DECODING TOMORROW: FUTURISM AND FORESIGHTS TODAY

FORESIGHTS AND IDEAS THAT EXPAND MINDS AND INSPIRE A CHANGE OF HEART.

23 Sep 2022

Futurist-in-Residence: (Keynote Speaker x MC)²

While my purpose as a futurist is to disseminate avant-garde ideas that expand minds and inspire a change of heart, I am fully aware that no futurist keynote speaker is an island. I love sharing stories from the future - to decode ...

20 Sep 2022

How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Combat Climate Change and Create More Sustainable Businesses

We are living in an age of unprecedented technological advancement. Artificial intelligence is one such field that is rapidly evolving, and its potential applications are endless. In this blog post, we will explore how artificial ...

24 Aug 2022

Purpose-led doesn’t mean profit-deprived: why purposeful brands grow - Nicky Sparshott, CEO Unilever ANZ

In today’s episode of the 2nd Renaissance I sit down with Nicky Sparshott - CEO of Unilever Australia and New Zealand to decode Unilever’s sustainability journey - from its origins in Victorian England, to its more recent Unilever ...

09 Aug 2022

What is the Disinformation Age? Ed Coper Decodes Facts and Other Lies

Today we have a very special guest on the 2nd Renaissance. Not only is Ed Coper one of my best friends from my high school days in Canberra, but as a young immigrant I also fondly recall a feeling I had that if a then young Ed Coper ...

09 Jun 2022

Meeting Planner -> Transformation Catalyst: How to Design Transformational Events

As a futurist, I know that you want to be a transformation catalyst. In order to do that, you need to create transformational moments. The problem is that the pandemic changed the way we humans meet, connect and collaborate which ...

23 May 2022

Sustainability Futurist - Keynote Speaker of the Year

Professional Speakers Association Award Committee's Motivation: "This year’s recipient is a world-class speaker. A speaker of our time. A leader in the digital medium who has led the fray as a model for others. We have lived through ...

12 May 2022

Humane Technology - Does Technology Make Us More Human(e)?

We often mistake technology for being cold, robotic, and digitally distracting. Yes, it can be those things, but to reduce our perspectives of the latent possibilities in technological progress to merely those associations is quite ...