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The world is entering the Resilience Economy. Is your organisation ready?

I help leaders understand what climate adaptation and resilience really means for their sector, and what the smartest organisations are already doing about it.

The $4.4 trillion climate adaptation gap is not just an environmental story. It is the defining commercial and strategic challenge of the next decade. The organisations that understand this early, and act on it, will be the ones that survive and grow. Those that don't will find themselves exposed.

I am passionate about understanding the convergence of emerging trends and their implications for leaders. I spent over a decade as a digital health futurist, advising hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and governments on what was coming before it arrived. I was right about most of it. Now I'm applying that same rigour to planetary health and climate adaptation, and what I'm seeing is the largest economic transformation of our lifetimes.

My keynotes don't revolve around vague warnings or distant scenarios. They give audiences a clear framework for understanding the Resilience Economy, where the opportunities sit, and what decisions need to be made now.

Keynote Topics for 2026

The $4.4 trillion climate adaptation gap is the problem. The Resilience Economy is the opportunity.

The Resilience Economy: The Biggest Climate Adaptation Opportunity You've Never Heard Of A $4.4 trillion climate adaptation gap is quietly reshaping which businesses survive, which governments remain solvent, and which investors will define the next decade of growth. Leaders leave knowing exactly where the greatest opportunities for growth are hiding.

Climate Adaptation Is Open for Business Adaptation isn't a cost centre. It's the largest commercial opportunity of the next decade - and early movers are already staking their claims. Leaders leave with a clear picture of which sectors, markets and strategies will define the winners of the next decade.

The End of Normal: Leading Through Permanent Volatility Geopolitical instability, a heating planet, and the rapid acceleration of AI and automation have converged to make volatility the permanent backdrop against which every business decision will now be made. Leaders leave with a practical framework for making confident decisions in a world that will never fully stabilise.

Beyond Guilt: Why the Resilience Economy Beats the Shame Economy Telling people to feel bad about flying, eating meat and having children has failed. Here's the more powerful - and more commercially interesting - alternative. Leaders leave energised by a genuinely optimistic vision of what business can achieve on a heating planet.

The Jobs the Doom Narrative Forgot While headlines warn of mass unemployment from AI and automation, a quieter revolution is already underway. New research from Systemiq and the World Resources Institute shows climate adaptation alone will create 280 million jobs over the next decade - in infrastructure, finance, agriculture, health, technology and beyond. Leaders leave with a fundamentally more optimistic and accurate picture of where human work is heading.

All keynotes are tailored to your audience, sector and event objectives. Get in touch to discuss your specific requirements.

Why audiences trust this perspective

Featured in NVIDIA’s inaugural "State of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences” report
Annual lecture at Cedars-Sinai hospital MSc program on AI and medicine
Over 3 decades in data science, pharmaceutical R&D, and futures research at organisations, including GSK and UCL

Who books me

I speak at international conferences, leadership summits, corporate away days and industry forums. My clients have included pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, insurers, health systems and government agencies.

If you are programming an event and want your audience to leave with a genuinely different way of thinking about what's coming - inspired, energised, and excited about the role they can play in building the Resilience Economy - let's talk. Get in touch via my contact page.