MAPPING TOMORROW

SIR's Institute for Tomorrow think tank

It's not about "predicting" the future. It's about planning for tomorrow.

SIR’s work for clients is informed by custom research and our analyses of existing secondary research. But the biggest advantages to engaging SIR is our think tank, SIR’s Institute for Tomorrow®.

We launched the think tank because the pace of change is increasing seemingly exponentially. Planning for tomorrow is nearly impossible based on how much change we’ve experienced in just the last five or ten years. The job of the Institute for Tomorrow (the IFT) is to pause long enough to look and listen for the weak signals behind the trends impacting tomorrow. What changes will matter? How will consumers or customers respond to what’s next? What is the best path forward?

Giving Your Organization a New Perspective

SIR's Institute for Tomorrow helps companies, nonprofits, government agencies, associations, and communities better understand the impact of the generations on the future. That includes Millennials, Gen Xers, Boomers, and the next generation coming, called Gen Z for now.

More than that, the IFT provides consulting services on mapping the future. We help organizations and communities plan for the future by mapping the trends impacting tomorrow, how the generations impact those trends, and what it means you should be doing today.

Talented Keynote Speaker Who Deliver Content Brilliantly

Our Institute's insights come to life in engaging, customized, insightful keynote presentations from John Martin.

Seasoned meeting planners know all too well the challenges of finding a great topic delivered by an equally great speaker. You’ve likely spent your fair share of time listening to speakers that didn’t really connect with you and what keeps you up at night or others that may have inspired you in the moment, but shared no realistic insights to apply when you’re back in the real world.

If you’ve come in search of something better, a cut way above the typical speaker options, a home run for your event, then you’ve come to the right place.

John W. Martin

John spends part of every year speaking professionally around the globe at trade and professional conferences, senior leader meetings and conferences, and board retreats. Overall, he helps businesses, organizations, and communities see the future and how to succeed more clearly and accurately. John is a futurist, generations expert, recognized thought leader, and author.

For the past 15 years, he has racked up an impressive list of speaking clients, not to mention frequent flyer miles. Attendees tell us it’s because John brings it all – content that’s provocative and captivating delivered in inspiring and entertaining ways. Nobody looks at their cell phones when John is on stage.

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If you’d like John to help your audience become futurists themselves, by sharing data-driven insights, implications, and action steps via a keynote speech, workshop, retreat, or training event, visit johnmartinfuturist.com.

Other SIR Speakers

Because SIR is comprised of senior-level strategy, marketing, and communications professionals, it’s no surprise that many of us speak locally, regionally, and nationally on the topics for which we have expertise and passion. See below for more speaker options and topic areas: