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The Griffin Annual Emerging Technology Starburst Collection – 311 Institute
Nothing stands still and everything accelerates. Our annual Griffin Emerging Technology Starbursts are your way to quickly visualise these changes and envision their impact on global business, culture, and society.
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Griffin, M. (2023) 'The Griffin Annual Emerging Technology Starburst Collection – 311 Institute', 311 Institute, 1 January. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/griffin-annual-emerging-technology-starburst-collection/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
THE GRIFFIN ANNUAL EMERGING TECHNOLOGY STARBURST COLLECTION
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THIS CODEX and its companion Codex, the 311 Institute Exponential Technology Codex, which explores the future and deep future and all of the exponential technologies listed on our Starbursts in greater detail, is your front row seat to the future.
In the past twenty years humanity has made more technological progress than we did in the previous five hundred, and in the next thirty years we will make more progress than we did in the previous twenty thousand - a staggering achievement by any measure. And all of tomorrow’s new industries, products and services, will have their foundations in the technologies we are developing today, many of which, like Artificial Intelligence, will be as revolutionary as the invention of electricity and fire.
As the rate of change accelerates, in some areas at what seems like breakneck speed, our ability to track all the developments and their downstream implications will continue to become more challenging. That’s what drove me to create the Starbursts in this Codex, and the Codex of the Future Series - a set of living Codices that I hope will become a single point of reference for people who want to see what the future holds for us all.
Today just under half of the world’s population is connected, and while that figure will continue to tick upwards over the next decade, for those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to tap into its democratising power, technology is giving us all the ability to transform our lives, and the lives of everyone around us, in ways that very few people could imagine less than two generations ago - let alone fifty years ago. And if we have come this far in just fifty years, then just imagine what the next fifty holds...
Today is the slowest that we’ll move ever again, and while the future holds great promise it’s important to remember we are all just caretakers in time, and that each of us has the responsibility, and the power, to safeguard and improve not just our lives and the lives of everyone on our blue planet, but also the lives and livelihoods of future generations.
Together we can change the world, and, as we create our legacy, the legacy of a better future, we owe it to each other to make sure noone is left behind. My sincerest regards to you all,
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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 January 2023. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2023). The Griffin Annual Emerging Technology Starburst Collection – 311 Institute. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/griffin-annual-emerging-technology-starburst-collection/
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