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Future of leadership - world-class keynote speaker. Senior leadership teams of multinational corporations on Leadership, Strategy and Corporate Ethics. Patrick Dixon is one of the world's best-known keynote speakers on leadership, strategy, business ethics and global trends including AI, has worked with hundreds of the world's largest companies and has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today. Leadership and business strategy. What is leadership? What is strategy? Leadership syles, skills, development and leadership qualities. How AI will transform the workplace and what it means for leadership. Why business ethics will be a number one survival issue for many large companies. Clients include Microsoft, Barclays Bank, HSBC, AT&T, Aviva, Prudential, Siemens, Nokia, Phillips, US Federal Government, Fedex, BP, Unilever, McDonalds, GSK, Forbes, Fortune, Accenture, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and World Bank. Patrick Dixon has given keynotes on leadership related issues at events in North America, Central America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Baltic States, Scandinavia, Africa, Central Asia, South East Asia and Asia Pacific. Themes: How to make things happen. Effective leadership training, leadership methods, change management, ethical leadership, leadership integrity, virtual teams, multinational leadership, inspirational and motivational leadership. How to develop strong strategies for growth.

How to survive and thrive in a chaotic world - common sense guide to what's happening and what it means for corporate strategy. Megtrends will continue to drive the future - in the midst of multiple "shocks". Keynote Speaker on Strategy and Global Trends

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I've been predicting trends for global companies over the last 30 years - here's why they keep inviting me back.

It's easy to be swept off balance by one media headline after another, and miss what's really important for the future.

Yes the world can feel increasingly chaotic and uncertain, but beyond the media frenzy the truth is that for most corporations, the fundamentals that have driven their growth and success over the last 20-30 years will continue to do so.

Yes of course the world changes, but strange as it may seem, most of those changes are relatively predictable.

Take electric vehicles - goodness me, Futurists like myself predicted over 20 years ago that after a slow start, they would become increasingly important, and eventually dominate.

TIMING is what really matters

Indeed, most debates in board rooms today are not so much about what is going to happen, but is about TIMING.

By when will most new e-vehicles in Paris be e-powered? By when will most short journeys in cars be driven by AI? By when will the Russian-Ukraine fighting cease - even if into a kind of frozen conflict? By when will China's GDP become the largest in the world? By when will we have effective antiviral treatment against things like COVID, flu or common colds?

Yes of course we should make the most of new tech like AI - indeed my latest book How AI Will Change Your Life has been a best-seller in airport bookshops globally for a year now. But at the same time we need a big dose of common sense. A reality check.

I've been predicting trends for the largest companies in the world as well as for governments for around 30 years now. And here's the big thing.

Megatrends endure through decades

Many of the mega-trends I described in Futurewise back in 1998, and in other books like The Future of Almost Everything in 2015 are still driving change today.

That's why companies keep inviting me back. I've just returned from New York, speaking to 80 of the most senior leaders of one of the world's largest insurers - and I covered a huge range of issues including:

- Conflicts in various regions currently

- How trade tariffs etc with the US are likely settle and why

- How our world will rebalance with the rise of Asian economic power over the next 20-30 years

- Longer term impact of AI on workplace and our daily lives

- Impact of health care innovation and robotics / AI on life expectancy and well being

But here's the important thing. The reason I was in New York was because of a keynote I gave to the insurance industry around 20 years ago, and because the person who invited me, whose meeting it was, heard me back then, read my books and decided that TODAY, most of what I predicted back then had indeed happened.

So then - let's look ahead, beyond the current frenzy....

Some say this is a fools job - no one can see the future. Right and wrong.

Wrong because if that was really the case, no board could ever sign off on a 3-5 year strategy let alone longer term investments.

Right because there will always be sudden and disruptive events that cannot be forecast. But the point is that events come and go, but megatrends remain. We saw that in the global economic crisis over 15 years ago, and more recently after COVID.

How to give world-class presentations. Keys to great keynotes. How to communicate better and win audiences over. Expert coaching for CEOs, Executives, keynote speakers – via Zoom or face to face. Patrick Dixon is one of the world's best keynote speakers

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Get your keynote right, and your reputation will soar – you may even win promotion. Get your keynote wrong in an important event – and your career in that company will soon be over.

I am a professional keynote speaker, a Futurist author of 18 books – ranging from "How AI Will Change Your Life" to "The Future of (Almost) Everything".

Several million people have heard me speak at major corporate events - over 800,000 people during a single webinar for example. I really enjoy being on large platforms, and I get a huge buzz out of engaging audiences from every nation and industry.

I often share the platform with CEOs of the largest corporations in the world, and I have been ranked in the past as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers in the world. I have coached many senior business leaders on public speaking, right up to CEOs of really large companies ($2bn a year or more turnover).

So what do I tell them about how to communicate better? Here are some of the secrets of all global keynote speakers. How to give world-class, superb, engaging, entertaining, life-changing keynotes or lectures or seminars.

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270,000 have watched this leadership keynote to live audience of 4500 executives

I have listened to a huge number of CEO speeches over the years to their global teams at major events, and there is often a problem.

The same for Finance Directors. I was once about to start a leadership programme at one of the world's best known Business Schools and the session immediately before me, to introduce the week, was led by the Finance Director. Just before he entered the room, we had 40 highly energised, highly motivated people, bursting with energy, ideas, initiative and passion.

As that Finance Director began to speak, the energy drained right out of the room. Within a couple of minutes he had lost the audience, many of whom were doing things like emails, WhatsApping friends or researching their next holiday online. It was awful and embarrassing....

So here's another approach in the video above. It's an unscripted 3 minute piece I did without any rehearsals, quite spontaneously, in the middle of a one hour keynote to 4,500 people on how to create highly engaging corporate events. Just to make a point. Tailored for an imaginary global Insurance company - that industry is often attacked in the media by customers for being slow in paying their claims, and fast in making profits.

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How to lead in times of crisis - turning chaos into opportunity. Here are keys to agile leadership.

I have been teaching for over a decade how speed of change will be a huge challenge for all leaders and will demand Agile Leadership.

Strategies of large corporations risk being overtaken by events. Never has this been more true than in the last couple of years with COVID, Russian invasion of Ukraine and other major disruptions. Your world can change faster than you can hold a board meeting - and I'm not just talking about political changes, energy crises, civil conflicts, trade wars or mutant viruses.

Every large business contains hundreds of potential Wild Card risks - each of which may be very unlikely, but the combined risks can be huge - with very high probability of disruption from one event or another in any year. That's why we will see growing emphasis on Leadership Agility, Dynamic Strategy, back-up plans and Adaptive Risk Management.

* "How AI Will Change your life - A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World" - Patrick Dixon's latest book on AI is published in September 2024 by Profile Books. It contains 38 chapters on the impact of AI across different industries, government and our wider world, including the impact of AI on leadership and management.

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Corporate Purpose is rapidly becoming a Number One survival issue for business.

I'm not talking here about "responsible business", ESG, ticking compliance boxes for the environment, or improving diversity at work, or improving customer service.

All those are important and more, but I'm talking about far beyond such things.

I mean nothing less than a revolution in workplace motivation, customer expectations, and how business works: major impact on vision, mission and strategy.

As a Futurist, I have worked with over 400 of the world's largest corporations, often at board level or with global leadership teams, helping them stay ahead of the future.

I've a proven track record in forecasting major trends across every industry for over 25 years: but the future also depends on decisions we make.

I've delivered over 1000 trends keynotes to audience of up to 800,000 a time (including webinars).

Indeed, I warned of the risks from new viral pandemics for years before COVID struck, and have since been helping global clients adjust through the crisis.

I often say this:

Take hold of the future or the future will take hold of you.

How to predict life in the year 2100. New edition of The Future of Almost Everything book coming soon. Keys to very long term trends based on my Futurist keynotes for 400 large corporations over 25 years. VIDEO and POST

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My job is to live in the future and to see tomorrow as history.

NOTE: book now published!

I'm working on a new edition of The Future of Almost Everything book - which will contain a chapter on life in 2100, looking at key trends for the next 20 years, in the light of what happened from 2090 to 2100...

Forecasting 80 years ahead might seem an impossible thing to do.

So what happens if you live for a while in 2100 and return to tell the story, to make comparisons? In what ways are you most "culture shocked" and why?

It is easy to assume that life will continue to change at frenetic pace, and that many things will be almost unrecognisable by 2100, but will that really turn out to be true?

Winston Churchill once said that if you want to understand the future, look at history.

80 years ago, in 1948 was in many ways a very different world - with rapid reconstruction in Europe after the Second World War. Yet more things have endured than we might think....

Just published - my AudioBook of The Future of Almost Everything. Click here to listen to a sample. Download entire AudioBook from Audible for free! I recorded the entire book myself: every key message I have given recently to CEOs and business leaders around the world, from every industry, and in every region, about urgent issues, challenges and opportunities facing us in the next 20-50 years.

Why Business Ethics is now Number 1 survival issue for your brand - linked to REPUTATION risk. $20,000 PRIZE if you can break my KEY to ALL business ethics. Corporate ethics keynote speaker in HUGE IMAX cinema - KEYNOTE SUMMARY

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Summary of keynote messages on Corporate Ethics - by Patrick Dixon, for Majid Al Futtaim, Dubai.

My keynote on corporate ethics was delivered in a vast IMAX cinema, largest screen in Middle East and N Africa. Celebrating launch of their new Code of Conduct - ethical guide for 40,000 employees globally, including Carrefour retailer which they own.

Why coporate ethics really matters. How to write a great ethical code of conduct.

Avoiding corporate scandals and media disasters. Future of ethics in retailing, health care, e-commerce, banking, sustainability, manufacturing and supply chains.

5 lessons I have learned when advising corporations on future strategies: sharper strategy, total customer focus, exploit megatrends, and drive agile innovation

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I have been helping large corporations develop new strategy for almost 20 years.

Here are 5 things I have learned: strategies get overtaken by events so be agile; use megatrends to stretch future-thinking; focus on customers and innovation; dig deep into current business challenges; involve many different teams to create ownership and commitment.

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How to give really brilliant keynotes and presentations. How to wow your audience. The best keynote speakers create pure audience magic in the first few seconds: a relationship with energises, informs and inspires.

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How corporate strategies are being overtaken by events. Conference keynote speaker on Risk management complex in banking and payments - need partnerships and collaboration.

Keynote at client event for G2 Web Services. Boards of most banks are only partially aware of total risks they are exposed to. Just look at cyberattacks. Benchmarking risk really risky. Benchmarking is toxic to risk management – when risk managers benchmark their own bank...

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5 Ways to Future-Proof Your Business - 5 minute guide to future business success - for every leader and business owner

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Here is a 5 second guide to the 5 minute guide. 1) Bring in outsiders to challenge your world view. 2) Listen to your customers - but don't believe them. 3) Read widely and be curious about all you meet. 4) Review your strategies each year. 5) Agile leadership teams.

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“Uncommon sense, Common nonsense” is a much-needed blast of fresh air. Written by Jules Goddard and Tony Eccles, this book is clever, witty, challenging and provocative - a sharply written and entertaining attack on all kinds of management myths, warning of dangerous and futile nonsense promoted by many so-called business gurus. Full of leadership common sense. Deeply rooted in daily realities of business life. It will challenge how you think about running a corporation, leading teams, strategy, making things happen. Worth buying for the chapter on Discovery Programmes alone.

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Megatrends endure through decades

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