Amazon bestselling author Paul Armstrong equips executives to anticipate systemic shifts, unlock growth, and navigate disruption with clarity and confidence.
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Top rated!Equip your leaders to thrive amid disruption with insights from a global technology expert. A bestselling author and trusted advisor to Fortune 500s, he transforms complex innovation into actionable strategies. His keynotes empower executives to anticipate change, unlock growth, and future-proof organisations in an uncertain world.
Keynote Speaker Paul Armstrong is a globally recognised authority on technology, disruption, and innovation. With decades of experience advising some of the world’s leading companies, Paul helps organisations understand and harness the forces shaping the future of business. From artificial intelligence and nanotechnology to 3D printing, AR, and VR, his expertise lies in decoding complex innovations and translating them into clear strategies for growth, resilience, and transformation.
As the founder of TBD Group, Paul has guided global brands such as PwC, Meta, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble, equipping leaders with the tools to separate signal from noise and make smarter strategic decisions in uncertain markets. His Amazon bestselling book Disruptive Technologies introduced the influential TBD framework Technology, Behaviour, Data providing executives with a practical roadmap to thrive in times of disruption.
A trusted voice in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, and BBC, Paul is known for delivering sharp, accessible insights that challenge conventional thinking while empowering leaders to act with confidence. His keynotes combine rigorous analysis with engaging delivery, making the future intelligible without losing its disruptive edge.
When you Book Paul Armstrong for your event, you gain more than a keynote you gain an actionable playbook to embrace change, unlock new opportunities, and future-proof your organisation
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Grace FinnCliste Hospitality
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James FerretiWise
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"Charming, professional and really knows his stuff"
Sarah TateGoogle
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Stanislas MagniantCoca Cola
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Keynote by Paul Armstrong:
Reclaiming Control in an Ecosystem Dominated by Big Tech Breaks down the rise of decentralised and autonomous AI systems.
Explores alternatives to centralised models: open-source, federated learning, edge intelligence. Examines the strategic risks of staying tethered to large incumbents. Gives tools to plan for agency and resilience.
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What Comes After the Buzzwords Moves beyond AI, blockchain, and metaverse hype. Identifies emerging classes like biocomputing, programmable materials, edge AI. Discusses real adoption timelines, investment criteria, practical case studies. Empowers organisations to allocate capital and attention where future traction lies.
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From Lab to Game-Changer Demystifies quantum computing, encryption, sensors. Shows where and how quantum will tangibly affect sectors like finance, logistics, healthcare.
Helps non-technical leaders understand quantum’s near-term effects and how to hedge or lead as the quantum era unfolds.
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Rebuilding Authentic Customer Relationships in a Digital Age Analyses how tech amplifies contact but often erodes connection. Examines AR, spatial computing, conversational interfaces as tools to humanise interactions.
Suggests strategies to preserve trust, brand affinity, loyalty when digital architecture becomes dominant. Identifies traps of overreliance on automation.
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