Nikolas Badminton

The AI Leader: Create Incredible : Productivity, Profit & Growth

What if we can look beyond the hype with wisdom and hope to supercharge our organization with deeply integrated AI?

Nikolas Badminton presents the definitive AI keynote for strategic executives that want to plan for the long term. Understanding how we can harness AI’s capabilities drives hope to positively affect the world and create incredible futures that solve some of the greatest challenges of our times.

You will learn AI's role in shaping our futures, the upgraded organization and how our world and industries are being revolutionized. He will also show what practical abilities and skill sets are needed and how organizations can integrate A.I. capabilities for real results.

Client takeaways:

-Learn the Hope Engineer™ mindset - Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how AI will transform companies and industries.

-Explore A.I. signals, trends & scenarios - See how AI is evolving how industries work. See how your workforce will supercharge their capabilities using AI, spatial computing and other technologies.

-See high-hope leadership in action - Learn the stories of how world-leading companies are applying AI and futures thinking to supercharging our strategic thinking.

Hopeful Futures: Looking to 2035 and Beyond

What if we can explore incredible futures, channel organizational wisdom and build hope as an energy for change?

Nikolas Badminton will show you how to think like a futurist and imagine hopeful futures by exploring signals and trends transforming your industry, and shifting your mindset from what is to what if….

This next-level futurist keynote will help you navigate global megatrends that are changing power dynamics, and explore the trends that will transform your industry – Artificial Intelligence and automation, digital transformation, data growth, 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.

Client takeaways:

-Learn the Hope- Engineer™ mindset - Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries.

-Explore signals, trends & scenarios - See case studies and shifts showing us how your industry will change in the next 5, 10, and 20+ years. Identify opportunities, challenges and risks ahead of your competition.

-See high-hope leadership in action - Learn the stories of how world-leading companies, are applying futures thinking to supercharging our strategic thinking.

Supercharge Innovation: Rising above your competition

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

Organizations have been getting innovation wrong. It lives in every employee, every meeting and at the foundations of the organization. The innovative mind is a shift in how we obsess over wicked problems and look at the incredible futures ahead of us.

You will learn how to take bold steps to take in building a culture of innovation, and the inspirational stories of those doing it. You will learn 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.

Client takeaways:

-Learn the Hope Engineer™ mindset - Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries.

-Learn innovation methods - New methods and industry dynamics will be explored together that indicate how your workforce will level up their thinking and consideration of exponential technologies.

-See high-hope 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 diverse and renewable energy ecosystem opportunities?

The energy industry is at an impasse. 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.

You will learn 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.

Client takeaways:

-Learn the Hope Engineer™ 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 - See how solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, nuclear and storage solutions combine to create new energy industry dynamics and business models.

Geopolitical Technology Futures: looking to 2035 and beyond

What if we anticipate global shifts and geopolitical moves and technology’s role in shaping our world?

Advanced technologies are reshaping global power dynamics, partnerships and strategic competition. Developments in Artificial Intelligence, quantum computing, global supply chains, and the critical water-energy-food systems are transforming how nations and their pivotal industries are gaining strategic advantage, and rewriting their geopolitical playbooks.

You will learn the transformation across critical resource management in an era of climate change and decarbonization; strategic realignment of global supply chains and financial systems; the evolution of defence, space, and arctic sovereignty and technology innovation; and, the intersection of digital sovereignty and cybersecurity in shaping national security and power dynamics.

Client takeaways:

-Learn the Hope Engineer™ mindset - Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and explore energy transition and future geopolitical scenarios.

-Learn about future geopolitical shifts - See how the growth in data, AI, quantum. climate tech, and sensor ecosystems are accelerating and supercharging positions and economies.

-See high-hope leadership in action - Learn the stories of how world-leading energy companies are disrupting themselves and innovating using futures thinking.