Patricia Aburdene

Patricia Aburdene is one of the world's leading social forecasters, a number one bestselling author, and a sought after speaker. She is the leading authority on Conscious Money and Conscious Capitalism. Patricia collaborated with her husband, John Naisbitt, on the famous "Megatrends", which sold millions of copies and was a publishing phenomenon, topping bestseller charts in the US, Germany, and Japan. She then coauthored the number one "New York Times" bestseller "Megatrends 2000", the "New York Times" bestseller "Re-Inventing the Corporation", and was the lead author on "Megatrends for Women".Patricia is a member of the Conscious Capitalist Club (C3), an exclusive group of CEOs, writers, and academics. She addressed C3's premier conference in 2008, held in Austin, Texas, home of Whole Foods Market, whose CEO John Mackey founded the group.Patricia has helped thousands of organizations and millions of people make the most of social change. She has lectured throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, Australia and the Pacific Rim to clients that include Herman Miller, Deloitte, Harley-Davidson, IBM and the Management Institute of New Zealand.Patricia holds a BA in philosophy from Boston College and a MS in library science from Catholic University of America. She began her career in business journalism as a reporter/researcher for Forbes magazine, later served as a Public Policy Fellow at Radcliffe College and is the recipient of three honorary doctorates. Patricia lives in Boulder, CO and Manchester, MA.