Matt Klein
Cultural Theorist and Digital Anthropologist
About this speaker
A Webby-winning writer and Insights 250’s Top Voice in Market Research, Klein is a trusted advisor to organizations seeking to make sense of cultural change.
With a decade of experience in trend forecasting, innovation, and strategic communications, Klein partners with investors, the UN, journalists, philanthropies, and brands to author resonant, future-proofing strategies.
His award-winning publication ZINE, critically researches overlooked trends, reaching tens of thousands globally. ZINE offers executives, government officials and students alike cultural intelligence, interviews and deep dives covering Cultural Stasis, The Decline of Higher Education, Rise of Modern Religion, Ethics of Virtual Influencers, and Reality & Myth Making.
Advancing foresight, he’s also written about The Radical Potential of Cultural Strategy, How Trends Lost All Meaning and Foresight as Activism.
Effectively explaining emerging social shifts, he’s a relied upon source for the WSJ, DAZED and VICE, and contributor to WARC and Forbes where he served as a media critic.
Klein is a speaker at SXSW, IDEO, and MoMA, and guest lecturer at universities including NYU and The Ross School of Business at The University of Michigan.
Klein’s focus is to increase cultural fluency, empowering autonomy and allowing us to author our preferred futures.
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