Deborah Westphal

Deborah Westphal is a strategist, author, and Chief Executive Officer of the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust. The Pulse of Tomorrow: How Future Shock Still Shapes Our World is her second book. It is an intellectual biography of Alvin and Heidi Toffler that reveals why their ideas remain essential for understanding and navigating an era of accelerating technological, economic, political, and social change.

Personally recruited by Alvin Toffler, Westphal spent more than twenty years working alongside Alvin and Heidi Toffler and has spent more than twenty-five years helping develop, apply, and test their ideas in the real world. As CEO of Toffler Associates, she advised governments, military leaders, and Fortune 100 organizations, translating the Tofflers' ideas into practical strategies for navigating uncertainty, disruption, and change.

She also hosts the Research Renaissance podcast and publishes The Pulse Report, exploring the signals, systems, and ideas shaping tomorrow's world.

Deborah enjoys exploring the world and running long distances.