David Houle is a futurist, thought leader, and speaker. He has worked at NBC, CBS and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News.
Houle has won a number of awards. He won two Emmys, the prestigious George Foster Peabody award and the Heartland award for “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream”. He was also nominated for an Academy Award.
He was named a Vistage Speaker of the Year for 2008. In the last eleven years, he has delivered 1200+ keynotes and presentations on six continents and 16 countries. He is often called “the CEOs’ Futurist” having spoken to or advised 4,000+ CEOs and business owners in the past ten years.
Houle has had ten books published, starting with his influential first book The Shift Age in 2007 and ending with his just published trilogy: “Moving to a Finite Earth Economy – Crew Manual.”
In April 2016, Houle launched a global non-profit https://thisspaceshipearth.org/ to create “Crew Consciousness” to address climate change. He was invited to present “This Spaceship Earth” to scientists at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 2016.
Houle has delivered speeches to scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory several times. He also has made numerous presentations at Burning Man in 2012 and 2013.
Houle is Futurist in Residence and Guest Lecturer at the Ringling College of Art + Design. He is also the Honorary Futurist and President of the Future Business School of China, and a Founding Member of The Sarasota Institute.
