“Exponential growth in data, sensor fusion, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change everything and integrate our beautiful human complex of creativity, problem solving and passion.”

Nikolas Badminton, Chief Futurist

Nikolas Badminton is a world-renowned futurist speaker and Chief Futurist that provides your audience with key insights, signals and trends relating to the future of generative artificial intelligence – DeepMind’s Alpha Code (GoogleLab), OpenAI’s ChatGPT, GPT-3.5, DALL-E, MidJourney, Jasper and Stable Diffusion – and developments in machine learning.

In this futurist keynote he will teach you 3 essential lessons:

  • Understand global megatrends and how generative artificial intelligence and the multiple platforms into our world is changing our world
  • See the exponential technologies built on the foundation of artificial intelligence and how they will change the world
  • See how society and business needs to shift its mindset towards intelligence augmentation.

Here are just some of the 400+ world-changing companies Nikolas has worked with to shift their mindsets to explore futures and wonder WHAT IF…

Share with us how you want to ignite futures exploration and thinking at your event, and in your organization – contact Nikolas to discuss your event.

Understand global megatrends and how generative artificial intelligence is changing our world

There are forces in the world that have far-reaching impacts across our struggling industrial complex. These include, economic power shifts with China and India as first and second with the United States in third place, the population boom in Africa and Southeast Asia, movements to megacities that will be over fifty million people in size by 2050 (Lagos, Nigeria will be the largest), the worsening global drought and water scarcity with effects on growing food and energy production.

New generative Artificial Intelligence and machine learning-based solutions will tap into the wisdom hidden in the subconscious layers of data in the platforms we use to influence how we manage and influence these massively complex systems.

See the exponential technologies built on the foundation of generative artificial intelligence and how they will change the world

Nikolas will guide you through the technologies that are accelerating the industries powered by Artificial Intelligence. So many technologies rely on Artificial Intelligence and influence its development – Big data analytics, machine learning, robotic automation, robotics, robots, cobots, human and the machine, Internet of Things and the sensor economy, smart cities, wearable computing, virtual reality, augmented reality, the metaverse, 3D printing and additive manufacturing, drones and unmanned autonomous vehicles (flying cars), cybersecurity, Nanotechnology, quantum computing, digital triplets, digital twins and simulations, advanced avionics, autonomous planes, satellites, sub-orbital internet, Lunar settlements and human life support, blockchain, Web3, and more.

See how society and business needs to shift its mindset towards intelligence augmentation

Data growth is unstoppable. There will be over 175 zettabytes of data created each year by 2026. That’s a CAGR of 61%, up from 33zb of data in 2018 (Source: IDC). Artificial Intelligence and machine learning will process and liberate new insights and value from that data and change how we operate. In doing so we will change everything and accelerate our society. In fact, PwC expects that $15.7 trillion could be added to the global economy by 2030 due to increased productivity and consumption side-effects.

Everything changes from this point forward and it will not be a machine-led revolution. It will be a world where the machines work with and are trained by humans to create a state of Intelligence Augmentation.

Shift your mindset from what is to WHAT IF…

What if you create bolder visions of your futures, strengthen strategic planning capabilities, anticipate unforeseen risks, and understand the value it provides to the market, your customers, and your shareholders? What if you create an anticipatory organizational capability? And, what if you empower all employees to be curious about the futures that lay ahead of us in 10, 20 and 30+ years?

Next Level Futurist Speaker

Nikolas delivers futures exploration, education and experience in the futurist keynotes he researches and delivers to you and your audience. He undertakes specific research, divines unique perspectives and shares future insights for your industry. The result is a collaborative and impactful futurist keynote that event attendees deeply connect with, and are changed by.

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About Nikolas Badminton FRSA, Chief Futurist

Nikolas is a world-renowned futurist speaker and Chief Futurist for the FUTURIST THINK TANK, a Fellow of The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (The RSA), and works with trillion-dollar companies, central banks, governments, startups and those willing to challenge our poverty of imagination, awaken curiosity and create incredible futures.

He has worked with over 400 world-leading companies, including NASA, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, United Nations, United Way, Bayer, VISA, Bank of Canada,  American Express, AT&T, Thales International, Rolls Royce, Heineken, Procter & Gamble, Government of Canada, UK Home Office, Government of Cayman Islands, IDEO, and many more.

Nikolas has been a mainstay in the media for the past decade talking about our futures. He’s appeared in the ‘Smart Drugs’ documentary, was an advisor to the ‘Age of AI’ series with Robert Downley Jr and appears in the upcoming series ‘The Secrets of Big Data’ on Discovery. He appears regularly on SIRIUSXM, and on CTV’s Future Friday. His essential research has also been featured by the BBC, VICE, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Techcrunch, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Forbes, Sputnik, Venturebeat, and Global News. He also produces and interviews incredible thinkers on the renowned Exponential Minds Podcast.

Nikolas’ new book – Facing Our Futures – is a No. 1 Amazon Best Seller in Business Research & DevelopmentJP Morgan’s “Next Gen Pick” for their esteemed 2023 Summer Reading List, and selected as a book to read by the Next Big Idea Club. This essential book will provide executives and organizations with the foundations for futures design and the tools to imagine new futures, create bolder visions, anticipate unforeseen risks, and strengthen strategic planning. Nikolas’ thinking can also be seen in the opening chapter of The Future Starts Now. Both are published by Bloomsbury Business.