Nikki Greenberg
- One of the Foremost Futurists and Innovation Leaders
- Former Head of Technology Strategy at QIC ($70B AUM investment manager)
- Named to CIO's Top 5 Most Influential Women in Real Estate
- Imaginative, humorous and highly-engaging style, Nikki provides a balance of what is possible, as well as a pathway to achieve it
Speaker Fee 🛈
Fee Range
$20,000 - $30,000
Virtual Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Travels From
New York
What Buildings Will Be Like When Robots Take Over | RecoTech, Helsinki
Nikki Greenberg Speaker Biography
Nikki Greenberg is a world-renowned futurist & multi-award-winning innovation strategist, dedicated to preparing organizations for a tech-enabled future. She prepares leaders to reimagine their businesses, aligning them with the increasingly digitized ways people live, work & communicate today.
She has held leadership positions with Fortune 500’s & most recently served as the Head of Technology Strategy for a global investment manager with a $70 Billion portfolio where she led their digital transformation. A true global citizen, Nikki’s impressive international career spans the US, Asia, Europe, Africa & Australia.
Beginning her career as an architect & urban designer on transformative, multi-decadal projects, she brings a unique perspective that combines vision with hands-on experience in delivering bold, impactful initiatives.
A highly regarded thought-leader on future trends & tech, Nikki has received numerous international accolades. In 2025 she won Speaker of the Year in the Trends & Technologies Categories. She was also recently recognized as a Top 15 Most Popular Future Trends Keynote Speaker, a Top 10 Future of Work Speaker, one of CIO View's 5 Most Influential Women in Real Estate to Watch, a ULI Global Luminary, & a finalist at the MIPIM Global PropTech Awards. She is a frequent featured keynote speaker for the leading conferences around the world where she shares her vision of industries tech-enabled future.
Nikki is an alumni of UNSW in Sydney, Australia where she attained Masters of International Business, Masters of Architecture, and Bachelors of Architecture with Honors.
An Australian national, today Nikki resides in New York City.
It is little wonder that Nikki's one of the most sought after speakers of this age.
Journey to 2030: How to Leverage the Next Five Years to Become Your Industry's Most Admired & Forward-Thinking Company
World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg's keynote equips you to proactively shape your organization's future by navigating key trends like AI, generational shifts & workplace evolution. Here she offers practical tools & a forward-thinking framework to embrace change, harness emerging technologies & drive success in the next five years. In a light-hearted, dynamic & entertaining keynote, this keynote is a combination of inspiration, motivation & practical insights in how to become future ready, today.
Key Outcomes:
-Actionable Strategies for Today & Tomorrow
-Gain practical insights you can implement today while building a robust long-term roadmap for navigating the future. Learn Nikki’s 5-Step Future Ready Framework, designed to help leaders turn bold ideas into reality in a way that has impact, gains traction & garners organizational buy-in.
-Technology Made Simple
Understand how technology is transforming industries without feeling overwhelmed, using clear & accessible explanations to get your team on board. Nikki draws from her experience as the Head of Technology -Strategy for a $70 Billion AUM global investment manager, sharing invaluable, practical lessons learned along the way
-Overcome Barriers to Change
-Learn strategies to address the biggest obstacles to innovation, including incentive misalignment, resource allocation, budget constraints & managing multi-generational workplaces.
-Be a Visionary Leader
-Discover how visionary leaders turn bold ideas into reality & learn how you can join their ranks - igniting inspiration within your team & finding purpose in an ever-evolving world.
FUTURE of the BUILT ENVIRONMENT : Today to 2050: Creating Places for the Future
World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg delivers a light-hearted yet insightful keynote exploring how to shape future-ready places by blending technological advancements like AI & robotics with a human touch, creating inclusive, resilient places that enriches lives. Here, she shares insights from her expertise as a property developer on transformative projects that have shaped her perspective on the world—the places we create today must serve generations to come. Ranked as the world’s top real estate futurist, this keynote is one that’s not to be missed!
Key Outcomes:
-Understanding Future Demands
-Gain insights into demographic shifts & the values of future customers & stakeholders to help align development plans with emerging needs. Learn Nikki’s framework for future-readyness, harnessed through her established expertise in commercial real estate development & technology strategy leadership.
-Tech Trends & Readiness
-Stay ahead of critical technological changes, including robotics, AI, & digital transformation, to understand their implications for people, places & organizations.
-Inspiring Future Places
-Learn about cutting–edge projects from around the world that are truly pushing the envelope in what is possible, shaping the future of the built environment.
-Actionable Roadmaps
Nikki will share how to quickly get started on future-focused initiatives while developing a sustainable long-term plan for digital transformation & AI integration, based on her expertise in developing a digital masterplan project for new $4 Billion developments.
FUTURE of WORK in the AGE of AI: Human First, AI Next: Preparing Your Team for the Future, Today
World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg leverages two decades of global leadership experience to demystify AI & reveal practical strategies for creating dynamic, inclusive workplaces where innovation thrives, collaboration flourishes, & teams are empowered to navigate change, foster belonging, & succeed in a rapidly evolving world. With her unique expertise in delivering projects built to serve future generations & her proven talent for inspiring positive change in traditional environments, this keynote offers practical insights delivered in a compelling, entertaining & engaging style. For anyone looking to navigate the new world of work - this is one that’s not to be missed!
Key Outcomes:
-Create an AI Quick Start Guide
-Learn actionable steps to leverage AI immediately, based on Nikki’s experience leading the digital transformation of a global organization.
-How to Blend Human Expertise & AI Tech
-Pair AI’s strength (like data processing & automation) with human creativity, empathy & strategic thinking - to be a future-ready organization.
-Leverage Generation Strengths
-Harness the expertise of seasoned employees alongside younger employees' digital fluency to drive collaboration, progress, empowerment & industry leadership. Successfully attract, retain & improve retention of early-career employees through initiatives such as 360-mentoring and Young Sounding Boards.
-Design an 5 Year AI Roadmap
-A straightforward strategic roadmap for full AI adoption, harnessing the potential of this transformative technology to engage and empower all employees.
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The FUTURE ME PROJECT
An Interactive Experience
In a time of disruption, optimism is a strategy
World-leading futurist Nikki Greenberg delivers a dynamic, interactive keynote that empowers individuals and teams to take bold ownership of their future in an age of rapid transformation.
Drawing on two decades of global leadership experience, she leads audiences through a series of powerful, thought-provoking exercises that reveal the long-term consequences of their current trajectory, explore the impact of even one intentional change, and unlock bold new possibilities. Blending the energy of a main stage experience with the depth of a hands-on workshop,
Nikki introduces tools like to spark creativity and team-wide momentum, scenario-based decision making to build confidence in responding to uncertainty, and a Future Self Time Capsule that arrives back in your inbox a year later as a personal progress check-in. Delivered with her signature mix of foresight, humor, and practical strategy,
The Future Me Project isn’t just a keynote - it’s a catalyst. For anyone ready to turn insight into action and actively design the future they want, this is one that’s not to be missed.
Key Outcomes:
-The Mirror Moment
-See the path you're currently on and the future it leads to. Then explore how a single decision—big or small—can radically alter your trajectory.
-3 Futures Framework
-Explore the default future, the daring future, and the designed future—then choose which one you’re going to build.
-Future Opportunities Scenarios
-React in real-time to a set of provocative "future news" headlines, revealing your instinctive mindset—panic, pause, or pivot?
-Build Actionable Routines
-Engage with emerging technologies - like generative AI, wearable tech, AR and more - to can start building future readiness into their daily routines today.
