Matt O'Neill: Inspires your positive future
UK
As a futurist speaker, marketing and communications expert, Matt O'Neill helps and inspire ogranisations to adapt to a digital and ever-changing world.
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You provided the kick off scene setter for the International Association of Business Communicator's flagship Future Fit Communcation event in 2108 in the UK. You gave a fantastic overview of how augmented reality and artificial intelligence are changing and will continue to change the landscape, and posed some great questions. But more than that - as we prepared for the session you provided a stream of ideas, questions and challenges that got us thinking about how we could get the most from our meeting. And on the day you not only delivered but continued to comment, question and get us all thinking about how we need to understand how what is coming affects us today.
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Matt O'Neill is a respected international keynote speaker and accomplished author. With a background in leading a diverse range of marketing and communications ventures, he went on to build a forecasting business presenting to a diverse array of organisations across four continents. Today, Matt is dedicated to helping business leaders effectively navigate uncertainty, leveraging his expertise in the Future of Work, Leadership, and Technology.
Matt has spent over 20 years developing marketing and communications businesses. They include an innovative events company, cutting edge video marketing products and a marketing communications agency.
Some of them worked, others didn’t! But those 15 years saw a relentless march of technology, and deep societal changes in its wake.
Matt has always spotted trends and found practical ways to apply them to client challenges. But today that is no longer enough. Companies can no longer rely just on technical innovation. They must work harder to reach customers, attract employees and place bets on future strategies. A futurist is no longer a soothsayer looking into the misty distance but an essential contributor to tomorrow’s business success.
His approach is in itself the result of a trend which may now be familiar. Businesses are increasingly a collaboration with customers and the supply chain. In Germany and Japan, the companies built on family dynasties are dissolving. In the UK and US, companies which were once monoliths with ten year product cycles are racing to meet the demands of a public with plenty of choice.
Ventures are crowdfunded (think Kickstarter, or the success of microloans in developing nations). Marketers seek advice from their customers, either overtly (design your own jeans, mobile phone package or holiday) or covertly (all that browsing data you give away every day…) We are constantly finding new ways to collaborate and organise society and business.
And he’s certain that discovering the future is also a collaborative process. That is even more valid if we want to apply the distilled and impassive thinking of most research to real businesses: to your business. Unlike so many consultancies, He won’t present you with a 1000-page strategy document which will be left on the shelf while your business is left behind. We will create a roadmap together, based on the knowledge of my team and your colleagues. All this is supported by rich media, live events (remember he did those?), external speakers and dynamic tools, in a generous spirit of curiosity. This approach is more useful, and much more fun.
See keynotes with Matt O’NeillEnvision a realm where AI’s power boosts productivity and creativity, granting your team desired flexibility. “Becoming Superhuman” is a keynote that will revolutionise you and your organisation. Discover the latest technology and life hacks to transform your business with minimal effort.
Learn key concepts such as understanding AI’s impact, mastering GPT-4, navigating the AI ecosystem, and adopting a synthesising mindset and future-ready resilience for the AI era. The keynote will conclude with essential takeaways, highlighting the collaborative enhancement of technology with human skills.
Matt will give you: The insights, tools and techniques to supercharge your productivity.
Welcome to an empowering journey through the world of artificial intelligence where we learn to balance innovation with ethics, cultivate trust in AI, and promote a fair tech future.
This keynote offers everyone workable strategies for safe and principled use of AI to benefit our work and home lives. Equip yourself with a mindset ready for AI’s evolution, with a true picture of the opportunities AI promises and the hurdles we might face. Matt will discover ways to work together to make AI better and safer for everyone, and the know-how to set up strong AI leadership in your workplace.
Matt will give you: Ways to use AI responsibly and ethically. You’ll learn how to anticipate the development of AI and have the wisdom to promote a leadership style that values inclusivity and trust.
This keynote equips leaders to navigate the emerging AI-powered world with confidence, not just to improve business but to help teams, customers and shareholders thrive. Matt will give you actionable strategies to blend AI advances with authentic leadership, to help you do better business by encouraging innovation and data usage while prizing ethical guardrails.
Matt will find ways to adapt to regulatory and societal shifts, stay on top by balancing technology with human talent and learn to anticipate market upheavals, harness AI for problem-solving, and – crucially – foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement for all.
Matt will give you: Practical approaches that use AI and real leadership to improve how we do business, encourage new ideas, and maintain ethical standards. You’ll know how to build a future-ready environment where people grow and learn.
What could life look like in just a decade? It’s a question every business should be asking.
In this keynote, Matt will leap into an optimistic future where technology is harmonised with humanity, invigorating every aspect of our lives. He’ll sketch a vibrant world of opportunity where AI wellness coaches and digital friends boost our well-being, green cities thrive and culture barriers are crushed to promise a more global community. Not just thanks to technology, but also new approaches to learning, skills and community-building. In short, far more than predictions!
Matt will give you: A visionary yet practical roadmap to navigate the next decade with confidence.
Based on Matt’s second book, “Future Hackers”, this keynote is a whistlestop tour of imminent change: a toolkit for understanding the intersections of AI, biotech, and big data; our reshaped post-pandemic workplace and the societal shifts of the 21st century. We can’t prevent change. We can’t fully anticipate it. But we can all be ready: understanding the unknown, embracing it, and helping those less equipped to thrive, too.
Matt will share insights on a practical vision for the future and the critical tools to make smart decisions: the “Questions that drive progress” and which empower you and your organisation to tackle unpredictability with strength.
Matt will give you: The necessary outlook and tools for making wise choices. You’ll leave with the right questions to help your organisation become future-ready!
“Working with you was a joy. We briefed you carefully about our intended audience's likely concerns which you carefully integrated into a draft presentation. You were happy to finetune and adapt to ensure that we were completely satisfied. The three chosen themes could have all been the subject of a full day in their own right, but you managed to encapsulate the key issues in a lucid and fascinating 30 minutes. Your visuals were excellent, enhancing what we heard. You're a fluent and thoughtful speaker. who went the extra mile to do a great job. It is rare to find a keynote speaker so willing to listen and adapt to our needs. Our audience, tired at the end of a long congress, found you thought-provoking and engaging. Your passion for your subject shines through and I believe you'd do a fantastic job speaking for any organisation who wanted to hear about future trends and technology.”
Julia Jepps, Programme and Research Director
“Our audience of business leaders enjoyed your stories and examples which provided much food for thought. You were really relevant to our event. People loved it”
Alix Farquhar, Lead Consultant
“Like all the best advisers, you ask not only the right questions, but also the challenging ones; always with a view on securing the best result for us.”
Stephen Welch, Communications Lead
“Matt was an incredible speaker for our Digital Disruption event at Unilever. His talk revealed key strategies for discovering your core values as a leader and using them to effectively engage and motivate people.”
Rosie Topp, Co-Founder
“Your Future of Manufacturing work was invaluable in helping our customers better understand where opportunities and threats to their businesses lie.”
Scott Addington, Director EMEA Marketing
"You led a thought-provoking session for the Board and leadership team which challenged our thinking about the future. The session took us out of our comfort zone and opened our minds to a different future."
Sandra Crosby, Housing Director
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