About

Jonathan Brill: Business Futurist | AI Strategist | Speaker on Innovation and What Comes Next

Make the Next Five Years Work for You

When AI, economic shifts, and changing customer expectations collide, how can leaders decide what to act on now?

Jonathan Brill helps audiences connect emerging trends to practical choices. Drawing on his experience as a futurist, inventor, and business advisor, he shows organizations how to spot change earlier, adapt how they work, and create opportunities in uncertain conditions.

Why Book Jonathan Brill?

Jonathan moves a conversation about the future toward decisions leaders can make today. He examines where technology, geopolitics, economics, and social change intersect, then helps audiences think about how those forces may affect their own business.

His work in innovation and organizational transformation gives him a useful perspective on both emerging possibilities and the difficulty of putting new ideas into practice.

What Makes Jonathan Different?

• Experience as a business futurist and former Global Futurist at HP
• Work advising organizations on innovation and transformation
• A focus on the combined effects of AI and wider social and economic change
• Practical frameworks for spotting opportunities and adapting to disruption
• An engaging way of making complex future scenarios relevant to business decisions

Why Is Jonathan Right for Your Audience?

Jonathan is a strong fit for executive conferences, innovation summits, leadership meetings, and industry events. He is particularly relevant when teams feel pressure to act on AI but need a clearer view of how it connects with their strategy and organization.

Book Jonathan when your audience needs to:

• Identify trends that could reshape its industry
• Turn uncertainty into useful strategic questions
• Explore how AI changes decisions, teams, and customer expectations
• Build adaptability into how the organization works
• Find opportunities created by disruption
• Connect long-term thinking with near-term action

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better able to spot signals of change that matter to their work
• Clearer on how multiple trends can combine to create new risks and opportunities
• Ready to question assumptions about how their organization operates
• Equipped with practical ways to begin planning for the next five years
• Motivated to test ideas and adapt as conditions evolve

Keynote Programs

AI & the Octopus Organization

Jonathan asks leaders to rethink organizational design for an AI-driven world. Using the octopus as a model, he explores how distributed intelligence and empowered teams can help a business sense change and respond more effectively. Ideal for executive and transformation audiences.

Strategic Luck: The Science of Thriving in Uncertainty

Jonathan challenges the idea that useful opportunities appear by chance alone. He offers approaches for noticing openings, preparing for surprises, and making better choices when outcomes are uncertain. Ideal for leadership and sales audiences.

Architect Your Future

Jonathan explores how organizations can respond to disruption by building the capacity to adapt and innovate. Ideal for industry conferences and teams reconsidering their strategy as markets change.

Win the Next Five Years: Spot, Lead, Win

Jonathan connects AI, economic, geopolitical, and social trends to decisions organizations can begin making now. Ideal for executive teams and audiences looking for a more actionable view of the near future.

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

Tell us which changes matter most to your audience and what decisions it is facing. We can help choose Jonathan’s most relevant keynote, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and current fee.

Is Jonathan Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, its industry, and the opportunities or disruptions it needs to prepare for. We’ll help you assess Jonathan’s fit and plan the next step.

To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected]