Keynote 01
Four Future Seasons
Most leaders plan for a singular future as an extension of the past, so when it does not arrive as expected the planning is rendered useless.
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Five keynotes
Audiences today deserve more than just entertainment or motivation, or charisma with no depth or actionable strategies. Craig’s five primary keynotes combine an incredible mix of quantitative and qualitative analysis, commercial applicability, humour and huge amounts of energy!
Awards and recognition
2025Irish Tech Challenge South Africa winner, WhatTheForesight
2024CIO Today, Most Inspirational Leader
2018African Independent, Top 40 under 40
2016Selected entrepreneur, Investec delegation to Seattle
2016Expert Mavericks co-author and profiled, #1 on Amazon in three categories
2015Fellow of the African Leadership Institute (AFLI), Desmond Tutu Fellowship
2012Mail and Guardian, 200 Young South Africans
2012Destiny Man, Power of 40, Top 40 under 40
2012Africa’s Googliest Googler
2011World Economic Forum Global Shaper, inaugural member for South Africa
2011TEDx speaker, TEDxAshokaU, North Carolina
2025Irish Tech Challenge South Africa winner, WhatTheForesight
2024CIO Today, Most Inspirational Leader
2018African Independent, Top 40 under 40
2016Selected entrepreneur, Investec delegation to Seattle
2016Expert Mavericks co-author and profiled, #1 on Amazon in three categories
2015Fellow of the African Leadership Institute (AFLI), Desmond Tutu Fellowship
2012Mail and Guardian, 200 Young South Africans
2012Destiny Man, Power of 40, Top 40 under 40
2012Africa’s Googliest Googler
2011World Economic Forum Global Shaper, inaugural member for South Africa
2011TEDx speaker, TEDxAshokaU, North Carolina
Five
keynotes
His keynotes also bring in novel, primary research not available anywhere else, drawn from his PhD and his own SaaS tool: 759 leaders in 157 organisations across 21 sectors, and the 50,000 datapoints they produced. The research is here
Keynote 02
Boat Lock
Everyone says leadership, vision, culture and technology are what make a company great, hence most budgets are allocated to leadership offsites, values sessions and investments in the latest technology.
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Keynote 03
How to be Human in an Age of AI
People everywhere are asking which jobs AI will take, driven by technology doomers and techbros espousing the virtues of technology.
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Keynote 04
Holy Shift
A megatrends talk usually lists ten forces and leaves you no better informed than when you arrived.
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Keynote 05
Thriving in an UNSAFE World
VUCA was a phrase coined in 1987 by the US Army War College that has since become common language in the business world (in fact, some speakers still use VUCA as the next best thing!).
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In person or virtual
Built for your audience
With his decades-long track record and over 750 keynotes under his belt delivered to more than 8,000 world leaders, Craig is a futurist who does not forecast, and the talks are built to be delivered specifically for your audience with customisation specific to your requirements to land your key messages.
Whether in person or virtual, Craig leverages cutting-edge technology for immersive experiences. In person he brings the energy the room needs, and virtually he presents from studio-grade equipment, putting the customer at the centre of everything he does and, where possible, spending more time at your event chatting, networking and also learning from you.
Two decades on stage
By the numbers
750+keynotes
8,000+executives
50+countries spoken in
6continents
Preparation
hardens decisions.
He takes bookings for keynotes, MC and hosting, workshops and advisory work, both directly and through speaker bureaus.
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