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Featured Futurist: Change the World, Dare to Leap with Cherwell
Today there are still far too many companies that fail to see the enormous potential within their people, or provide them with the thinking, tools, and opportunities to unlock it.
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Griffin, M. (2020) 'Featured Futurist: Change the World, Dare to Leap with Cherwell', 311 Institute, 1 June. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/futurist-interview-change-the-world-dare-to-leap-with-cherwell/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Today, everyone has the opportunity to change the world, more simply and cheaply than ever before, but you first have to make the scary step and get out of your chair.
In this interview short with Cherwell Software I explain how I took that leap myself, fell down a lot and got bruised black and blue all over, and struggled. Now though, with my associates and friends around the world, we're helping unlock human potential and change mindsets around the world. If you're afraid of getting out of getting out of your chair you have friends, like us, who will help support you, so reach out and let's now talk about how we unlock your own exponential potential - for your own sake and for everyone else's, no strings attached. Dare to Leap.
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Today there are still far too many companies that fail to see the enormous potential within their people, or provide them with the thinking, tools, and opportunities to unlock it.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
An award-winning YouTube creator with over a million followers, with an unrivalled global reach and impact, Matthew is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, lecturer, and mentor who collaborates with global leaders through the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to shape pivotal initiatives such as the UN’s AI for Humanity program, the United Nations Conference of the Parties (UN COP), and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
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.
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Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 1 June 2020. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2020). Featured Futurist: Change the World, Dare to Leap with Cherwell. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/futurist-interview-change-the-world-dare-to-leap-with-cherwell/
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