--- title: Frank Diana | TIME description: Diana is a Futurist at Tata Consultancy Services and the author of Inside the Next Transition: Seeing Systemic Change Before Pathways Harden. canonical: https://time.com/author/frank-diana/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/frank-diana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Frank Diana ## Frank Diana _Diana is a Futurist at Tata Consultancy Services and the author of_ [_Inside the Next Transition: Seeing Systemic Change Before Pathways Harden._](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H97NP5Q2) ## Frank Diana *  Jul 30, 2026 ### [Can Studying Daily Life Help Us Envision the Future?](https://time.com/article/2026/07/30/how-studying-daily-life-can-help-us-envision-the-future/) “Shrinking of room around ordinary choices” shapes what the future will look like, argues Frank Dian... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 12, 2026 ### [You Can’t Predict the Future. But Can You Rehearse It?](https://time.com/article/2026/03/12/can-you-predict-the-future/) "To understand the future, you can’t make prophecies—you have to understand the past," argues Frank ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 18, 2025 ### [The Issue with Living Longer](https://time.com/7303332/the-issue-with-living-longer/) "If we want longer lives to truly become better lives, we must shift our focus from simply extending... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/frank-diana/","name":"Frank Diana"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/frank-diana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/frank-diana/"},"name":"Frank Diana","jobTitle":"","description":"Diana is a Futurist at Tata Consultancy Services and the author of Inside the Next Transition: Seeing Systemic Change Before Pathways Harden.","url":"https://time.com/author/frank-diana/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```