Chief Futurist and Hope Engineer

Nikolas is an award-winning, dynamic and innovative keynote speaker and futurist consultant who shares an awe-inspiring vision of trends that shape the future to world-leading organizations and governments. He provides expertise in new technologies and promotes exponential thinking with a critical, honest, and optimistic view that empowers you to plan for today, tomorrow, and for the future.

As a world-renowned global Chief Futurist, Nikolas mentors top executives and the highest levels of government to create bold visions by exploring desirable futures, anticipating opportunities and risks, and strengthening strategic planning. He has spent 30+ years working with leadership at over 450 leading organizations at the frontline of futures, strategy and disruption – including NASA, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, VISA, TD Bank, American Express, Dyson, Rolls Royce, Procter & Gamble, United Nations, and many more.

Badminton shows leaders how to engineer hope through well-informed strategies with audacious goals, creating pathways through challenges while energizing agency in themselves and their teams. Nikolas’ essential research has been featured by the BBC, VICE, Business Insider, Forbes, Sunday Telegraph and many others. He appears on SIRIUSXM and CTV regularly, and was an advisor to the ‘Age of AI’ series with Robert Downey Jr.