About The Guest
Matthew Griffin, described as “The Adviser behind the Advisers” and a “Young Kurzweil,” is a world class futurist and the founder and CEO of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures consultancy working across the next 50 years, and the World Futures Forum and XPotential University, two philanthropic organisations whose mission it is to reduce global inequality, in all its forms, and ensure the benefits of the future are accessible to everyone, irrespective of their abilities or background. He is also the author of the futuristic “Codex of the Future” series, and the book “How to Build Exponential Enterprises.”
Matthew’s clients include royalty, world leaders, G7 and G20 governments, and well known multi-nationals including Accenture, Aon, BCG, Centrica, Credit Suisse, Decathlon, Dentons, Deloitte, GEMS, Huawei, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Qualcomm, RWE, SAP, Samsung, T-Mobile, and many others.
A rare talent Matthew is regularly featured in the global media, including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Telegraph, ViacomCBS, and WIRED, and his ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of revolutionary emerging technologies on global culture, industry and society, is unparalleled.
Recognised for the past six years as one of the world’s foremost futurists, innovation and strategy experts Matthew is an international speaker who helps governments, investors, multi-nationals and regulators around the world envision, build and lead an inclusive, sustainable future.
311 Institute: https://www.311institute.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmgriffin/
About The Episode
Overall, this podcast has largely focused on a 10 year time horizon when exploring the emerging technologies that the guests have brought up. The reason is that it is quite a challenge to predict what changes will come after this point due to the accelerating nature of technological development, and the convergences between these technologies. But in today’s episode we look beyond the 10 year time horizon for the Future of Work, with the help of futurist Matthew Griffin. So if you’ve ever wondered what jobs or skills will be relevant in the coming decades, this conversation should give you a great place to start.
As we touched on many different topics the conversation will be broken down into 2 episodes, with this first part looking at: the megatrends and technologies impacting the future work, which industries will be disrupted, and what soft and hard skills will be needed for individuals for the coming decades.
Worlds Largest 3D Printer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVRkjNSIiFk&ab_channel=Dezeen
