Shift organizational mindsets from what is to WHAT IF…

From what is to what if…

Futurist Speaker

Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist of the Futurist Think Tank. He is world-renowned futurist speaker), a media personality, and has worked with 300+ of the world’s most impactful companies to establish strategic foresight capabilities, identify trends shaping our world, help anticipate unforeseen risks, and design equitable futures for all. In his new book – ‘Facing Our Futures’ – he challenges short-term thinking and provides executives and organizations with the foundations for futures design and the tools to ignite curiosity, create a framework for futures exploration, and shift their mindset from what is to WHAT IF…

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Custom keynotes to meet you goals

Nikolas start with speaking to you about the hopes, goals and objectives for your event. He then undertakes deep research and designs a custom futurist keynote to engage, inspire and motivate action in your audience

Deep dive into your industry

Nikolas brings the depth of his personal and professional experience at the frontlines of human-computer interaction and culture-hacking into each futurist keynote. Your audience will leave with drive and enthusiasm for change.

Interaction and Q&A sessions

Interactive keynotes and Q&A sessions are the lifeblood of Nikolas' futurist keynotes. It's the chance for the audience to explore, challenge, and make the conversation bigger. In addition, we can host group and one-on-one chats to drive deeper engagement.

Reports, meetings & workshops

Nikolas produces a report for all attendees with practical insights and advice on how to ignite curiosity and start the work of futures exploration. He can also meet with executive groups, attendees, and sponsors. Custom workshops can be developed to help people go deeper (additional fee applies)

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WHY NIKOLAS?

300+ impactful clients ready to create equitable futures

WHY NIKOLAS?

Millions of mindsets shifted to wonder what if the world was different

WHY NIKOLAS?

Trillion dollar impact through strategic planning and anticipating risk

Client Testimonials

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 – to expose our partners to something new is the highest value we can provide to our partners. Nik brought that value.

Emile Perez, Client Computing Group, INTEL

I found Nikolas' comprehensive and multifaceted approach to visioning the future and its associated trends inspiring and insightful

Youssef Nassef, United Nations

Nikolas is a talented future expert with a natural gift for futures and strategic business thinking. He made a huge impact for us to get the conversation about foresight going in North America but also the world.

Catherine Roy, Design Lead, Thales International

Nikolas delivered powerful insights into the challenges, opportunities and importance of understanding the technology that will move our industry, and our world, into the future

Darren Wallis, Bayer

Our audience was inspired and entertained, leaving with a new vision of what’s possible and the energy to do so

Sara E. Storrs, United Way Worldwide

Nikolas Badminton, Futurist Speaker FAQ

Nikolas is the Chief Futurist for the Futurist Think Tank at futurist.com, 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 hundreds of world-leading companies, including NASA, Google, Microsoft, United Nations, United Way, Bayer, Corteva, 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.

In Fall 2022 Nikolas’ new book will be released – ‘Facing Our Futures’ provides 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.

Nikolas Badminton is a futurist speaker that works with you and your team to plan for custom keynotes for your event that aim to inspire and ignite thinking in your audience. Nikolas starts with the goals and objectives each client has, develops specific questions, and designs the final keynote to fit their audience. He uses cinematic content, videos, stories, and deep research to ensure an engaging and relevant futurist keynote and inspirational audience experience.

In addition, Nikolas’ question and answer sessions are legendary. It’s the chance for the audience to go deeper, challenge, and make the conversation bigger.

No event is too big, or too smalls. Nikolas has engaged focused Board Retreats, Association conferences, all-hands company events and 3000+ person big ticket conferences.

All futurist keynotes are available in-person at your event or workplace, full virtual from Nikolas’ Future Casting studio (4K streaming and high-production), or in hybrid format using your studio or event space.

Nikolas Badminton has created a state-of-the-art Future Casting Studio with hi-resolution and hard-wired connections that allows for live streaming and recording of high-resolution (4K / 1080) and cinematic virtual futurist keynotes.

Nikolas’ virtual question and answer sessions go further to increase engagement and knowledge with your teams. It’s the chance for the audience to go deeper, challenge, and make the conversation bigger.

We can also pre-record virtual keynotes for you and your team and provide in-person Q&A sessions as well. This has all been proven to be incredible for hybrid and fully virtual conferences since before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nikolas Badminton and the team at the FUTURIST THINK TANK have developed an interactive experience where you can interact with the keynote and learn about building complex futures stories from the signals, trends and scenarios we explore together across a number of areas that we identify as important for you and your audience.

Areas of exploration can include global megatrends, evolution and transformation in your industry, algorithms and data growth, security and privacy, circularity and sustainability (ESG), and more. We adjust for your industry and organization.

This interactive game is played throughout the keynote and can teach you how to

Understand signals and trends that will shape the future of your industry
Explore scenarios that define technological, human and wildcard futures
Shift your mindset from what is to WHAT IF… and develop over 200 stories that can be used as a starting point for exploring the future of your organization and strategic planning.
Create fun, engagement and discussion on important topics within your audience

And, following the keynote you will have a deeper understanding of how your organization considers possible futures – is it tech-driven , humanity-focused or hoping that they’ll survive the changes coming your way?

Following each futurist keynote, Nikolas can provide follow up sessions, client and sponsor roundtables, and a post-keynote report for all attendees with links to research, practical insights and advice on how our futures can be explored, considered and designed.

Nikolas is committed to executive and team engagement and reference for your business and event attendees beyond the futurist keynote provided for your event.

“If operations are the body, strategy is the brain then Foresight is the awareness and consciousness of an organization. We need to embrace foresight and challenge our collective poverty of imagination to create long-term profit and resiliency.” Nikolas Badminton

Futurist Speaker Nikolas Badminton provides your audience with insights into futures design processes, including strategic foresight, signals scanning, trends identification, scenario development, speculative fiction, experiential futures, design fiction, and how foresight can be applied in your organization.