International keynote speaker
Ideas people remember. Frameworks they can use.
Matthew is a regular keynote speaker on innovation, entrepreneurship, success psychology and personal motivation. Six distinct keynote pathways can be tailored to corporate, small-business, industry and public-sector audiences.
Six keynote topics
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01 / Keynote topic
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence
What it means for you and your industry
Few terms have captured our imagination like “Artificial Intelligence”, yet few people understand what AI really is and isn’t, where the field came from, where it is heading and how it can generate commercial outcomes.
Having written several books on artificial intelligence and led AI and machine-learning companies since 1999 across Europe, North America and Australasia, Matthew has seen the field evolve first-hand. This educational, visually rich keynote explains:
- The four major disciplines of AI: robotics, vision, natural-language processing and cognitive systems
- Using AI and machine learning for prediction and optimisation to improve margins and revenue
- Generative AI and its future development
- Applications across consumer devices, security, autonomous vehicles, defence, health and FMCG
- Practical advice for initiating projects and realising value—from data and scope to change management and integration
- The future of AI: risks, ethics and challenges
02 / Keynote topic
The Science of Success
Five evidence-based drivers for meaningful achievement
The problem with success is that everybody has an opinion on how to achieve it. These opinions are usually based on personal experiences within a specific industry, time period and geography, and can be contradictory or irrelevant.
In The Science of Success, Matthew presents the five fundamental drivers of success—evidence-based and proven through thousands of studies and decades of scientific research. Free from opinion and bias, he explains the mechanics of each driver, why it works and how it can be applied to business, career and personal goals.
The keynote is based on Matthew’s book Life in Half a Second and is frequently presented at conferences, corporate events and professional-development programmes.
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03 / Keynote topic
Winning Sales
Transform an average sales organisation into best in class
It is not always the company with the best product or service that wins—it is the company with the strongest sales and marketing. Drawing on more than 25 years of business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales experience, Matthew explains what an effective sales process should look like and how to apply it.
Using case studies and research from psychology and behavioural finance, participants learn how to:
- Optimise the sales process for cost and conversion
- Sell the “prize” rather than the product
- Apply emotional involvement
- Become more customer-centric
- Increase credibility to increase sales
This keynote changes the way organisations think about selling their products and services.
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04 / Keynote topic
Making a Small Business Work for You
Rather than the other way around
Most small businesses are stuck in a perpetual state of survival, never quite able to achieve the financial success their products and services deserve.
Matthew focuses on the critical factors that make the difference between starvation and success in any small business. Based on real-life examples and case studies, participants receive practical knowledge, insights and action items to improve top- and bottom-line performance, alongside Matthew’s approach to fast-tracking business growth.
Matthew started, grew and sold four companies over a 20-year period, with one venture ranked by Deloitte as the third-fastest-growing company in Australia in 2012.
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05 / Keynote topic
Innovation & Thinking Like a Startup
Combine the reach of a large organisation with startup agility
Can a business have the best of both worlds—the brand power and reach of a large organisation with the agility and innovation of a startup?
Drawing on real-world examples and case studies, Matthew provides practical advice for improving top- and bottom-line performance through innovation, together with his approach to accelerating business growth through sales and marketing excellence.
The keynote also addresses a common challenge for large organisations: how to approach innovation—which is often unstructured—in a structured way. Matthew explores cultural and KPI-driven innovation, think tanks, strategic alliances, spin-ins and strategic investments, and shows how these models have been applied across industries.
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06 / Keynote topic
Disruption & Innovation
See the inflection point before it becomes obvious
The world is changing rapidly, technology is rewriting countless industries, and the speed of change is accelerating. Rapid change is not a phase—it is the new normal.
Having started, grown and sold artificial-intelligence companies across Europe, North America and Australasia over more than 25 years, Matthew delivers a practical keynote for large enterprises and small businesses alike. Topics include:
- Why startups disrupt large organisations—and not the other way around
- How organisations accelerate innovation and protect themselves from disruption
- How innovation happens and the role it plays in competitive advantage
- How small businesses compete against much larger organisations and win
- How large organisations change their culture and ways of working
- The trends and technologies reshaping industries, including AI, 3-D printing and quantum computing
- Implications for sales, marketing and supply-chain functions
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