Roger Spitz | Speaker Profile
Based in San Francisco, Roger Spitz is an international bestselling author, President of Techistential (Climate & Foresight Strategy), and Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute. Roger has given over 100 keynote talks globally, frequently contributes across leading media, and has guest lectured at many of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions. A world-leading authority on foresight, sustainability, and transformative innovation, Roger has written four influential books as part of “The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption” collection, which became an instant classic.
Featured keynote topics
Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation
Sensemaking, decision-making, and responses for value creation in our deeply uncertain, complex and disruptive world. Using futures intelligence and strategic foresight to reframe uncertainty, navigate systemic disruption and anticipate inflection points.
Greenaissance & Sustainability: The Ultimate Disruptive Opportunity
Sustainable is the new digital in the Greenaissance era of renewal with momentous innovation and investment opportunities. We delve into key questions, including: How to ensure transformative innovation versus surface-level point solutions? What are the levers to enable effective change for sustainable value creation in our complex world? How do you avoid the “Commercialization Valley of Death” for Green & ClimateTech? Why Climate Intelligence is Futures Intelligence for building resiliency.
Change Is Slow Until It Isn’t: The Future is Close & Being Prototyped
Disruption is disrupting itself. Our world and its futures are UNknown, Volatile, Intersecting, Complex, and Exponential. We offer the best UN-VICE to shape the futures we desire, as we investigate both the drivers of disruption and what doesn’t change. Catch a preview of the futures by evaluating weak signals to anticipate inflection points.
Anticipatory Governance to Prepare for the Unknown: Reinventing Boards & Leadership
We are in a world of radical transparency where transgressions stand out. Shareholder primacy is contested by an increasing awareness of an organization’s responsibility to all its stakeholders. Shifting values, stakeholder prioritization, and alignment matter deeply. Leadership teams must integrate these values in the context of potentially irreversible exponential technologies, AI, and climate change. Organizations need anticipatory governance to thrive in multi-stakeholder and unpredictable environments. Deep uncertainties raise challenges but also opportunities. The cost of preparation pales in comparison with the costs of lacking anticipation.
Artificial Intelligence & The Future of Strategic Decision-Making
AI is taking over areas previously thought too important to entrust to machines. As humans, we need to enhance our capabilities given that machines are learning fast, and with increasingly higher-level human functions.
Publications
“Over the past few years, we have given hundreds of keynote talks and courses on decision-making in uncertain and disruptive environments. There is one question which we consistently get asked from participants: Where can we find a comprehensive guide to help us make sense of our complex, nonlinear, and unpredictable world? Given the overwhelming interest, we decided to write The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption.”
Roger Spitz, Chairman Disruptive Futures Institute
Speaker background
Based in San Francisco, Roger Spitz is an international bestselling author, President of Techistential (Climate & Foresight Strategy), and Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute. Roger has given over 100 keynote talks globally, frequently contributes across leading media, and has guest lectured at many of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions.
Roger has two decades of leading investment banking and venture capital businesses, advising CEOs, founders, boards, and shareholders on their most strategic decisions, evaluating their organizations’ competitiveness and disruptions ahead. He sits on several Advisory Boards of companies, Climate Councils, VC funds & academic institutions worldwide.
A world-leading authority on foresight, sustainability, and transformative innovation, Roger has written four influential books as part of “The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption” collection, which became an instant classic. He publishes extensively on decision-making in uncertain and complex environments, with bestselling books in Future Studies, Green Business, Sustainable Economic Development, Business Education, Strategic Management & Forecasting.
Roger is an inaugural member of Cervest’s Climate Intelligence Council, a contributor to IEEE’s ESG standards, and the Foresight & Sustainability partner of Vektor Partners (Palo Alto, London), an impact VC firm investing in the future of mobility. As former Global Head of Technology M&A with BNP Paribas, Roger advised on over 50 transactions with deal value of $25bn. He launched the bank’s US M&A practice in San Francisco and built its European Technology & Digital investment banking franchises in London & Paris.
Bilingual in English & French, Roger has lived in 10 different cities across three continents.
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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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