Category Archives: Business

Why you should hire me to speak at your next event or conference

My job is to help you make better decisions by understanding what’s just around the corner. I deliver tailored keynote speeches, presentations or immersive discussion sessions, always with the aim of leaving audiences with actionable ideas that they can take forward in their organisations. “Matt has a keen eye on what’s next. This came through…
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Living in a Borderless World

“The future demands from us something more than a nostalgia for some rose-tinted version of a past that did not really exist in any case. You're about to graduate into a complex and borderless world.” (US Secretary of State, John Kerry). These were Kerry’s words in his commencement speech to this year’s Northeastern University graduates.…
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“News from the Future” – When the Algorithms Collaborate

Yesterday I was privileged to be invited to speak at the IABC ‘Future Fit Communications’ event in London. Together we explored three trends set to change the world of corporate communication: - The impact of Artificial Intelligence  - The growth of Visual communication - Why ‘Soul’ matters more than ever As a bit of fun…
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Why User Generated Content is set to rise!

The concept of user-generated content (UGC) is not new. It first came to the attention of business analysts in the early 2000s, when it became apparent that companies like Facebook were becoming corporate behemoths not by churning out their own content, but by leveraging the value of content created by users. In a sense, Google…
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