Futurist Keynote, Valencia: The Future of Work with Discover

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By Matthew Griffin Keynote Presentations 31st January 2023

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

In this keynote futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how new technologies and trends are fundamentally re-writing how businesses run and operate, what that means for the human workforce, and why automation could be the best thing for human potential in human history.

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Firstly, thank you to the team from Discover, the company behind the Discover card whose global payments network supports more than 55 Million merchants and enables over $500 Billion worth of payments annually, for inviting me to be the keynote at their annual global partner summit held in Valencia, Spain, where I was asked to present the Future of Work.

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With over 57 Million card holders, $13 Billion in revenues, and more than 17,000 employees around the world Discover is one of the most recognised payment providers in the world. However, while all these stats are amazing what’s even more noteworthy is that 87% of their employees rate Discover as a great place to work, and it was easy to see why.

Relax and rewind the keynote

During my keynote I walked the audience through a variety of key topics including the forces responsible for accelerating the world’s rate of change, and then walked them through future company business models and the trends that will change how we work, where we work, and who and what we work with, complete with examples.

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From machines as colleagues and co-workers to the democratisation of skills, the rise of tele-operations, and the differences between automated, autonomous, and augmented work programs, and how these can benefit everyone, we discussed a huge amount in a short space of time before heading off to a Q&A session off camera.

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.