David Rowan
David Rowan is a technology expert, keynote speaker, and author who specializes in emerging technologies and their impact on business.
Why you should book David Rowan for your next event
- David possesses profound knowledge of emerging technologies and business impact. With experience as a tech columnist, investor, and speaker, he delivers inspiring, insightful presentations.
- He customizes every talk to meet the specific needs of your event and audience. He is well-versed in a wide range of industries and sectors, and can tailor his presentations to address the specific challenges and opportunities facing your organization.
- David is a captivating, dynamic speaker who uses vivid examples and videos to illustrate points with passion. Repeat requests from clients like Goldman Sachs, Google, KPMG, McKinsey, Chanel, and Unilever speak to his ability to inspire and engage audiences.
David Rowan is a technology expert, keynote speaker, and author, specializing in emerging technologies and their impact on business. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine's UK edition and has invested in over 60 early-stage tech companies. David is the author of Non-Bullshit Innovation, a bestseller offering strategies for future-proofing a successful business.
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David will customise a talk for your meeting, or will moderate your event in his accessible journalistic style.
His recent themes include:
Why this is AI's "Netscape moment" — and what that means for your business.
How to understand the impact of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools.
What exponential technologies mean for the next five years in retail/real estate/finance/media/healthcare, etc.
What a 20-country quest taught me about building an authentic culture of innovation.
What carbon accounting will mean for every business.
Where AI, data analytics and blockchain should fit into your strategy planning.
What talent wants in the new world of work.
Why purpose plus profit is the new business mantra.
His recent themes include:
Why this is AI's "Netscape moment" — and what that means for your business.
How to understand the impact of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools.
What exponential technologies mean for the next five years in retail/real estate/finance/media/healthcare, etc.
What a 20-country quest taught me about building an authentic culture of innovation.
What carbon accounting will mean for every business.
Where AI, data analytics and blockchain should fit into your strategy planning.
What talent wants in the new world of work.
Why purpose plus profit is the new business mantra.
Keynote by David Rowan: WHY THIS IS AI’s “NETSCAPE MOMENT”
How to understand the impact of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools. What they mean for business resilience, the job market, process automation.
Keynote by David Rowan: FINDING OPPORTUNITY AMID THE CRISIS
Technology offers hope for optimism as we emerge from the coronavirus crisis. Here are the growth opportunities — from re-inventing supply chains to rethinking education to building new brand heroes.
Keynote by David Rowan: WHY BUSINESS INNOVATION HAS NEVER MATTERED MORE
COVID-19 has forced business leaders to move insanely fast to adapt. But how do you build a culture of effective innovation? Here are the lessons from David’s 20-nation quest for non-bullshit innovation.
Keynote by David Rowan: TEN LESSONS FROM THE NON-BULLSHIT INNOVATORS
David Rowan travelled across the world to understand what it takes for businesses and governments to leverage digital transformation in exciting ways. He shares ten lessons from his new book Non-Bullshit Innovation that can be applied to all sorts of organisations.
Keynote by David Rowan: WHAT TECHNOLOGY MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR INDUSTRY
David researches and prepares bespoke presentations for client meetings. Recent subjects have included the future of food and drink (clients including Unilever, Coca-Cola, Barilla); the future of aviation (IATA); the future of real estate (CBRE, Leading Real Estate, Cushman & Wakefield); the future of media (Sky, Schibsted, BBC); the future of healthcare (BUPA, Vitality, Kaiser Permanente); the future of financial services (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan).
Keynote by David Rowan: THE FUTURE OF THE WORKPLACE
How to attract talent, and motivate your team to perform its best work, in a fast-changing world when the “workplace” is more fluid than ever before.
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Explore the impact of emerging technologies on business with David Rowan
David Rowan explains compellingly how emerging technologies will impact business — and how leaders should prepare now. As founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition, David came to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Didi, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious startups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen. He has since invested in more than 60 early-stage tech companies, including two that became billion-dollar “unicorns”, and is an adviser to Lakestar, one of Europe’s largest venture-capital funds.
David’s Amazon #1 business bestseller
Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from the World’s Smartest Minds
(Penguin, 2019) has been published in Japan, Korea, Russia, Ukraine and beyond. The book,
a 20-country quest for bold corporate innovation in the face of technology-led disruption
, sets out sixteen proven strategies for future-proofing a successful business — helping leaders build resilience in a post-COVID- 19 world.
David has been a technology columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and The Sunday Times, and hosts a new podcast series about tech founders called Walks With Founders. He has been asked to give more than 600 keynotes in recent years, and has received repeat requests to present for clients such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Google, KPMG, McKinsey, Chanel and Unilever. David has moderated events for the World Economic Forum and the UK and French governments, and is increasingly in demand to host webinars and virtual conferences.
David deconstructs tech trends in real time, unpacking how major innovations like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, autonomous vehicles, and more, are changing businesses and consumers. He focuses on how technology-led innovation can build prosperity even in economic downturns and amid the COVID-19 crisis. He delivers fascinating and knowledgeable presentations full of insight into the future of technology together with lively examples and engaging video clips which reveal that, in some cases, the future is already here. He’s typically asked to speak about how innovation and technology are likely to impact a particular sector (from manufacturing to motoring), and what incumbent companies can do to protect themselves. He customises every talk, and in recent months has addressed audiences in finance, fashion, utilities, television, insurance, shipping, travel, real estate and business software. He also speaks a lot about changing business models, and how companies can develop a culture of innovation.
David’s Amazon #1 business bestseller
Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from the World’s Smartest Minds
(Penguin, 2019) has been published in Japan, Korea, Russia, Ukraine and beyond. The book,
a 20-country quest for bold corporate innovation in the face of technology-led disruption
, sets out sixteen proven strategies for future-proofing a successful business — helping leaders build resilience in a post-COVID- 19 world.
David has been a technology columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and The Sunday Times, and hosts a new podcast series about tech founders called Walks With Founders. He has been asked to give more than 600 keynotes in recent years, and has received repeat requests to present for clients such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Google, KPMG, McKinsey, Chanel and Unilever. David has moderated events for the World Economic Forum and the UK and French governments, and is increasingly in demand to host webinars and virtual conferences.
David deconstructs tech trends in real time, unpacking how major innovations like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, autonomous vehicles, and more, are changing businesses and consumers. He focuses on how technology-led innovation can build prosperity even in economic downturns and amid the COVID-19 crisis. He delivers fascinating and knowledgeable presentations full of insight into the future of technology together with lively examples and engaging video clips which reveal that, in some cases, the future is already here. He’s typically asked to speak about how innovation and technology are likely to impact a particular sector (from manufacturing to motoring), and what incumbent companies can do to protect themselves. He customises every talk, and in recent months has addressed audiences in finance, fashion, utilities, television, insurance, shipping, travel, real estate and business software. He also speaks a lot about changing business models, and how companies can develop a culture of innovation.
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