Patrick Dixon

Dr Patrick Dixon has been ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today. More than 500,000 pages on tens of thousands of websites refer to his work. Chairman Global Change Ltd, a growth strategy and forecasting company, he is author of 15 books (545,000 printed, 27 languages), and a physician. Books include Futurewise, SustainAgility, The Genetic Revolution and Building a Better Business.

Dr Dixon has spoken to audiences in over 50 nations and is one of the world's most sought after keynote speakers at corporate events. His customised multimedia presentations are experienced by up to 4,500 people a time, in up to four countries a week. Patrick is challenging, visionary, hard-hitting, strategic, provocative, dynamic, passionate and practical as well as entertaining - motivating people to seize growth opportunities and to change.
His clients are from every industry with particular strengths in technology, marketing, consumer insight, banking and health - and include Google, Microsoft, IBM, KLM / Air France, BP, ExxonMobil, World Bank, Siemens, Ford, Sara Lee, Prudential, Aviva, Barclays, UBS, Credit Suisse, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hewlett Packard, Gillette, GSK, Roche, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, BASF, Credit Suisse, Forbes, Fortune, Royal Bank of Scotland, Zurich Financial Services, Tetrapak, Unisys, BT, BBC, Fedex and DHL. He has also taught on executive / MBA programmes at seven Business Schools.
He advises multinational boards and senior teams on strategic impact of global trends, innovation and risk - in assignments ranging from one-day strategic reviews, to in-depth consulting over more than a year. Examples of issues: macro-economic trends, multi-channel mobile customers, consumer shifts, lifestyle changes, customer loyalty, relationship management, call-centres, demographic shifts, health care, pharmaceutical research, antiageing, genetics and biotechnology, nanotechnology, emerging markets, geopolitical threats, risk management, agile leadership, change management, motivation, green tech, sustainable innovation and corporate responsibility. He has also worked as Group Strategy Director for Acromas Ltd - driving change across the AA and Saga.
Cumulative TV, radio, press, web audience - more than 475,000 million. He has appeared on many TV stations, including CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Sky News and ITV commenting on global events, science and health issues, with features in the Financial Times, Telegraph and Time magazine His website has been used by 13.5 million different people with 4 million video views and over 41,000 Followers on Twitter.
Patrick Dixon's keynotes on global trends, growth strategy, consumer insight and leadership have been seen by over 4 million people in 100 nations, including hundreds of thousands in live audiences. He often shares the platform with the CEO or Chairman of the multinational corporation who is hosting the event, setting the scene and big themes for the entire event.
Whatever your industry and whatever your background, the survival issues facing your company and your working environment can be boiled down to one word - Future.
Dr. Patrick Dixon brings the future alive by offering a thought-provoking and dramatic “Journey to the Future”: a "total immersion" in the future of your working life – a unique discovery experience that will change how you think and feel about tomorrow. Write your company's annual report for 2015 (unless you went bust in 2014 that is), listen to your CEO being interviewed in 2020 about the technological breakthrough in 2013 that kept you ahead of the competition and read the business pages in 2015 (the future has newspapers too) about how you revamped your brand to meet your customer's new desires and values before they even knew they had them, reflect on how society changed through 2010 to 2016 and how it affected your home, leisure, priorities and personal relationships.
Whether you have 5 people for a day or 5,000 for a week, we offer you The Future of...well, whatever you want. The Future of People, The Future of Travel, The Future of Money, The Future of Entertainment, The Future of Communication, The Future of Health, The Future of Marketing, The Future of management.