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Unleashing Future Human Potential | Ingram Micro, USA | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker
Many people see AI and automation as a threat to jobs, but change your perspective and it's also a entrepreneurial opportunity.
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Griffin, M. (2020) 'Unleashing Future Human Potential | Ingram Micro, USA | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker', 311 Institute, 16 December. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/futurist-virtual-keynote-unleashing-future-human-potential-ingram-micro/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, thank you to Holly and the amazing crew at Ingram Micro for asking me to be the keynote speaker for this year’s Ingram Micro ONE partner conference that was attended by over 50,000 people from all around the world where I showed how people will be able to harness today’s and tomorrow’s increasingly powerful exponential technologies to unleash their own human potential in previously unimaginable new ways to achieve even greater things and, as we teach at the XPotential University change the world. And if you're getting de ja vu and think you've heard about this keynote before then you'd be right - I've already written about it, and what you can watch below is the long form version of that keynote that has even more futuristic content! It's basically my "special edition" version.
Held annually the Ingram Micro ONE event is an opportunity for Ingram’s staff, customers, and partners to come together to “Imagine Next,” and see first-hand for themselves how technology is changing the world and helping them re-imagine their businesses and prospects. And even though this year the global pandemic, Covid-19, pushed the event online, it didn’t disappoint.
Watch the virtual keynote in full
While the event is normally held in Colorado in the US the pandemic meant that all four days of it had to be re-envisioned and moved online – complete with fantastic virtual stages, breakout sessions and roundtables, and behind the scenes previews. All of which was a titanic feat.
During my keynote, which was held straight after Ingram’s CEO Alain Monié, I showed all the amazing ways emerging technologies, from Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Creative Machines to Digital Humans, will help us transform business, and unleash our own exponential human potential.
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Many people see AI and automation as a threat to jobs, but change your perspective and it's also a entrepreneurial opportunity.
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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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Sources and further reading
- Ingram Micro ingrammicro.com
- Ingram Micro ONE ingrammicro.com
Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 16 December 2020. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2020). Unleashing Future Human Potential | Ingram Micro, USA | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/futurist-virtual-keynote-unleashing-future-human-potential-ingram-micro/
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