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Nikolas Badminton

Speaker

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Futurist Speaker and Consultant, Chief Futurist at futurist.com

Nikolas Badminton is an award-winning, dynamic and innovative virtual keynote speaker and futurist consultant who shares an awe-inspiring vision of trends that shape the future to world-leading organizations and governments. He provides expertise in new technologies and promotes exponential thinking with a critical, honest, and optimistic view that empowers you to plan for today, tomorrow, and for the future.

Keynote Speeches

Virtual Keynotes & Webinars
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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 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.

Takeaways:

  • Adopt a futurist mindset
    • Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and a develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries
  • See the futures ahead of us
    • Explore signals, trends and scenarios that show how industries will change in the next 5, 10, and 20+ years. Anticipate opportunities, challenges and risks
  • See thought leadership in action
    • Learn the stories of how world-leading companies, are applying A.I. and futures thinking to supercharging our strategic thinking
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.

Nikolas 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.

Takeaways:

  • Adopt a futurist mindset
    • Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how A.I. will transform companies and industries
  • Learn A.I. signals, trends & scenarios
    • See how A.I. is evolving how industries work. See how your workforce will supercharge their capabilities using A.I., spatial computing and other technologies
  • See thought leadership in action
    • Learn the stories of how world-leading companies are applying A.I. and futures thinking to supercharging our strategic thinking
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 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.

Takeaways:

  • Adopt a futurist innovation mindset
    • Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries
  • Learn innovation methods
    • New industry dynamics will be explored together that indicate how your workforce will augment their capabilities using A.I., spatial computing and other technologies
  • See thought leadership in action
    • Learn the stories of how world-leading companies are disrupting themselves and innovating using futures thinking
Energy Transitions: 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.

Takeaways:

  • Adopt a futurist mindset
    • Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries
  • Learn about future energy ecosystems
    • We will see how solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and storage solutions combine to create new energy industry dynamics
  • See thought leadership in action
    • Learn the stories of how world-leading companies are disrupting themselves and innovating using futures thinking

Audience reviews:

  • Nik really knows how to immediately engage and inspire an audience. His insight, foresight and expertise is invitational in nature, where his captivating content not only leaves his audience wanting more, but 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
  • Nik came in and wowed us. He surprised many of us with his foresight and predictions and gave our audience information on subjects they didn't even realize they should be considering. The group he presented is in the business of making predictions, so for him to surprise us was inspiring. - TD Bank
  • Nik engaged our audience in a thought-provoking manner and challenged them to think differently about how our work impacts the future generations of our communities. Nik was collaborative throughout and invested in the success of our event and its audience members. - PCL Construction
  • 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)
  • Nikolas served as a dynamic host for this provocative event. Nikolas worked hard to understand the University and our intended outcomes; as a result, we engaged Nik to work with us as our strategic curator for the Waterloo Innovation Summit.

    - Senior Director Community Relations & Events, University of Waterloo
  • Nikolas was an absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish. His presentation was very well-received and we've heard only great things so far. I've attached the feedback that was submitted in the mobile app for his keynote for your reference.

    - Program Director and 2018 Committee Chair, ARMA Canada
  • Nikolas served as a dynamic host for this provocative event. Nikolas worked hard to understand the University and our intended outcomes; as a result, we engaged Nik to work with us as our strategic curator for the Waterloo Innovation Summit.

    - Senior Director Community Relations & Events, University of Waterloo
  • Nikolas’ genuine enthusiasm and knowledge of technology and industry trends made for a thought-provoking keynote to kick-off our event.

    - Director, Labour Relations Services, Metro Vancouver
  • Nikolas was completely accurate in the danger and ownership of data and how to secure it now and what the future holds.

    - Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce

Speaker Biography

Nikolas Badminton mentors top executives and the highest levels of government to explore desirable futures, anticipate opportunities, and strengthen strategic planning.

He has spent 30+ years working with leadership at over 450 leading organizations at the frontline of foresight, strategy and disruption – including NASA, Disney, United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, WM, JP Morgan CHASE, VISA, TD Bank, American Express, Mondelez International, BISCI, ISACA, Rolls Royce, Procter & Gamble, US Department of State, UK Home Office and many more.

Nikolas’ essential 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 to the ‘Age of AI’ series with Robert Downey Jr, and appears in the Franklin Institute’s series ‘2050’.