Matthew Griffin

Futurist Matthew Griffin is the former Global Head of Channel Sales and Sales at companies including EMC, IBM, and Atos. He also headed up also headed up IBM’s national security division. The foresight expert is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working across the next fifty years, and XPotential University, the world's first free to attend futures and foresight university.

Matthew is the author of the Codex of the Future series, with his latest book authored by Artificial Intelligence and all profits going to charity. He is also the host of the FanaticalFuturist podcast.

He is able to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends on global business, culture, and society. Matthew’s roster of clients include royalty, world leaders, and G7 and G20 governments.

In speeches Matthew looks at AI and the future of work, how to build future ready organisations, and considers the future of learning and development.

Matthew is regularly featured in the the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, and WIRED. His mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.