The Future is Not a Forecast
Keynote · 45–60 min · Optional demonstration add-on
From 15 000 kr (keynote) / From 20 000 kr (keynote + demonstration)
A talk for events that want to leave people with a different relationship to uncertainty — not more anxiety about what's coming, but a practical way of thinking about it.
This suits you if…
- You're running a conference, kick-off, or management event and you want something that actually shifts how people think, not just what they know.
- Your organisation is curious about what "futures thinking" is about, and how it might help you navigating uncertainty without either false confidence or paralysis.
- You've been told you need a "futures talk" but the options you've seen feel like trend reports with slides.
What you take home
- Presentations available as a PDF leave-behind for event organisers on request.
What happens
The talk is targeting audiences with no background in foresight. No jargon, no methodology lectures.
Predictions fails not because forecasters are incompetent but because the future is structurally open. Getting to know different tools and attitudes towards an unknowable future sets a proactive and positive tone to your event.
Futures thinking doesn't offer better answers but allows you to ask better questions, and offers a concrete approach to making decisions without pretending to know what comes next.
Optional demonstration add-on — 20–30 min: A live design fiction exercise where a small number of audience members create futures scenarios based on the Swedish Design Fiction Kit and build a brief scenario together while the rest watch. This is not a full analysis session but gives the audience a direct experience of what scenario work might entail. Suitable for audiences up to approximately 50 where space and time allow.
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Mateusz has a rare ability to make complex topics feel understandable and immediately applicable. Clear, pedagogical, and knowledgeable — he created an environment where everyone felt comfortable asking questions.
Emmanuelle Sylvain
Global DEI Specialist, Save the Children International
