About the author

William R. Dodson

I am an author and columnist, and write the Future Forwarded substack.&nbsp;I've written several books about technology, society, and geopolitics. I am a former columnist for several technology-, business- and economics-magazines about international business and management.<br>​​​​​​​<br>I’ve been interviewed on economic, technology, and international business trends by: Bloomberg; the BBC; the Guardian Newspaper; Newsweek Magazine; The Economist; Monocle; National Public Radio (NPR); Marketplace (USA), Agence-France Presse, China Economic Review; Shanghai Business Review; the Foreign Correspondents Club (Shanghai), CCTV, Xinhua, and Your Story Media (India), BFM 89.9 (Malaysia), and others.<br>​​​<br>Academic lectures I’ve provided have included audiences at: University of California, Irvine MBA Program; University of California, San Diego and Irvine MBA Programs; New York University Stern School of Business; IPADE Business School, Mexico City; University of Notre Dame MBA Program; Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business; University of Chicago, Booth School of Business; the Benelux Chamber of Commerce; the Australian Chamber of Commerce, the United States Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and others.<br>​​​​​​​<br>Project work and writing have taken me to China, several Southeast Asian countries, India, the UK and several European countries.<br><br>​​​​​​​I am a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Theoretical Physics.<br>​​​​​​​<br>I am currently working on a book tentatively titled&nbsp;<em>Mythologies of Power: How Gods, Emperors, and Moguls Have Shaped Societies from Mesopotamia to Silicon Valley through Narrative.</em>