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Future of Space Travel / Tourism - Video
Futurist Topics - Travel
How Virgin Galactic is taking tourists on trips into space at $200,000 a time. Video of first attempt in new vehicle which will do two trips a day. Dr Patrick Dixon interview of Stephen Attenborough at Google Zeitgeist in 2007. Global warming and evironmental concerns, but heavy demand for these space trips. Space travel is the highest profile part of a major new travel trend: search for experience, especially amongst older wealthy people. Other articles / videos on future of travel, tourism, hotels, aviation and hospitality industries.
Future Management, Marketing, Motivation - Leadership Video
Futurist Topics - Leadership
"Connect with all the passions people have - they will follow you wherever you lead."
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Patrick Dixon to speak at your event
Dr Patrick Dixon - Events
"Brilliant communicator who really cares about his audience and his clients"
Presentations are usually heavily customised - watch this example for 400 European Petrochemical Industry executives on solutions to the crisis in logistics and distribution. Breakfast meeting.
Important information for event organisers and useful links
Dr Patrick Dixon has been ranked as one of the world's 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50 - 2005) and is often described in the media as Europe's leading Futurist. He is widely regarded as one of the most powerful and effective speakers in the world on issues relating to future business success and many of the world's largest corporations are his clients. Every presentation is customised after close discussion with event organisers, to create a high impact, entertaining, provocative, very interactive and relevant multimedia experience for audiences ranging from 20 to 3,000 - in 2D or spectacular 3D imaging. Dr Dixon tests opinion of each audience with "straw polls" and probes what they actually think themselves about future challenges, often walks around audiences and engages them personally. See videos.
Most presentations are opening keynotes, setting the scene for all that follows. Dr Dixon works hard to dig deep into organisational strategy and culture, with the help of each client, and aims to bring practical insights that are vitally important to the future of the corporation, taking into account everything else in the programme, and the priorities of the senior executive team. There is an element of consultancy in most presentations: far more than an off-the-shelf standard lecture. Organisers usually feel after working with Dr Dixon that they have found a friend: someone who understands the huge pressures they are under to make a great success of their event, and who is passionate about helping them make it happen. That is why he usually arrives the day before an event, offers to write articles, makes himself available for media interviews, signs every book that organisers buy to give participants (yes he has signed 1,400 for just one event), publishes his presentations online, makes conference videos available on / from his website, provides free access to 300 other presentations, and the entire text of 6 books and so on.
There is usually a strong focus on the future in every presentation, while also addressing urgent challenges facing the corporation / industry right now. There is a warm, practical, personal dimension, reflecting the fact that Dr Dixon first trained as a physician, looking also at what it means for individuals, families and friends, connecting with passion and ending with an inspiring challenge to make a difference.
How to lose $ millions - video on risk
Futurist Topics - Banking
How millions were lost in Icelandic bank accounts and lessons to learn about how to make money and how to avoid heavy losses. How to increase your wealth. Real rates of return on investments. Assessing risks in fund management and real estate investment. Exchange rate risks and how they impact international investment. Economy risks, political risks, industry risks - all need to be priced into decisions about where to put your money. Portfolio management. What economists think about global risks, banks, banking, insurance and other industry investments.
Surviving through global economic crisis
Futurist Topics - Management
Media interview October 2008. Expect further shocks to the global economy. Companies which insured other companies will soon be hit by claims of at least $360bn. And hedge funds are under huge pressures. If an investor demands return of – say - $10m, a fund might have to sell $70m of shares in order to give the $10m back. Expect hundreds of millions of dollars of stock sales by hedge funds.The world is changing faster than you can call a board meeting or develop new strategy so think ahead. You need more than one business plan: at least one alternative so one step ahead of major events. Be ready to take very fast decisions, with flexible, dynamic teams able to change quickly as situations unfold. Those with cash will do well , find huge bargains – products, property or even entire corporations sold for only a fraction of what their future value.
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