Anders Sörman-Nilsson is a Global Futurist and an awarded Keynote Speaker who helps leaders decode trends, decipher what’s next and turn provocative questions into proactive strategies.
Watch Anders in action as he shares proactive solutions and foresights in a world of disruptive technologies and artificial intelligence
Digital has become our lifeline. When our analogue hearts have no longer been free to roam around the world, our digital minds have still been able to connect, exchange ideas, and care for one another.
Will Artificial Intelligence replace Human Intelligence? Or will it take the Robot out of the Human? What are the moral questions we need to ask in the 4th Industrial Revolution? Tune into Anders' dialogues with leading journalists on the human questions that matter in an Age of Machines.
Anders has provided Research, Foresight and Business Impact for:
Look into the future with Anders’ insights and conversations with the media
The 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner was set in November 2019. Anders talks to News Breakfast about what this dystopian flick got right and wrong about the future.
Anders sits down at Sunrise to discuss the digital disruptions happening across the globe and what we can expect in the future.
Watch Anders discuss the rise and potential of urban farming, blockchain, transportation innovation and consumer technology.
AFR features an extract from Anders’ book, Digilogue: How to Win the Digital Minds and Analogue Hearts of Tomorrow’s Customer. In the excerpt, Anders goes into detail about the roles digital and analogue play in our lives and how they affect us.
Digital disruptions are making monumental changes in our romantic relationships but Anders argues that analogue won’t completely die off in the dating game. He shares insights on love in the modern age and the digital world that we now live in.
It’s also important to think from a future point with a rearview mirror perspective to understand how to grasp the full potential of today to maintain and drive business success.” Anders graces the cover of Meetings International to share insights on what it's like to be a futurist.
Futurism and Foresight Today
What do you think of when you hear the word Lego?
At an international credit union conference in Las Vegas, I explored a fascinating aspect of human psychology...
Do you have a plan for the future?
Cost of living pressures are hurting everyone.
Featuring Thought Leadership and Brand Ambassadorship
Anders partners with Zurich’s BusinessFIT whitepaper to discuss the seismic shifts of the future and the opportunities you can leverage.
See Anders’ conversation with Alex McLean, MINI’s Head of Marketing for Australia and New Zealand, on Facebook’s Zero Friction Future Series.
The zeitgeist of our times has shifted. It is time to adapt and upgrade your thinking. This book will provide you with the necessary GPS directions for the changing future.
Anything that can be digitised will be digitised. Will the digital-connect ever really replace the personal touch? How can you leverage the analogue heart for your brand?
Seamless is a guide for transforming your brand. Remove the external and internal seams for smooth transitions between marketing channels, to provide a transformative customer journey.
Design methodology for winning audience hearts and minds
We uncover spoken and unspoken client challenges and objectives through qualitative briefings and quantitative market research and analysis.
Our team of researchers and analysts decode both your industry trends and broader anti-disciplinary future signals.
During this post-research phase Anders’ team converge on the signal in the noise - the messages and evidence - that will connect with your audience and provide you with an executive summary.
There is an art and a science to the design of world-class keynotes, and at this stage, Anders crafts a tailored future odyssey based on your briefs and his foresight.
While a keynote should inspire and be thought-provoking, you are not seeking to alienate or offend, which is why Anders presents a final draft of his keynote via web conference for brand and message alignment 1 week out from your event.
As a futurist, Anders is also a humanist story-teller and weaves together a future narrative that delivers avant-garde ideas which expand minds and inspire a change of heart on your audience’s personal heroes' journeys into Tomorrowland.
While the infotainment on stage can set transformation in motion and future ideas live on with your audience, so can Anders. Anders will happily socialise with your audience and partners, stay for book signings, share his slides & research foresights and embed a video conference with select audience members post-event to continue the innovation agenda.
“Anders delivered a keynote at a recent event and received excellent feedback.. His session covered a huge and pivotal topic, which he delivered with such an engaging, enthusiastic and authoritative style...”
Senior Program Manager
Gartner
“ [Anders] narrated an exciting array of relevant, thought-provoking topics that really resonated with our audience. He was entertaining and engaging, craft[ing] great alignment between his content and our event’s key messaging.”
Director
Cisco Systems
“Anders is an excellent storyteller, and what makes him exceptional is his co-curating mindset. [He] took time to understand not only the industry and our brands but also the event objective and our project examples, and incorporated them into his world-class presentations. The event was a huge success [...] I’d definitely recommend Anders to any companies transforming businesses.”
Director/Chief of Staff
LumenLab | MetLife Innovation Centre
“Anders was the keynote at a recent client event that we hosted supporting our thought leadership platform called ‘Humans vs. Robots’. ”
“Anders presented on the digital future for key categories and brands in [relation] to marketing and user experience. He was a highly engaging speaker and presented a great narrative around how best brands can move into this digital world and what questions we should be asking ourselves when we talk about digital innovation and consumer expectations…”
General Manager
UM Sydney
“Anders is a compelling and entertaining speaker. His thoughtful messages are interlaced with real-life examples and personal anecdotes that make him thoroughly engaging. [P]rofessional and easy to work with, [he] gently bring[s] the audience into his world with an understated charisma that really brings his story to life. I was delighted with his participation in our client conference as the keynote speaker.”
Vice President, Global Field Marketing &
Director of Marketing Strategy
FIS
“Anders is unlike anyone else you will meet. He took special care in ensuring he understood our business, our objectives and our opportunities and built this into a world-class keynote and workshop for Specsavers ANZ leadership team. His ideas and thought-provoking sessions opened our minds to the future and what we would need to think of to ensure success in our future..”
Head of Marketing - Strategic Initiatives
Specsavers
“We recently worked with Anders to help us explore what the future of rugby may look like. We found him to be a very structured thinker, a great facilitator and committed to driving a good outcome. I’d certainly recommend Anders to any company looking to put itself into a position of future strength.”
Head of Strategy
New Zealand Rugby
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2010 THINQUE FUNKY:
Upgrade your thinking the zeitgeist of our times has shifted. in fact, the spirit of our times is a little out of whack.
Unfortunately, change doesn't care whether you like it or not. there is now a real sense - a vibe - that we are moving through a global paradigm shift in thinking. find out how to stay future-compatible by ordering your signed copy of 'thinque funky: upgrade your thinking' now.
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2013 DIGILOGUE:
How to win the digital minds and analogue hearts of tomorrow’s customer how to leverage the enduring human need for analogue experiences to attract and retain more customers in a digital world. anything that can be digitised will be digitised. but can the digital-connect ever really replace the personal touch? is word-of-mouse always more effective than word-of-mouth? and what of customers’ enduring need for analogue experiences (think analogue watches, paperback books and multiplex movie theatres, for example). in your rush to embrace your customers’ digital mind are you ignoring an equally valuable asset: their analogue heart? better yet, how can you leverage the analogue heart to provide your company or brand with an unbeatable competitive edge? a book that will revolutionise how you do business in a digital world, digilogue provides powerful insights, strategies and tools to help you provide value to digital minds, while connecting with analogue hearts.
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SEAMLESS: 2017
A hero's journey of digital disruption, adaptation, and human transformation the world is filled with friction. everywhere we go we experience the frictive effects of badly designed "seams". smart brands understand that the future of customer service, great customer experience and the creation of raving fans, lies in their ability to design seamless transitions between physical and digital channels and to deliberately and empathetically remove friction from our lives. in a future of the internet of things, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence, the ability of leaders and brands to go 'seamless' will distinguish the winners from the losers.
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