Chris Riddell

Award Winning and Industry Recognized Human Futurist, Forensic Optimist and Energizing Catalyst

Nancy's Note:

“To say that Chris Riddell is “Not your Average Futurist” is a major understatement. He is a powerhouse, an exciting speaker delivering mind-blowing content. I find him extraordinary.”

Chris Riddell

Award Winning and Industry Recognized Human Futurist, Forensic Optimist and Energizing Catalyst

Nancy’s Note
“To say that Chris Riddell is “Not your Average Futurist” is a major understatement. He is a powerhouse, an exciting speaker delivering mind-blowing content. I find him extraordinary.”

Chris Riddell

Award Winning and Industry Recognized Human Futurist, Forensic Optimist and Energizing Catalyst

Nancy’s Note
“To say that Chris Riddell is “Not your Average Futurist” is a major understatement. He is a powerhouse, an exciting speaker delivering mind-blowing content. I find him extraordinary.”

Expertise

Leadership, Customer Service, Technology, AI, Business Growth, Business Trends, Future of Work, Futurist

Travels From

Melbourne, Australia

Speaking Style

Insightful, Informative, Thought-Provoking

About Chris...

Provocative.  Powerful.  Persuasive.  This is not your average futurist. Chris Riddell is an award-winning human futurist, forensic optimist and energizing catalyst, combining insight and energy to provoke, inspire and surprise.

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Presentation Topics

CREATIVE. CONNECTED. CURIOUS.

The most innovative leaders in the future will face more unknown Unknowns, and will thrive in a world in chaos and continual flux. This is the beginning of the next wave of cultural transformation to becoming true business leaders.

Chris will take your audience on a journey to show how the most extraordinary leaders innovate through a crisis to build future proof businesses. He’ll transform mindsets to realize how real-time data powered by artificial intelligence is the enabler for leaders in the next normal.

INTELLIGENT. INNOVATIVE. INSTANT.

The most innovative organizations are architecting extraordinary human experiences for both employees and customers. This is the experience revolution underpinned by super platforms.

Our world is changing every minute, and so do our expectations as humans.

Chris will take your audience on an inspiring journey to show how every business must create a culture where radical innovation defines the beginning of the next wave of transformation for real-time experience.

FORESIGHT.  RESILIENCE. UNLEARNING.

High performing teams in the future will be determined by their ability to learn, un-learn and relearn. Learning will drive performance and they are dependent on one another.

Chris will show how we are finding new ways of being and working, to build resilience – and ultimately become more future-proofed. He will also take the audience on a journey to show how to spot the most critical trends and patterns ahead, and how the next 2 years of change and innovation will define the next century of work.

  1. THE NEW CUSTOMER: What will the customer of 2030 look like… think like… behave like? And can we predict their needs before even they know what they want?
  1. REINVENTED BUSINESS:  When our ‘business as usual’ is anything but… how can we continue to grow, thrive and innovate? What could incredible business look like amidst the incredibly unusual?
  1. RESILIENT LEADERSHIP:  With the world at a precipice—how can business leaders reinvent themselves, and embrace real-time decision making for the challenges ahead?
  1. FUTURE TRUST:  How can we build enduring consumer trust in an age where we gain digital leverage by merely pushing the “Enter” key?
  1. RADICAL INNOVATION:  In this new era of innovation, how can we identify drivers of future trends, and develop new product and service ideas to drive rapid growth and innovation?
  1. HYPER DISRUPTION : What are the key trends that will determine a path forward amidst a chaotic and fluctuating world—and how can we embrace this volatility?

“Yes, the future will be different.  But yes, the future will also be amazing!” Chris Riddell