Doug Vining (Pic By Twitter)

Deloitte Botswana, the local arm of the global professional services and consulting firm, is set to host renowned Futurist, Doug Vining, in Gaborone. He will be hosted as a keynote speaker at a celebratory engagement for key stakeholders and clients of Deloitte on Thursday, 17 March 2016.

The engagement, hosted by the Partners of Deloitte Botswana, is set to welcome Executive members of Deloitte Africa and key captains of industry. Deloitte Country Managing Partner, Max Marinelli said they are humbled to have had a presence for over 42 years in Botswana, working to help shape communities and the economy of one of Southern Africa’s most stable and robust economies.

“For us to make a difference we cannot sit idly as observers; we must play an active role in making a positive impact across the board. We are excited to bring Doug Vining, with an impeccable reputation in his field, to help drive this dialogue further.”

Doug is Chief Technology Advisor to the FutureWorld Global Think Tank. FutureWorld is a global network of business practitioners. For nearly 3 decades, FutureWorld has worked with hundreds of companies all over the world, in virtually every discipline, from financial services to retail and resources, as well as telecoms. Doug is also the Editor of MindBullets: News from the Future.

“The ability of humans to learn from others by communicating ideas is what sets us apart as a species and compounds the effect of being massively interconnected, worldwide. Creativity and innovation do not flourish in a vacuum,” added Doug.

The engagement comes as part of the Deloitte drive to champion leadership of continuous change, and on the back of a number of insight and debate forums and initiatives previously shared with the Botswana business community. These include the annual CFO Edge survey and presentation, Best Company to Work For, and the Deloitte Global Technology, Media and Telecommunication Predictions.