The Future of Disruption | Go Ahead Group, London | Matthew Griffin | Disruption Keynote Speaker – Matthew Griffin

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By Matthew Griffin Keynote Presentations 5th December 2018

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

The Billion Journey Project shows how today just one idea can transform over a billion journeys a year, and clearly demonstrates the power of ecosystems and open thinking.

Firstly, a big thanks to Theo and David for inviting me to be this years keynote at the Go Ahead Group annual Billion Journey Project event held in London, UK. Go Ahead are the UK’s largest bus and train operator, and the majority of British citizens will have, at one time or another, used their services, but as the transportation industry morphs into the “Mobility as a Service” industry Go Ahead are the first organisation in their sector to build and scale their own innovation accelerator and ecosystem.

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Aptly named the Billion Journey Project the initiative aims to touch and improve the 1.2 billion journeys people take every year on the companies multi-modal transportation network, and this event marked the coming of age of their second cohort with the group CEO, David Brown, presenting seven of the ten start ups with well deserved contracts that, in time will help the company realise its aspirations of becoming ticketless and .

Ideas can change the world

During my keynote I shone a light on some of the powerful emerging technologies that are increasingly turning science fiction into science fact, and walked the audience through the Future of Disruption, how they can leverage it, and what it means for individual industries that will soon be bearing the brunt of it.

I hope you enjoy the show, and I hope to see you at one of my events soon.

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Matthew Griffin / About Author

Described by NASA as a "Walking Encyclopaedia of the Future" and one of the world’s most in demand keynote speakers Matthew Griffin, Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm, is a multi-award winning Futurist and strategic foresight expert, author, lecturer, mentor, podcast and YouTube host.

With a distinguished career running global business units at Atos, EMC, and IBM today Matthew helps leaders and titans of industry from all over the world explore the impact of the inter sections of technology, culture, and leadership, then helps them create high performance organisations that can continuously disrupt, outpace, and outthink their competition.

15 times author of the hit series the Codex of the Future series Matthew's ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends on global business, culture, and society has earned him a powerful reputation and a roster of clients that include royal households, world leaders across the G7, G20, and G77, and many of the world's most recognised and exceptional organisations including ABB, Accenture, ABN Amro, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi Group, Coca Cola, Deloitte, Dentons, Disney, Dow, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Microsoft, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Nokia, Paramount, PepsiCo, PWC, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, T-Mobile, UBS, Visa, WIRED, WPP and hundreds of others.

Matthew is regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, and his mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.