Ross Dawson is an Australian author, futurist, entrepreneur and former stockbroker. [1] Best known for his 2002 book 'Living Networks', Dawson founded the futures think tank Future Exploration Network and consults on digital futures to various big organisations such as Ernst & Young, Macquarie Bank, Microsoft and News Corp.
Named by Digital Media magazine as one of the 40 biggest players in Australia's digital age, [2] Dawson graduated from Bristol University with a B.Sc (Hons) and from Macquarie University with a Grad. Dip in Applied Finance.
Dawson regularly gives keynote addresses on digital media futures and his 'Future of Media Reports' have a readership in the tens of thousands.
According to Richard Susskind writing in The Times, Dawson's first book, Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, was a bestseller, resulting in a second edition in 2005. [3]
The New York Times credits Dawson with predicting the growth of social media in 2002 in his book Living Networks. [4] The BBC credits him with being a "leading futurist" and with having "predicted the social networking revolution" in 2002. [5]
