Bronwyn Williams is a Futurist, Economist and Business Trends Analyst.

Bronwyn has over a decade’s experience in strategic management, trend research and strategic foresight, consulting to clients in public and private sectors across the world.

Part economist, part strategist, Bronwyn’s particular areas of expertise include fintech trends, alternative economic models, and sustainable future design.

Bronwyn is also the co-author of The Future Starts Now, published by Bloomsbury UK, a columnist for leading business and technology publications, and a well-known media commentator on future trends and economic trajectories for network channels including CNBC Africa, and eNCA in South Africa.

Bronwyn has delivered hundreds of keynotes to audiences across dozens of countries. Her top speaking topics centre around “futurenomics,” that is, the future trajectory and potential of the social and political economic forces that shape our world and how we connect and trade with each other.

Secondary speaking topics include consumer trends, generational cycles, macro and microeconomic forecasts, PPE (politics, philosophy and economics), change management, foresight strategy and techniques, and risk management.

Bronwyn’s educational credentials include tertiary qualifications in Marketing Management (University of Johannesburg), Economics (University of London), Foresight (University of Manchester), and Future Studies (University of Stellenbosch) and Masters in Applied Economics from the University of Bath.

Today, as a partner at Flux Trends, and an associate at Futurist.com, Bronwyn’s research focuses on how macro socio-economic trends and emerging technologies will impact businesses, industries, and nations in the short and long term.

Bronwyn’s clients include Top 40 JSE listed companies, the South African Reserve Bank, the Dubai Future Forum, various African government departments, and global business leaders. She also guest lectures at leading business schools, such as Duke, GIBS, Parsons New School of Design, UCT and the University of Johannesburg. She is also a member of the Association of Professional Futurists, a volunteer with the Millennium Project and an advisor at the Lifeboat Foundation.

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Below is a list of presentations that Bronwyn has given before:

• Skin in the Game – Surviving The Great Staggering (Back to the Office)
• The Future of Governance
• Barbarians at the Gate
• Sex, Drugs and AI Eurovision: How trends on the fringe of the taboo are reshaping the mainstream
• The Future of Activism
• From Postalgia to Purpose – How to Motivate Your Team and Turn Trends into Purposeful Strategic Direction in a World in Flux
• Making a Plan
• The Post-School Economy :The Future of Education
• Futurenomics
• Changing the Nature of Risks and Rewards
• Life after COVID-19
• Virtual & Unreal Estate: The future of finding and creating value
• Grand challenges and How to solve them
• The Fragmented Future of Finance 
• Transhumanism: How to train your cyborg to join your workforce (and visa versa)
• The Block Chain Effect 
• Second Wave of Disruption – Middle Management – Junior Employee Tier 
• Now Hiring, But Differently – The Game of Change: New industries and the new skills required to drive these industries.
• The Future Of Us
• Great Expectations

And many, many more…

To book Bronwyn for a trend briefing, facilitation or consultation, contact Bethea Clayton on connected@fluxtrends.co.za or call her on +27764539405

A member of the Association of Professional Futurists and a Futures Fellow with the UNDP.