AUTOMOTIVE & MANUFACTURING
We don’t know what we don’t know. AI is coming, and we need to prepare ourselves and our organizations to be ready.
Frank V.
President, Toyota Canada
A few visionary partners
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
At my core, I’m a practical futurist. I grew up on the factory floor of my family’s manufacturing firm.
I have worked with industrial and manufacturing organizations ranging from aerospace to consumer electronics and have trained many of today’s leading automotive designers.
As the global futurist at HP, I directed long-term strategy and technology vision. 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).
I could easily be considered a visionary in strategic foresight and technology innovation.
But I’d rather teach you how to do the same.
As a manufacturing 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.
Jonathan, Vision in Action
New products invented by companies
New line revenue generated for clients ranging from Pepsico to Samsung
Businesses transformed in 15 years
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.
Key Trends Reshaping Manufacturing
- New Globalization
- Labor and Automation
- Rising Debt and Aging Populations
- Rising Debt and Aging Populations
- The Closing Innovation Window
- Data Economy
New Globalization
The shifting global order is disrupting markets and production. It’s also changing regulation and defense industrial policy around the world. If you understand what is means for you, you can develop a superior supply chain and go to market strategy.
Labor and Automation
Structural labor shortages and automation are colliding. Now, industry leaders must know to transform them into a systemic edge.
Labor and Automation
Structural labor shortages and automation are colliding. Now, industry leaders must know to transform them into a systemic edge.
Rising Debt and Aging Populations
The collision of rising capital costs, aging labor, and consumers are shaping both production and consumption. By understanding the larger patterns, you can prioritize investments that will increase your ability to respond to this new economy.
The Closing Innovation Window
Increased competition and easier copying are forcing more rapid innovation. At the same time, they are, making it harder to profit from. Manufacturers face a choice: either invest in advanced technology that’s hard to copy or outsource innovation, which might lead to less uniqueness. Understanding how to balance these options will help you stay competitive in areas others can’t.
Data Economy
Data sharing has the potential to improve improve supply chain efficiency, but it’s often resisted because it can weaken competitive edges. Knowing where to share and when to protect your data can help you secure a strong niche by leveraging or enhancing others’ contributions.
Services
KEYNOTES
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.
When you’re ready to
stop avoiding disruption and lean into it
Jonathan Brill is here to light the way.
Popular Keynotes
Win the Next Five Years
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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
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- Understand why tools like AI are on the rise, as well as their role in moving business forward.
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Architect Your Future
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- Navigate unprecedented times with the top 10 trends you need to know about.
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- Learn the three actionable tools to Architect Your Future.
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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.