FUTURIST | A.I. THOUGHT LEADER | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Josh Allan Dykstra will share actionable frameworks & inspiring examples from his clients employing 1M+ people, showing your audience how to ignite imagination, reclaim optimism, and build a tomorrow they're proud of.

Josh Allan Dykstra — The Futurist Who Makes Tomorrow Feel Exciting

Josh Allan Dykstra is a futurist and A.I. thought leader pioneering the field of Future Design™.

As an author, advisor, and keynote speaker, he’s worked with organizational clients employing 1M+ people, helping them transform from tomorrow’s passengers into architects of the future.

Josh inspires audiences to fall in love with tomorrow again — then gives them the blueprints to build it.

WHAT’S FUTURE DESIGN™? >>>

THE RIGHT SPEAKER FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT

“Our audience was riveted by Josh's topic and engaged by his style, but mostly we were inspired to make real changes in the way we are doing work.”

Carrie Kish

CEO, CultureSync

The future isn't fate — it's what we dare to MAKE.

Stop being tomorrow’s passenger.

Start being its architect.

No vision?
No innovation.
No ownership.
No future.

THE SHIFT YOU NEED

The future belongs to the builders.

Unfortunately, most organizations are waiting for tomorrow to happen to them instead of designing it themselves.

Everything you’re trying to do:

depends on Future Design™ — let’s build a tomorrow we’re all proud of.

FROM

The Future We Fear

Reacting To Change

Waiting to see what happens next

Surviving Disruption

Hoping we can weather whatever’s coming

Following Trends

Copying what everyone else is doing

A Tomorrow You’ll Love

Designing Change

Building the future you want to see

Creating Opportunity

Turning uncertainty into your advantage

Setting Trends

Leading others toward the future you envision

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Keynote Topics

Leading in the A.I. Age: Turn Tech Anxiety Into Strategic Advantage

PERFECT IF YOU NEED:A.I. Strategy • Leadership Development • Future Of Work • A.I. Transformation • Human-Centered Design • Sustainable Business Growth
While everyone else panics about A.I. taking over, visionary leaders are designing the future where humans and machines make each other better. Master Future Design™ and architect workplaces that turn tech anxiety into strategic advantage.

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Hello Tomorrow: Dare To Make The Future You Want

PERFECT IF YOU NEED:Inspiration & Motivation • Future Visioning • Team Alignment • Organizational Design • Innovation Mindset • Strategic Optimism
The future isn't fate — it's what we dare to make. Josh will teach you Future Design™ methodology to reclaim optimism, spot emerging opportunities before your competitors do, and transform your boldest visions into actionable blueprints.

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Future-Proof: How To Energize Change & Become Un-Disruptable

PERFECT IF YOU NEED:Change Management • Resilience • Strategic Foresight • Upskilling • Competitive Advantage • Disruption Immunity • Future Readiness
Change is inevitable. Having change SUCK isn't. Learn the science of thriving through chaos: how to spot emerging patterns, think around corners, and turn the uncertainty that terrifies your competition into the advantage that makes you un-disruptable.

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WHAT IN THE WORLD IS

Future Design™?

Most business systems drain people. We design systems that fuel long-term success. Here are the blueprints:

Energy Over Effort

DESIGN SYSTEMS THAT RECHARGEEffort is what you do when you have draining systems. Instead of exhausting meetings and policies that create friction, we design work processes that energize people. This means aligning people with work projects that put them in dynamic flow states instead of being stuck in rigid job descriptions.
BUSINESS OUTCOMESHigher retention, lower turnover costs, and teams that actually want to come back year over year.

Less Over More

CUT THE CLUTTER, CREATE SPACEBusyness isn’t a badge of honor, it’s a sign of broken systems. Instead of cramming calendars and drowning in to-do lists, we design space for thinking, listening, and making better decisions. Because in healthy systems, subtraction is additive. This means removing what’s not essential, making everything else more valuable.
BUSINESS OUTCOMESClearer priorities, faster decisions, less burnout, and a culture where big ideas have room to grow.

Impact Over Activity

OPTIMIZE FOR RESULTS, NOT HOURSActivity can feel productive, but impact is what actually moves the needle. Instead of tracking hours and meetings, we optimize for outcomes. This means a deeper connection between strategy and metrics, shifting the focus to payoffs that matter, tying measurements directly to results instead of busyness.
BUSINESS OUTCOMESTeams that deliver results instead of reports, with clear line-of-sight between daily work and business impact.

Loops Over Lines

PERFECTION STALLS, CYCLES CREATELinear thinking is an assembly-line era artifact. Instead of pretending managers have all the answers upfront, we design iterative, adaptive cycles that experiment, learn, and adapt. This means running 2-week experiments instead of relying on 6-month "perfect" plans.
BUSINESS OUTCOMESReal innovation through experimentation and fast iteration, not slow-motion planning theater.

Interdependence Over Isolation

MULTIPLY INTELLIGENCE, DON'T HOARD ITHierarchies hoard information. Networks multiply intelligence. Instead of departmental silos competing for resources, we design cross-functional collaboration processes that multiply everyone's impact. This means teams form and reform dynamically around opportunities, not org charts.
BUSINESS OUTCOMESFaster problem-solving, breakthrough ideas, and an organization that pivots instantly when the market shifts.

Long-Term Over Short-Term

BREAK THE QUARTERLY ADDICTIONShort-term wins that destroy long-term capacity aren't wins, they're expensive loans against your future. We design processes that help you hit your numbers without burning your foundation. This means investing in adaptive, future-ready teams even when — especially when — the pressure is on.
BUSINESS OUTCOMESHit this quarter's targets while building the client loyalty and team resilience that make next year's targets easier to reach.

Hi! I'm Josh Allan Dykstra.

I grew up in a small midwestern town, raised by amazing entrepreneurial parents who taught me the future is something we design and build together.

Remember when the future felt exciting? When we dreamed of flying cars, cities in the sky, and a world where technology made life more delightful? That optimism got buried somewhere under decades of dystopian predictions and doomsday scenarios.

Over the last 15+ years, I’ve had the honor to work with some of the best organizations on earth who collectively employ over a million people. I’ve learned how to recapture that “World Of Tomorrow” excitement — and how we can build the future we actually want to live and work in.

I’m here to share the blueprints with you.

FORMER
Classically-trained pianist
Rockstar
Small-town guy
Midwesterner
Barista
Genius (@ Apple, ahem)
Tech founder

CURRENT
Girl dad
Keynote speaker
Big city guy
Philosopher
Author
Multi-instrumentalist
Serial entrepreneur