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Biography

Biography

Dr. Mika Aaltonen

Economist, Author and Professor (Complexity and Foresight)
CROSSROADS – TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE ROAD TO 2040
Visiting Researcher LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

Mika Aaltonen is a Ph.D. (economics), Adjunct Professor (foresight & complexity), author of 16 books with some of the best experts and for some of the most prestigious organisations in the world. He has worked as visiting researcher at the London School of Economics (UK), the Conservatoire National des Arts et Meětiers (France) and the Gregorian University (Italy).  Amongst Mika´s books are The Third Lens (Routledge), Robustness – Anticipatory and Adaptive Human Systems (Emergent Publications), The Renaissance Society (McGraw-Hill, with Danish futurist Rolf Jensen), Crossroads – Transformations on the Road to 2040 (with American analyst Michael Loescher), and most recently Education in the 2020 – Hope and Where it Comes From. 

Abstract

Abstract

The 21st Century Leadership: Complexity + Venues + Timing 

One of the defining features of recent developments is how the temporal world is increasing in importance over the physical world. In the 21st century events take place in different venues (physical, digital, spectral, and psychological). Time is often the analytical nexus among seemingly disparate events. A sophisticated understanding of time and timing makes it possible to influence opinions and manage perceptions on an unprecedented scale.

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