Matthew Griffin

Strategic Futurist & Authority on Emerging Risk & Technological Disruption

Headshot of Matthew Griffin, strategic futurist and expert on emerging risk and technological disruption

Matthew Griffin is best known for helping leaders make sense of rapid, compounding change before it becomes destabilising. A strategic futurist and advisor to governments, global organisations, and boards, he examines how emerging technologies, from AI and cyber systems to biotechnology and autonomous infrastructure, reshape risk, power, and long-term competitiveness.

His work focuses on foresight with consequence. Matthew helps decision-makers understand how weak signals become strategic shocks, why linear planning fails in exponential environments, and where organisations are most exposed to second-and third-order effects they have not modelled. His perspective is not about prediction, but preparedness: how leaders build resilience, optionality, and decision confidence when the pace of change outstrips traditional governance and risk frameworks.

His talks are fast-moving, data-rich, and strategically grounded. They challenge leaders to lift their horizon, confront uncomfortable trajectories, and make decisions today that hold up in radically different futures.

Signature Keynotes

  • Why traditional strategy breaks down as technology accelerates.

  • Understanding how interconnected technologies amplify risk.

  • How leaders adapt decision-making for non-linear futures.

  • What directors must understand about long-term resilience.

  • Building organisations that absorb shock and adapt quickly.

  • Making decisions that hold when assumptions collapse.

The Griffin Effect

The future stops being speculative and becomes a leadership responsibility.

Audiences leave ready to:

  • Understand how emerging technologies compound risk and opportunity

  • Identify blind spots created by linear planning

  • Anticipate second-order impacts before disruption arrives

  • Strengthen strategic resilience under accelerating change

  • Make long-term decisions with greater confidence and clarity

Why Book Matthew

Matthew Griffin is booked by organisations that cannot afford to be surprised. His insight resonates with boards and executives responsible for navigating systemic disruption, regulatory uncertainty, and technological acceleration.

Book a speaker who reframes foresight as a discipline of leadership, not futurism for curiosity’s sake.

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