Chris Riddell
Global Futurist, Strategist & Keynote Speaker
Renowned for immersive, high-energy presentations, Chris combines rigorous analysis, dynamic visuals, and showmanship to challenge assumptions, shift mindsets, and inspire audiences to take purposeful action in an unpredictable world.
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Chris Riddell is one of the world’s leading futurists, strategists, and thought leaders, renowned for his ability to decode emerging trends, patterns, and behaviours in our hyper-connected, rapidly evolving world. Over a career spanning more than 15 years, Chris has worked with organisations across industries and geographies, from trailblazing start-ups to government bodies and Fortune 500 companies, including Jaguar Land Rover, Facebook, eBay, Vodafone, Macquarie Bank, and the Australian Federal Police.
Chris specialises in helping businesses and individuals navigate uncertainty, complexity, and disruption with optimism and rigour. His intuitive approach to tracking global patterns and unlocking opportunities enables organisations to take purposeful steps toward meaningful and lasting impact. He is recognised for his unique ability to transform audiences’ attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and mindsets, making his insights both actionable and transformative.
A highly sought-after speaker and advisor, Chris delivers immersive, high-energy presentations that combine rigorous analysis, dynamic visual content, and showmanship. His sessions challenge assumptions, reveal hidden opportunities, and inspire audiences to embrace change, think strategically, and thrive in an uncertain world.
Chris’ work transcends sectors and industries, leaving audiences not only informed but deeply inspired to act. Whether guiding corporate boards, start-ups, or public institutions, Chris Riddell’s insight, creativity, and transformative thinking make him a trusted advisor and one of the most influential voices on the future today.
Topics
Business – Thinking Like a Startup
What does a business of the future look like, and what are the skills your organisation needs to survive?
Adopting a culture of deep innovation across the business, thinking and behaving like a start-up, and finding the entrepreneurs from within your business is more important than ever. Business leaders are under more pressure to understand how to bring new world, blended and more agile thinking into existing businesses. Trust has taken a radically different meaning in the world after tomorrow, and it’s a new currency for businesses. How is this possible in a well-established business, and how can you create environments for ideas to flourish and create topline growth.
Customer – Creating Connected Experiences
What does a truly connected experience mean, and what are customers looking for?
In an era of hyper distraction, customers are bombarded with content across platforms and devices. Advertising just doesn’t connect with Gen Y, let alone even touch the surface with Generation Z. Being a successful and thriving business today requires a deeper understanding of your customer than ever before. Even more importantly, in today’s fast paced world, planning for the day after tomorrow is a key skill that is critical to survival.
Crafted storytelling, with a perfect blend of technology, experiences and people will be the hallmark of tomorrow’s business.
Industry – Growth and Transformation
What traditional industries are we seeing rapid future growth in, and what skills do we need? We are literally swimming in data, and have more insights into our lives than ever before. Deep, real-time learning to create adaptive experiences and build solutions for specific problems will set businesses ahead. Being able to ‘pull levers’ and embrace ‘liquid data’ is how we will see the power balance between large businesses and small ones change forever.
Technology – Human Impact and Mega Trends
Technology is fundamentally changing us as human beings, and we now live and operate in a world that is full of digital natives. Everything about our world is influenced by megatrends; slow moving large, social, economic, political, environmental or technological changes that impact us everywhere. Megatrends influence a wide range of activities, processes and perceptions, both in government and in society, and they last for decades. These are the forces that drive trends around the world. The most successful, innovative and forward-thinking businesses are continually plugged into these movements and use them to support their medium to long-term strategies.
Game Changers – AI, Machine Learning, Automation
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been changing our lives for decades but never has it felt more ubiquitous than now. Automation and robotics has landed with a bang, driverless technology is now already yesterday’s news. Technology is a democratising force, empowering people through information, and we are set for a revolution like no other over the next five years.
The device’ as we know it will disappear almost entirely, and this will dramatically influence how we see our world, and the definition of what relationships mean. ‘Last mile’ decision-making and ethics are being challenged, and our ability to embrace this new era will be the defining point for innovators and trend setters alike.
