Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist and business-trends analyst. The co-author of The Future Starts Now, Rescuing Our Republic and The Future, she is also a columnist for leading business and technology publications and a well-known global keynote speaker and media commentator on future trends and economic trajectories. Bronwyn has a master's degree in applied economics and guest-lectures at leading business schools. As a partner at Flux Trends and an associate at Futurist.com, Bronwyn's research focuses on how macro socio-economic trends and emerging technologies will impact businesses, industries and nations in the short and long term. Sharon Pearce is a business transformation specialist,disruptor and solutionist. As the founder and CEO of FreshVision Consulting, she gained over two and a half decades of experience in organisational capability-build¬ing (aligning strategy, people, process and technology) and large-scale business transformation.