Katie Ancketill is a budding futurist who is especially interested in the fields of technology, retail, consumers and brands. She is able to make complex societal shifts seem simplistic and relate emerging technologies to a wide variety of audiences and businesses.
Katie has an entrepreneurial background, specifically as the CEO and founder of GDR Creative Intelligence. This business has allowed Katie to have the opportunity to become an innovative partner of over 30 of the World’s most esteemed consumer brands. Drawing upon her experience in business, Katie delivers a series of presentations fit to burst with in-depth analysis and detailed, thought-provoking research. Each of her presentations goes through rigorous stress-testing, ensuring that they are relevant and will resonate with her corporate clients.
Big picture narratives are Katie’s speciality, delivering a compelling story of how markets are changing. She frequently delivers speeches explaining how retailers and brands are changing in the current landscape, all due to economic changes, social shifts and technological revolutions. She also explains how it is imperative that companies begin to move towards a more sustainable future, along with key changes to make in order to move towards sustainability.
Another major focus of Katie’s speeches is the future of consumer behaviours and experience. The current consumer market is ever-changing, and Katie delivers an understanding of how that market is evolving over time. She also demonstrates a sound knowledge of how technology can be used to adapt to the new consumer behaviours that arise through changing markets. Katie has a unique and innovative approach in her public speaking, drawing upon cross-sector and global views of both online and offline brand-consumer communications.
Katie is a knowledgeable individual, whose charismatic personality compliments her detailed keynote speeches. Able to cover topics such as futurism, consumer trends, disruptive business, E-commerce trends, sustainability, retail, marketing, digital media and artificial intelligence Katie is the perfect choice for a range of corporate events.
How to hire Katie Ancketill
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When at corporate events, Katie is known to cover the following topics:
- Trends fit for the future
- Sustainable brands
- How AI is changing the World
- How and why Millenials and Gen Z are changing the nature of work, leisure and commerce
- 21st Century brands
- How innovation and customer experience is the heart of future growth
- E-commerce trends
- Digital media
- Technology
- Futurism
- Marketing
- Artificial intelligence
"Several of our delegates told us that you were the best keynote they have ever seen in their career. Great work and thank you for being part of our conference"- Liz Smith, Senior Director- Vorifone
"Fascinating and scary 9.25/10"- Owen James, A Meeting of Minds conference
"I've been coming to the NFR for 13 years and this is the best presentation I've seen"- Anonymous audience member from Brazil
"Katie did a wonderful job as she always does for us! She works really well with us in advance of the presentation and gives us plenty of options and food for thought on what she can present for us"- Oracle
"It was a fantastic event and the feedback recieved was incredible. She has been our best speaker to date in terms of interest and questions"- Fujitsu
"Every presentation you give is like a trip around the world in just one hour: truly amazing!"- Marion Grimiaux, Project Head Store Developement, Orange
"Kate! First, your presentation was one of the highlights of the entire NFR for me. Congrats again on an extremely insightful talk!"- Albert Vita, Director- Home Depot
