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The Future of Disruption

Invited by Theo and David of the Go-Ahead Group, the UK's largest bus and train operator, to give the keynote at its annual Billion Journey Project event in London.

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Matthew GriffinFounder, President and Futurist, 311 Institute

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About this keynote

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.

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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Key takeaways

Matthew was invited by Theo and David to give this year's keynote at the Go-Ahead Group's annual Billion Journey Project event.
Group CEO David Brown presented seven of the ten start-ups in the second cohort with contracts that will help the company aim for a ticketless future.
The session showed how a single idea can transform over a billion journeys a year through ecosystems and open thinking.

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What does The Future of Disruption keynote cover?

It looks at the powerful emerging technologies that are turning science fiction into science fact. Matthew explains how organisations can use disruption to their advantage and what it means for the individual industries that will soon bear the brunt of it.

Where and when was this keynote given?

Matthew gave it in London in December 2018, at the Go-Ahead Group's annual Billion Journey Project event. He was invited by Theo and David to deliver this year's keynote.

What is the Billion Journey Project?

It is the Go-Ahead Group's innovation accelerator and ecosystem. It aims to touch and improve the 1.2 billion journeys people take every year on the company's multi-modal transport network. Go-Ahead is the UK's largest bus and train operator.

Can Matthew give this keynote at our event?

Yes. Matthew tailors each session to the audience, as a keynote, panel, executive briefing or leadership workshop. He works in person first, anywhere in the world.