Dr. Elina Hiltunen
Elina Hiltunen,
Ph.D. is CEO and Founder of
What’s Next Consulting Oy;
Executive in Residence (visiting professor) Aalto University, School of
Arts, Design and Architecture; and
Amigurumi designer,
Novita.
She coauthored
Technolife 2035: How Will Technology Change Our Future?
Elina earned her Doctor of Economics from Aalto University, School
of
Business,
Faculty of Organizations and Leadership, with the thesis
Weak Signals in Organizational Futures Learning. She also
earned her M.Sc.
in chemical engineering (major subject: polymer science, technical
chemistry, environmental protection, and IDBM) from
Helsinki University of Technology in 1996.
Her What’s Next Consulting Oy is focused on future
proof strategy consulting and weak signal hunting. Elina is also an
active
key note speaker, columnist, and a writer. Her book,
Matkaopas tulevaisuuteen (Travel Guide to the Future) was
published May 2012.
Altogether Elina has published over 200 academic and popular articles in
various magazines, newspapers, and journals. Within her own consultancy,
she closely cooperates with various organizations, such as the German
based
TrendOne, association of creative industries, Diges ry, and Finpro,
the Finnish Trade promotion organization. In her career she has
previously worked as a futurist at Finland Futures Research Center,
Nokia, and Finpro. She has been rewarded for her
work as a
futurist by the Finland Future Society, 2011.
Elina is
interested in
innovation in theory as she is an innovator herself. Another occupation
of
hers is amigurumi designer. Actually, she has launched a new term
of her occupation: she is a brand crocheted. Her first Brand Crochet
book about Dibidogs amigurumis was published in November 2012.
Her papers include
Was It a Wild Card or Just Our Blindness
to Gradual Change?,
Scenarios: Process and Outcome,
Crowdsourcing the Future: The Foresight
Process at Finpro,
Good Sources of Weak Signals:
A Global Study of Where Futurists Look
For Weak Signals,
The Futures Window — A Medium for Presenting Visual Weak
Signals to Trigger Employees’ Futures Thinking in Organizations,
and
The Signification Process of the Future Sign.
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