APB is a Global Speaker, Celebrity & Entertainment Agency
Scott  Steinberg

Scott Steinberg

Innovation & Change Advisor to Leading Global Companies

Scott Steinberg

Innovation & Change Advisor to Leading Global Companies

Biography

The world’s largest household brands, associations, and companies retain Scott Steinberg and the team at FutureProof Strategies to advise on business strategy, and provide keynote speaking, virtual presentations, and training seminar workshops. Award-winning futurist keynote speaker and strategic consultant Steinberg was recently named The World’s Leading Business Strategist for his game-changing work with over 1000 leading brands. 

Having recently been named Fortune magazine’s Master of Innovation, he’s also frequently brought in by conference meeting and event planning teams to engage customers, serve as a source of thought leadership, and help internal groups plot business strategies. A go-to resource for four-star generals and Fortune 500 CEOs, and among the world’s 150 most influential speakers and futurists, he’s given over 500 keynotes and online webinar + virtual presentations to audiences worldwide.

His most recent book, FUN AT WORK, reveals how tomorrow’s business leaders can consistently create a roadmap to ongoing success by leveraging the transformative power of play. A business consultant to today’s top household names, products that Scott has served as a strategic adviser on can now be found in 100+ million homes. A leading provider of executive and board retreats, he’s also partnered with market research firms and think tanks to offer insight into emerging trends – and how to stay ahead of them.

Speaker Videos

Change, Leadership, and Innovation

Success Secrets: How to Overcome Challenges and Setbacks

Trendspotting: How to See Tomorrow’s Trends Today

The New Habits of Highly Successful Organizations

Speech Topics

Leading Through Disruption: How to Thrive Amid Uncertainty

Unpredictability is the only thing we can predict and uncertainty the only certainty for businesses and working professionals going forward. Luckily, as today’s most successful leaders know, a few simple shifts in strategy and thinking are all it takes to stay one step ahead of the curve. Discover how small changes in approach and slight shifts in tactics can help you drive breakthrough results in this dynamic and engaging talk from Scott Steinberg, the world’s leading business strategist. Pairing real-world examples and case studies with practical insights, you’ll learn how to plan around uncertainty, future-proof your business, and build a strategic roadmap that can withstand any unexpected twist or turn that the market takes.

Think Like a Futurist: How to See Tomorrow Today

Think quickly – the future is coming on fast! In this high-energy, high-impact session, you’ll learn to thrive in an age of constant disruption by applying the same strategies and skills that today’s top market leaders use to spot rising trends and opportunities before rivals can react. A crash course in how to innovate and future-proof any business – discover what it takes to successfully adapt, whatever tomorrow brings. From forward-thinking ways to redesign leadership and go-to-market strategies to cutting-edge insights on workplace trends and business solutions, world-renowned strategist Scott Steinberg reveals how you can stay one-step ahead of tomorrow’s marketplace – and one step ahead of the competition.

What's the Future of Work? Tomorrow's Best Practices, Operating Models & Workforce Trends

From virtual communications and remote workforces to digital transformation, online apps, and cloud-based operations, the shape of business – and how organizations connect with and engage their customers – has fundamentally changed. At the same time, companies not only need to become much more agile and adaptable in order to help employees maintain peak productivity and performance despite ongoing disruption. They also need to pivot to become much more flexible and forward-thinking in the way that they make decisions and manage risk to keep up with rapidly-shifting industry trends… and attract and retain top talent. Here, leading futurist and change management consultant Scott Steinberg reveals what it takes to grow your business and find continuing success in an age of rising uncertainty, as well as best practices for surviving and thrive in this brave new working world.

Simple Change, Big Impact: How to Do More with Less & Pivot Your Way Back to Success

COVID-19 or no, who says that finding ways to innovate and stay ahead of the curve has to be time-consuming, difficult, or expensive? Oftentimes, all it takes to overcome the most complex and challenging problems are just the simplest and most clever of solutions – and slight shifts in business strategy and perspective are all it takes to rebound from unexpected obstacles. Change your perspective, and you can change your fortunes overnight, as world-renowned business strategist Scott Steinberg reminds, while demonstrating how to quickly boost your creativity, increase your agility, and heighten your ability to bounce back. Wondering how you can do more with less? Here, you’ll discover the answers, including how – no matter what resources you’re working with – it always pays to be more resourceful.

Customer Experience is Everything: Designing Products, Services & Solutions That Connect

Customer experience hasn’t quickly just become the ultimate source of competitive advantage today – in tomorrow’s hyper-competitive business world, it will be everything. Happily, you don’t have to be a genius to build better business solutions or brands – just more clever and ingenious instead. A masterclass in practical innovation brought to you by one of the worlds’s leading business strategists, this fun, and fast-paced presentation explains how simple shifts in strategy and setup can produce BIG impacts, and how to create legions of raving fans in no time flat. From great ideas to even greater execution, discover what it takes to make a splash in tomorrow’s market – and how you and your business can position yourself to ride the future’s next big wave.

Change Management: Creating a Culture of Innovation

In today’s working world, competitive landscapes and best practices shift faster than ever – as do market and workforce trends. But no matter how much disruption you’re dealing with, you can empower both individuals and teams to more effectively embrace paradigm shifts, improve organizational learning, and boost productivity with these proven new approaches to leadership, technology and time management. Bestselling business author and consultant Scott Steinberg explains how the market’s most innovative firms are embracing change management, and best practices and leadership pillars you can implement to breed a culture in which innovation thrives.

Maintaining Cyber Security in the Age of Digital Transformation

In today’s connected and always online high-tech world, where organizations must change and adapt to market shifts at record speed, staying alert to cyber threats is essential. That’s because digital transformation is on the rise – and so is cybercrime, today’s fastest-growing form of criminal activity, which is skyrocketing at an alarming rate. These concerns will only become more pronounced for individuals and organizations alike as more business operations shift to mobile, cloud, and Internet-based solutions going forward. Luckily, as bestselling futurist and cyber security expert Scott Steinberg reveals in this eye opening presentation, a few simple shifts in strategy and thinking are all it takes to keep your organization and partners safer going forward. Here, you’ll discover best practices for keeping your organization and personal information safe in an always-on and connected online world, and how to implement more effective security controls (and a culture that champions safety and privacy) throughout your enterprise.

Becoming Essential: Building & Maintaining Competitive Advantage

Change is the only constant modern professionals and organizations can rely on today. In this eye-opening presentation, bestselling business analyst and author Scott Steinberg explains how to avoid becoming a commodity – or worse, obsolete – by preparing you to identify and greet the challenges and opportunities which progress presents. From more powerful ways to capitalize on business intelligence and grow brand equity to developing cutting-edge products, services and customer experiences, he demonstrates how you can create and maintain a competitive edge – and effectively apply it in context.

Succeeding in the New Era of Smart

Technology has become smarter, more affordable and easier to implement than ever, helping put more powerful tools at business fingertips than at any point in history: But how do you maintain competitive advantage when competitors have access to the same tools as well? Discover how market innovators continue to leverage technology and new business advancements to stay ahead of the curve, and ahead of the competition, in this dynamic and engaging presentation from one of the world’s leading business strategists. Attendees will learn how the formula for surviving and thriving in dynamic and more demanding markets isn’t as difficult as it seems – and discover what it takes to continually keep themselves at the head of the pack.

Future Trends: What's Next for Your Industry & How Can You Stay Ahead of It?

In a series of energetic and inspiring presentations, one of today’s top technology futurists and business strategists shows industry leaders in every field – e.g. finance, healthcare, insurance, retail, etc. – which trends promise to transform the sector(s) in which they operate, as well as how to stay competitive and boost productivity and performance by leveraging cutting-edge tools and strategies for staying ahead of the curve. Through market research, professional development techniques and practical, real-world insights, attendees will learn to recognize and act upon the benefits and opportunities that emerging trends and technologies create. Built to empower modern professionals, a range of dynamic discussions and workshops shows how to tap into the power of change and high-tech innovation to build a lasting foundation for professional advancement and growth.