Explore incredible futures powered by hope and guided by wisdom driving transformation.

Nikolas Badminton

CHIEF FUTURIST

BESTSELLING AUTHOR

HOPE ENGINEER

SPEAKING FEE: $20,000 - $30,000

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Meet Nikolas

Advisor to the ‘Age of AI’ series with Robert Downey, Jr.

Challenges short-term thinking and provides organizations with the foundations for futures design

Shares insights from 500+ hopeful companies applying futures thinking to drive transformation, profit and hypergrowth

Nikolas Badminton mentors top executives and the highest levels of government to explore desirable futures, anticipate opportunities, and strengthen strategic planning.

He has spent 30+ years working with leadership at over 500 leading organizations to ignite imagination, build anticipation and supercharge strategic planning - including NASA, Disney, United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, WM, JP Morgan CHASE, VISA, TD Bank, American Express, McDonalds, Mondelez International, Procter & Gamble, US Department of State, BISCI, ISACA, Rolls Royce, UK Home Office, and many more. 


Facing Our Futures: How Foresight, Futures Design and Strategy Creates Prosperity and Growth is Nikolas’ number one bestselling book, was selected as JP Morgan’s ‘Next Gen Pick’ for their 2023 Summer Reading List to guide new leaders to ignite curiosity and embrace futures thinking. It was also named as the Next Big Ideas Club Top-50 Business Books of 2023, and shortlisted for The Business Book Awards 2024.

Nikolas’ essential research has been featured by the BBC, VICE, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Business Insider, Forbes, Sunday Telegraph and many others. He was a key advisor to the ‘Age of AI’ series with Robert Downey Jr, and appears in the Franklin Institute's series ‘2050’.

SPEAKING TOPICS

  • "Nik really knows how to immediately engage and inspire an audience. His insight, foresight and expertise is invitational in nature, and inspires them in a way that energizes the growth mindset and punctuates a “WHAT IF” mentality. We loved his work."

    Walt Disney

  • "You were brilliant. Your insights, inspiration and incredible depth of knowledge left all of us ready to leap into the future. You were engaging, personable and completely entertaining. Your natural rapport made our entire conference feel like we were the only reason you got out of bed that day. We were the centre of your attention, and because of that, all of us are better equipped to engage on the important global issue of transformational aging in a changing world."

    Eden Care Communities

  • "I can't thank you enough for your participation and impact! Your perspective was a call to action and your observations were referenced numerous times by many team members throughout the course of the week. Thank you for contributing to a better future for healthcare – we are all grateful."

    Mayo Clinic

  • "Nik brought a provocative point of view on how AI and the new large compute areas shift the way we approach future product framing. We highly recommend Nik!"

    Verizon

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