Patrick Dixon

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Patrick Dixon

Born 1957
London
Occupation Futurist
Spouse(s) Sheila
Children Four

Dr Patrick Dixon is an author and business consultant, often described as a futurist. In 2005 he was ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive.[1] He is Chairman of the trends forecasting company Global Change Ltd, founder of the international AIDS agency ACET, and Chairman of the ACET International Alliance.

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[edit] Medical career

Patrick Dixon studied Medical Sciences at King's College, Cambridge and continued medical training at Charing Cross Hospital, London.[2] In 1978, while a medical student, he founded the IT startup Medicom, selling medical software solutions in the UK and the Middle East, based on early personal computers. After qualifying as a physician he cared for people dying of cancer at St Joseph's Hospice and then as part of the Community Care Team based at University College Hospital, London, while also continuing IT consulting part-time.

In 1987 he was asked as a specialist in care of the dying to advise on the management of those with AIDS, and was deeply shocked by the poor treatment, prejudice and discrimination that many people with AIDS were experiencing from hospitals, clinics and community services. In 1988[2] he launched the AIDS charity ACET, following publication of his first book The Truth about AIDS, which warned of an unfolding catastrophe that has since hit many nations in sub-Saharan Africa. ACET grew rapidly, providing home care services across London and other parts of the UK, as well as a national sex education programme in schools, reaching more than 450,000 students.

Dixon no longer practices as a physician, but remains actively involved as Chairman of the ACET International Alliance. This is now a network of independent national AIDS care and prevention programmes, sharing the same name and values, active in 23 countries including the UK, Ireland, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Thailand, India, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan.[3]

[edit] Business Trends Analysis and Consulting

In the 1990s Dixon wrote several books covering a wide range of issues and trends including risk management, digital society, geopolitics, consumer shifts, health care, biotechnology, social issues, politics and business ethics. Futurewise, first published in 1998, uses the word FUTURE as a mnemonic standing for "Six Faces of the Future" which will impact every large business: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.[2]

In 1997 he was invited to be a Fellow of the World Economic Forum at Davos, where he presented these "Six Faces of the Future". This led to further requests for lectures, seminars and consulting, particularly from banks and insurance companies, but also including energy, travel, tourism, manufacturing, distribution, pharmaceutical, telecoms and IT companies. By 1999 he was teaching on a range of business school programmes, and his web TV site had become an often-quoted source.

He continues to advise multinational corporations on global trends and risk management, drawing on material in his books Futurewise and Building a Better Business.

He is a frequent contributor to radio/TV current affairs and news programmes around the world, commenting on a wide range of trends.

[edit] Personal life

Dr Dixon is married to Sheila, with four grown up children, and lives in London where the family is active in local church and community life.

[edit] Works

Patrick Dixon is Chairman of Global Change Ltd;[2] its web TV site globalchange.com[4] has logged more than 12 million unique users. He has spoken to audiences in 50 nations, and has given hundreds of radio and TV interviews on major issues and trends.

485,000 copies of his twelve books have been printed to date in 23 languages. In addition, more than a million chapters have been downloaded from websites associated with him.

His relaxed attitude to his own intellectual capital is notable,[2] as he chooses to give much of it away online. Hundreds of recent presentations are available for free access, together with hundreds of articles, over 200 videos up to an hour long, and the entire text of six books.

[edit] Books

  • The Truth about AIDS - Kingsway / ACET Int. All. 1987, 1989, 1994, new edition 2004 (free online)
  • AIDS and Young People - Kingsway 1989 (free online)
  • AIDS and You - Kingsway / ACET Int. All. 1990, new edition 2004
  • The Genetic Revolution - Kingsway 1993, 1995 (free online)
  • The Rising Price of Love - Kingsway 1994 (free online)
  • Signs of Revival - Kingsway 1994, 1995
  • Out of the Ghetto - Word 1995
  • The Truth about Westminster - Kingsway 1995 (free online)
  • The Truth about Drugs - Hodder 1996 (free online)
  • Cyberchurch - Kingsway 1996
  • Futurewise - Harper Collins 1998, 2001, Profile Books 2003, reprinted 2004, 2005, 4th edition 2007
  • Island of Bolay - Harper Collins 2000 - thriller
  • Building a Better Business - Profile Books 2005

[edit] Articles

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.thinkers50.com/?page=2005 Thinkers 50 2005
  2. ^ a b c d e Ciaran Parker, The Thinkers 50. Praeger Publishers, 2005. ISBN 0-275-99145-8
  3. ^ www.acet-international.org
  4. ^ globalchange.com - free online books, videos and presentations

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