Daniel W. Rasmus Biography

Daniel W. Rasmus is the founder and principal analyst at Serious Insights. Prior to founding Serious Insights, Rasmus drove thought leadership and future of work programs for Microsoft and served as CKO and VP of Knowledge Management and Collaboration at Forrester Research.

His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Wired, NASA Ask, and dozens of other magazines and websites. His analysis on the future of work can be found at SeriousInsights.net. He is also the author of Understanding Artificial Intelligence, Cyberlife, Rethinking Smart Objects, Listening to the Future, Management by Design and Empower Business with Generative AI.

Rasmus regularly speaks on the future of work at events such as Comic-Con International, Wondercon, Impact, Enterprise AI World, Worktech, CLO Symposium, KMWorld, AAAI, Computers in Libraries, Microsoft’s Building the Future, Educause, Expo Capital Humano, Devlearn, Internet Librarian, CAMEX, EduComm, Enterprise 2.0, CeBIT, UBTech, The Front End of Innovation, The National Association of Workforce Boards, ProjectWorld, SAE International, and Sourcing Summit Europe. He was a delegate to China’s World Cultural Forum in 2012, where he presented on global collaboration. (Click here for a full list of speaking engagements).

Rasmus is also a well-respected writer on technology, popular culture, and business. Before moving the majority of reviews to SeriousInsights.net, he was a regular contributor to GeekWire, iPhone Life, and PopMatters. He also held editorial positions at PC AI, Object Magazine, Manufacturing Systems, and Distribute Object Magazine. His work has appeared in global publications, including Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, African Business Review, KMWorld, PC Magazine, Computers in Libraries, iPhone Life Magazine, Object Magazine, Manufacturing Systems Magazine, PC AI, Byte, ComputerWorld, CIO, NASA ASK, AI Expert, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek, Knowledge Management Review, MACazine, MacGuide, MacTech Quarterly, MacToday, MacUser, MacWeek, MacWorld, Mondo 2000, Pen Computing, The Office, UNIX Review, Wired, Workstation News and the P&IM Review.

Rasmus teaches scenario planning at the University of Washington. He is the former Visiting Liberal Arts Fellow at Bellevue College in Bellevue, WA where he continues to teach social media. Rasmus has also served as a member of the Faculty Academy at Pinchot University in Seattle, WA. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz and received a certificate in intelligent systems engineering from the University of California at Irvine.

Dan’s academic writing includes:

“Exploring Microsoft Future of Work Scenarios: Implications for Higher Education” Innovate. Fischler School of Education and Human Services, Nova Southeastern University. February/March 2009.
“Scenarios and the Future of Education.” Innovate. Fischler School of Education and Human Services, Nova Southeastern University. June/July 2008.
“SMART: An Expert System in Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing.” IPC ‘90/ESD.
“Knowledge-based Manufacturing Project Management.” Management Sciences Department, College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina. 1989.
“The Feeling Factory,” Expert Systems and Intelligent Manufacturing. Elsevier Science Publishing. 1988