Patrick Dixon
Coauthor of SustainAgility. Founder & Chairman, Global Change, LTD.
"Take hold of your future or
the future will take hold of you."
"When the world changes fast,
keep looking further ahead."
Patrick Dixon is often described in the media as Europe’s leading futurist. He is a dynamic, provocative and entertaining speaker who advises many of the world’s largest corporations on key trends, managing uncertainty, identifying risk and developing opportunities. He digs deep into the strategy of each organization, and creates a unique presentation for each event. He has successfully identified hundreds of future business innovations.
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Dr. Dixon's new book with coauthor Johan Gorecki is titled SustainAgility: How Smart Innovation and Agile Companies will Protect Our Future.
Innovation and agility will solve most of the greatest threats to humankind and to our planet’s ecosystem. The global response to fears about sustainability will dwarf anything
seen before outside of World War. Most of these innovations will be profitable, as well as saving cost, and protecting the future. But only the most agile companies will succeed.
SustainAgility is a down-to-earth, step by step guide to hundreds of the most important ways in which business will help save the world. It’s about a new wave of lower cost, green innovation. It’s about harnessing the inventive talent and agility in every nation, office, factory and home.
Almost all books about sustainability are at core a warning of doom, with calls for action on a scale that global leaders are very unlikely to accept. In contrast, SustainAgility is a practical guide to a better future, which can be turned by business and government into action right now, at low or zero cost in many cases.
Ranked as one of the world's 20 most influential business thinkers alive by Thinkers 50 (2005). Successful entrepreneur and physician by first training. Author of 12 books in 24 languages including Futurewise and Building A Better Business. His websites have had 11 million unique visitors and over 700,000 have watched his videos.
Energetic, interactive, down-to-earth speaker
His approach is highly energetic, informal and interactive, and engages full attention of large and small audiences from the first moment. He raises profound and sometimes disturbing issues, with warmth, passion and humour as he walks the stage and amongst participants. He brings a reality check to multi-year business plans, with sharp consumer insights and amusing stories about life and how it will change.
Unique content for each event
Every multimedia presentation is unique, created in close consultation with event organizers, adapted to audience, language, culture, theme, programme and strategic priorities of the sponsor. He is often involved at an early stage in event planning and pays close attention to detail. He is also a gifted event chairman and group moderator. He is a very experienced broadcaster and totally committed to working with event organizers to secure maximum media coverage, working in every way to make the event a world-class success.
3D Journey to the Future—using Musion technology
This extraordinary 3D audience experience is created using a transparent screen 3m to 100m wide and up to 20m high (Musion system—click here to view a video demo of the system). Participants do not need special glasses. Solid-looking objects, stage scenery, video and images appear in front or behind Patrick Dixon, manipulated by him as part of an unfolding story about tomorrow’s world and the impact on your own corporation. Multiple elements twist and float mid-air, towards or away from the audience. The system also allows speakers at remote sites to walk onstage as life-size "real" people and to interact with others.
Presentations with practical insights
Around half of Patrick Dixon’s presentations are in-house events for senior leaders, and include detailed research into company priorities, strategy and wider environment. He delivers vitally important insights, specific to each corporation. Patrick Dixon has worked with hundreds of multinationals in over 50 nations, across every industry. For example he has:
- Helped identify next-generation blockbuster drugs with potential sales of over $50bn a year
- Assisted a global telecom company to develop better customer focus
- Identified significant sustainability initiatives for the European Chemical Industry
- Advised on online banking strategy for one of the world’s premier banks
Inspiring and passionate
Patrick Dixon is inspirational and creates urgency as well as energy in those who listen, spurring them on to embrace change, make a difference and "go for it". His presentations reflect his own passion for life, and compassion for people.
As a hospice physician by first training, Dr Dixon’s approach is always holistic, seeing business in the wider context of what we feel is important in our personal lives. His presentations are a refreshing antidote to formal speeches, analyst reports, business unit summaries and excel spreadsheets.
Books. He is the author of 12 books, including Futurewise: The Six Faces of Global Change, just released in its fourth edition, and of Building a Better Business: The Key To Future Marketing, Management And Motivation. His latest book will be on Global Warming — and business responses to climate change.
Accolades
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"Europe’s leading futurist" – Press Association
"Global Change Guru" – Wall Street Journal
"One of the 50 most influential business thinkers alive today" – Thinkers50 (2005)
Media
Patrick Dixon’s web pages have been visited by 11 million different people, and are a rich source of substantive thought leadership on a very wide range of topics.(See GlobalChange.com and Patrick Dixon’s YouTube channel). He has appeared on many TV stations, including CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Sky News and ITV, commenting on global events and ethical issues. He’s written features for the Times, Telegraph and Time magazine.
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Dr Dixon works with a wide range of industries (see below), with specific messages tailored to each business and audience.
You can watch 200 video clips and view many entire keynote presentations on issues as varied as:
"Impact of Biotech on Health Care"
"Future of the European Petrochemical Industry"
"Future of Private Banking and Family Offices"
"Future of Management and Virtual Teams"
"Future of Corporate Real Estate in Asia"
"The Future of Ageing - Impact on Pensions"
"Winning the War for Talent - Future Trends"
"Sustainable Business - Strategies for Carbon-Use Reduction"
"Telecom Trends in Emerging Markets"
"Future of Logistics and Distribution"
"Impact of Online Communities on Marketing and Corporate Image"
"Investment Opportunities in Kazakshtan"
Patrick Dixon has given "Future" insights to:
Airlines, Travel, Shipping, Hotels, Tourism and Automotive Industry
Air France, Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Automobile Recycling Netherlands (ARN), Dassault Falcon, Dubai Ports Authority, EADS / Airbus, Ford, Hotel Ecoliere de Lausanne, KLM, Reg Vardy - auto sales, Swiss airline, Tourism in Ireland, North West Tourism, Virgin Atlantic, World Economic Forum Governors of Aviation Travel and Tourism meeting (Davos)
Banking, Insurance and other Financial Services
3i, ABN AMRO, ABSA bank, AIG, Allianz, AMA, Asset Management Advisors, Aviva, Bank of Ireland, Barclays Bank, Birla financial services group, BNP Paribas, Britannia Building Society, Clariden Bank, Credit Suisse Group, Credit Suisse First Boston, CUES, Fortis, Friends First Bank, HSBC, International Mutual Funds Institute, Investec, Kazakhstan Investment Forum. LLoyds TSB, Lombard, Macquarie Bank, Minsheng Bank, Morgan Stanley Investment Bank, Morley Fund, Munich Re, North Island Credit Union, PrivatBank (Ukraine), Prudential, RBS, RMB, SEB, Skandia, Sumitomo Bank, Swiss Re, Swiss Stock Exchange, UBS, Bank Vontobel, Winterthur Insurance, Zurich Financial Services
Media, Telecommunications and Distribution
AIC Carriers World, AT&T, Belgacom, BT, Carlton TV, Danish Post Office, Deutsche Post, DHL, Etisalat Telecom (UAE), Fedex, Idea Cellular, Mobilcom, MTN, Nokia, Swedish Poste, IBS, i-Comverse, British Post Office (Consignia), Telenor, Times of India, Qualcomm, SABC (S Africa), STC (Saudi Arabia), TDC, Amdocs
Technology, Engineering, Software and Computer Manufacturers
Actinic, Asco, Capco, Compaq, Comverse, Fujitsu Siemens, Georgia Technology Forum, Google, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Infosys, Kyocera, Leadbay, Microsoft, NCR, Philips, SAP, Siemens Group, Toshiba, Unaxis, Unisys, Zellweger Luwa
Food and Drink, Household Goods and Packaging Industry
Carlsburg, Diageo, European Coffee Federation, Food Business Forum, Ireland Food Board, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Nutreco, Rexam, RPC, Sara Lee, Schwan's Frozen Foods, Tetrapak, Unilever
Energy, Chemical Industry, Mining, Metals, other Commodities
BASF, BP, Copesul (Brazil), European Petrochemical Association (EPCA), ExxonMobil, Hindalco, Houston Energy Forum, Royal Dutch Chemical Association, SHV Gas, Sulzer, Vattenfall
Health Care, Pharmaceutical Industry, Medical Technology and Cosmetics / Lifestyle
3M, Avon, BUPA, Genentech, Gillette, GSK, Henry Schein, Johnson and Johnson, NHS Primary Care Trust (UK), Roche, Novartis, Siemens Medical, Smith and Nephew, St Joseph's Hospital Foundation Ontario, Voluntary Hospitals Association, Wyeth pharmaceuticals
Government and UN
Abu Dhabi Police Authority, UK Department of Trade and Industry, Jebel Ali Free Zone (UAE), Kazakhstan government, UNAIDS, UNIDO, World Bank, State of Connecticut, Welsh Assembly, UK Parliament, London Connect
Marketing, Advertising and Design
Belgium Marketing Federation, Danish Design Centre, Finland Marketing Federation, Macann Erikson, Malta Marketing Association, Pinnacle Communications, Portugese Marketing Association, Marketing Communication Consultants Association (MCCA)
Law Firms / Legal
Eversheds, Freshfields, Linklaters, Regulatory Affairs Professional Organisation
Management, Consulting, Training, Service Organisations
American Management Association, American Society for Training and Development, Accenture, Arthur Andersen, Concours Group, CSC Consulting, European Federation of Management Development, European School of Management and Technology, European Institute for Research Management, Eversheds, Forbes, Fortune, Global Future Forum, IBEC (Ireland), ICBI, Indian School of Business, Informa, Institute of Management, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, KPMG, Latitude, Leadership Trust, Linkage, Management Centre Europe, Management Centre Turkey, POM+, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Richmond Events, Ruling Companies, Said Business School Oxford, ServiceMaster, Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Organisation, Strategos, University of Salford Management School, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgium, Wheaton College, ZFU
Non-Profit Organisations
American Association of Retired People (AARP), AIDS Care Education and Training (ACET), Premier Radio, Tear Fund, Transformational Business Network (TBN), Trinity Forum, Sustainability Forum, UK Church Commissioners, Young Presidents Organisation (YPO)
Real Estate / Construction / Engineering
ARBS, Balfour Beatty, Corenet Global, Johnson Controls, Knight Frank, Strategic Real Estate Investment, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Retail, textiles and some other manufacturing
Aditya Birla, American Apparel Manufacturers Association, C&A group, Rieter, Saks Group Inc.
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