Arjan Postma is a well known global pioneer in trends research, futures thinking, and strategic innovation. With his unconventional mindset het is uniquely positioned to lead this international class on understanding deep change.
Starting his career at Hewlett Packard during the rise of emerging technologies, he developed a broad understanding of how innovation shapes society and how society, in turn, shapes technology.
He later lead several incubators where he pioneered digital creativity and innovation, contributing to developments ranging from early blogs and podcasts to streaming platforms and interactive media. His work spanned from major media companies like RTL to NASA, giving him first hand experience in how trends emerge and scale globally.
As a founder of the Futures Academy, Arjan has spent decades helping organizations connect strategy with creativity, long term thinking, and real world experimentation. He has worked with leading global organizations including Pixar, ING, Endemol and Ahold, while also interviewing over 150 global thought leaders across business, technology, and design.
His approach focuses on making complex change understandable and actionable. Rather than predicting the future, he helps leaders and teams develop the mindset, tools, and confidence to explore Future change.
Through his courses Academy, he empowers professionals to become active “future explorers,” using methods like What Would X Do to shift perspective and unlock new possibilities.
With a strong commitment to purpose driven innovation and sustainability, Arjan brings a rare combination of hands on experience, academic depth, and extremely creative thinking. His teaching equips participants not just to understand trends, but to turn them into meaningful, future ready action.
