Nikolas Badminton
Nikolas Badminton is a world-renowned global futurist speaker and Chief Futurist that mentors top executives and the highest levels of government to create bold visions by exploring desirable futures, anticipating opportunities and risks, and strengthening strategic planning.
He has spent 30+ years working with leadership at over 450 leading organizations at the frontline of futures, strategy and disruption – including The White House, NASA, Disney, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, WM, JP Morgan, Verizon, VISA, TD Bank, American Express, Dyson, BISCI, ISACA, Rolls Royce, Procter & Gamble, US Department of State, UK Home Office, United Nations, and many more.
Facing Our Futures: How foresight, futures design and strategy creates prosperity and growth – is Nikolas’ number one best selling book and has been named Top-50 Business Books by The Next Big Idea Club, and JP Morgan Private bank’s “Next Gen Pick” for their Summer Reading List to guide young executives to embrace futures thinking.
Speaking topics
- Energy Transitions: Explore Renewable Energy Futures
What if we can gain foresight to master renewable energy opportunities?
Global and domestic markets are seeing economic shifts, growth and changing market dynamics through transformation of how we generate, distribute and consume energy. Our renewable energy economy is being accelerated by policy, competition, new innovation and research ecosystems powered by data, AI, and automated systems that present new opportunities for effi ciency and growth.
Nikolas will show you how progressive leaders embrace futures exploration and take action to plan for what comes next in energy independence, electrification of infrastructure and transportation, and global sustainability.
Client takeaways
- Adopt an energy futurist mindset: Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries.
- Learn about future energy ecosystems: See how solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, nuclear and storage solutions combine to create new energy industry dynamics and business models.
- See thought leadership in action: Learn the stories of how world-leading companies are disrupting themselves and innovating using
futures thinking.
- Geopolitical Technology Futures: Looking to 2035 and beyond
What if we anticipate global shifts and master geopolitical strategic planning?
Emerging technologies are reshaping global power dynamics, partnerships and strategic competition. Developments in Artificial Intelligence, quantum computing, global supply chains, and the critical water-energy-food systems are shaping geopolitics. Discover how nations and industries are leveraging technological innovation to gain strategic advantage, and rewriting their geopolitical playbooks.
Other areas for exploration include Critical resource management in an era of climate change and decarbonization; Strategic realignment of global supply chains and financial systems; The evolution of defense, space, and arctic sovereignty and technology innovation; and, the intersection of digital sovereignty and cybersecurity in shaping national security and power dynamics.
Client takeaways
- Adopt a geopolitical futurist mindset: Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and explore energy transition and future geopolitical scenarios.
- Learn about future technologies: See how the growth in data, AI, quantum. climate tech, and sensor ecosystems are accelerating and supercharging economies.
- See thought leadership in action: Learn the stories of how world-leading energy companies are disrupting themselves and innovating using futures thinking.
- The A.I. Leader: Create incredible productivity, profit & growth
What if we can look beyond the hype to see the practical and impactful opportunities to supercharge our workforces using A.I.?
Artificial Intelligence promises employee augmentation, automation, increased productivity and unlocked opportunities for growth. In harnessing its ability, we hope to positively affect the world and create incredible futures to build businesses that delight customers and solve some of the greatest challenges of our times. If only it was so easy.
Nikolas will show you A.I.’s role in shaping our futures, how our world and industries are being revolutionized, and what the practical abilities and skill sets are needed. He’ll also show how to integrate A.I. capabilities across your organization and in the essential work undertaken.
Client takeaways
- Adopt an A.I. futurist mindset: Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how A.I. will transform companies and industries
- Learn A.I. signals, trends & scenarios: See how A.I. is evolving how industries work. See how your workforce will supercharge their
capabilities using A.I., spatial computing and other technologies - See thought leadership in action: Learn the stories of how world-leading companies are applying A.I. and futures thinking to supercharging our strategic thinking
- Facing Our Futures: Looking to 2035 and beyond
What if we can ignite imaginations, build anticipation, and deepen empathy to create bold visions of our futures?
Nikolas will deliver an energetic and inspiring keynote that helps you explore and see opportunities in the future of your industry, and the exponential technologies shaping our world.
Nikolas will show you how to think like a futurist and shift your mindset from what is to what if. You’ll see global megatrends are changing power dynamics, and explore the trends that will transform your industry – digital transformation, data growth, Artificial Intelligence and automation, spatial computing, water-energy-food resiliency, sustainable agriculture and food supply, construction, transportation and logistics, healthcare, banking and fintech, smart cities, privacy and cybersecurity, and more.
Client takeaways
- Adopt a futurist mindset: Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and a develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries
- See the futures ahead of us: Explore signals, trends and scenarios that show how industries will change in the next 5, 10, and 20+ years. Anticipate opportunities, challenges and risks
- See thought leadership in action: Learn the stories of how world-leading companies, are applying A.I. and futures thinking to supercharging our strategic thinking.
- Supercharge Innovation: Creating a brave new world
What if we create a company-wide culture of innovation that uncovers new opportunities, and drives incredible growth?
Organizations desire to be innovative in the evolution of their products and services, and in solving of real world problems. Innovation often seen as a new tech or process opportunity however it’s a shift in how we obsess over problems and look at the incredible futures ahead of us.
Nikolas will show you steps to take in building a culture of innovation, and the inspirational stories of those doing it. He will also show you how to fuel new ideas in your organization and apply futures thinking to de-risk the innovation process and create incredible roadmaps for change. He will show you how that supercharges thinking that drive increased revenues and explosive growth.
Client takeaways
- Adopt a futurist innovation mindset: Ignite imagination, build anticipation, and develop a deep sense of empathy for how change will impact companies and industries
- Learn innovation methods: New industry dynamics will be explored together that indicate how your workforce will augment their capabilities using A.I., spatial computing and other technologies
- See thought leadership in action: Learn the stories of how world-leading companies are disrupting themselves and innovating using futures thinking
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Speaker testimonials
Nik really knows how to immediately engage and inspire an audience. His insight, foresight and expertise is invitational in nature, where his captivating content not only leaves his audience wanting more, but inspires them in a way that energizes the growth mindset and punctuates a “WHAT IF” mentality. We loved his work.
Nik brought a provocative point of view on new large compute areas (artificial intelligence, spatial computing, sensor fusion etc.) that left the room starting to shift the way they approach future product framing.
Nik engaged our audience in a thought-provoking manner and challenged them to think differently about how our work impacts the future generations of our communities. Nik was collaborative throughout and invested in the success of our event and its audience members.
Nikolas is delightful and easy to work with. Whether it’s to motivate your audience toward change today or imagining our future, you definitely need Nikolas at your conference.
Your keynote session was really on point with what is happening with our company and how to look ahead and “engineer hope.
Your perspective was a call to action and your observations were referenced numerous times by many team members throughout the course of the week. Thank you for contributing to a better future for healthcare – we are all grateful.
Nik brought a provocative point of view on AI and the new large compute areas (spatial etc.) that left the room starting to shift the way they approach future product framing. I highly recommend Nik!
Nik came in and wowed us. Not only did he tailor his presentation to our industry he also made it very specific to our function within the industry! He surprised many of us with his foresight and predictions and gave our audience information on subjects they didn’t even realize they should be considering.
I found Nik’s comprehensive and multifaceted approach to visioning the future and its associated trends quite inspiring and insightful.
Working with Nik is an absolute pleasure. He landed in projects and got up to speed with the world of acronyms and grasping the realities of a global engineering company in no time. He is a talented future expert with a natural gift for futures and strategic business thinking. He made a huge impact for us to get the conversation about foresight going in North America but also the world. I can’t say enough good things about Nik.
Nik is not just an incredible presenter. He grabs the audience’s attention and doesn’t let go. So many of our partners told us they had never examined the future of their business in such a thought provoking way – to expose our partners to something new is the highest value we can provide to our partners. Nik brought that value.
Nik delivered powerful insights into the challenges, opportunities and importance of understanding the technology that will move our industry, and our world, into the future.
Nik’s always hugely engaging, thought-provoking and on the leading edge of future technology and innovative thinking.