Nothing feels more natural to Morris Misel than challenging the status quo. He’s forever imagining what a different world might look like.
Morris was born to be a futurist. The son of World War II survivors, who lived through the world collapsing around them, he grew up in a household that believed there would always be a better tomorrow.
This belief has become his lifelong passion.
Through powerful storytelling, and practical and uncanny insights, Morris takes some of the world’s biggest organisations and brands on a journey that enables them to see what tomorrow might look like – long before they experience it.
A hell-raiser to the core. Morris is known to hurl metaphorical hand grenades into rooms to push companies to unshackle from legacy systems and stuck-in-the-past thinking.
A conversation with Morris often starts with making people uncomfortable in order to get them comfortable to dream – big, bold, audacious dreams.
He’s teeming with questions about the world around us. Through childlike wonder and curiosity, Morris approaches organisational challenges from the viewpoint that tomorrow is under our control – and it can be transformed.
He’s no Nostradamus though. Through his depth of knowledge he hypothesises, rather than predicts what lies ahead.
For over 30 years, Morris has been methodically collecting evidence and information across 160 industries. He’s also picked up an assortment of weird and wonderful facts, much like a bowerbird. It’s through this wide lens that he provides bespoke and matter-of-fact exchanges, exercises and experiences so organisations can understand what their future potential might be in the marketplace.
Through his inquisitiveness and human-centric approach to future thinking, Morris motivates businesses to do things differently – by shifting and shaping their thinking. He assists them to see their own industry with a clarity they may not have been able to before. It’s these a-ha moments that give Morris the greatest joy and drive.
Morris has identified opportunities in all sorts of areas, from dynamic architecture and active bedding to the aged care workforce and digital twinning. He was speaking about digital wallets, branded fruit and vegetables and smart homes and cities well before they became a reality.
To Morris, everything that businesses do and believe in is a construct of the mind. It can be broken down and rebuilt for a successful future. To get where he is, Morris has worn many hats.
By the age of 18, he was living the entrepreneurial life running a direct mail business.
However, moving from his garage-bound business to the global stage, including delivering a TEDx talk, took a few more steps. He spent many years as an academic lecturing in management and marketing and even ventured behind prison bars for 10 years to work as a volunteer Chaplain.
He’s also Australia’s first and only futurist in the Einstein 100 Genius (G100) alumni, an honour he shares with the exceptional, Barbara Streisand. More recently Morris has been working closely with Griffith University as an ambassador and Adjunct Industry Fellow.
No matter your business type, Morris will assist you in smashing all the barriers that are boxing you in. He is lively, forthright and a truly global thinker, who will awaken your creative force.
Imagine the possibilities.
Talking Points
Harness AI: Empowering Your Business Future
Worried about AI disrupting your industry and business and questioning your place in an AI-driven world? Concerned about integrating AI while maintaining the human touch? Harness AI: Empowering Your Business Future
You're not alone. This keynote cuts through the hype, demystifying AI and providing a clear, practical understanding of its potential and limitations.
Discover how to harness AI to boost efficiency, empower your team, and drive real change in your organisation.
Key Takeaways:
• AI Integration Checklist: A practical checklist to assess and prioritise AI initiatives tailored to your organisation's needs.
• Human-AI Task Allocation Framework: A framework to identify which tasks are best suited for humans, technology, or machines, ensuring optimal efficiency and effectiveness.
• Future-Proofing Strategies: Immediate steps to future-proof your workforce, including upskilling programs and AI literacy initiatives.
• Real-World Case Studies: Industry-specific case studies showcasing successful AI implementations and lessons learned.
• Actionable Next Steps: Clear, actionable next steps for integrating AI into your business processes, from planning to execution.
• Ethical AI Guidelines: Guidelines to ensure ethical AI practices that align with your organisation's values and regulatory requirements.
• Interactive Q&A and Follow-Up: An engaging Q&A session and access to a dedicated URL for revisiting the slide deck and additional resources.
TaskForce Tomorrow: The Rebirth of Work and HR
Redefining Work and HR Is your organisation stuck in outdated work models? TaskForce Tomorrow: The Rebirth of Work and HR
Discover how to transform your workplace by integrating human resources and technology.
This keynote explores the dynamic interplay between HR and IT at the board level, shaping future workforces and turning them into dynamic taskforces.
Key Takeaways:
• How to transition from outdated work models to dynamic, human + machine + technology-integrated taskforces.
• How to create a diverse and flexible taskforce that can scale and adapt to changing business needs.
• Inspiration to see the possibilities of the human-machine collaboration and how it can benefit your organisation.
• Strategies to ensure your organisation is agile, adaptable, and ready for the future.
• Insights into the need for augmented human wisdom as a future HR capability.
• Understanding real-time KPIs and measurements powered by AI for continuous improvement.
• The role of leadership in driving and supporting new work models.
Practical steps for integrating HR and IT at the board level.
PolyPossibility Strategy: Navigating Future Chaos with Foresight
Is your business prepared for the uncertainties of tomorrow? PolyPossibility Strategy: Navigating Future Chaos with Foresight
Discover a holistic approach to forward-thinking that leverages augmented human intelligence and iterative strategies.
Learn how to see the bigger picture, understand the ripple effects of change, and harness these insights to thrive in unpredictable environments.
Key Takeaways:
• How to transition from outdated thinking and planning methods to holistic, technology-integrated approaches.
• The role of augmented human intelligence in enhancing decision-making and foresight.
• Practical steps for implementing iterative strategies that allow for continuous adaptation and improvement.
• Techniques for identifying and interpreting weak and strong signals from the business environment.
• Strategies to ensure your business is resilient and adaptable to changing circumstances.
• Inspiration to see uncertainty as a source of opportunity and leverage it for strategic advantage.
• Insights into seeing the bigger picture and understanding the ripple effects of changes on your business.
Panel : Breaking Barriers: A conversation with People with Disabilities on Their Pharmacy Needs
A remarkable and eye-opening panel discussion with four amazing people who live with different kinds of disabilities, each sharing their stories, challenges, and hopes for how community pharmacists can serve them better and make a positive difference in their lives.
Panel : Breaking Barriers: A conversation with People with Disabilities on Their Pharmacy Needs
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Morris Miselowski - Speaker Show Reel
Morris Miselowski is a world-renowned Business Futurist, innovation specialist, thought leader, past academic, successful business owner as well as Founder and Lead Futurist with Your Eye on the Future and a member of the Einstein Genius 100 Global Think Tank. He has spent the last three decades working alongside business owners and audiences provoking and showing them how to disrupt, change and grow. His uncanny ability to regularly turn foresight into profit, comes from 30 years of first-hand experiences of starting, selling and running businesses, all based on making common sense choices today, from the uncertainties of what's ex, next, after next and beyond next. He believes in humans before technology, has an optimistic view on what we're capable of and a pragmatic view of what we can achieve. Morris can be seen regularly at the global board tables of the fortune 500, whispering in the ears of C level executives and in the hushed back rooms of venture capitalist's plotting the next big thing. Some of the many 1,000's of corporations Morris has consulted, presented and workshopped with include Lufthansa, Westpac, ANZ, Visa, MasterCard, BP, Ford, Tourism Australia, Tourism Export New Zealand, Lendlease, Department of Industry Innovation & Science, Microsoft, SAP and Monash University. Morris also presents globally at over 100 events annually and his eerily accurate business and societal foresights reach millions around Australia, Asia and across the globe through his regular media segments and highly sought-after on-air comments.Unlearn the future: Morris Miselowski at TEDxMelbourne
Morris Miselowski urges you to unlearn the future and to discover infinite possibilities through the eyes of a business futurist. Among the world's leading futurists, he predicts that by 2020 over half of the workforce will be doing tasks that don't exist in industries that haven't been created yet and that technology is benign until you place it into the hands of a person. He translates his experiences into strategies that enable businesses to prepare for the evolution of their industries. Morris has analysed the retail sector and proposed that we're living through a transitionary phase between physical and online retail. His clients have included NAB, Mercedes Benz, RMIT, Ernst & Young, Phillips and Toshiba. Morris is the founder and chief strategist at Success through Focus.Our in-house strategy workshop that you facilitated was incredible. In one day we covered more ground and saw with more clarity then we have ever done before and I was blown away by your pre ... keep reading Holmesglen TAFE
Your disarming presentation style snuck up on me with a punch when I realised that I was learning so much about tomorrow's world and having so much fun. It's a whole new frontier and with your insights I am ready to take the world on - head first.
Wow, talk about a roller coaster ride. I learnt more in 90 minutes about my future, myself, my business and what I really need to do to move forward than I have in the past five years. I appreciate your frankness and bluntness, although it did take me a while to get to use to it and what you already knew about my industry, my competitors and what I wanted to achieve, was mighty impressive.
I knew I had done the right thing the minute you began talking. You were almost clairvoyant in your ability to understand my business and to tell me things I had never known about myself, my business, my industry and my staff - but should have - and all from the stage and in just 60 minutes. The tips and suggestions you gave me have been invaluable. I can't stop telling my friends and clients about you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Your presentation was incredible; I wish I had seen you earlier. We have made such monumental changes in such a short amount of time, and it is absolutely because we saw, and now see, our business through your eyes. It is the most profitable time we have ever spent and we look forward to working with you on going - what a return on our investment.
