Anders Sorman-Nilsson
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Anders Sorman-Nilsson
Biography
Anders Sörman-Nilsson is a visionary futurist and a global authority at the intersection of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and sustainability. As the founder of the avant-garde think tank, Thinque, Anders offers data-driven insights and strategic foresight to global brands, helping them navigate the complexities of the modern world. With an impressive client roster that includes industry giants such as Apple, Meta, Google, McKinsey, Lego, and Rugby New Zealand Anders is trusted by leaders across four continents to provide guidance on the cutting edge of technology and innovation.
Holding a Global Executive MBA and an LLB, Anders' unique blend of strategy and entrepreneurial acumen, combined with his forward-thinking approach, makes him a sought-after and awarded Keynote Speaker of the Year. He specializes in decoding complex trends and turning challenging questions into actionable strategies, inspiring audiences to embrace change and future-proof their organizations.
Anders is the acclaimed author of three pivotal books on digital transformation and innovation: 'Aftershock' (2020), 'Seamless' (2017), and 'Digilogue' (2013). He is a Brand Ambassador for Adobe, and his thought leadership extends to impactful trend reports like "How Artificial Intelligence is Powering Australian Retail," commissioned by Microsoft, and he creation of marketing award-winning tools like the Adobe Creative Intelligence test, and brand collaborations with Meta, ING Bank, Jaguar Land Rover and Zurich.
A recognized figure in global thought leadership circles, Anders is a member of TEDGlobal and the Entrepreneurs Organization, where he serves as the Leadership Impact Chair for the Sydney Chapter. His nomination to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders in 2019 underscores his influence and commitment to shaping a sustainable future.
Anders' insights have been featured in prestigious publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the BBC, establishing him as a leading voice in the realm of futurism. As the host of the 2nd Renaissance Podcast and the Entrepreneurs Organization's Scaling Impact podcast, he continues to explore and share revolutionary ideas that expand minds and inspire a change of heart.
Engaging Anders Sörman-Nilsson for your next event guarantees an enlightening experience that will leave your audience equipped to sustainably lead in an ever-evolving digital and AI-driven landscape.
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The Future is AI with a Human Soul
Nurturing Ethical Technology for a Humane Tomorrow
In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) shapes every facet of our lives, the quest for technological advancement raises profound ethical questions. "The Future is AI with a Human Soul" delves into the heart of this technological evolution, advocating for a future where AI not only mimics human intelligence but also embodies our deepest values and ethical principles.
This keynote explores the delicate balance between harnessing the power of AI to solve complex global challenges and ensuring these technologies are developed and deployed with a deep sense of responsibility, empathy, and ethical integrity. Anders Sörman-Nilsson, a futurist with a keen eye on sustainable and ethical innovation, guides us through a visionary journey where AI and humanity converge to create a more compassionate and inclusive world.
Key Takeaways:
● Understanding AI's Ethical Landscape: Unpack the critical ethical considerations in AI development, from data privacy to algorithmic bias, and learn how to navigate these challenges with foresight and wisdom.
● Empathy and AI: Explore how AI can be designed with empathy at its core, enhancing human experiences and relationships rather than diminishing them.
● Sustainable AI Integration: Examine strategies for integrating AI into society in ways that promote environmental sustainability, social justice, and economic equity.
● The Role of Human Creativity: Discover how human creativity and AI can synergize to solve problems that neither could tackle alone, fostering innovation that reflects the best of human values.
● Navigating Risks and Rewards: Balance the transformative potential of AI with a cautious awareness of its risks, ensuring that the path forward safeguards human dignity and freedom.
"The Future is AI with a Human Soul" is more than a presentation; it's a call to action for leaders, innovators, and communities to collaborate in shaping an AI-enhanced future that honors our collective humanity. Join Anders in envisioning and working towards a world where technology serves as a bridge to a more understanding, sustainable, and compassionate society.
Digilogue Dynamics
Winning Digital Minds and Analogue Hearts in the Age of AI and Conscious Consumerism
As we navigate a world where Generative AI, the Metaverse, and conscious consumerism redefine engagement, the concept of "Digilogue" offers a compelling path forward. This keynote delves into the fusion of digital innovation and analogue authenticity, essential for captivating the hearts and minds of tomorrow's consumers.
What You'll Discover:
● Generative AI's Role: Learn how AI can personalize experiences to captivate tech-savvy minds while preserving the human touch that resonates with our hearts.
● Metaverse for Engagement: Explore how brands can utilize the Metaverse to create immersive experiences that blend digital and physical realms, fostering community and connection.
● Sustainability in Innovation: Understand the importance of sustainable practices in digital strategies, aligning with the values of environmentally and socially conscious consumers.
● Bridging Digital and Analogue: Strategies to blend digital efficiency with the bespoke charm of analogue interactions, ensuring technology enhances rather than replaces human connections.
Key Takeaways:
● Mastering the Digilogue Space: Insights into creating experiences where technology complements human touch, strengthening customer relationships.
● Ethical Tech Integration: Principles for adopting AI and virtual realities responsibly, focusing on sustainability and ethical considerations to meet the expectations of conscious consumers.
This keynote offers a roadmap for businesses aiming to thrive in a digital future without losing the essence of human connection, ensuring a deep resonance with the evolving landscape of consumer values and expectations.
Sustainable Futures
Crafting a World Worth Inheriting Through Innovation
In our race against time to safeguard our planet, innovation and technology emerge as our most potent allies. "Sustainable Futures" is not just a call to action; it's a roadmap to innovating a world where ecological balance, social equity, and economic viability converge to create a sustainable legacy for generations to come.
This keynote delves into the heart of sustainability, transcending traditional environmental concerns to embrace the holistic ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) framework. It's about harmonizing planet, people, and profit to forge organizations and cultures that not only survive but thrive in the face of global sustainability challenges.
Key Takeaways:
● Innovative Decoupling: Explore cutting-edge technologies and practices that allow us to enhance our productivity and quality of life while minimizing environmental impact, truly having our "planetary cake and eating it too."
● UN SDGs as Creativity Catalysts: Discover how the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) serve as a framework for innovation within constraints, inspiring creative solutions to complex global challenges.
● Economic Advantage of Green Transformation: Understand the compelling return on investment (ROI) for businesses that commit to the green economy, demonstrating that sustainability leaders consistently outperform their less proactive counterparts.
● Circular Economy Insights: Learn about the principles of the Circular Economy and how they enable businesses to develop resilient, innovative, and sustainable models that reduce waste and foster regeneration.
● Conscious Consumerism: Gain insights into the rising tide of conscious consumers who demand ethical practices and sustainability commitments from brands, influencing companies to act before regulation mandates change.
● B-Corp and Supply Chain Transformation: Explore how aligning with B-Corp standards and fostering sustainable supply chain ecosystems can accelerate your company's transformation towards sustainability at an exponential pace.
● Narrative Crafting for Sustainability: Master the art of communicating your sustainability journey in a way that engages and inspires stakeholders, without resorting to shaming, by crafting compelling narratives that resonate on an emotional and intellectual level.
This keynote will not only enlighten but also equip you with the strategies and insights needed to lead your organization towards a sustainable future, where doing good for the planet and society is synonymous with doing well in business.
2nd Renaissance
Unleashing Human Creativity Through AI Empowerment
In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a tool but a partner in our creative processes, we stand on the brink of a new age of human creativity and innovation. As we move beyond the challenges of the pandemic, our focus shifts towards how AI can enhance human potential, liberating us from the mundane to embrace the profound and impactful.
This keynote delves into the symbiotic relationship between humans and machines, exploring how AI is becoming the canvas and catalyst for human creativity. We are entering a 2nd Renaissance, reminiscent of the historical flourish of art, culture, and science, but this time powered by digital intelligence.
Key Takeaways:
● Human-AI Collaboration: Understand how AI is not replacing but augmenting human creativity, enabling us to achieve more with less and pushing the boundaries of innovation.
● Sustainable Innovation: Explore how technology, particularly AI, is instrumental in driving sustainable practices, ensuring that our strides in innovation are ecologically responsible and aligned with the principles of the Circular Economy.
● Human-Centered Design: Learn the importance of crafting stories and experiences that resonate on a human level, using AI to deepen connections and enrich the customer journey.
● The Rise of Conscious Consumerism: Gain insights into the evolving expectations of consumers who demand purpose-driven brands that leverage technology for positive impact.
● Diversity as a Catalyst: Discover how inclusive approaches in AI and technology development are unlocking new perspectives and driving disruptive innovation.
● Creative Expression in the Digital Age: Witness examples of how the fusion of creativity and technology is leading to unprecedented forms of art, design, and storytelling, making what was once deemed science fiction a tangible reality.
● Empowering the Creative Economy: Learn how the future belongs to those who can blend creativity with technological prowess to create solutions that resonate both emotionally and practically with global audiences.
This keynote will not only inspire but also provide practical frameworks for leveraging AI to enhance human creativity, ensuring that your brand or organization is at the forefront of this new, dynamic era of innovation and human expression.
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Featured Books
After Shock - The World's Foremost Futurists Reflect on 50 Years of Future Shock and Look Ahead to the Next 50
by Anders Sorman-Nilsson
In 1970, futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler were thrust upon the world stage by the publication of their sensational bestseller, Future Shock— the title describing a condition whose characteristic “shattering stress and disorientation” would inevitably be brought about by “too much change in too short a period of time.”
Whether the Tofflers’ warnings about the acceleration of technological and social change have proved prophetic or apocryphal, their insights were—and continue to be— potent catalysts for contemplating our probable, possible, and preferred visions of the future. Indeed, in the end, we will realize either the world we fear to imagine or the world we dare to dream.
Dare, then, to journey into all these potential futures, guided by the extraordinary insights of the world’s foremost thought leaders who in these pages collectively chart the course to an abundant future for all.
Seamless: A Hero's Journey of Digital Disruption, Adaptation and Human Transformation
by Anders Sorman-Nilsson
Achieve brand success with smarter change management and seamless transformation
Seamless is a guide for transforming your brand and heroically taking your business into the future. Customers are sick and tired of the inconvenience, friction, arrogance and grating seams they experience on their customer journeys caused by brands undergoing awkward and haphazard change. This book shows you how to remove the external and internal seams for a smooth transition between marketing channels, to provide a transformative customer journey. Anders Sörman-Nilsson, futurist and author of Digilogue (Wiley 2013), reveals the key factors to designing a cohesive and agile brand that is fit for the future. This book looks at on-the-ground implementation of Digilogue ideas, giving you a first-hand account of how emerging technology has evolved and disrupted the business landscape since 2013. You'll learn the trials and tribulations of omnichannel marketing, change leadership, start up thinking versus a heritage (and family) business legacy and why there has never been a better time to implement seamless technologies in your business.
The future doesn't unfold neatly — in fact, it's often a disruptive slap in the face. Seamless is the key to a successful business future, and this book shows you how to make seamlessness work for your company, starting today.
- Design away the friction with transformative customer experiences
- Weave disparate channels and parts of a brand together into a seamless whole
- Take an integrative, rather than additive, approach to communications
- Achieve the highest level of customer intimacy, the key to customer loyalty
- Drive seamless change inside your organisation by designing journeys of constant adaptation
Communication channels continue to proliferate, and simply adding every new flash in the pan is a sure path to ruin. You need to bring together every part of your brand into a cohesive whole, one with deliberate, strategic structure and wholeheartedly gather all your stakeholders around it. Seamless shows you how to remove the scar tissue, reveal your brand's fresh edge and meet the future curious, agile and open-minded.
Digilogue: How to Win the Digital Minds and Analogue Hearts of Tomorrow's Customer
by Anders Sorman-Nilsson
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?
The answer, according to internationally acclaimed futurist, Anders Sormon-Nilsson is Digilogue — the "translational sweet-spot, the convergence of the digital and the analogue."
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.
Thinque Funky - Upgrade your Thinking
by Anders Sorman-Nilsson
The zeitgeist of our times has shifted. In fact, the spirit of our times is a little out of whack. The fastest growing economy in the capitalist world is a "communist one", Iceland, the country with the world's highest standard of living, is now bankrupt, and more 2-5 year old kids know how to play Angry Birds than can tie their shoe laces.
Many western economies are still in a flux, Generation Y commerce and law graduates were paid up to 20K for not going to work during the Global Financial Crisis, and no longer do we talk excitedly about 'negative gearing' at the neighbourhood barbeque. Because of Moore's Law, computer power doubles every 18-24 months, smashing old human thinking domains to smitherines. About the only constant in the world is that my cat, Finnegan, still thinks like a dog.
Unfortunately, change doesn't care whether you like it. It doesn't need your permission. There is now a real sense - a vibe - that we are moving through a global paradigm shift in thinking.
With clients like Apple, Cisco, Lilly, Gartner, MTV, Clinique, Fuji Xerox, Hewlett Packard, and Commonwealth Bank, Anders Sorman-Nilsson believes that for business brains to stay relevant, be competitive, and gain marketshare in a constantly shifting business landscape, you in fact need to upgrade your thinking. This book will provide you with the necessary GPS directions for the changing future.
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