ROHIT TALWAR - CEO - FAST FUTURE RESEARCH - PROFILE
Rohit Talwar is an award winning global futurist, entrepreneur and specialist advisor on
business transformation, disruptive strategies and radical innovation. Nominated as one of
the top ten global future thinkers by the UK’s Independent newspaper, he comments
regularly on the future and innovation for global news networks. Rohit has been published
widely. He is the initiator, editor and a lead author for The Future of Business, which was
published on June 23rd 2015 - completed in just 19 weeks. This 60 chapter book brings
together the work of 62 future thinkers from around the world to explore the forces shaping
our world and highlight the implications for business. He is also a major contributor to a
forthcoming US feature film and documentary on the concept of ‘creating a new country’.
Rohit has an MBA from London Business School and delivers regular keynote speeches to
leadership audiences around the world. He focuses on helping us make sense of and
respond to a constantly changing reality and a hyper-connected world. Rohit provides clients
with critical insights into how to respond to the forces and ideas shaping the future, deliver
transformational change and create imaginative new strategies and possibilities. He shows
us how to identify the key factors shaping the future, assess their impact and deliver real
change both in our own lives and in the organisations we lead or work for.
Through his work, Rohit travels the world researching the innovations, developments and
ideas shaping the future and uses these powerful insights, case studies and provocative
imagery to shed light on the intangible and 'yet to be seen' developments. His interests
include the evolving world of technology in business and society, the future of emerging
economies and industries, the future of education and embedding foresight in organisations.
He currently leads research projects on drivers of change for the next decade, the long term
impacts of cybercurrencies and Artificial Intelligence, practical strategies for delivering
sustainable organisational transformation, human enhancement and the shadow economy.
Rohit has worked worldwide with leading corporations, governments, associations and
NGO’s and has delivered highly inspirational, thought provoking and humorous keynote
addresses to audiences in over 60 countries.
Rohit can tailor a keynote address for your company’s needs. His current key speaking
topics closely correlate to the subjects covered in The Future of Business:
1. Aliens, Barbarians and Magicians: New business behaviours in a disruptive world
2. Emerging global landscapes: Future global economic, political, social, environmental
and business scenarios
3. The Future of Business: Key forces, trends and ideas shaping future strategies,
business models, organisation structures and ways of working
4. Mayhem, Magic and Muscle - A practical business framework for responding
strategically to a rapidly changing world
5. Emerging Technologies: How advances in science and technology could transform
society, business and the human brain and body.
6. Four Faces of Future Disruption - Business and societal implications of rapid
advances in Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Currency, Peer to Peer Networks and the
Internet of Things
7. Empires of Tomorrow - Emerging industries and their implications for individuals,
society, business, government and the future of work, employment and professions
8. The Future of Professional Services - How service firms can transform themselves to
survive and thrive in the tomorrow's business environment
9. New Horizons: The future of aviation, travel, tourism, hotels and live events
10. Disrupted - A case study on how Fast Future Publishing is challenging every aspect
of thinking and practice across the sector
Fast Future Research
Through his consulting and research work at Fast Future, Rohit is helping global
clients deliver transformational strategies and invent powerful new concepts that
will disrupt existing sectors and create the industries of the future. Fast Future has
four core streams of activity:
 Live delivery - Futurist presentations, conference chairmanship and designing highly
participative executive level futures experiences
 Reinventing the present - Helping clients determine how to transform their strategy,
products and services and create the future design for their organisation
 Envisioning the future - Helping clients create transformative future visions and
organisational models - recently these have included envisioning an airline, airport and
city of the future for industry leaders in each sector
 Investing in disruption - Helping clients spot, invest in and nurture disruptive new
ventures and developments that could transform their business.
Example projects include:
 Future Human / Future Work - Exploring how organisations can respond to the
rapid pace of chemical, genetic and technological advancements that will
enhance the human brain and body and see robots working alongside these
super-humans and their unaugmented predecessors
 Total Transformation - Advising global professional services firms on how to
reinvent their strategies, business models, ways of working, cultures and
mindset in order to survive and thrive in an era of disruptive change
 Smart City 2030 - Developing visions for a truly sustainable city of the future
that will become a hub for groundbreaking developments in emerging science
and technology sectors
 Airport 2050 - Redesigning the airport service experience and design to take
account of developments in the fields of human capability, robotics, artificial
intelligence, smart materials, 3D / 4D printing, grown structures, biomimicry
and superfast construction
 Future Airline - Reimagining everything an airline does and how it does it to
create a truly inspirational customer-centric model for the future of air travel.
Videos of Rohit Exploring the Future
 Launch of the Future of Business - London Business School Global Leadership Summit
(first 23 minutes)
http://view6.workcast.net/?pak=4281246549955003&cpak=8640434560488349
 The World in 2025 - Driving Forces, Global Challenges and Potential Disruptions (35
mins) http://vimeo.com/93302584
 Anticipating 2025 - Driving forces, global challenges and potential disruptions (30 mins):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcLQCIfxpY
 A World in Transition (60 mins):
http://www.colliers.com/en-gb/uk/insights/multimedia
 Future of Travel (22 mins) http://www.travelmole.tv/watch_vdo.php?id=14300
 Parallel Revolutions Impacting Global Labor: Bloomberg TV Interview (4 mins):
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/parallel-revolutions-impacting-global-labor-talwayT0tJZRX6TpGIxjKShTzv~w.html
Publications
 The Future of Business - Critical Insights into a Rapidly Changing world from
60 Future Thinkers
 Achieving Transformation and Renewal in Financial Services
 Designing Your Future - Key Trends, Challenges and Choices
 100 Drivers of Change for Business and The Accounting Profession
 The Path to 2025 - Driving Forces Global Challenges Potential Disruptions and
Business Scenarios
 The Future of China's Economy
 Futurium - Science and Technology Transformations Shaping the Path to 2050
 Reinventing the Airport Ecosystem
 Hotels 2020 - Beyond Segmentation
 The Future of Travel and Tourism in the Middle East
 Law Firm 2024 - Rethinking Law Firms in Digital Era (The ILTA Legal
Technology Future Horizons Project)
 HR2020 - the Future of HR
 The Shape of Jobs to Come
 Asia Scenarios 2020
 Future Migration Scenarios
 The Narcotics Landscape
 The Future of the Family
Contact Information
Email
Phone
Web
Twitter
Blog
LinkedIn
Past presentations
Newsletter signup
rohit@fastfuture.com
+44 (0)7973 405145
http://www.fastfuture.com
http://twitter.com/fastfuture
http://widerhorizons.wordpress.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/talwar
http://www.slideshare.net/fastrohit
http://fastfuture.com/?page_id=13
Client List
Technology, Media and
Telecoms
Banking and Financial
Services
3M
BT
Cable & Wireless
Chloride
CIO Connect
Etisalat
Gartner
GE
Hibu / Yell / Yellow Pages
Hyland Software
IBM
Intel
ITU
Metaio
Microsoft
Nokia
O2
Orange (EE)
Panasonic
Prysmian Group
RIM (Blackberry)
Samsung
SAP
Siemens
The BBC
T-Mobile
twofour54
Vodafone
ABN AMRO
Actis
Alliance & Leicester
American Express
AXA
Barclays
Chartis
Citibank
Coller Capital
DeutscheBank
HSBC
ING Group
Invesco
Investcorp
Morgan Stanley
Nomura
Royal Bank of Scotland
Santander
Standard Life
Professional Services
ACCA (Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants)
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Crowe Horwath
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
ILTA (International Legal
Technology Association)
JLT Group
Kennedys
King and Wood Mallesons
KPMG
Knowita
Linklaters
Moore Stephens
Norton Rose Fulbright
Parabis
PwC
Riverview Law
RSM Tenon
Simmons and Simmons
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co
Food, Pharmaceuticals and
Healthcare
AIHHP
Associated British Foods
Astra Zeneca
Astrellas
Bayer
Boehringer Ingelheim
Cargill
Food Service Network Europe
GlaxoSmithKline
NHS London
NHS West Midlands
Novartis
Pepsi
Pfizer
Sara Lee
United Biscuits
Government and
Intergovernmental
Defra – Department for
Environmental, Food and Rural
Affairs
DG Connect, European
Commission
DTCM - Dubai Department of
Tourism and Commerce
Marketing
Dubai Chamber of Commerce
Government of Finland
Government of Singapore
Ministry of Defence (UK)
OECD (Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and
Development)
Office of Science and
Technology (UK)
Saudi Government
Singapore National Horizon
Scanning Centre
UK BIS – Department for
Business, Innovation and Skills
UK Foreign and Commonwealth
Office
UK Health Modernisation Agency
UK Home Office
US Department of Defense
Commercial and Industrial
ACE (Association for
Consultancy and Engineering)
Andritz
Atkins
Ball Corp.
BAT
California Workforce Association
Danaher Corporation
DHL
Diamond Trading Corporation
(De Beers)
EdF
Electrolux
Eurima
Fitflop
Gammon
Hoover
Hyundai
IBTTA (International Bridge
Tunnel and Turnpike
Association)
Jardines
Laing O’Rourke
MAP (Management Association
of Pakistan)
Marks and Spencer
Mott MacDonald
Nakheel
Philip Morris
Playtex
Prysmian
Shell
Tata
Thames Water
Whirlpool
Leisure, Aviation, Travel,
Tourism, Hotels, Events
Accor
ACI (Airport Council
International)
Aerovista
Air Plus
Airport Revenue News
AMAC
Amadeus
American Express Business
Travel
ASAE (Center for Association
Leadership)
AITO (Association of
Independent Tour Operators)
ATAG (Air Transport Action
Group)
BAE Systems
Boeing
CANSO (Civil Air Navigation
Services Organisation)
Center Parcs
CTW (Corporate Travel World)
EADS / Airbus
EasyJet
Emirates
FCm Travel
Federal Aviation Authority
Future Travel Experience Europe
/ Asia / Global
Genting
Global Airport Development
Hurel Hispano
ICCA (International Congress
and Convention Association)
IMEX
Intercontinental Hotels
International Luxury Hotels
Association
IT&CMA (Incentive Travel &
Conventions, Meetings)
ITB (International Tourism
Bourse)
MPI (Meeting Professionals
International)
PATA (Pacific Asia Travel
Association)
Preferred Hotels
Qatar Airways
Sabre
TFWA (Tax Free World
Association)
Travelex
Snecma
Travelodge
Travelport
TTRA (Travel and Tourism
Research Association)
World Travel Forum
Christchurch Airport
Edmonton Airport
Mumbai Airport
Aeroports de Paris
Schiphol Airport,
Vancouver Airport
Wellington Airport
Denver Airport
Dubai Airport
Adelaide Convention Centre
Melbourne Convention Centre
QEII Convention Centre
Qatar Convention Centre
Vancouver Convention Centre
Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau
Athens Convention Bureau
Durban Convention Bureau
London Convention Bureau
San Francisco Convention
Bureau
Seoul Convention Bureau
Sydney Convention Bureau
Toronto Convention Bureau
Norway Convention Bureau