Tom Cheesewright
Applied Futurist
Tom Cheesewright is a speaker who scares and inspires people in equal measure, with his clear and powerful stories of tomorrow. Using his unique ‘Futurist’s Toolkit’ he can turn his analytical eye to any industry, impressing the audience with his deep understanding and giving them a unique take on where they are heading.
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Biography
Tom Cheesewright is the Applied Futurist, helping people and organisations around the world to see the future more clearly, share their vision, and respond with innovation. Tom will help you and your audience to connect tomorrow’s world to today’s experience, and make sense of what’s happening next, and why. Tom’s clients include global 500 corporations, government departments, industry bodies and charities. Using a unique set of tools that he developed, and now teaches and licences to others, Tom finds the critical intersections between today’s macro trends and the existing stresses in each client’s organisation and sector. These are the points at which the greatest change will take place. Tom is a frequent presence in the media, his face, voice, and unusual name recognisable from weekly appearances on TV and radio including BBC Breakfast, Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, 5live, Radio 4, and TalkRadio, and in The Guardian, The Times, and The Evening Standard. He has now amassed more than two thousand broadcast appearances in total. Tom’s first book, High Frequency Change, was published in 2019 by LID Publishing and shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2020 in the ‘Leadership for the Future’ category. Tom’s second book, Future-Proof Your Business, was published by Penguin in July 2020 and recommended by the Financial Times as one of its business books of the month. Tom has provided the foreword to reissue of the classic Usborne Book of the Future (June 2023) and is working on a series of children’s books about the future with Usborne. He has also contributed to other publications, including the collection Aftershocks and Opportunities - Scenarios for a Post-Pandemic Future.
What I Currently Do
Publications
High Frequency Change
This book explains how we can understand high-frequency change, what drives it, and how we must respond by changing the way we run our organizations - and our lives.
Future-Proof Your Business
It has never been more important for business leaders to look to the future. Yet, when we are living through some of the most uncertain times we have ever faced, it can feel daunting to know where to start.
See Inside the Future
A children's guide to the future and what it may bring.
Speaking Topics
The future of…
Tom is most frequently asked to address ‘The future of…’ the industry or sector to which he is speaking. A bespoke talk created for any sector using his Intersections methodology. In the past he has successfully applied this approach to cars, construction, energy, food, finance, sports, retail, and even superyachts!
High Frequency Change
Why we feel like change happens faster now, and what to do about it.
Infinite Choice
How technology has lubricated innovation creating an explosion of choice. How will brands – and consumers – respond in the future?
How to future-proof your business
Building sustainable success in an age of high frequency change
Media Appearances
Showreel
Tom Cheesewright shows your audience the future AND teaches them how to see it for themselves. The acclaimed author shares stories about tomorrow’s tech, trends, and culture from his work with the world’s leading brands. Known to audiences from thousands of broadcast appearances, Tom is trusted to inspire, inform, and entertain every time.
Human machine interfaces and Neuralink
BBC Breakfast
Passwords and passkeys
BBC Breakfast
Feedback
"Tom really delivered what we asked of him in our future focused keynote, leaving our audience re-evaluating their business’ ability to adapt into the future with some key learnings from global industries. Tom was also great to work with ahead of the event and was an excellent chairman on the day, neatly tying the threads of different sessions together to give a lot of insight for our audience."
Catriona Smith
"On behalf of BTC, I would like to thank you for the stimulating speech you held on our Sales Meeting in Prague. You gave an engaging talk that featured a good mixture of technical issues and practical examples. The insights you shared with the audience also on a personal level, made your speech truly entertaining and opened up the opportunity for a lively debate."
Marko Grozdanic
"It was great working with Tom to make Britain faster, bring the trial to life and capture the possibilities of hyperfast speeds. Tom understood what we were trying to do and added real value in the briefings."
Richard Sinclair MBE
"Tom's keynote and his following on-stage interview were engaging, eye opening and thought provoking. Tom's approach and seamless presentation of relevant content hit the mark on all levels and were insightfully reflective of the conference's key themes."
Stuart Gilroy
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