Behind the scenes with #2024Analytics Keynote Tom Koulopoulos

We’re in the countdown to the 2024 INFORMS Analytics Conference, in Orlando, FL, April 14-16, when more than 700 leading analytics professionals and industry experts will come together to discover new solutions to business problems, connect and network, and celebrate excellence in the field.

Joining me to give a sneak peek of this year’s conference is Tom Koulopoulos, the INFORMS Roundtable-sponsored keynote speaker. Tom is an author, futurist, and leader who serves as chairman and founder of Delphi Group, a 30-year-old Boston-based think tank named one of the fastest growing private companies by Inc. Magazine, and the founding partner of Acrovantage Ventures, which invests in early-stage technology startups. He is also the author of 14 books, an inventor with several patents, an Inc.com columnist, the past Executive Director of the Babson College Center for Business Innovation, the past director of Dell Innovation Lab, and a professor at Boston University. I’m excited for the opportunity to get to know Tom, explore his own professional journey, and share an exciting sneak peek at what he’ll be presenting at the upcoming conference. 

I think all too often we get very pessimistic about the future and there’s a lot of reasons to be pessimistic, but there’s a lot of reasons to be optimistic as well, and I think caring ultimately is an act of optimism. When we care we believe something good will come out of that, so whether it’s in leadership, whether it’s in writing, whether it’s in speaking, whether it’s in thinking about the future, I think at the end of the day it’s all about caring about the world we inhabit and how we’re going to take on some of these challenges, and take them on with a bit of a smile on our face, as difficult as that is.

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