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Jun 21

Chicago Tribune did a photo gallery featuring FutureShop Chicago in their Blue Sky Innovation section, it was published on Friday June 19. First time one of the events was featured, so super excited!

FutureShop London also garnered press coverage with their event. It was really terrific to see them take the template we created in in Chicago and make it their own. We had a few companies at both events that were global and connected the dots on retail trends in both countries. Both events were connected by Twitter using the #FutureShop2015 hashtag so we could see real-time updates.

Tod Szewczyk

Born in New Jersey, bounced around the east coast as a kid: South Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland and then upstate New York. Moved to Chicago for high school. Stayed in Chicago for college. Co-Produced one of the original sound art festivals in Chicago, In the Eye of the Ear with Steve Barsotti. Scored a few plays in between. In 1998, married photographer Amanda Sudimack and moved to Denver to work at RR Donnelley. Helped companies in Denver, Paris and London go public. In 2002, moved back to Chicago where son Emmet was born. Moved over to Leo Burnett as a print buyer in the same year. In 2008, traded city dweller status to (close-in) suburbanite and daughter Zoe was born. In 2013, moved up the ladder at Burnett to VP. Now spend most of my time finding new ways to connect interesting companies with the agency under the brands Leovative (blog and events Leovative, FutuRetail/FutureShop). Believer in the idea that the fastest route to innovation lies in making novel connections, from the book Where Good Ideas Come From. Have had the great fortune of working with amazingly talented people that have expanded my thinking of what is possible. Looking forward to what's next.

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