Jeanneke Scholtens

Jeanneke Scholtens is a futurist, speaker, writer, and founder of trendagency Buro Zorro. With an MA in humanities and educated as a trendprofessional, she discusses and researches themes where people, technology, science, and philosophy intersect. Through her work Jeanneke helps people and society think more broadly. She wrote an honest, confrontational, personal, and socially responsible book about our hunger for pleasure: Intoxication (Roes, 2022), the controversial book Holy Fuck (2018) about the future of sex, and researched the future of church, death and longer life.

Her latest books, Hope (Hoop, 2024) and The Future is Fantastic (De toekomst is fantastisch, 2024), were recently published. Jeanneke is the founder of Buro Zorro, a trend-watching platform for professionals who want to look ahead. She researches societal changes and helps companies and government organizations better anticipate the future. With the Zorro team of futurists, she teaches professionals future thinking and trend watching.