The next few decades hold the prospect of remarkable progress in a wide range of pervasive technologies that are likely to have a profound effect on how we live, work, and spend our leisure time. These technologies are set to revolutionise the worlds
Riel Miller is a specialist in long-run strategic thinking and the design of advanced foresight processes. For thirty years he has assisted senior decision makers to assess and direct the potential for socio-economic transformation in both the private and public sectors.
His extensive publications address a range of issues, from futures methodology and the design of scenario processes for strategic decision making to the future of money, research, education, the internet, the knowledge society, the public sector, etc.. He is one of the world's leading practitioners of scenario methods and designs cutting-edge "hybrid strategic scenarios" processes for a wide range of international clients.
Riel started his career as a professional economist in the early 1980s at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Economics and Statistics Directorate. From the mid 1980s up until 1994 he worked in four different areas of the Ontario Government: the Legislature, the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. During this same period he also worked on projects with a number of OECD directorates, including: the Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, and the Territorial Development Service. At the beginning of 1995 he returned full-time to the OECD as a Principal Administrator in the International Futures Programme. In 2005 he left the OECD to establish an independent consultancy, xperidox: futures consulting, Paris.
His current and recent client list includes public and private sector organizations around the world, including: Alberta Health Services; The Nordic Research Council; Promethean; the National Economic and Social Development Office, Ireland; Tekes, Finland; the Autonomous University of Mexico; the Office of Harmonization of the Internal Market, Alicante; the Korean Development Institute, Seoul; Promethean; Europ Assistance; Cartes Bancaire; Ateliers de la Terre; Gemalto; Philips Design; The Renault Foundation; various DGs of the EC: Employment, Research, Administration, Brussels; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; United Nations Development Program; Scottish Enterprise; Consortium for the Commercial Promotion of Catalonia; Cisco Systems; SecondaryFutures, New Zealand; Office of the National Science Advisor, Canada; Policy Research Initiative, Canada; Defence Research and Development Canada, Canada; La Poste, France; The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain; Ministry of Labour, Finland; Research Council of Norway; Alstom, Government of Singapore; Government of Oman, etc..
Riel works closely with his customers to design and implement innovative projects. His work combines the latest advances in social science and policy. He has extensive experience applying cutting-edge action research methods to generate solid empirical evidence for creative policy options in the present. Riel coaches and facilitates collaborative policy formation and strategic processes - using the power of collective intelligence to respect the depth of people's knowledge as a way to embrace complexity.
Riel devotes considerable time to teaching and speaking. He has taught courses at undergraduate, graduate and professional continuing education levels at institutions around the world, including: the College of Europe, Bruges; Sciences-Po, Paris; IESE, Barcelona; CNAM, Paris; Carleton University, Ottawa; etc.. Riel is a dynamic speaker and on average gives 15 to 20 keynote speeches a year on a wide variety of topics.
He is currently a member of the Board of the Association of Professional Futurists; a faculty member at the Masters in Public Affairs, Institut de Sciences Politique (Sciences-Po), Paris, France; and a Fellow of the World Future Studies Federation. Born in Canada in 1957, he holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research in New York, MA from York University, Toronto and a BA from Carleton University, Ottawa. Citizen: Canada, France. Resides in Paris. English mother tongue, fluent spoken French.
