Dr Patrick Dixon has been ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today and has worked with or advised over 400 of the world’s largest corporations on strategy, global trends, innovation or risk management. He is Chairman of Global Change Ltd, a growth strategy and forecasting company, and a physician by
He is the author of 16 books (over 620,000 printed in 43 languages). Books include Futurewise, SustainAgility, The Genetic Revolution, Building a Better Business and now The Future of Almost Everything.
Patrick Dixon has over 20 years of proven track record as a reliable guide to boards and senior leadership teams on a wide range of global trends.
He is one of the world’s best-known futurist speakers and has spoken to several hundred thousand people in over 60 nations. His customised multimedia presentations are experienced by up to 4,500 people at a time, in up to four countries a week. Challenging, visionary, hard-hitting, strategic, provocative, dynamic, passionate and practical as well as entertaining – his keynotes motivate people to seize growth opportunities and to change.
His clients come from every industry, with particular strengths in digital, marketing, consumer insight, banking, payments and health. He has also taught on executive/MBA programmes at seven business schools.
Dr Dixon advises multinational boards and senior teams on the impact of global trends, innovation and risk in assignments ranging from one-day strategic reviews to in-depth consulting over more than a year. Examples of issues: macroeconomic trends, the future of marketing, mobile payments and banking, multichannel customers, social media, consumer shifts, lifestyle changes, customer loyalty, relationship management, call centres, brand management, demographic shifts, healthcare, pharma research, antiageing, genetics and biotechnology, nanotechnology, emerging markets, geopolitical threats, risk management, agile leadership, change management, motivation, green tech, sustainable innovation and corporate responsibility.
He has also worked as Group Strategy Director for Acromas Ltd, which owns the AA and Saga (group turnover >$3bn from financial services, roadside rescue, holidays, publishing and health care). He has been a non-executive director of Acromas Health Care (Allied Health Care Ltd, Nestor Health Care Ltd and Saga Health Care Ltd) – which delivers as a group over 40 million home care visits a year across the UK, 24-hour live-in care, out-of-hours medical cover, hospital-at-home,…
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The World’s Greatest Living Explorer, who has led more than twenty expeditions to the remotest regions of the world. He has climbed Mt Everest, run 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents and was the first man to cross both the polar ice caps. A true legend and inspirational figure of our time, he is a highly sought-after speaker.
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