About Tony Bosma?
Tony Bosma (1973, Amersfoort) is the founder of Extend Limits. Because of his years of experience, broad customer references and his unique way of working he is international well known as a renowed futurist and trend watcher. He is nominated several times as trend watcher of the year. Tony Bosma belongs to the top 100 of the best and most influential futurists in the world.
The work of Tony Bosma is known for it's confronting and inspiring content. His lectures are seen as a rollercoaster of emotions. Besides lectures and workshops Tony Bosma is frequently invited as future expert on panel sessions, as a consultant, juror and executive coach. From Extend Limits he helps organisations, institutes and governments in mapping out the future (scenario planning) and he is actively involved in strategy and innovation challenges. He also participates extensively in (external) research.
"If we look from the present to the future, we are often surprised, when we look back from the future to the present, we will be shocked. (Tony Bosma)
From his role as a trend watcher / futurist, he is a welcome guest in the media to respond to current events. Tony Bosma is also one of the main authors of the Trend Speech. The annual equivalent of the throne speech from the Dutch government. The Trend Speech is now an important vision document for both politicians and leading Dutch organisations. Tony Bosma also publishes frequently on Extend Limits and writes columns in other media. He has worked on books such as Social Capital (2013), The great innovation models book (2012), 3652xMorgen, ideas Enough, Search Digital World, Entertainment Marketing. He also wrote his own book on the year 2020.
Tony Bosma stands out from many other trend watchers and futurists by not focussing on the issues of the day and many hypes. He focuses on actual disruptive trends and developments. Those trends which have a lasting effect on the way we live, work, communicate and consume.
"You should not look but to see. The attitude that any organisation or institution must now learn is that you do not wonder why certain developments take place but why they have not yet occurred. (Tony Bosma)