Marcus Barber
Marcus is a Strategic Futurist and one of Australia's top Value Systems specialists with particular focus on assisting clients with advanced strategic thinking and innovation creation. His skills have been utilised by the likes of Telstra, Victoria Police, SwinburneUniversity, DeakinUniversity, City of Greater Dandenong, CPA Australia, Gold Coast Water, General Motors, Fosters Australia and the Australian Sports Commission, among many others.
He is the facilitator of the strategic futures block at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies in Canberra, the premiere management training program for the Department of Defence that brings military personnel from around the globe to a year long residential strategy training program.
Marcus was the co-presenter on the National Geographic Channel's TV series 'Future Matters', author of 'The Money Tree and How to Grow One - Creating Success in Your Business' and the soon to be completed 'Killing Trends: the Graceful Art of Innovation' ; the founder of the Australian Strategic Planning Institute and is an advisory board member of the Australian Bill of Rights Initiative.
QualificationsMaster of Science, Strategic Foresight; Swinburne University of Technology (SUT)
Master Practitioner Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), International NLP Training Association
Level 1 & Level 2 certification, Spiral Dynamics; National Values Centre USA
Corporate Transformations Certification; National Values Centre USA
Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning; Napier University, Scotland (via SUT)
Professional Memberships
Board member of the Futures Foundation
Professional Life Member of the World Futures Society
Fellow of the Australian Sales & Marketing Institute
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Events
Monday 17 November 2008
Every now and again what sounds like a really good idea turns out to be less beneficial than what was hoped for. There's lots of talk right now about technology solutions and ways in which societies can change the way they use water - there's conferences and 'talkfests' a plenty featuring many of the industry players and lots of smart cookies. When it comes to good intentions that miss the mark, Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber wonders whether or not the Victorian Government’s ‘4 Minute Shower’ idea is a current example?
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Tuesday 4 November 2008
The second annual fund raiser was held in late October and attended by almost 300 people. Marcus Barber offers a brief update:
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Wednesday 22 October 2008
The slides used as part of Marcus Barber's key note address to the Regional Produce Summit are now available via the link below
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