ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION
Most futurists read Wired. Jonathan is wired.
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What happens next isn't a mystery
Jonathan Brill shows your audience:
WHY
WHY THEIR FUTURE IS CHANGING
How AI, economics, and social and geopolitical changes drive the next five years.
WHAT
WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT
The science-based frameworks that will create the best outcomes for their business.
HOW
HOW TO TAKE ACTION
The small actions they can take today, this year, and in the next three to win their five-year future.
HOW
HOW TO TAKE ACTION
The small actions they can take today, this year, and in the next three to win their five-year future.
The Business Futurist™
I’ve been called many things:
- AI Inventor
- Keynote Speaker
- Fortune 50 Executive
- Best Selling Author
I architect the future. For fifteen years, I ran two companies. One designed special venue theaters, theme park attraction, LED facades and museum exhibits. The other built AI-based architectural technology that was used in visualization tools, smart building and LED display technologies.
I work with and speak to the broad range of AEC practitioners, including developers and construction firms, architects and engineers. My speaking and advisory clients include Autodesk to JLL. I have designed retail stores for a broad range of fashion retailers and led the design of 27,000 SQF of exhibits for the US Government at the 2015 World’s Fair (Expo Milano).
When I speak to AEC audiences, I do so from the practitioner’s lens. How do AI, geopolitics, demographics and economics change the needs of our end user. I leave them with actionable tools to change the way they design, build, finance and profit.
As the global futurist at HP, I directed long-term strategy. I’m also an advisor to the CEO at Frost & Sullivan, one of the largest global private manufacturing technology intelligence agencies. While serving as the Senior Fellow at the HBR China New Growth Institute, I’ve gained a deep awareness of East Asian markets. These roles led me to author the international bestseller, Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change (McGraw-Hill).
As an AEC futurist and keynote speaker, I’ll not only outline how your audience can navigate change; I’ll take them on a journey into the intricate science of engineering solutions, managing change, and creating dynamic growth strategies that leverage disruption.
With each speaking engagement, I dive deep into the unique challenges facing your audience and present a path to growth.
Simply put, I’ll enable you to find certainty in uncertain times, leaving you with the tools you need to reshape your future without allowing it to reshape your mission.
A futurist who sees the future because he builds it.
#1 Futurist in the world.
A Silicon Valley Legend.
The world's leading transformation architect.
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Get your people thinking bigger. Build awareness of the change to come and tools to turn it into opportunity.
Strategy Tours
Experience the future of AI first hand. Meet the people who will drive disruption and build your action plan.
Advisory
Spot future disruption. Define your investment and transformation priorities. Invent new growth.
Popular Keynotes
Win the Next Five Years
The future might be crazy but your business doesn’t have to be. Jonathan Brill helps you spot the societal, geopolitical, economic, and technological trends colliding and impacting your business. He will show you how to lead through the chaos and take action today to win the next five years.
Outcomes:
- How AI, economics, social trends and geopolitics drive the next five years.
- The science-based frameworks that will create the best outcomes for your business and your life.
- The small actions you can take today, this year and in the next three to win the next five years.
AI on Your Org Chart
Stop treating AI like a buzzword and reinvent your work. In a stunning behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s advanced technology labs, Jonathan demystifies AI and separates the science from the science fiction. He leaves you inspiration and the key steps to take action.
Outcomes:
- Understand why tools like AI are on the rise, as well as their role in moving business forward.
- Cultivate the vision, values, and goals your team needs to leverage AI effectively.
- Utilize technology to address complex issues quickly and creatively.
- Debunk the myth of AI replacing humans and learn how to connect more authentically than ever before.
Architect Your Future
Disruption isn’t an edge case. It’s the main case. Future-proofing your success is less about predicting changes and more about creating an adaptable framework for embracing disruption and staying one step ahead. Jonathan Brill has guided today’s top companies as they future-proof their operations with proven strategies to win. Now, he’s here to show you how to do the same.
Outcomes:
- Navigate unprecedented times with the top 10 trends you need to know about.
- Invent your future with the transformative power of AI.
- Learn the three actionable tools to Architect Your Future.
Strategic Luck
Luck isn't chance. It's a science based skill. Merging an impactful blend of heart-felt personal experiences and hard data, this keynote experience takes audiences on a journey through the four science-based methods that transform uncertainty into opportunity in nearly everything you do.
Outcomes:
- The reality of what luck is and how to create it for yourself.
- Why luck is a must for organizations looking to survive disruptions.
- Science-backed strategies for creating lucky opportunities, even out of thin air.