Thomas Frey, executive director and senior futurist at the DaVinci Institute, covers a broad range of topics in his work. The future is full of them. But three topics of interest to Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (I3) readers — transportation, energy and infrastructure — have increased in importance in recent years. In the interest of providing varied points of view on these issues, I3looked outside its typical cadre of professionals for some thoughts. I3 contributing editor Tyson Freeman recently spoke with Frey, who, before launching the DaVinci Institute, spent 15 years at IBM as an engineer and designer.

I have not had the chance to interview many futurists. In fact, you’re the very first