Dr Craig Wing is a globally recognised futurist, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and innovation strategist who helps leaders and organisations understand disruption, navigate uncertainty and actively design their future.
For more than two decades, Craig has worked at the intersection of futures thinking, Artificial Intelligence, emerging technology, strategy and human behaviour. He has delivered 500+ keynotes to thousands of executives and leaders around the world, translating complex technological and societal shifts into practical strategies for business.
Craig holds a PhD focused on Futures Thinking and organisational Future Fitness, with research exploring the factors that determine whether organisations are prepared for future disruption. His work led to the development of the Future Fitness Score, a framework designed to assess organisational preparedness and resilience.
His career combines technology with real-world entrepreneurial experience. Craig previously worked at Google, where he led small-business marketing initiatives in South Africa, and has advised Google X / Alphabet’s innovation lab. He has founded multiple businesses and advised or mentored more than 1,000 entrepreneurs.
Craig has also consulted to the United Nations on future scenarios and has contributed to high-level discussions around the Fourth Industrial Revolution, innovation and Africa’s future.
Keynote Topics
- How to Be Human in an Age of Machines
- Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Business
- Thriving in the Quantum Era
- Future Fitness – Is Your Organisation Ready for Tomorrow?
- The Leadership Imperative
- Future of Work & the Fifth Industrial Revolution
- Emerging & Disruptive Technologies
- Innovation & Future Business Models
- Scenario Planning & Futures Thinking
- Africa and the Future
- Human Behaviour in an Algorithmic World
Career Highlights
- 500+ global keynote presentations
- PhD in Futures Thinking / Future Fitness
- Creator of the Future Fitness Score
- Former Google executive
- Advisor to Google X / Alphabet’s innovation lab
- Consulted to the United Nations
- Founder of multiple technology and innovation ventures
- Advised and mentored 1,000+ entrepreneurs
- Desmond Tutu Fellow
- Former World Economic Forum Global Shaper
- Named among the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans
- TEDx speaker
- Holds qualifications spanning Engineering, Business and Futures Thinking
- Author of Four Future Seasons
Craig is particularly suited to future-focused leadership conferences, technology and AI events, innovation summits and executive strategy sessions.
His strength is that he doesn’t simply talk about what the future might look like; he gives organisations frameworks for preparing for disruption, understanding emerging technology and deliberately creating the future they want to operate in.
