Todd Hirsch

Speaking topics

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

• The Drivers of Disruption: Navigating the Uncertain Economy of 2024

  As the global economy hobbles into 2024, industries and companies around the world are bracing for turbulent times. Geopolitics has replaced the pandemic as the biggest threat to the economy. Spiking interest rates, sagging real estate markets, and extreme weather events are weighing down consumer and business sentiments.

  In this presentation, Todd Hirsch focusses on adaptability in the ever-changing global economic environment. He helps audiences navigate this new turbulent environment and will share his insights around the most significant drivers of economic disruption.

  Audiences will leave with:

  • A clear understanding of the forces at play in the global and national economies in 2024.
  • New ways to think about the morphing nature of economy in the 21st century.
  • Practical tools to equip them in managing any onslaught of disruption.

  This presentation can be customized to include any or all of the following sub-topics:

  • The future of work and our changing relationships with our jobs.
  • The process and skills of adapting to sudden changes in the economy.
  • Current and near-term economic conditions and forecast for major economic indicators.

• The Morphing Nature of Work

  This presentation will help audiences learn how to thrive in their relationships with work, income, and life.

  The nature of work and employment was changing long before COVID, but the pandemic has accelerated the trends.

  Audiences will gain:

  • A clearer understanding of how the nature of jobs, tasks, work, and careers is morphing.
  • Factors that are influencing the work world, particularly our emotions and personal connections with it.
  • New ways to better prepare themselves — and their employees — for the changes ahead.

• Adapting to Sudden, Unwanted Change

  With the challenges bearing down on us, adapting to new realities seems daunting. But what if adapting is easier than we think? Drawing on lesson shared in his book Spiders in Space, Todd Hirsch will share with audiences:

  • Inspiring stories about adaptability and resilience, both in humans and in nature.
  • A better understanding of how sudden, unwanted change is both inevitable, but also manageable when we prepare.
  • A list of traits to develop that will prepare them for inevitable unwanted change in the future.