Futurist Keynote, London: Building Disruptive Organisations, ClearVision

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By Matthew Griffin Keynote Presentations 1st September 2016

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

The world is going “Digital” and the majority of companies in today’s world are either already becoming software companies, or thinking about it, and DevOps is an increasingly important tool in today’s corporate arsenal.

Firstly, a big thank you to George the event organiser for inviting me to be the keynote, and for putting on such a spectacular event in such a spectacular location.

Sponsored by Atlassian, one of the world’s fastest growing enterprise software “Unicorns,” Clearvisions’ “BBQ in the Clouds 2016” event at London’s prestigious, and often surprising, Kensington Rooftop Gardens was awash with great barbecue food, cocktails and networking opportunities. And flamingos.

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Held over the course of a day the event – set against a cloudless azure sky under a burning summers sun in a garden fit for royalty, gentry and multi-nationals on a rooftop in London – was an exploration and conversation around the implications of the cloud and emerging technology on todays and tomorrows business strategies.

Great chatting at #CVCloud, @matwg and @mgriffin_uk! ‘Hope to see you again at some point soon. pic.twitter.com/NcECPw7dxI

— Gen Ashley (@coderinheels) July 19, 2016

Left to right: Matt Gardiner, Gen Ashley and myself

With over 150 attendees from such a broad spectrum of industries and backgrounds, from central government departments including the Cabinet Office, HMRC and the Ministry of Justice through to industry giants including British Airways, Gartner, Google, King, News International, Puppet Labs, Rackspace, Sainsbury’s, Santander, Sky, Sony, UBS, Unilever, Vodafone and the Wellcome Trust the event was always going to provide attendees with plenty of new ideas to stoke the fires and discover new ways to help them differentiate their businesses and shake up the stats quo.

Having my mind expanded and there’s a neural party going on at #CVCloud

— Clare Edwards (@BeingBrainSmart) July 19, 2016

From discussions and presentations about how the cloud and emerging technologies, from AI and blockchain to augmented reality and VR, are changing the way we all work and collaborate with each other to the cloud and DevOps tools that multi nationals are using at the cutting edge of digital innovation and transformation the day didn’t disappoint.

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Matthew Griffin / About Author

Matthew Griffin, multi-award winning Futurist and named Futurist of the Year 2024, has been described as a "Walking encyclopaedia of the future" by NASA and a futurist polymath. One of the world's most renowned futurists and strategic foresight experts Matthew is the 15 times author of the blockbuster "Codex of the Future" series, and is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working across the next 50 years, XPotential University, the world's first free futures and foresight university, and the World Futures Forum which works with the United Nations to solve the worlds greatest challenges. Matthew is an in demand international keynote, acclaimed university lecturer and mentor, and host of the hit Fanatical Futurist podcast.

A rare talent in his past Matthew helped build and run several multi-billion dollar business units for Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, and his 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, G7, G20, and G77+ governments, and many of the world's most respected brands including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi Group, Coca Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Disney, Dow, EY, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, and many others. He was also the only futurist invited to talk at the UN COP28 held in Dubai alongside world leaders.

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