Craig Wing
TOUR GUIDE TO TOMORROW | GLOBAL SPEAKER | AI COMPANY FOUNDER

Helping you navigate the unknown

Are you looking for a speaker who brings both substance and real-life experience to the table? Are you looking for someone you can trust, in a world of so many unknowns? Dr. Craig Wing is your tour guide to tomorrow’s many possibilities.

Today, there’s no shortage of self-proclaimed futurists, gurus and consultants. But few possess the depth of experience and innovative thinking needed to truly inspire and navigate the complex jungle of tomorrow.

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The key to having a better future is being prepared for a better future. And focusing on the how, not the what.

About me

True innovation isn’t about thinking outside the box – it’s about thinking within multiple or meta boxes. Craig’s diverse career trajectory has equipped him with the ability to navigate the unknown with confidence, offering anti-fragile, novel and systemic solutions in an ever-changing landscape.

Dr. Craig Wing is several things. He has criss-crossed the terrains of many industries and sector verticals to ensure that boxes are no more, and integrated thinking is at the fore.

For two decades, Craig has delivered 500+ keynotes to 5,000 global leaders and executives to guide them to understand, create and design their ideal futures through imagineering and futures thinking. His expertise includes emergent futures thinking, scenario planning, disruptive technologies and AI, emergent business models, company culture and new world of work, with notable contributions to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) discourse.

Futurist Global speaker Imagineer Entrepreneur Futurist Global speaker Imagineer Entrepreneur

What
makes me

Unique?

Entrepreneur

Started 5 companies, including in Silicon Valley, to understand real customer problems. Advised over 1,000 entrepreneurs and 2 incubators. Now he’s starting a new artificial intelligence-driven, sentiment analysis tech company – WhatTheForesight is loading!

Academic

Using research, sentiment and data to make a difference in business. Several degrees and associate positions at universities, including a PhD, and dual masters degrees in engineering and business to create futures thinking frameworks and deep thought leadership.

Engineer

Qualified electrical engineer who creates from scratch using systems thinking & unique innovative problem solving. Holder of 2 provisional patents on vision systems and computer components, and 1 self-converted electric car.

Xoogler

Former head of Small Business Marketing for Google South Africa, and first African at Google X to drive innovation and implementation for corporations.