Rudyard Griffiths

Speaking topics

Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

• In Conversation with Professor Janice Gross Stein and Rudyard Griffiths

  Whether it’s economics, geopolitics, or international security and terrorism, few people have a better understanding of global issues than Rudyard Griffiths and Professor Janice Gross Stein. They are the co-hosts of the popular Munk Debates podcast, Friday Focus, where each week they go deep into the big issues and ideas driving public conversation, providing listeners with new analysis and insight.

  Griffiths is the esteemed co-founder, chair, and moderator of the Munk Debates and Stein is the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. In this dynamic keynote event, audiences join Griffiths and Stein live and in conversation as they dive deep into the forces shaping our world today and what it means for Canadian business and economic interests.

  Their in-depth discussion provides a unique perspective into what’s really happening around the world and what it means for audiences on a personal and professional level. Their insightful and long-term perspectives are aimed at assisting business leaders in reimagining what their businesses may look like in the future and how they’ll be impacted by an ever-shifting global landscape.

• How Geopolitics Moves Markets and Affects Financial and Corporate Decision Making

  Since the European debt crisis in 2011, decision makers have often learned the hard way that crisis a world away can have lasting and profound impacts on their core assumptions about growth, risk and reward. As our world become ever more interconnected the challenge of understanding and property assessing geopolitical risk is now a critical aspect of enterprise leadership. Griffiths brings to audiences his unique insights into the risks that need to be on our collective radar honed from his unparalleled access to the world’s leading analysts, thinkers and leaders.

• The Macro-Economic Trends That Define Today's Business Environment and Risk Taking

  From central bank policy to exchange rates to economic growth projections, we are all immersed in world of conflicting, confusing and complex financial information. Drawing on his experience as an anchor with Bloomberg TV Canada, Griffiths cuts through the noise and provides decision makers with actionable insights about the macro-economic trends that will drive growth and smart risk taking.

• The Canadian and American Political Situation and its Implications for the Economy

  An ambitious, reform oriented government in Ottawa…. Eight years of President Obama’s leadership coming to an end…. Growing populist movements on the right and left of the political spectrum…. How will business be effected by the fast changing political environment in Canada and the United States? And, what political trends are going to impact economic growth and opportunity? By combining the expert analysis of Bloomberg’s global reporting team with his access to top-level decision makers in Canada and the US, Griffiths unpacks the complex political reality in North America to provide audiences with new insights into our shared political and economic future.