Nikolas Badminton

Nikolas Badminton is an acclaimed futurist, world-renowned for sharing his visions for the future, igniting curiosity and motivating others to anticipate the unforeseen risks and challenges of the future. For the past three decades, Nikolas has been at the forefront of foresight strategy, renowned as the Chief Futurist of Futurist.com and for working with esteemed clients such as the United Nations, Procter & Gamble, NASA, the Bank of Canada and Google to name but a few. Now also hired as a world-class futurism keynote speaker, Nikolas is sought after to share his expertise on everything from the future of the metaverse and artificial intelligence to the future of engineering and manufacturing.

Nikolas forged a respected corporate career before finding success as a futurist, beginning his career as the Head of Strategist Practice for Lucent, Technical and Business Architect for Epiphany CRM and Head of Marketing Practice for Detica. Later becoming the Head of Marketing Intelligence for Capgemini, the Program Strategy Director for MRM Worldwide, the Strategy Director for Blast Radius, the Director of Digital Strategy for DDB Canada and a Lecturer in Social Media Metrics at The University of British Columbia, Nikolas built a diverse career that helped inform his expertise as a futurist. Since then, Nikolas has committed his time to futurism, working with world-leading think tanks and organisations on foresight planning, future research, innovation programmes and the exploration of exponential technologies.

In addition to his work with futurist.com, Nikolas has also contributed his knowledge as a guest futurist for Roundhouse Radio, News Talk, SiriusXM and Global News. He has also shared his predictions for the future as a Contributing Writer to Forbes, The Huffington Post, Momentum Magazine Ltd and TechCrunch. He is also a Visiting Lecturer and Futurist for the Schulich School of Business at York University and a Futurist for Resilience Frontiers for the UNFCCC, along with being a Member of Chatham House and the Resident Futurist for StartWell. He has also been the Founder and Curator of Canada Futurists, Founder and Executive Producer of Future Camp and Founder and Host of the Exponential Minds Podcast – a testament to his true expertise as a futurist.

No.1 Amazon Bestseller of Facing Our Futures, Nikolas is now a renowned keynote speaker on futurism, and the future of various industries. Having already helped prestigious clients to create incredible business transformations through a better understanding of future trends, Nikolas is esteemed for helping his clients to anticipate unforeseen risk, understand signals of change and strengthen their strategic planning skills. In addition to working with clients such as Rolls Royce and Microsoft, Nikolas has also advised Robert Downey JR’s team on the Age of AI documentary and had global features across Fast Company, the BBC, VentureBeat, Business Insider and VICE. When hired as a speaker, Nikolas can be expected to cover topics such as the future of innovation, artificial intelligence, work, energy, waste, disruption, engineering, agriculture and more. Also a Fellow of The RSA, don’t miss your opportunity to hire a mainstay in the discussion of futures, Nikolas Badminton, today!