Mike J. Walker is an entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, and author with more than 25 years' experience in emerging technologies, innovation management, and business strategy. He advises and partners with some of the world's largest global business executives to help them innovate and maximize their business impact by leveraging digital ecosystems.Currently, Mike leads the cross-industry digital ecosystems innovation team at Microsoft and also served as Vice President of Technology Innovation research at Gartner, where his thought leadership is reflected in over 150 published research notes and 5,000 client engagements.Mike also hosts V-Next, an innovation podcast, publishes articles for Forbes, and interviews for numerous other publications including Wired, CNN, and The Wall Street Journal.