{"id":115503,"date":"2025-10-09T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=115503"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:40:29","slug":"barbara-busse","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/barbara-busse\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Busse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Barbara Busse is an internationally experienced futurologist, innovation strategist and founder of the FUTURE+YOU agency.<\/strong><br><br>Barbara Busse represents a new perspective on change: with scientific depth, strategic clarity and an inspiring view of tomorrow&#8217;s opportunities. 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Future thinking and backcasting<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara Busse sketches concrete visions of the future up to 2036 and shows how companies can use future thinking and backcasting to develop targeted strategies for change and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Green innovation \u2013 from niche to future strategy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How sustainability is evolving from an ideal to an economic necessity, and why green innovation is the new currency for competitiveness and social relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dual use &amp; future security \u2013 innovation between civil society &amp; defence<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A visionary lecture on the role of dual-use technologies and cross-industrial innovation in strengthening European resilience, sovereignty and security.<br><br><strong>Superpower<\/strong> <strong>Future Positivity <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara Busse studied product design in Cologne and, in her thesis, designed future scenarios that became reality years later. She has worked internationally for brands such as Google, Vodafone, Herm\u00e8s and Dior and has an impressive track record of commercially successful innovations. At Deutsche Telekom, she played a leading role in the development of the first Android smartphone and the Europe-wide sustainability strategy.<br><br>Today, she is the founder and managing director of the future and innovation agency FUTURE+YOU, which helps companies shape change and translate it into resilient, future-proof strategies. She is also a lecturer in design thinking and future thinking, spokesperson for the board of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation&#8217;s Managerkreis NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia Managers&#8217; Circle) and is involved in the SPD&#8217;s Economic Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With \u2018Future Positivity\u2019, Barbara Busse has developed a concept that offers a genuine leadership tool in times of multiple crises: visionary, effective and practical. 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