Roger Spitz

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Roger Spitz (B.Sc. Econ, M.Sc., FCA, APF) is an award-winning author and world authority on strategic foresight, the future of leadership, and systemic disruption. Ranked Top 10 for Management Leadership (Thinkers360), he is an acclaimed futurist speaker who has delivered hundreds of keynotes globally and guest lectured at many of the world’s most prestigious institutions.

As President of Techistential, the preeminent foresight practice, and Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute in San Francisco, Spitz advises CEOs, boards, and investors on navigating uncertainty, anticipating disruptions, and creating sustainable value. He is an advisor to the World Economic Forum's Global Foresight Network, and serves on multiple boards focused on anti
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Disruptive Futures Institute, San Francisco, CA — September 9, 2025

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“Disruption is generally neither new nor bad; it is simply accelerating. The world’s fundamental paradigms are increasingly changing.”
Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

“Techistentialism studies the nature of human beings, existence, and decision-making in our technological world.”
Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

“Alignment is an evolutionary process, which involves continuous questioning and searching.”
Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty

“Today, we are faced with profound questions on the most fundamental features of our world, about the essence of existence and human life in the not-so-distant future.”
Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

“Disruption is generally neither new nor bad; it is simply accelerating. The world’s fundamental paradigms are increasingly changing.”
Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

“With time, all assumptions magnify and amplify; wrong assumptions cascade and blow up.”
Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption

“If we are to remain relevant, we need to build antifragile foundations to prepare for disruption and benefit from any disorder. We must create innovative, fluid, and adventurous mindsets as well as social and economic networked ecosystems that strengthen from stress, random events, and shocks.”
Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation

“People will deem certain new ideas impossible, until they become part of everyday life.”
Roger Spitz, The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty




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