Development
  • 20Social Innovation
  • 19Program Evaluation
  • 18Analysis
  • 18Market Research
  • 17Grant Writing
  • 17Systems Thinking
  • 16Sustainability
  • 16Teaching
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  1. Chris Arkenberg
    Chris Arkenberg
    Visiting Researcher
    Chris is a pleasure to work with, He is a good researcher, an innovative and insightful thinker, and a great collaborator. He raises the level of discourse and analysis in teams he is a part of. He is a great addition to any organization or creative team.
    13 février 2010, Marina a travaillé directement avec Chris chez Institute for the Future
  2. Gene Becker
    Gene Becker
    R&D Manager, Cooltown Program
    Gene is one of the brightest, most visionary thinkers I know. We at IFTF have always looked to him as one of the key experts on the future of computing. He has been involved in a number of our expert workshops and internal brainstorming sessions and have been a great contributor and collaborator.
    15 juillet 2005, Marina a été consultant ou prestataire pour Gene chez HP Laboratories

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University of California, Berkeley
Région de la baie de San Francisco, États-Unis

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