<p>Former <em>Forbes</em> Publisher and Futurist Rich Karlgaard provides real-time insights on the U.S. and global economy, what the 2024 election results will mean for your business and how companies and associations can prosper using AI to their advantage. </p><p>Called “the Navigator to the Future” by the late thought leader Clayton Christensen and praised by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, for his insights, Rich is a thought leader that Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and national associations turn to for a reliable roadmap of what’s to come. Drawing from his roles as the Silicon Valley-based futurist for Forbes, a columnist for <em>Forbes Asia</em>, host of the annual Forbes Global CEO Conference and semi-annual Forbes investor cruises, Rich’s business-consultant-like approach helps audiences gain a practical understanding of the events that are rapidly changing their world and the impacts on business, industry, and markets.</p><p>Rich is also an advisory board member of a publicly traded AI company and a major growth consultancy. He’s a past recipient of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award.</p><p>Rich equips today’s leaders with timely insights that help them adapt to the era of technological, economic and political disruption and thrive in an increasingly complex U.S. and global marketplace.</p>
Former Publisher and Futurist, <i>Forbes</i> Media
<ul><li><strong>The New Abnormal: 2024-25 Global and U.S. Economy</strong></li><li>Is inflation in retreat? Will the Federal Reserve cause a 2024 recession? Are talent and labor shortages the new normal? From his vantage point as publisher and futurist for Forbes and his role in moderating some of the top business and global leaders of our time, Rich shares his business and financial outlook for 2024 and beyond. Rich explores topics such as China’s tricky new path after the country’s 20th party congress; U.S. growth prospects with a split congress and increasingly dovish Fed; major tech trends that will drive the rest of the 2020s; the coming commodities boom; and the future of energy. Called “The Navigator to the Future” by the late Harvard Business School professor, Clayton Christensen, Rich charts a best course of action for your business and industry.</li><li><strong>Implications of Ai, Chat GPT: More Dangerous and Wonderful Than You Think</strong></li><li>Generative AI has taken the world by storm. During one week in November 2022, a million subscribers signed up for ChatGPT, the text writer, and DALL-E, which generates images from text prompts. Early in 2023, Microsoft announced a $10 billion investment in ChatGPT’s parent company OpenAI. By day’s end, Microsoft’s stock was up $90 billion – a 9x return based on a press release. </li><li> Is AI's monster hype justified? Unequivocally yes, says former Forbes publisher and now the magazine’s Silicon Valley-based futurist, Rich Karlgaard. “AI is generational change,” he says. “AI is, if anything, underhyped. It is the microprocessor in the 1970s, the World Wide Web in the 1990s, and smart phones in the 2000s. AI could destroy your career and business if you don’t get ahead of it.” </li><li>In this speech, Rich Karlgaard will discuss: <ul><li>Why AI is the new platform for business </li><li>How fast AI will evolve and what resources it will demand </li><li>What business owners, managers and investors need to know </li><li>Jobs, businesses and industries most at risk </li><li>Lucrative business and investment opportunities most will miss</li><li>How to align your workforce with AI’s rapid progression </li></ul></li><li><strong>The Great Talent and Labor Shortage Is Never Over: Five Ways to Protect Your Business</strong></li><li>The post-pandemic economy has created a new vocabulary of HR challenges: the great resignation, quiet quitting, lying flat, and more. Employee recruitment and retention is sure to remain a top challenge in 2023 and beyond. Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard breaks down the data to explore the technological, economic, and generational shifts behind the headlines. The author of three books on high-performance work culture, teams and employees, Rich shares what the world’s top business leaders are doing to create a resignation-and-recession proof business where teams and people thrive. Audience takeaways:<ul><li>Why enduring cultures will always be triangles.</li><li>How to create 360-teams to serve customers.</li><li>The secret superpower of age diversity.</li><li>How to leverage a “Moneyball” strategy of late bloomers.</li></ul></li><li><strong>Rich Karlgaard – Premier Moderator and Interviewer at Business and Financial Events</strong></li><li>Rich Karlgaard is one of the world’s premier interviewers and panel moderators at business and financial events — in person and remote. He has been the principal moderator at the Forbes Global CEO conference since 2001, a popular moderator at the Milken Global Summit and TiEcon Annual Summit, along with Satya Nadella just to name a few, and many more.</li><li>Karlgaard is known for his warm, engaging style that brings out the best in his interviewees and panelists. Conference hosts trust Karlgaard as an informed moderator and interviewer who prepares thoroughly and frames his virtual and onstage discussions for the needs of the hosts and attendees.</li></ul>