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Key Points for Dr Richard David Hames

  • Richard Hames identifies emerging patterns and anticipates the forces reshaping business, government, and society.
  • Richard explores complex challenges and develops new approaches to organisational and institutional change.
  • He equips decision-makers to navigate volatility, challenge assumptions, and make more informed strategic choices.
  • He examines how technology, geopolitics, and societal change can inform more resilient and regenerative futures.

Topics for Dr Richard David Hames

  • Beyond the AI Hype: Turning New Technology into Real Business Value
    Since publishing Teaching Silicon How to Feel, I have received numerous requests from corporate clients asking the same question: how can we move beyond experimenting with AI to achieving meaningful business results? It seems many speakers on AI simply don’t know enough about the subject to be useful to clients.
    In this recent presentation, I explored where AI can add genuine value, how to bring people along and what leaders need to do to translate technological potential into practical improvements in productivity, customer experience, and growth. The focus was on purposeful adoption—not technology for its own sake.
  • Leading When the Rules Keep Changing
    When an organisation faces a crisis of public confidence, a new strategy alone is not enough. Leaders need to rebuild trust, make difficult decisions, and provide clear direction while protecting the organisation’s reputation.
    Delivered for a European client navigating the aftermath of a public controversy, this session explored practical approaches to communicating under pressure, maintaining executive focus, and leading through uncertainty. Its central message: how leaders respond to disruption can be as consequential as the disruption itself.
  • A Fragmenting World: What Business Leaders Need to Do Next
    Much of my advisory work remains centred on and in China, giving me a direct perspective on the relationship between political developments and commercial decisions.
    This keynote examined how shifts in trade, supply chains, and international relationships affect business strategy. It helped participants challenge established assumptions, consider alternative scenarios, and strengthen their organisations’ ability to adapt. The emphasis is on translating geopolitical understanding into practical decisions—not simply explaining the headlines.
  • The Human Advantage: What Makes Us Valuable in an AI World
    At a recent dinner hosted by a peak industry body in Melbourne, the conversation centred on a pressing question: as technology takes on more tasks, where can people make their greatest contribution? Drawing on that discussion, this briefing explored the enduring value of judgement, creativity, empathy, and collaboration. It considered how executives and non-executive directors can develop these capabilities, exercise sound oversight, and help their organisations thrive alongside AI.
  • Tariffs, Uncertainty and a Clear Path Forward
    A leading pharmaceutical company that helped shape the industry as we know it today wanted to understand how to respond to the implications of US tariffs and the Trump administration’s Most Favoured Nation policy. Delivered online, this session examined the client’s concerns and their strategic implications. By its conclusion, the leadership team had a clearer strategic direction and a practical roadmap for addressing its most pressing challenges.
  • Sustaining High Performance: Achieving More Without Burning People Out
    High performance should not come at the expense of the people delivering it. In a board briefing delivered in Sydney in September, I explored how organisations can sustain ambition without making exhaustion the price of success. The session challenged the “always-on” mindset and examined practical ways to combine demanding goals with recovery, healthier working habits, and a culture that supports consistent results over time.

Testimonials for Dr Richard David Hames

I thought you would be just another one of those charlatan futurists hyping the latest technology. But you are the real deal. Your presentation was brilliant and am so pleased that I didn’t miss it. Thank you.
Alex

I was riveted by everything you had to say.
Craig

Richard thanks so much - you have lost none of your edge. I have been following you since you last spoke at this event two years ago. You are the only futurist worth paying any attention to.
Susan

This conference is the best I have attended. Your dissertation on where agriculture could be in 50 years was so thought provoking but resonated with much of my own thinking.
James

You are intimidating Richard, but so brilliant.
Dr Richard Harris

That was absolutely awesome.
Livinia Nixon (MC)

Richard Hames provides a powerful diagnosis of present realities, new paradigms of thought, and an ecological model of action in an uncertain world.
President
Global Business Network

Richard’s capacity to identify and weave together the major issues that are shaping our future world is extraordinary.
Chairman
Australian Davos Connection

Richard Hames inspires; his breadth of vision offering daring and challenging insights into the world of tomorrow.
Former Industry Minister
UK Government

Richard’s ideas are for anyone searching for new meanings. Marvellous!
Judge Institute
University of Cambridge

Over the years I have heard many of the world’s top speakers and presenters. Richard rates up there with the best.
Head of Leadership
Standard Chartered Bank

It surprises me how someone from outside the firm can so accurately put their finger on issues that are so central to us. I cannot thank you enough. ….brilliant.
Chairman
MinterEllison Lawyers

It is a rare person who is able to transform our thinking by creating a fundamentally new vision of how things could work better. Richard Hames is one of those people.
Chairman
AMI

Energy, clarity, enthusiasm – and of course so much wisdom…
Director General
Indian Council for Agricultural Research

Richard has a mind that is impossible to leap over.
CEO Private Wealth Management
J.P.Morgon

Truly one of the most remarkable strategic thinkers in the world today.
Former Senior Presenter
BBC World