Nikolas Badminton

Nikolas Badminton is Chief Futurist and futurist keynote speaker at Futurist Think Tank. He advises senior executives, including leaders at the highest levels of government, helping them develop a future-focused mindset and build strategic foresight capabilities.

In his keynotes, futurist Nikolas Badminton draws on contemporary research and many years of experience to explore possible futures for your industry. He combines compelling stories, innovative thinking and insider knowledge of AI and exponential technologies to show how these forces are set to transform our world. Nikolas Badminton demonstrates how leaders can shift their mindset from “what is” to “what if” – and develops a future narrative through his customised, interactive digital experience, “The Futures Game”.

Nikolas Badminton Lecture topics

• The Hopeful Futures Keynote – Facing Our Futures: Looking to 2030 and Beyond

What if we can ignite imaginations, build anticipation, and deepen empathy to create bold visions of our futures?

Nikolas Badminton will deliver an energetic and inspiring keynote that helps you explore and see opportunities in the future of your industry, and the exponential technologies shaping our world. Nikolas will show you how to think like a futurist and shift your mindset from what is to what if. You’ll see global megatrends are changing power dynamics, and explore the trends that will transform your industry – digital transformation, data growth, Artificial Intelligence and automation, spatial computing, water-energy-food resiliency, sustainable agriculture and food supply, construction, transportation and logistics, healthcare, banking and fintech, smart cities, privacy and cybersecurity, and more.

• The Artificial Intelligence Keynote – The A.I. Leader: Create Incredible Productivity, Profit & Growth

What if we can look beyond the hype to see the practical and impactful opportunities to supercharge our workforces using A.I.?

Artificial Intelligence promises employee augmentation, automation, increased productivity and unlocked opportunities for growth. In harnessing its ability, we hope to positively affect the world and create incredible futures to build businesses that delight customers and solve some of the greatest challenges of our times. If only it was so easy. Artificial Intelligence speaker Nikolas Badminton will show you A.I.’s role in shaping our futures, how our world and industries are being revolutionized, and what the practical abilities and skill sets are needed. He’ll also show how to integrate A.I. capabilities across your organization and in the essential work undertaken.

• The Innovation Keynote – Supercharge Innovation: Creating a Brave New World

What if we create a company-wide culture of innovation that uncovers new opportunities, and drives incredible growth?

Organizations desire to be innovative in the evolution of their products and services, and in solving of real world problems. Innovation often seen as a new tech or process opportunity however it’s a shift in how we obsess over problems and look at the incredible futures ahead of us. Nikolas Badminton will show you steps to take in building a culture of innovation, and the inspirational stories of those doing it. He will also show you how to fuel new ideas in your organization and apply futures thinking to de-risk the innovation process and create incredible roadmaps for change. He will show you how that supercharges thinking that drive increased revenues and explosive growth.

• The Energy Transition Keynote – Explore Renewable Energy Futures

What if we can gain foresight to master renewable energy opportunities?

Global and domestic markets are seeing economic shifts, growth and changing market dynamics through transformation of how we generate, distribute and consume energy. Our renewable energy economy is being accelerated by policy, competition, new innovation and research ecosystems powered by data, AI, and automated systems that present new opportunities for efficiency and growth. Nikolas will show you how progressive leaders embrace futures exploration and take action to plan for what comes next in energy independence, electrification of infrastructure and transportation, and global sustainability.

Who is Nikolas Badminton?

Nikolas Badminton is Chief-Futurist & Hope-Ingenieur.

For over 30 years he has worked with executives in over 450 leading organisations including NASA, Disney, United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, WM, JP Morgan CHASE, VISA, TD Bank, American Express, McDonalds, Mondelez International, Procter & Gamble, US State Department, BISCI, ISACA, Rolls Royce, UK Home Office, and many more.

Nikolas’ key research has been featured by the BBC, VICE, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Business Insider, Forbes, Sunday Telegraph and many others. He was a key advisor for the series ‘Age of AI’ starring Robert Downey Jr. and appears in the Franklin Institute’s ‘2050’ series.