Dr. Seren Dalkiran

Dr. Seren Dalkiran is versatile futurist, innovator, complexity scientist and an award-winning expert in Millennial leadership, intergenerational cooperation and the future workforce in the digital age. She builds bridges between theory and practice at the nexus of science and society. She conducted her innovative Ph.D. research in 117 countries on the learning and leadership needs and competences required for Millennial leaders to thrive at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Utrecht University and Varna University of Management with the support of the eminent Professor emeritus Geert Hofstede. She initiated a wide range of projects, organizations and networks in leadership and talent development, lifelong learning, intergenerational cooperation and cultural change exploring new paradigms responsive to tackle pressing global challenges in a 21st century context. 

Dr. Dalkiran is the initiator and founder of Synergized Earth Network (SEN), which is a global value-driven network uniting leaders across generations to tackle the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. She is also the founder of the Millennial Leadership Lab (MLL), a data-driven knowledge platform for and around the next generation workforce and consults universities, organizations and (Fortune 500) companies around young talent management and anticipating the future of work in the digital age.

She is an Emerging Fellow and member at the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), a member of the World Federation of Futures Studies, a member of the Dutch Node of the Millennium Project, a member of Futurist and Complex Systems Advisory Board at the Lifeboat Foundation, a member of the Foresight Europe Network (FEN, member of Next Generation of Foresight Practitioners (NGFP) and is also shaping the Futures & Foresight pod at Neol. In her exploration of new paradigms she connects various organizations in the wider ecosystem of Futures & Foresight, youth leadership and sustainable development. Her aim to contribute to equipping the next generation of leadership and preparing the (future) workforce by experimenting with new forms of learning (21st century and transferable skills), leading, cooperating, designing organizations and doing business across generations, disciplines and industries. She is driving 21st century leadership innovation in scientific research and applies it to inform policy and practice. Her aim is to prepare organizations for the future by developing social technology innovations that enhance human societies sustainably forward by preserving the human factor in the digital age.