"Your presentation was precisely what our students needed to hear. They enjoyed and appreciated your superb breifing an found your overview of how the convergence of biotechnology, energy, information technology, and physical sciences will influence future materials to be most thought provoking. In particular, they found your comments on the societal impacts and challenges of this convergence very insightful. Student reaction was enthusiastic and positive, as evidenced by their lively discussion during and following your remarks."
F.C. Wilson, Major General, USMC Commandant

"John Petersen is unique among futurists because he understands that getting to the future is never a linear event. He has a wonderful ability to encourage our insight, intuition and experience (and not just trend data) to take us forward into both probable and desired futures. I trust his work and rely on his judgment."
Margaret J. Wheatley, Author: Leadership and the New Science, and A Simpler Way (co-author)

"John Petersen brings remarkable insight to the identification of emerging trends and their implications for the future. He is a true "out of the box thinker."
Peter Schwartz, founder of the Global Business Network, author of The Art of The Long View

“While many futurists hide in the future the same way many historians hide in the past, John Petersen’s description of potential “wild cards” provides a realistic and highly practical framework for preparing for the unpredictable. No other futurist has stepped forward to map out the nature and severity of “wild cards,” and to offer ways we can enhance our collective adversity intelligences.”
Don Edward Beck, Ph.D., Co-founder, National Values Center and coauthor, Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change

"Thanks again for your provocative and insightful presentation The Road To 2015, at the GulfNet Symposium last week. One of our members said, "Petersen really makes you stop and think." Encouraging attendees to stop and think was one of our major goals for the symposium, and you helped us toward that goal.
"We will all be living in the future, so your organized approach toward discussing what we might be doing, why we'll be doing it, and how we can cope with the rapid, continuing changes the future will undoubtedly bring was welcome."
Del Tonguette, President & CEO, GulfNet, Inc.

"Watching you in action was an education in itself. Your ability to seduce practical people into opening their minds--while simultaneously keeping the show on the road--is unmatched in my experience."
Professor Robert Artigiani, U.S. Naval Academy

"You will be exhilarated by the opportunities he describes, sobered by his claim that we have it within our power to 'redefine life'."
Willis Harman, former President, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, author of Global Mind Change

"Petersen will enlighten you about the future as probably no one has since John Naisbitt came out with Megatrends in the '80s."
Milwaukee Business Journal

"John Petersen's skills and wisdom as a futurist are widely recognized among members of the World Future Society. His book, The Road To 2015 is a splendid introduction to futurism and has been a bestseller in the Society's book service. His thoughtful presentations to live audiences have made him a popular speaker among futurists."
Edward Cornish, President, The World Future Society

"John Petersen correctly puts his finger on the issues that modern civilization and its leadership must confront."
Edgar Mitchell, SCD, Astronaut

"Petersen 'maps the edges,' helps change our minds - and thus, the future."
Harlan Cleveland, President, World Academy of Art & Sciences

"As an armchair futurist, I like to think about what will become of us, 100 years down the road... Petersen narrows the timeline to 20 years, a riskier but more valuable range."
St. Paul Pioneer Press

"The Advanced Planners Conference was a huge success. Your smooth, but dramatic start set the stage for the whole conference. As the kids say, "you were awesome." I sincerely want to thank you for taking the time to awaken us to the future, and for your enormous contribution to our conference's success."
Richard R. Lee, President, Lee Financial Corporation

"Thank you for giving us a glimpse of the future and some of the exciting things that are going on right now. We are in your debt for stretching our minds and makings us think like futurists."
The Washington, DC Rotary Club

"Outstanding keynote address! Your dynamic presentation elicited comments such as: "excellent and eye-opening," "had an effective shock value, very interesting." As participants return to their classrooms, universities, federal agencies and organizations, I am sure your vision will be a part of their work now and in the years to come."
Mary Junglas, Former Collaboration Liaison, Eisenhower National Clearing House

"Thank you very much for your superb presentation. Your "out-of-the-box" perspectives concerning the strategic future facing our students stimulated their thinking and contributes daily to their ongoing dialogues. Thinking about envisioning, and planning for the future is the most daunting and important task our students face for the remainder of their careers....Your 'alternative militaries' made their mental juices flow, and that is exactly what we desired."
Richard A. Chilcoat, Major General, U.S. Army, Commandant

"Your comments and perspective on the challenges of the future role of the US Military and the future technological environment were extremely valuable to the students' understanding of the threat in the world today and the twenty-first century."
Tommy D. Dickson, Colonel, U. S. Air Force, Dean of Education and Curriculum

"Thank you very much for all you gave to me personally at the NAPFA Advanced Planners Conference. Speaking for myself and others, the ideas you engendered were both many and large - I know they will keep multiplying for some time."
Eleanor K. Szymanski, Certified Financial Planner

"Thank you for your role in the Success of the Certified Financial Planners Masters Retreat. You may have noticed that most of the evaluation respondents are planning to attend next year. You contributed greatly to that outcome."
Tommy D. Dickson, Colonel, U. S. Air Force, Dean of Education and Curriculum

"Your comments and perspective on the challenges of the future role of the US Military and the future technological environment were extremely valuable to the students' understanding of the threat in the world today and the twenty-first century."
Marilyn H. Canfield, Director of Education