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His unique perspective: innovation begins with trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jerry-michalski-lecture-topics\">Jerry Michalski Lecture topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Signature Keynote: Making the impossible possible \u2013 Rethink your limits<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What we take for granted today \u2013 such as a talking smartphone with access to all the world&#8217;s maps \u2013 was once considered unthinkable. In this inspiring lecture, Jerry shows how we can recognise hidden mental limitations and create new possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recognising invisible barriers to thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redefining \u2018impossible\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discovering strategies for transformation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>GenAI Keynote: How trust and collective intelligence are shaping our AI future<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We are already fused with software \u2013 and with GenAI, this connection will become even more profound. Jerry highlights the historical, ethical and practical dimensions of this development and shows how trust is the key to a livable technological future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recognising your own digital superpowers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding trust as the basis for successful AI application<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Classifying the social impact of GenAI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Trust Keynote: Trust is the way forward<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In an age of low trust, those who consciously rely on trust will prevail. Jerry presents his concept of \u2018Design from Trust\u2019 \u2013 a radical approach to rethinking organisations, systems and entire industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understanding mistrust as a system error<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Systematically shaping trust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rethinking people and organisations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who is Jerry Michalski?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry Michalski spent over a decade as an analyst at the forefront of the tech revolution, including as managing editor of Esther Dyson&#8217;s influential tech newsletter Release 1.0. He advised companies on disruptive technologies such as AI and was always on the lookout for meaningful digital innovation. As early as the mid-1990s, he recognised that the term \u2018consumer\u2019 was contributing to many social problems \u2013 and that trust was a possible way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fascinated by the potential of collective knowledge networking, he began digitally mapping knowledge over 27 years ago \u2013 using <strong>TheBrain mind mapping software.<\/strong> Today, his collection of over 615,000 nodes is the largest of its kind in the world \u2013 publicly accessible and a living example of his thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>His vision:<\/strong> when we design systems based on trust rather than control, innovation, cooperation and long-term success emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018Jerry Michalski is one of the most brilliant and inspiring speakers who has ever participated in our executive events. Jerry&#8217;s presentations help us understand the present, imagine the future and question our assumptions about what it means to work.\u2019 <\/em>\u2013 <strong>Doug Pinkham, President, Public Affairs Council<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jerry Michalski is not only a speaker, but also a catalyst who inspires his audience in a lasting way.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mindset meets Strategy &#8211; The Ultimate Change Leadership Duo:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Future strategist Jerry Michalski and his wife, flux mindset expert<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/april-rinne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April Rinne<\/a>, <\/strong>can also be booked as a speaker duo. 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