Marina Gorbis

Marina Gorbis is a social scientist and futurist who serves as executive director to the Institute for the Future (IFTF). Take the opportunity to read her book, The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World. Her definition of "socialstructing" as "creating value by aggregating micro contributions by large networks of people using social tools and technologies" is just a taste of what lies within the pages (Stanford GSB Center for Social Innovation Podcasts). I recently listened to her highlight various projects she sees as signs of a transition in how organizations will structure themselves in the future: