Brian David Johnson is an applied futurist who collaborates with organizations to develop 10-15 year visions of the future. He utilizes methods like futurecasting and threatcasting, incorporating ethnographic studies, technology research, and even science fiction to create roadmaps for the future and identify potential opportunities and threats. Johnson has worked with governments, trade organizations, startups, and multinational corporations to help them envision their futures and determine the necessary steps to achieve them.
Johnson was the first futurist appointed at Intel Corporation in 2009, where he worked for over a decade. He is currently a senior fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination and an analyst and senior fellow at Phaedrus. He is also an author, having written both science fiction and non-fiction books, including "What You Need to Know about AI" (2024) and "The Future You" (2022). Additionally, Johnson contributes to publications like Computer, the flagship publication of the IEEE Computer Society, and Successful Farming. He appears regularly on various media outlets, discussing topics related to the future and technology.
