Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist and Hope Engineer at Futurist.com, a global think tank established in 1993. He has worked with leadership at over six hundred leading organizations and governments, including NASA, Disney, Mayo Clinic, Dyson, Rolls Royce, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, JP Morgan, Verizon, American Express, the US Department of State, the UK Home Office, The White House, and the United Nations. Badminton's groundbreaking research into AI and futures work has been featured by several media, including the BBC, VICE, The Atlantic, and Business Insider. He is sought for comment as a technologist, sustainability pioneer, and humanist, and was an advisor to The Age of A.I. series hosted by Robert Downey Jr. Badminton's bestselling book Facing Our Futures was named one of the Top 50 Business Books by The Next Big Idea Club and as JP Morgan Private Bank's "Next Gen Pick" for its Summer Reading List. Badminton lives in Toronto, Canada, with his partner and son.