Innovators  
 
     
 

Breaking Trends™ distils and filters the ideas of established and emerging innovators around the world in order to stimulate and inspire all forms of planning for the future.

22 of the 2,200 innovators interviewed by Breaking Trends™ so far include:

 
     
 
Professor Stephen Schneider Stanford University and member of 2007 Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) team
Hillary Rodham Clinton US Secretary of State (when Senator for New York)
Craig Newmark Founder & CEO, Craig’s List
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Reimers Braunschweig University (‘godfather’ of European Digital TV)
Dr. Condoleezza Rice Former US Secretary of State
Narayana Murthi Chairman Infosys Technologies (known as the 'Bill Gates of Asia’)
Thom Mayne Pritzker Prize-winning architect
Dr Joaquin Alvarado Director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet
Tom Dixon Creative Director, Habitat (2001-2008), and Architektur & Wohnen Magazine's Designer of the Year 2008
Natwar Singh India’s Foreign Minister (2003-2005)
Mark Pincus Founder, tribe.net and friendster
Hugh Mackay Sociologist and social historian
Paul Mercer CEO, Iventor (inventor of the Apple iPod operating system)
Theresa Flynt-Gaerke Vice-President Global Retail Operations, Hustler Stores
Kenichi Ohmae Co-founder of McKinsey’s and author of The Borderless World and The Evolving Global Economy
Margareta van der Bosch Head of Design, H&M
Tim Draper Founder & Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (inventor of Hotmail and viral marketing, now on the board of Skype)
Kazuhiro Saito Editor-in-Chief, Vogue Japan
Dr. Jeffrey Cole Director, UCLA Center for Communication Policy
Tracey Cox Presenter, BBC2’s Would Like to Meet and Channel 4’s The Sex Inspectors, former and best-selling author of Supersex and Superflirt
Dr. Steve Arlington Global Leader, IBM Pharmaceutical Practice
Prof. Yorihiro Yamamoto Dept of Bionics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
 
     
  … as well as a host of leading entrepreneurs, academics, politicians, business leaders, strategy consultants, anthropologists, publishers, magazine editors, columnists, architects, authors, designers, restaurateurs, IT and media specialists from around the world.