Henrik Good Hovgaard

About:

Creating the future is always a leap of faith, but a successful leap requires a solid foundation. Henrik delivers both – thorough research and crazy ideas packed together in comprehensible concepts. He will take you by the hand on a creative rollercoaster ride that will force you to look in new directions in search of those great new ideas.

Looking back on life people mostly remember the extraordinary things they have tried and done. Henrik is a true storyteller always on the lookout for his next big adventure.
From travelling 18.000 km through USA to working with street children in the Philippines, Henrik prefers to jump into the situation and see what happens. And for better or worse get an experience, a story and a cool memory.

Henrik is the Research Chief at Future Navigator where he works with gathering, organizing and conceptualizing trends, new knowledge and “non-knowledge”. He is in great demand as a keynote speaker throughout Denmark.

Specialities:

Futurebased Research and the formulation of the most important questions.

Trendspotting – The bigger picture of what drives people right now and in the short term future

Blindspotting – Spotting “the things You don´t know, You don´t know that You need”

Conceptualizing – creating the concepts that make people go “just what I needed:-)”

Visualizing material – if a picture is a 1000 words then video is a million words

Workshop creation – Tailormade workshops, that lets all participants get their hands dirty with future issues, trends, and much more

Game creation – Constructive learning and insights while having fun at the same time.

If you think the grass is greener on the other side, maybe you should start cultivating your own grass.

Background:

Henrik worked with idea development, design and real-time 3D-visualization at The Centre for Advanced Visualization and interaction at Aarhus University. He holds a Master degree in Digital Design from Aarhus University and a teaching degree from Silkeborg Seminarium.

Recent project:

Nordic Waterproofing received a 15th place in best places to work in Denmark. The company was not on the list the year before, and the rise to nr. 15 is the fastest advancement in danish history for great places to work.

Listen louder project with Nordic Waterproofing
How does the management in the company create efficiencies and innovation in a competitive market? And while doing this work towards being one of the best places to work in Denmark?

In this project the leaders and management of Nordic Waterproofing received training in “Listening Higher techniques”. Through a practical internship in all the areas of the company, every leader and manager got a better understanding, insight into the culture and new ideas.
The result of this project was new ideas that increased efficiency, profits and communication.

If you would like to do a similar project please contact Henrik for more information.