Nikki Greenberg

The Future-focussed Leader: If You Can Imagine It, You Can Create It

How to use Design Thinking to solve big problems and get break-through results.

• Be challenged to design future-focussed strategies that embrace emerging technologies. 
• Leaders will learn how to translate their vision into a tangible reality, leveraging Nikki’s lived-examples as an architect on transformative, city-shaping projects.
• Nikki will guide leaders on how to capitalize on the opportunities created during downturns, leveraging her expertise in future-focussed strategic planning. 
• Gain tips on how to design organization strategies today, to meet the needs of tomorrow.

This talk is for leaders and change-makers, looking to lead with a long-term focus in the digital age.

The Future Decision Makers: Gen-Z and the 2030 Opportunity

What organizations must do today to capture the attention of the world’s largest population group, digital native Gen-Z. 

• Nikki will deliver global insights on the role that emerging technologies play in our digital future, and provide guidance on how to differentiate between passing fads vs true disruptors.
• By understanding what matters to Gen-Z, Nikki translates trend data into actionable tips on how to design products and marketing campaigns that will appeal to the iGeneration.
• As a millennial, hear from Nikki on what she believes Gen-Z has learnt from the hard lessons of her generation, and understand the actions that you should take today to get into the Gen-Z mindset.

This talk is for everyone across organizations looking to build loyalty with Gen-Z, who encompass both their future customer, and future workforce.

The Future City: What Buildings Will Be Like When Robots Take Over

A tongue-in-cheek exploration into the impact of emerging technologies on cities and buildings into the future.

• Hear about cutting-edge technologies, and understand the disruptive impact that they will have in the future, and already having today.
• Learn how to make the argument for why your organization cannot stand still in this ever-changing environment, leveraging Nikki’s insights from leading the technology strategy of a $17 Billion global real estate portfolio through its’ digital transformation.
• Understand the steps that you can take today to be prepared for tomorrow’s increasingly tech-enabled future.

This topic is for real estate audiences with an interest in the convergence of physical space and cyber space, and how the design of future-places impacts on the inhabitants of generations to come.

The Future-ready Organization: The Anyplace Workplace

Original tips and insights on how to make workplaces productive, preferable and profitable in the age of flexible working.

• Understand why putting a changed person in an unchanged environment inevitably back-fires – and how to reverse the trend.
• Learn a Human-centered approach to creating a high performance workplace culture that will serve your organization well into the future.
• Receive tips on how to successfully embed innovation and flexibility into decision-making to get break-through results.

This talk is for leaders and people managers from organizations obsessed with creating a highly-motivated culture that leads to strong performance.

Building a Better Future

With the invisible hands of automations working in the background to optimize construction sequencing, discover efficiencies, and prevent hazards before they occur, to the figurative robotic arms driving 3D printers, autonomous trucks, and drone site surveys; tomorrow’s worksites sound like science fiction, and yet these technologies are increasingly being adopted today.

Alongside this accelerating drive to digitization, is a global push towards achieving net-zero, with the construction industry taking on a significant role. During her inspiring, high-energy keynote.

Audience takeaways:

• Discuss the trends and technologies affecting the construction industry and present a vibrant vision for its future inspired by NextGen technologies.
• Insights from other industries, and global forces.

What Buildings Will be Like When Robots Take Over

An entertaining, tongue-in-cheek yet highly informative keynote on the role of service robots, PropTech & automation within real estate.  The audience is encouraged to interact with one another to discuss and explore what the future that we imagine might be like.

Audience takeaways:

• Looking at a history of innovation in the built environment drawing from case studies such as Archigram’s Cities Walking.
• Reflecting on predictions from the popular futuristic cartoon series The Jetsons.

A New Reality for Realty

In 2019, Gen-Z (born 1996-2010) became the largest population group globally. As the first generation to not know a world without the internet, the way that they interact with the world is unique in that they blur the boundary between digital and in-person realities. Gen-Z view products as services and expect a personalized experience from brands. They also turn to social media to search for information and trust reviews over advertising.

Audience takeaways:

• This keynote explores how Gen-Z’s attitudes and expectations are disrupting the way that real estate is designed and operated, to ensure that what is delivered today will meet the needs of tomorrow.

Making Real Estate Future-Ready

The rate of change in technology is advancing at a rapid rate and yet we continue to deliver places exactly the same way as they always have been. During this talk, the impact of innovative ways of using spaces such as co-working, co-living and ghost kitchens are discussed alongside the disruptive technologies of drones, autonomous cars and service robots.

Audience takeaways:

• Audience members will be inspired to ‘think different’ to discover new opportunities for optimizing their assets to increase operational efficiencies and increase profitability.

Building a Better Future

How do we design a place today to meet the needs of tomorrow? In understanding the drive to a Carbon-Neutral society, the way that technology complements the physical reality has become increasingly important.

Audience takeaways:

• The question of when to apply high-tech, low-tech or no-tech solutions is discussed through innovative case studies and global presidents.