Pieter Geldenhuys

Pieter Geldenhuys

WESTERN CAPE, SA
Pieter is a fractal individual with multiple roles in the industry.

Pieter is an Internationally renowned futurist and expert in the field of Innovation and Technology Strategy. He is the founder and Director of the Institute for Technology Strategy and Innovation, a boutique consultancy that allows companies to leverage their own innovative potential. The Institute has delivered more than 3000 students and 80 innovation projects across the technology & financial landscape over the past decade.

He was the previous Vice-Chair of the Innovation Focus Group at the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, Switzerland, and assists numerous post-doctorial students in Europe with their research on technology's impact on the future.

Pieter is a fractal individual with multiple roles in the industry. He is widely used as an impact speaker, futurist and strategy consultant by the majority of South Africa's Top100 companies. He has addressed audiences in the USA, Australia, Switzerland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Iran, Kenya and China. He also has more than 800 National radio appearances under his belt.

He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master's Degree in Business Administration. He currently holds the title of Extra-ordinary lecturer in Technology Strategy at North-West University, where he lectured Technology Strategy course to MBA students for more than a decade.

He believes the only way to effectively predict the future is to create it.

Pieter is an Internationally renowned futurist and expert in the field of Innovation and Technology Strategy. He is the founder and Director of the Institute for Technology Strategy and Innovation, a boutique consultancy that allows companies to leverage their own innovative potential. The Institute has delivered more than 3000 students and 80 innovation projects across the technology & financial landscape over the past decade.

He was the previous Vice-Chair of the Innovation Focus Group at the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, Switzerland, and assists numerous post-doctorial students in Europe with their research on technology's impact on the future.

Pieter is a fractal individual with multiple roles in the industry. He is widely used as an impact speaker, futurist and strategy consultant by the majority of South Africa's Top100 companies. He has addressed audiences in the USA, Australia, Switzerland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Iran, Kenya and China. He also has more than 800 National radio appearances under his belt.

He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master's Degree in Business Administration. He currently holds the title of Extra-ordinary lecturer in Technology Strategy at North-West University, where he lectured Technology Strategy course to MBA students for more than a decade.

He believes the only way to effectively predict the future is to create it.

A New Kind of Management Science

This presentation focuses on the lessons we can learn from Nature in managing innovation, market research and organisational change. To be more effective in the world of innovation, we need to learn from the patterns evident in nature.

The 25 words are the bedrock of a brand new management science. The world of Complex Adaptive Systems has been at the center of research in fields as diverse as Mathematics, Physics, Anthropology, Biology and Sociology for the past 4 decades. As the world is...

Educational / Informative

Beyond Cyberspace: The World of the Post Net Generation

The future is here and now. It is all around us, as pervasive as the oxygen we breathe, enabling those in the know with instant communication to the abundant resource of information and interconnection we call the Internet. The Internet is all around us, pervasive, intelligent and invisible, not confined to the narrow boundaries of our mind and experience. 

What happens next as we finally start utilizing this reality as we redefine business models and communication...

Educational / Informative

2025: Preparing for a Complex World

In times where the only constant is change, organisations need to reframe their thinking, strategy and processes to stay competitive and relevant. We are operating in a complex world where a "best practice fits all" solution to challenges does not give optimum results any more. In this presentation the notion of reframing a business to ensure relevancy is discussed and debriefed.

Extraordinary possibilities of success and failure lie in a gap between what is possible and what is...
Educational / Informative

Business Unusual

The Innovation space is exploding. Everything from retail to manufacturing to services is being redefined, as innovation in the interconnected space becomes the key differentiator. 

The Business Unusual presentation strives to make sense of the new opportunities available within this new hyper-connected world as it starts unpacking dozens of innovative business models and business trends from around the world. These new business models, which span the entire economy, are made...

Educational / Informative

Advertising is the Cost of Being Boring

The key to understanding the future of advertising is quite simple. People trust their friend's opinion far more than a message via radio, television or a cellular phone advertisement.  In actual fact, only 30% of the youth trusts an advertisement on a mobile phone. 

What is the next frontier in the discussion around Social Media? 

Here is a tip: It is not about Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest case studies.

In short, it is about Memes, the...

Educational / Informative