Speaking topics

What’s Next? Turning Signals into Strategy

 

Ever wish your team had a crystal ball? While the future may be uncertain, it’s not unknowable.
 
In this highly customised keynote, Melissa Clark-Reynolds brings sharp analysis and grounded insight to help you see what’s coming – and what to do about it. Melissa doesn't just predict trends; she decodes the 10 most important signals from the future.
 
Expect an energising session that leaves you thinking differently — and ready to act.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS
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• The 5 megatrends most likely to shape your industry over the next decade

• How to spot signals before they become trends

• Reframe how you see your company’s risks and opportunities

• Apply Futures Thinking to build more agile, resilient strategy

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Format:
50 minute keynote + interactive session

Audience:
Scales from boardroom to centre stage​

Owning the Future: Intellectual Property vs. the World

 

What do Prince, Github, genetic editing, the future of advertising and identity theft have in common? They all raise big questions about ownership in an AI-driven world.

 

As artificial intelligence reshapes how we create, share, and commercialise ideas, the rules around intellectual property — and the very notion of “original” — are being stress-tested. In this keynote, futurist and tech entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds explores the shifting landscape of knowledge, creativity, and control. From deepfakes to data scraping, she unpacks what leaders need to understand now to protect their value, their work, and their integrity.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS​

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• AI forces us all to ask: who owns what now?

• Large Language Models rely on enormous amounts of data to learn and recombine into novel ideas and products

• How do you protect your own IP? And what’s at stake if you don’t?

• What happens if you use other people's IP?

• "Truthiness" and trust: responding to a world of deepfakes and synthetic media

• Navigating the new operating system of creativity, commerce, and control

 

Format: 45 -50 minute keynote + Q&A

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Audience: Wide appeal – Technical, Business, and Leadership

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Turning Chaos into Opportunity

 

AI, Robotics, deepfake science, geopolitical unrest, labor shortages and social change – is it all too hard to keep up?

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In this keynote, futurist and tech entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds shares practical tools for spotting patterns in the noise and turning today’s turbulence into tomorrow’s advantage. With a clear-eyed view of what’s coming — and what’s already here — she’ll help you reframe uncertainty as a catalyst for action and growth.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS​

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• The present is messy and contradictory. And the future will be too

• The next digital divide is between those who use AI and those who don’t

• You can’t build productivity by simply hiring more people

• Conversations around the water cooler are not about what you think they are

• Expect more supply chain shocks

• How do we know if the next pandemic is on its way?

• Build resilience NOW if you want to win later

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Format: 45 -50 minute keynote + Q&A

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Audience: Wide appeal – Technical, Business, and Leadership

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Leading When Nothing Is Certain

 

AI disruption. Economic volatility. Shifting work models. It’s a lot — and it’s accelerating.

 

In this keynote, Melissa Clark-Reynolds tackles the hard questions facing today’s leaders: How do you lead when the ground keeps shifting? What do you do when the way you’ve always worked no longer works? And how do you stay focused — and human — as AI rewrites the rules of business, productivity, and value? 

 

This is not just a tech story. It’s a leadership one. From billing models to job redesign, Melissa shares clear frameworks and practical mindsets to help leaders navigate change, manage transition, and make confident decisions in a messy, fast-moving world.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS​

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• AI won’t take your job, but someone using it might

• New tech means new business models, operating models, and ways of working

• Some jobs are disappearing now. More are on the way

• If you charge by the hour, what happens when your week’s work takes 3 hours?

• Leadership in uncertainty means letting go of control and doubling down on clarity

• Mindsets and leadership principles we need now more than ever

 

Format: 40 minute keynote + Q&A perfect for opening or closing, scales from boardroom to main stage

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Audience: Wide appeal – Technical, Business, and Leadership

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