John Naisbitt

John Naisbitt (born January 15, 1929 in Salt Lake City , Utah , United States ; † April 8, 2021 in Velden am Wörther See , Carinthia , Austria ) was an American author focusing on trend and future research . The best-known publication by Naisbitt is his first work Megatrends , which dominated the bestseller lists for months after its publication in 1982 and of which 14 million copies were sold in 57 countries. In it he predicted a transition from industry- on the information society and explained globalization .

Life

Naisbitt grew up in Glenwood, Utah, USA. He studied political science at Harvard , Cornell University and the University of Utah . Naisbitt was later Deputy Secretary of Education under John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson . He was also an entrepreneur and worked for IBM and Eastman Kodak . From 1982 he was a speaker in the spotlight of international events. In addition to his lectures around the world, most of his work focused on an analysis of the economic development of the People's Republic of China .

John Naisbitt was chairman of the Naisbitt China Institute in Tianjin , professor at Nankai University and Tianjin University of Finances and Economics, and board member of Asia Business School Tianjin .

The private university Univerzited Megatrend in Belgrade was renamed John Naisbitt University after him in 2015 after controversy surrounding the university. In 2017 it was renamed back to Univerzited Megatrend .

John Naisbitt lived with his Austrian wife Doris, whom he married in 2000, in Vienna and Tianjin .

Works

• Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives . Warner Books, Inc., 1982, ISBN 0-446-51251-6 .
• with Patricia Aburdene: Re-Inventing the Corporation: Transforming Your Job and Your Company for the New Information Society . Little Brown & Co, 1985, ISBN 0-446-51284-2 .
• Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990s . Avon, 1990, ISBN 0-380-70437-4 .
• Global Paradox - The Bigger the World Economy, the More Powerful Its Smallest Players . William Morrow & Company Inc., 1994, ISBN 0-380-72489-8 .
• Megatrends Asia: Eight Asian Megatrends That Are Reshaping Our World . Simon & Schuster, 1997, ISBN 0-684-82706-9 .
• with Nana Naisbitt, Douglas Philips: High Tech, High Touch - Technology and our Accelerated Search for Meaning . Broadway, 1999, ISBN 0-7679-0383-8 .
• with Doris Naisbitt: Mind Set! How we decipher the future . Hanser Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-41000-8 (English: Mind Set !: Reset your Thinking and See the Future . Translated by Tatjana Halek).
• with Doris Naisbitt: China's megatrends: The 8 pillars of a new society . Hanser Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-446-41959-9 (English: China's Megatrends - The 8 pillars of a new society .).

Life stations

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• Studied political science at Harvard , Cornell University and the University of Utah .
• Advisor for top politicians and business leaders
• In management positions at IBM and Eastman Kodak
• Deputy Secretary of Education to John F. Kennedy
• Special Assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson
• One year stay in Thailand as advisor to the Royal Thai Government
• Visiting professor at Harvard and Moscow State University
• Faculty member of Nanjing University in China
• Distinguished International Fellow at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies in Malaysia - the first non-Asian to hold this position
• Chairman of the Naisbitt China Institute in Tianjin
• Professor at Nankai University
• Professor at Tianjin University of Finances and Economics
• Member of the board of the Asia Business School Tianjin
• Holder of 15 honorary doctorates in technology, science and philosophy

Web links

Wikiquote: John Naisbitt  - Quotes

• Literature by and about John Naisbitt in the catalog of the German National Library
• John & Doris Naisbitt - international speakers and bestseller authors Official website (English)
• Naisbitt China Institute (website dead since 2013) ( June 18, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive )
• Edward Iwata: Naisbitt turns lust for life into mega book career. ( Memento of July 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) In: USA Today July 8, 2007 (English)
• Christian Höller: "Do you have a Starbuck?" ( Memento of July 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) After the Post and Railways, the next step is to privatize currencies. Futurologist John Naisbitt is convinced of this. In the FTD interview, he outlines the world of the day after tomorrow. In: Financial Times Deutschland March 12, 2007.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Simone Hoepke: Futurologist John Naisbitt has died. In: Kurier , April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
2. ↑ Entertainment: John Naisbitt, author of bestseller 'Megatrends,' dies at 92. In: ctinsider.com. April 9, 2021, accessed April 10, 2021 . 
3. ^ Anne Seith: "Megatrends" prophet clairvoyance for beginners. In: spiegel.de. April 24, 2007, accessed on April 10, 2021 : "At that time he was one of the first to predict the transition from the industrial to the information society, describing the main features of globalization." 
4. ↑ John Naisbitt, author of bestseller 'Megatrends,' dies at 92. In: ABC News . April 9, 2021, accessed April 10, 2021 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Hermann Sileitsch-Parzer: futurist Naisbitt: "Europe just dies." In: kurier.at. January 10, 2016, accessed April 10, 2021 . 
6. ↑ Мегатренд променио име у Универзитет Џон Незбит . Retrieved December 7, 2016.
7. ↑ Megatrend promenio ime u "Univerzitet Džon Nezbit" . November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
8. ↑ "Megatrend" opet postaje Megatrend . Danas. October 17, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
9. ^ W. Stock: John Naisbitt: China, China, China! STOCKPRESS.de, July 30, 2010, accessed October 14, 2015 .