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Nikolas Badminton is a world-renowned global futurist speaker and Chief Futurist who mentors top executives and the highest levels of government to create bold visions by exploring desirable futures, anticipating opportunities and risks, and strengthening strategic planning. Nikolas Badminton has spent 30+ years working with leadership at over 400 leading organizations at the frontline of futures, strategy, and disruption, including The White House, NASA, Disney, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, WM, JP Morgan, Verizon, VISA, TD Bank, American Express, Dyson, BISCI, ISACA, Rolls Royce, Procter & Gamble, US Department of State, UK Home Office, United Nations, and many more.

Facing Our Futures: How foresight, futures design and Strategy Creates Prosperity and growth is Nikolas’ number one bestselling book and has been named Top-50 Business Books of 2023 by The Next Big Idea Club, and JP Morgan Private bank’s “Next Gen Pick” for their 2023 Summer Reading List to guide new leaders to embrace futures thinking.

Nikolas Badminton’s essential research has been featured by the BBC, VICE, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Business Insider, Forbes, Sunday Telegraph, and many others. He regularly appears on SIRIUSXM and CTV, was a key advisor to the ‘Age of AI’ert Downey Jr., and appeared series with Rob in the Franklin Institute’s series ‘2050’.

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EXPONENTIAL HUMANITY – embrace new frontiers in A.I.

The exploitation of data has long been the lifeblood of industrial progress since the 1980s and now we're transcending that ability through Artificial Intelligence, augmentation, and automation. In harnessing its ability, we hope to positively affect the world and create incredible futures to drive productivity and solve some of the greatest challenges of our times.

Nikolas will show you A.I.'s transformation over time and into our futures, how our world and industries are being revolutionized, and the practical abilities and skill sets needed, for continual development and growth using A.I. capabilities.

SUPERCHARGE INNOVATION – uncover new opportunities, grow your business.

Every organization wants to be seen as innovative, solving real world problems and leading their industry. The majority fall at the first hurdle - taking a chance and empowering their people to explore possibilities. Leading executives are now finding that the process of innovation can be revolutionized by leading with futures work to speculation on the futures ahead of us and their place in those incredible worlds.

Nikolas will show you how to build resiliency and innovation into your organization, de-risk innovation through futures work, and how to think like a futurist. Nikolas will take you through his world-leading process of futures work and show you how that supercharges innovation and strategy to deliver increased revenues and explosive growth.

HOPE ENGINEERING – the power to change our world

Nikolas will deliver an energetic and inspiring keynote that shows you how hope is the energy that changes our world. He will ignite curiosity and shift your mindset from what is to what if. He will share stories of cultural shifts, insights into new disruptive technologies, and strengthen strategic planning in your organization by embracing futures thinking.

Nikolas will show you how to think like a futurist and shift your mindset from what is to what if, understand global megatrends, and Explore the trends that will transform your industry – Digitization, Artificial Intelligence and automation, smart cities, privacy and security, sustainable agriculture and food supply, transportation and logistics, fintech, and more.

Testimonials

Nik really knows how to immediately engage and inspire an audience. His insight, foresight and expertise inspires them in a way that energizes the growth mindset and punctuates a “WHAT IF” mentality. We loved his work.
– The Walt Disney Company
Nik is not just an incredible presenter. He grabs the audience's attention and doesn’t let go. So many of our partners told us they had never examined the future of their business in such a thought-provoking way.
– INTEL
Nik brought a provocative point of view on new large compute areas (artificial intelligence, spatial computing, sensor fusion etc.) that left the room starting to shift the way they approach future product framing.
– Verizon
Nikolas is delightful and easy to work with. Whether it’s to motivate your audience toward change today or imagining our future, you definitely need Nikolas at your conference.
– United Way Worldwide
We found Nik’s comprehensive and multifaceted approach to visioning the future and its associated trends quite inspiring and insightful.
– United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Booksby Nikolas Badminton

Facing Our Futures: How foresight, futures design and strategy creates prosperity and growth

The Future Starts Now: Expert Insights into the Future of Business, Technology and Society

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