Winner, Best AI and Future Tech Speaker — 2025 Speaker Awards
Trend forecaster and board adviser to the world’s biggest brands
“The future is already here,
William Gibson — Science fiction author
it’s just not evenly distributed”
Almost none of them notice what’s happening in the industry next door.
That gap is where Kate works — as a board advisor and trend forecaster to the world’s biggest consumer-facing brands.
For 25 years she ran London-based business futurist consultancy GDR Creative Intelligence — tracking global innovation and translating it into strategy for the world’s largest companies. Today she brings those same signals directly to audiences worldwide: conference keynotes, corporate summits, executive boardrooms.
The cross-industry lens
Kate reads beauty, wellness, hospitality, finance, grocery, convenience, fashion, luxury and automotive as one connected picture, not separate industries — a bank learning from beauty, a retailer adapting a loyalty mechanic from mobile gaming, an automotive showroom borrowing its customer flow from a five-star hotel.
A cafe chain in North America probably isn’t looking at supermarkets in Seoul or Shenzhen for inspiration on customer experience. Kate is. Not because of a system or a method — after 25 years of paying attention across every sector at once, she simply can’t help noticing the connections other people miss.
Kate’s Lens
Why Kate?
Kate avoids both apocalyptic tech-terror and blind Silicon Valley utopianism. She translates complex AI, economic shifts, and emerging tech into grounded, practical, and optimistic strategies that leadership teams can use immediately.
No off-the-shelf generic trend decks. Every presentation is custom-crafted for your specific audience, built with visually rich, high-velocity case studies featuring global real-world innovations that have never been seen on your stage before.
Named Best AI & future technology speaker and trusted to deliver the flagship trends keynote at the NRF Big Show for ten consecutive years, Kate’s insights are road-tested against the real-world commercial realities of Fortune 500 boards.
Outcomes
At least three concrete trends that you’ll need to adapt to in the next 3–5 years if you want to stay ahead
Real, global case studies of success behind each one, not theory
Excitement and optimism shared at the kitchen table that night; ideas to implement the next day, and for months after
Conference organisers building an AI-driven agenda for non-technical audiences. Retail, hospitality and consumer brand boards making three-to-five-year strategic plans. CMOs and CX leaders rebuilding around AI. HR professionals seeking to upskill teams and develop next gen boards.
If that’s you, you’re in the right place.
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Trusted by
The Speakers Awards — Best AI & Future Technology Speaker 2025 · BizTech Magazine’s Top 30 IT Influencers in 2024 · Headline Trends Keynote at the NRF Big Show in New York for Ten Consecutive Years
Proof
Fascinating and scary — 9.25/10 (highest of all speakers).”
James Goad · Owen James Events · A Meeting of Minds conference
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Kate turns global trends — including how AI is reshaping consumer behaviour — into a clear roadmap for your next three to five years. Available for keynotes, webinars, panels, board advisory and client presentations, worldwide.
