Ben Hammersley FRSA FRGS was born on 3 April 1976 and is a British technologist, strategic foresight consultant, futurist, keynote speaker, broadcaster and systems developer, based in New York City.
16 Facts About Ben Hammersley
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Ben Hammersley specializes on Adaptive Futurism and Cognitive Risk from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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Ben Hammersley is the founder and principal of Ben Hammersley Futures, an international strategic foresight consultancy advising corporates and governments on futureproofing and risk planning.
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Ben Hammersley Futures specializes on how society reacts to technological innovation and the changing nature of the workplace, crime and conflict, and the market, and on tools to adapt to the changes.
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In 2015, Ben Hammersley presented a six-part BBC World News series on cybercrimes.
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Ben Hammersley has twice presented on BBC Radio 4's documentary strand Analysis, covering Facebook in November 2007, and personal genetic testing in December 2008.
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Ben Hammersley previously worked as an internet reporter for The Times.
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Ben Hammersley was Associate Editor and Editor-at-Large at the launch of the UK edition of Conde Nast's Wired UK magazine.
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Ben Hammersley later used the systems he developed to build The Guardian's pioneering range of blogs, including the award-winning Comment is Free.
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Ben Hammersley is known for coining the term "podcast" in an article he wrote for The Guardian in 2004.
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Ben Hammersley has said that he made the word up to pad out an article he was writing that was a little too short.
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Ben Hammersley is a member of the Transatlantic Network 2020, and a trustee of the London chapter of the Awesome Foundation.
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In 2013, Ben Hammersley became a fellow of the Robert Schuman School for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Innovator-in-Residence at the Centre for Creative and Social Technologies at Goldsmiths, University of London, a member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on Media Freedom, and a non-resident fellow of the Brookings Institution.
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Ben Hammersley is married to Aleks Krotoski, with whom he has a daughter.
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Ben Hammersley is a pilot, a licensed Emergency medical technician and Wilderness Medic, a triathlete and ultra-runner, a diver, photographer, and disaster response volunteer.
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Ben Hammersley has authored or co-authored several books on technology and journalism.