For 25 years, Kate Ancketill has been the innovation partner to over 30 of the world’s largest brands, P&G, Tesco, Target, Sephora, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Moet Hennessy, Costa Coffee, The BBC, Clorox and Lego. She uses GDR’s professional research and strategy expertise to distil immensely complex global subjects into visually spectacular, crystal-clear narratives with actionable takeaways. From climactic and economic headwinds to demographics and the advance of exponential technologies, she contextualises big shifts in consumer trends. She demonstrates successful commercial adaptation, inspiring audiences with optimism and giving them practical short- and medium-term success strategies.

As a public speaker, Kate Ancketill has experience in a variety of forms, from conference talks to webinars (live and recorded) and live broadcasts. As a business futurist, she always delivers compelling big-picture narratives. Kate has been selected to speak for ten years at the world’s largest retail tech show, the NRF (National Retail Federation)’s Big Show.

She has been featured on various podcasts, including The Rest is Money with Robert Peston and Steph McGovern; Talking Shop By Retail Sector; and Retail Gets Real.

Kate Ancketill – Top Keynote Topics

The Future of Consumer-Facing AI for Retail, Brands, and Experiences – Addressing Physical and Digital Commerce, and Everything In Between

We all know our economy, jobs, the way we search, shop, and explore the world around us is changing rapidly. There will inevitably be winners and losers, adopters and avoiders. Without utopianism, dystopianism, or techie jargon, this keynote will explore how consumers are changing in the AI era. What will Gen Z expect from brands and experiences? How should we balance the opportunity for optimised personalisation, empathic customer service, and agentic efficiency against the desire for authentic, human creativity, and imperfection?

Age of Transformation: Why All Leaders Need to be Futurists, and How Others Do It

According to Google’s principal researcher and AI visionary, Ray Kurzweil, “We won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century—it will be more like 20,000 years of progress at today’s rate”. Never before in human history have leaders needed to navigate such a fast-changing business landscape. Every leader needs to become more future-focused and adaptive to the AI wave changing our world. As a business futurist for 25 years, Ancketill will demonstrate concrete outputs of future-focussed innovative cultures, and show how others create the conditions for continuous innovation, adaptation and success in this age of exponential change.

Consumer Trends

How will upcoming generations live, work, travel, consume and spend their leisure time? What do businesses need to do to adapt to their changing needs?

Other speaking topics include;

– Trends Fit For The Future: the surprising secret of persistently brilliant retail brands
– The Metaverse: why brands should care about the virtual world
– Sustainable Brands: a practical guide to a future that works for the planet, people, and profit
– The Circular Economy: regenerative models that work
– Loyalty, Payment, and NFTs: new models of customer engagement
– What Every Retail Sector Can Learn From Innovation in FinTech
– How Innovation in Customer Experience is the Heart of Future Growth
– The Future of Beauty and Wellness
– Longevity and the Future of Ageing

Call +44 1753 439 289 or email Great British Speakers today to book Kate Ancketill for your corporate event. 

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