Anders Sorman-Nilsson | Speaker Profile
Anders Sörman-Nilsson (Global EMBA / LLB) is a futurist and the founder of the think tank and trend analysis firm, Thinque, which provides data-based research, foresight, and thought leadership assets for global brands across four continents. The company’s vision is to disseminate and decode ‘avant-garde ideas which expand minds and inspire a change of heart,’ and clients like Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, McKinsey, Jaguar Land Rover, Adobe, MINI, Rugby New Zealand, and Lego trust his future guidance.
Featured keynote topics
In a world of disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Virtual Reality, the Internet of Things, and Machine Learning, futurist Anders speaks about proactive responses such as disruptive thinking, innovation strategy, human transformation, and digital adaptation.
SEAMLESS
Digital adaptation and human transformation | How do you design frictionless customer experiences where customers can seamlessly navigate between digital and analog touchpoints?
FUTURE THINKING
Anticipatory frameworks | You and your leaders need a thinking strategy that enables you to stay on trend, adapt to the times, and successfully navigate a constantly shifting business landscape.
DIGILOGUE
The convergence of digital and analog | This presentation will help you find your middle ground, where your customers and clients want to be. The place where digital and analog converge – the ‘digilogue.’
WAVES OF CHANGE
Global trends that will disrupt your existence | Waves of change are rolling towards us, and you’d better be prepared. But how do you spot the waves or identify what’s happening in the market?
Speaker quotes
“Every business model is now getting digitally hacked.”
“Technology will enable us to focus less on the menial and the mundane and more on the meaningful and the humane.”
“Climate Change doesn’t care if we like it or not. It happens without our permission.”
“The rate of change has never been this fast and will never be this slow again.”
“COVID-19 has unleashed the largest and fastest human behavioral change program in history.”
Recent highlights
Anders Sörman-Nilsson is an awarded keynote speaker who helps leaders decode trends, decipher what’s next and turn provocative questions into proactive answers. He has published three books on digital transformation and innovation, including ‘Aftershock’ (2020), ‘Seamless’ (2017), and ‘Digilogue’ (2013), is a member of TEDGlobal, an Entrepreneurs Organization where he is the Sydney Chapter’s Leadership Impact Chair, and was nominated to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders in 2019.
Anders is the author of the 2020 Microsoft & Thinque whitepaper “How Artificial Intelligence is powering Australian Retail in 2020 and beyond,” the co-creator of the B2B marketing award-winning Adobe Creative (CQ) Intelligence test, and the host of the 2nd Renaissance Podcast. His futurist thinking has been shared by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Review, Monocle, BBC, South China Morning Post, Esquire, and ABC TV.
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Organizations and event organizers can confidently hire this speaker to conduct keynotes and workshops about future trends across a diverse range of topics and in the following formats:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| Advisory calls | Discussion with your executives to answer specific questions on a topic, project or subject of choice. |
| Executive coaching | One-to-one coaching and mentoring session between an executive and the selected speaker. Topics are mutually agreed upon. |
| Topic presentation (Internal) | A presentation for your internal team based on a mutually agreed topic with content supplied by the speaker. This format is designed specifically for internal team meetings. Maximum 25 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (Internal) | Webinar presentation for your team members on a mutually agreed topic, including question time. Internal replay rights included. Maximum 100 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (External) | Webinar presentation for your team and external attendees on a mutually agreed topic. Question time and external replay rights included. Maximum 500 participants. |
| Event keynote presentation | Keynote or speaking engagement for your corporate event. Topic and content can be customized to event themes. Includes one-on-one question time and participation in other event sessions if required. |
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