Dan Fukushima has been helping organizations identify, plan for, and capitalize on disruptions for over 30 years. He specializes in analyzing the future for growth opportunities, innovative solutions, and impacts of the evolving workforce. Dan has been fortunate to have had an insider’s perspective of industry disruption while working in the travel, telecommunications, retail, and consumer products industries. The first 12 years of his career were in industry, most with Delta Air Lines and he’s been consulting for over 20 years. He received his BS in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The work and the people. The work is interesting and challenging and, most importantly, it’s impactful by helping organizations see beyond the short-termism that’s so prevalent today. Working with smart, curious, and energetic people who share common values is always invigorating.
Simplification. Whether it’s through analogies, visuals, frameworks, or decomposition, making complex concepts simple helps with communication, problem solving, and learning.
I have faith in the ingenuity of humankind so I’m excited about what novel solutions will come out of the collective creativity of a more interconnected and interdependent world to respond to the planet’s biggest challenges.
Helping clients lengthen their time horizons and see how, even though there’s a lot of uncertainty in the world, there are things they can do today to prepare for the long-term.
How we have project roles but not hierarchy; when it comes to analysis, problem solving, and imagination we’re a meritocracy of ideas.
The first nine years of my career at Delta Air Lines. I learned how an organization of 50,000 can have a strong culture, the difference between what looks good on paper vs. in real operations, and how truly being customer-focused needs to be in the DNA of an organization.
Running. Reading (really audio books and podcasts). Travel (taking advantage of being an empty-nester)
The work is interesting and challenging and, most importantly, it’s impactful by helping organizations see beyond the short-termism that’s so prevalent today. Working with smart, curious, and energetic people who share common values is always invigorating.
