Outsights offers valuable lessons on how successful organisations plan and think about the Future during difficult and prosperous times, based on our long experience in the Futures field and working across a wide range of sectors around the world, including banking, FMCG, energy, health, retail, communications, media, security, financial services and pharma.

Richard, Tim and Stephen bring hard hitting and practical insights about the Future with valuable lessons from their experiences working at the most senior levels of blue chip companies and governments, motivating audiences to think more broadly about tomorrow's world and how to better prepare for it now. They also deliver that "future dimension" to conferences, meetings and workshops with facts, figures and visually stimulating presentations. 

Some recent speaking engagements include the UK Government Cabinet Office, Bupa, Unilever, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Economic Development (in the UK and in Russia), The Financial Times, National School of Government (UK and Abu Dhabi) and Shell.

Latest speaking themes

Beyond the recession - Future Economy Scenarios: What could the future global economic model look like after this critical juncture of change? Three future scenarios to put audiences into a future frame of mind to start thinking beyond the recession, about threats, opportunities and winners.

21 Drivers for the 21st Century^TM: An eye-opener for organisations looking to challenge conventional views of the future. The 21 drivers of change this century - from opportunities in Space to new models of capitalism from the BRICs - can be tailored into a digestible mix with visually stimulating presentations and hard-hitting insights into the future.

The Next Revolution: Business, society and politics are at a unique crossroads and the future may be radically different from today. What's the Next Revolution: a cyborg-enhanced ageing society? Personal manufacturing of goods from our own "nanofactories"? Global civil disobedience enabled by social media? Based on a programme with future leaders of business, academics and Government.

Testimonials

"This has changed my normal way of looking at the future." - National School of Government

"Outsights presentation to Bupa's chief executive and top team on health technology horizons stimulated a wide ranging discussion and further actions." - Bupa

Speaking about the Future

Recent speaking themes for conferences, meetings and workshops.

Constraints, Drivers and Catalysts for the 21st Century™

How do you see through the confusion of today to plan for the longer term? Richard O’Brien uses Outsights 21 Drivers for the 21st Century™ and the Future of the Global Economy to 2030 to discuss how change may emerge from the pressures of today.