Future Insight

Barry Minkin, world affairs expert, futurist, global management consultant, author and professional speaker has been featured on Larry King Live, Tech-Nation, Smart Money, Money Talk, Everybody's Business, The Paula Poundstone Show and The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune and United Airlines Hemisphere. The economic newsletter Critical Factors   proclaimed "Barry Minkin is very much in the running for guru of the decade."

With over  50 years as a global management consultant, including 10 years with Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International), Minkin has consulted with scores of Fortune 500 and growth companies across most industry sectors, as well as government and various trade associations.  His insights into the company-specific factors that determine success in the real world have allowed him to accurately develop market forecasts and strategies for his clients.  

 As his global reputation for accurate forecasting grew, he was asked to publish his forecasts in the Corporate Times in Silicon Valley. Minkin’s regular monthly column contained dozens of specific predictions. For example, he was the first person to predict the decline of the US manufacturing sector in the 1970's, the rise of gold in the 1980's