Biography

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J. Ian Morrison has written, lectured, and consulted on a wide variety of forecasting, strategy, and health care topics for government, industry, and a variety of nonprofit organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia. He has spoken to a range of audiences from the boards of Fortune 100 companies to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. Ian has worked with more than 100 Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and financial services. Recent client sponsors include Pfizer, XL Capital, and Kaiser Permanente. He is a frequent commentator on the future for television, radio, and the print media.

Ian is the author of "Healthcare in the New Millennium: Vision, Values and Leadership" (Jossey-Bass, November, 2002). His previous book, "The Second Curve - Managing The Velocity of Change", was a New York Times Business Bestseller and Business Week Bestseller. Ian has co-authored several books and chapters, including "Future Tense: The Business Realities of the Next Ten Years" and "Looking Ahead at American Health Care". He also has co-authored numerous journal articles for publications such as Chief Executive, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Across the Board, The British Medical Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, and Health Affairs.

J. Ian Morrison is President Emeritus of the Institute for the Future (IFTF) and Chairman of (IFTF's Health Advisory Panel). He is a founding partner of Strategic Health Perspectives, an ongoing forecasting service for clients in the health care industry, along with joint venture partners from Harris Interactive and the Harvard University, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management.

Before coming to IFTF in 1985, Ian spent seven years in British Columbia, Canada, in a variety of research, teaching, and consulting positions. He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in urban studies from the University of British Columbia; an M.A. in geography from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a graduate degree in urban planning from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Spherion Corporation (a NYSE Company); a past director of the Health Research and Education Trust (HRET), the research and education arm of the American Hospital Association; and a Director of the California Healthcare Foundation. Ian also serves as a member of the Stakeholders Advisory Committee of the Program on Health System Improvement at Harvard University.

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