Chris Riddell is an Award winning and industry recognised Human Futurist, forensic Optimist and energising Catalyst.
Driven by the real world, by humanity, and by ‘the now’, Chris makes sense of the uncomfortable and challenging world of ‘the future’ and makes the case for excitement, motivation and optimism.
Chris Riddell: “There is never been a more monumental time to be a consumer, a business, a parent, a leader, a human… than right now”
And there’s never been a more critical time for optimism, but moreover, optimism with rigour. Chris Riddell’s obsession with data, detail and insights, making unique connections and unlocking new perspectives, forms a compelling case for a future that will be better than today.
Chris Riddell Speaking Topics
Our world is in a state of flux. Recent events such as COVID-19, Brexit, the United States Presidential race, and demonstrations in Hong Kong have shown us that nothing is straight forward when it comes to politics, government and society. The ever-increasing power that technology giants have gained over the last decade combined with trade wars between regions and countries have seen major shifts in power in both the business and government sectors.
- High Speed Business – Reinvented Business
What does a business of the future look like, and what are the skills you need to survive? Let’s discover and uncover the diversifications, innovations and strategies that some of the world’s most exciting businesses have employed to ensure that they’re riding the wave of reinvention while not being drowned in the process.
- The new Customer – The Future Customer 2035
What does a truly connected experience mean, and what does your future customer demand? The future of customer’ is a story of data, real-time information and radical experience transformation. And in a post-pandemic era it is more important than ever to deeply understand the genetic construct of your customer and their continually evolving needs.
- Growth & Transformation – Resilient Leadership
What are the traditional industries we are seeing rapid future growth in, and what skills do we need? With the world at a precipice how can business leaders reinvent themselves, and embrace real-time decision making for the challenges ahead? The need for leadership invigoration has never been more urgent. Leaders are navigating a dynamic, fast-paced digital age, and working within this environment demands leaders make decisions more quickly, agilely and across virtual landscapes.
- Human Impact & Mega Trends
Technology is fundamentally changing us as human beings, and we now live and operate in a world that is beyond being just digital natives. The global community is shrinking, and reliance on high-performing, collaborative teams is more critical than ever. And in turn, leaders will need to evolve their understanding of human behaviour and the human brain through neuroleadership which will help create more effective leadership, better change management and drive positive behaviours.
- Altered Realities & Future Trust
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been changing our lives for decades, but never has AI felt more ubiquitous than now. How can we build enduring consumer trust in an age where we gain digital leverage by merely pushing the Enter key? Trust, in its simplest form has been the cornerstone of our civilisation for 10,000 years. It’s the glue that holds everything together it’s what makes people feel safe, connected and feel like they belong.
This obsession with the future, and ‘the now’ that shapes it, has powered Chris Riddell’s thinking, and his career, for more than 15 years.
Having lived across the globe and working for some of the largest and influential businesses and brands on the planet, Chris has honed his ability to spot and track global patterns and unlocking opportunities in the increasingly disrupted digital world we live in.
With the World moving at breakneck speed rapidly shaping and completely transforming every aspect of our society, Chris Riddell is a man on a mission to get every person on the planet excited about that speed of change.
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? Welcome to the new wave of innovation. With the pace of change hitting peak levels, we’ll see more fundamental human problems being solved in the next two decades than have been solved in the last two centuries.
The Future is here: Engaging. Provocative. Motivating. Change now.
Powered by challenges and possibilities of our changing World, Chris Riddell’s insights provide enlightening and actionable thinking and relevations that will help shift mind-sets and business behaviour.
Chris Ridell’s approach sits at the intersection of rigour and insight, and heart and energy. Taking what we know, and fear, about our world today and tomorrow and encouraging changes in attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and mindsets… all wrapped up in awesome entertainment and showmanship.
Engaging. Provocative. Motivating. Being in a room with Chris Riddell is a transformational experience. No sector, subject or stone is left unturned in his quest to make sense of the challenging world of “The Future”.
This is the power of the live Chris Riddell experience. It’s real… relatable… relevant… and revelatory. Book Chris Riddell for an engaging keynote at The Premium Speakers Agency.