“MATTHEW IS A WALKING ENCYCLOPEDIA ON THE FUTURE!”
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FUTURE BLOGS . BOOKS . EDUCATION . FORESIGHT . KEYNOTES . PODCASTS . POSTERS … I’VE GOT YOU COVERED .
ABOUT MATTHEW GRIFFIN
Matthew Griffin, CEO and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, keynote speaker and 13 times author, is the world’s leading authority on emerging technology, trends, foresight, and the future and deep future. His clients include royal households, G7 and G20 governments, and many of the brands you’ll use today.
MATTHEWS MISSION
I have only one mission – to democratise access to the Future and Deep Future for everyone and provide you with the mindset and tools to shape it, participate in it, and lead it. That’s why everything on this site is free and why everything is about the future.
EXPONENTS DAILY BLOG
The decisions and technologies we are making today will all play a role in shaping what our future looks like – for better or worse. As a result our future is constantly evolving. Here you can see what we’re doing today to make our future tomorrow.
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Stablecoins can be underpinned and backed by anything from fiat currencies and gold, and now…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our world is changing, and decentralised autonomous organisations and the blockchain are enabling new kinds…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you loose your Bitcoin password then you can’t access your crypto but hope is…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many artists and content creators are trying to sue AI companies who trained their Generative…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Thinking about clicking that Google ad for that thing you’re interested in? It could be…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Industry 4.0 was about AI, automation, IOT, and was tech-centric, Industry 5.0 is human-centric and…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Even the most mundane things in our homes can give away our secrets and invade…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Often old technology with a modern twist can revolutionise an entire industry – whether it’s…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Some see the day when these humanoid robots take over from human workers, and they…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if we all started using this technique and applied it to all the content…
KEYNOTES AND PANELS: SEE AND SHAPE THE FUTURE
I have the great privilege of speaking to organisations and their audiences about the future and participating in conversations that help shape it, and while I am an eternal humanist and optimist who works hard to discover and present solutions to our world’s most pressing issues I am also a realist. Here you can play, pause, and rewind the sessions I’ve had the privilege of being involved with.
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everyone agrees that today’s industrial education strategies are not fit for purpose and will ultimately…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the rate of technology development accelerates to unprecedented levels it’s increasingly difficult for people…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New technologies are disrupting every sector, and the superyacht industry is no exception, but today’s…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sport is amazingly powerful, it transcends national politics, and its benefits on our mental and…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Incredibly powerful, and increasingly democratised, emerging technologies are transforming every sector faster than ever, and…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Billion Journey Project shows how today just one idea can transform over a billion…
OPINION PIECES: LOVE IT, LOATHE IT
Everyone has their own opinions on matters and I’m no different. I believe all opinions are important and have the right to be voiced, and firmly believe in the values of debate, diversity, and open mindedness, because being closed to any of these diminishes all of us in the long run. Here you can explore some of those opinions and points of view.
With 85 global websites, over 25 million app downloads and 12 million user generated reviews Hotels.com, an Expedia Inc. brand, is one…
PODCASTS: LISTEN, LEARN, REFLECT
Technology development and societal rates of change are now so fast that often the best way to keep current with them all is via podcasts so I contribute as much as I can. You can hear all of the replays here.
FREE DOWNLOADS: MATTHEW’S BOOKS
My mission is to democratise access to the future for everyone, so all my content is free including the more than 15,000 pages of content in my Codex of the Future series of books. You can get them all free here.
FREE DOWNLOADS: emerging tech POSTERS
If you have every heard the phrase a picture paints a thousand words then these annual Griffin Emerging Technology Starburst posters, each of which contain hundreds of emerging technologies, paint a thousand futures. You can download them all free here.