John Sanei

John Sanei

• Specialist in human psychology, neuroscience, business strategy, and its impact on the future
• Researcher, bestselling author, and strategist
• Associate partner at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies in Denmark
• A faculty member at Singularity University in San Francisco and lecturer at Duke Corporation Education in Johannesburg and London

John Sanei is widely regarded as a world-renowned future strategist. An associate partner at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies in Denmark, the South African-born bestselling author is also a faculty member at Singularity University in San Francisco as well as a lecturer at Duke Corporation Education in Johannesburg, South Africa, and London.

Someone with an innate knack for sharing knowledge and creating connections, John Sanei’s path lies at the intersection of human science, neuroscience, quantum technology, futurism, and business strategy.

John Sanei has traveled the world, gaining global recognition in his areas of expertise. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and royalty. He is also Africa’s first Singularity University Faculty Member. Someone who consistently stays on top of trends, he strives to publish a new book each year. His latest book, ‘Who Do We Become?’, was launched in  2022. He also hosts the critically acclaimed podcast “The Expansive Podcast”.

When not lecturing, writing, engaging via his podcast, or busy with research, John Sanei spends his time convincing people to rescue dogs.

John Sanei – Speaker

As a speaker, John Sanei decodes future trends, ignites ideas, connects with audiences, and leaves an empowering perspective long after he has left the stage. He currently resides in Dubai and presents in English.

Speaker Topics

• Learn About The Metaverse: How do we ensure a symbiotic relationship between humans and technology in tomorrow’s world? John delves into the human, web, and business realities of the future. Join John Sanei as he explores a vision of limitless possibility within the digital, social, and economic environments.
• Create Organisational Change Within Your Company: How do you create lasting change in your organisation? Embark on a journey of transformation as he guides leaders and teams through challenging terrain o the path to business success. Delve into the neuroscience behind our emotions, discover hidden biases, and how to design victory conditions for your organisation.
• Level Up Your Company Culture: Why am I here? John Sanei does a deep dive into the most human of all questions: ‘what is my purpose?’ Join him as he unravels what it means to be a business leader or entrepreneur using extensive research into future business strategy, human behaviour, and psychology. Learn how to apply purpose as behaviour and ignite change within your organisation.
• Inspire Trailblazing Leadership: Delve into the biggest question facing modern leaders – How do you build a successful business today while planting seeds for tomorrow? Leadership is an ever-evolving skill and what works today might not apply in the future. Join John Sanei as he unpacks the shifting landscape of business as we move from the industrial to the quantum age. Discover how to inspire and ignite trailblazing leadership today.
• Create Emotional, Financial, And Future Wellbeing: Emotional well(th) unpacks the shifting organizational psychology needed to redesign organisations to be truly agile to deal with the current and new rules of business. In this talk, John Sanei shares the latest research on the neurosciences redesign required to deal with challenges, the shifting organizational psychology needed to redesign organisations to be truly agile, and how to build parallel teams needed to deal with the current and new rules of business.
• Humantra: John Sanei discusses both external and internal technology and shares how our human operating systems need an upgrade. He unpacks global geopolitical and economic cycles to forecast what is coming next. He also shares how we can best prepare ourselves, our children, and our businesses to meet the most uncertain future we have collectively faced.