After Dinner Speakers
Futurist: Leading in Uncertainty & Future-Proof Organisations
Changing an organisation starts with changing how its people think. Many leaders are trained to wait for complete data before they act, and in a volatile market that wait costs opportunities. In this keynote Will Higham shows leaders how to make confident decisions with incomplete information, treat uncertainty as an opportunity rather than a threat, and move their teams from a "know it all" to a "learn it all" mindset. Audiences leave with practical ways to build a culture of experimentation, considered risk-taking and resilience, anchored by a shared purpose that holds steady when disruption hits.
The Fast and the Curious: How to Build a Future-Proof Organisation
The organisations that thrive in disruption are the ones that can change direction quickly, shifting strategy, audiences or revenue streams when a key supplier, market or material is disrupted. Will Higham shows how to build that agility into the core of the business: faster company-wide responses, fewer silos and shorter decision chains, more autonomous managers and teams, less reliance on single suppliers, skills and products, and scenario planning that prepares the organisation for several possible futures at once.
Speculate to Innovate: How to Find Growth in Uncertain Times
Most companies rank innovation as a top priority, yet few feel ready to deliver it. Will Higham argues that uncertain times create more innovation opportunities than stable ones, and shows how to close that gap. He explains how to scan for shifts in customers, technology and markets that could create new demand or business models, set up an "Innovation Hit Squad" to assess them, decide which ideas deserve investment, and test the strongest before scaling. The result is a repeatable route from market signal to concrete growth.
