Magnus Lindkvist is an anticipator of new trends, a trendspotter, analyzes the dynamics underway in the world to make predictions on how life, society and the economy will be in the future. Graduated in Film production at Ucla and with a master's degree in Business and Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, Lindkvist is able to analyze and interpret data, combines spectacular Hollywood storytelling with a pungent and irreverent humor. His interventions are real performances that have guaranteed him considerable success and several awards as a speaker. He has lectured for an audience that ranges from the most important presidents of the Fortune 500 ranking, to humanitarian workers working in the Middle East, to simple enthusiasts of topics related to the future. His previous books have been translated into more than ten languages. The power of small ideas: Minifesto to reappropriate the future, the book published by ROI Edizioni.
To help readers, Lindkvist created a a collection of 10 points to inspire them and invite them to believe in small ideas and act:
- The Future does not exist. "We stop admiring the things we have done and start dreaming about the things we have not done yet".
- We are alchemists of creation. We do not know why some things work and others do not. We need to abandon our beliefs to make room for creativity and the future.
- Go hunting for "wild ideas". Do not be afraid to dare and venture where others have not yet arrived.
- Discover your "hidden secret". That is the area of inspiration present in each of us.
- Life is full of "phlogistic" moments in which something is triggered and everything becomes clearer.
- Watch the mutations! Pay attention to the details, to the small differences.
- Observe! "Play. Pay attention to the invisible. Marvel at everything, especially the most banal things ".
- Aim for constructive friction. The differences help us to improve and make new discoveries.
- Play Flipper. "Not planned excessively, but bounced between opportunities and failures, like a pinball ball, all the time."
- Stay free. Freedom is a fundamental condition for discovering and creating.