By training and inclination, Ruben Nelson is a visionary big picture strategic thinker. A Canadian pioneer of serious futures thinking, Ruben has spent his life exploring and seeking to understand the forces that are now re-shaping our lives, our world and our future. Ruben challenges us to become wise and effective agents of transforming change, rather than victims of history. He calls us to the work of preparing ourselves and our institutions to face and meet the emerging challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century.