Brian Solis is a world-renowned digital anthropologist and futurist who serves as Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. Brian is also an 8x best-selling author and international keynote speaker. Futurist: Forbes heralded Brian Solis as “one of the more creative and brilliant business minds of our time.” He was recently named... Read more
Brian Solis is a world-renowned digital anthropologist and futurist who serves as Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. Brian is also an 8x best-selling author and international keynote speaker.
Futurist: Forbes heralded Brian Solis as “one of the more creative and brilliant business minds of our time.” He was recently named a “top futurist speaker,” by ReadWrite. ZDNet called him “one of the 21st century business world’s leading thinkers.”
Brian helps executives understand the evolving, complex landscape of digital trends and how they impact our work, markets, and business over time. Whether it’s generative AI, AR/VR or and spatial computing, web3, the metaverse, IoT, digital twins, or quantum computing, Brian humanizes each wave of emergent disruption to help audiences understand trends and see themselves productively shaping the future. He helps shift people’s mindsets from being overwhelmed, confused, or intimidated to taking control and moving forward with curiosity, excitement, and imagination.
Digital Anthropologist: Brian is also one of the industry’s first digital anthropologists who helped define the practice early in his career. This is key to humanizing trends. He’s able to observe how technology changes people’s behavior, in a variety of important contexts (as leaders, employees, customers) and understand their aspirations, their purpose, what they value, how they make decisions, and how they want to work. These changes in behavior directly impact values, relationships, and loyalty.
Through this research, Brian helps audiences empathize with different generations (Gen-Y, Z, Alpha) and understand how technology creates a cross-generational superset of people with similar behaviors, interests, and aspirations. Brian coined these important groups as Generation-Connected and Generation-Novel.
ServiceNow: Currently, Brian serves as the Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow. In his role, he sets the strategic direction and programming for ServiceNow’s Innovation and Executive Briefing Centers in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Paris, Sydney, and Singapore. Additionally, Brian designs and delivers strategic engagements with important customers to advise on digital and business innovation strategies. He also publishes industry thought leadership in leading publications to help executives (and customers) understand technology and market trends and inspire business model innovation.
United Nations: In addition to his day job, Brian serves as a special adviser to the UN global innovation team. He develops workshops and keynotes that explore emergent trends and future scenarios, scenario strategies, skills development, and culture and leadership.
Salesforce: As the leader of Global Innovation at Salesforce, Brian gained a reputation as the “CxO Whisperer” because of his ability to translate shifting technology and market trends into actionable strategies for executives. He also has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing companies and helps leaders think differently about current priorities and investments to future proof their organizations. Brian also partnered with leading brands to develop innovation pilots in service, L&D, and commerce, including applications that featured digital humans, 3D/immersive shopping and e-commerce powered by augmented reality.
Leadership: Added up, Brian helps executives unlock insights and ideas that lead to meaningful change in customer and employee experiences, the future of work, business model innovation, digital transformation, corporate culture, and leadership.
Brian’s personable approachable and engaging style is why he’s consistently ranked as one of the top speakers at the biggest events around the world. And as one event organizer recently put it, “Brian has a special gift to engage people and help everyone believe they can be part of change.” The Conference Board said it this way, “Brian is the futurist we all need now.”
Brian is indeed ‘Mr. Futurist,’ but with a big heart. He has personally influenced and shaped business and technology trends, led countless transformation and innovation programs for Fortune 500 companies. He has advised notable celebrities including Oprah, Shaq, and Ashton Kutcher; and startups including Uber, Airbnb, and Tripit.
He’s an eight-time, best-selling, and award-winning author and has published more than 60 research reports on the future of business, work, digital transformation and innovation across industries such as retail, healthcare, financial services, insurance, and public sector. He’s currently working on his ninth book due out later in 2023.
His blog, BrianSolis.com, is among the world’s leading business online resources to his 800,000 followers. Brian also contributes to FastCompany, Forbes, Techonomy, CIO, and Singularity University.
You can book Brian Solis through London Speaker Bureau by submitting the enquiry form on this page or calling our team. One of our consultants will respond promptly with Brian's current availability, speaking fees and any specific requirements for your event.
Brian Solis's speaking fees depend on the event format (in-person or virtual), the location, the length of the engagement and the level of customisation required. Please contact London Speaker Bureau for an up-to-date fee quote for Brian tailored to your event.
Brian Solis speaks on Customer Experience, Digital, Entrepreneurs, Future, Future & Technology. Talks can be shaped around your audience, industry and strategic objectives - share your event brief with London Speaker Bureau and we will work with Brian to align the content with your delegates and goals.
London Speaker Bureau can book Brian Solis for events worldwide, subject to Brian's schedule. Please send us your event date, location and format and we will confirm availability and handle travel and logistics on your behalf.
Virtual and hybrid keynotes are now a standard part of the speaking industry. Please contact London Speaker Bureau to confirm whether Brian Solis is available to deliver a virtual session for your event and on which platform (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, a bespoke studio or your own).
Most keynote speeches run between 45 and 60 minutes, often followed by a 15-30 minute Q&A. Other formats - shorter conference slots, panel appearances or longer workshop sessions - may also be possible. Share your agenda with London Speaker Bureau and we will confirm what Brian can accommodate.
London Speaker Bureau will brief Brian Solis on your audience profile, sector and objectives so the keynote can be shaped around your event. The level of customisation possible depends on the speaker and the lead time - contact us with your brief and we will confirm what Brian can offer.
Brian Solis delivers keynotes in English. If you require simultaneous interpretation or a multilingual format, please mention this in your enquiry and London Speaker Bureau will arrange it for you.
Brian Solis's areas of expertise include Customer Experience, Digital, Entrepreneurs, Future, Future & Technology. To get a clear sense of Brian's style, credentials and how they engage an audience, please review the biography, popular talks and any videos or testimonials shown on this page, or request a detailed speaker brief from London Speaker Bureau.
Brian Solis can be booked through London Speaker Bureau for corporate conferences, leadership events, internal team meetings, association gatherings and private client engagements where expertise in Customer Experience, Digital, Entrepreneurs, Future, Future & Technology is relevant. Details of Brian's background and previous engagements are included in the biography above; contact us if you would like a more detailed list of past clients or case studies.
Beyond keynote speeches, many of the speakers on our roster also take part in workshops, executive masterclasses, panel discussions and fireside chats. Contact London Speaker Bureau with your preferred format and we will confirm what Brian Solis is able to offer alongside or instead of a keynote.
We generally recommend enquiring at least three to twelve months in advance to secure your preferred date with Brian Solis, particularly during peak conference seasons. Where possible we also accommodate shorter lead times - please contact London Speaker Bureau to check Brian's current availability for your dates.