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Greg Verdino
Business Futurist | Author of Never Normal & microMARKETING | Founder of CognitivePath AI Consultancy | Authority on AI, Digital Transformation & Adaptability
Greg Verdino helps leaders thrive in an age of relentless change, with a sharp focus on what artificial intelligence really means for business. A business futurist, author of Never Normal, and founder of the AI consultancy CognitivePath, he has guided hundreds of organizations through transformation over three decades. Audiences leave his keynotes with the foresight, mindset, and practical tools to adapt faster and lead with confidence.
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Greg Verdino biography
Greg Verdino is a business futurist, author, and advisor who helps leaders and organizations make sense of exponential change, with a sharp focus on artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and the power of adaptability. Over more than 30 years at the forefront of technological change, he has advised hundreds of organizations, including over 50 of the Fortune 500, held senior roles at a string of technology start-ups, and built new products and lines of business from inside established companies.
Futurist speaker Greg Verdino is known for an uncanny ability to anticipate change before it arrives and to separate passing fads from lasting shifts. He is the author of Never Normal: Uncommon Ideas for Leaders Who Won’t Settle for the Status Quo and microMARKETING: Get Big Results by Thinking and Acting Small, and the co-creator of The Adapt Manifesto, a framework that aligns leaders around the principles that help organizations adapt reliably and repeatedly.
In recent years, Verdino has focused his work squarely on artificial intelligence. He founded CognitivePath, a strategic AI consultancy that helps organizations harness generative AI to boost productivity, creativity, and competitive advantage, and has earned advanced training in AI strategy from Cornell and AI ethics from the London School of Economics.
From Digital Transformation to the Age of AI
His perspective is grounded in real-world practice rather than hype. Verdino has worked closely with senior leaders at companies including AT&T, Coca-Cola, Ford, IBM, and UPS, serving as both strategist and trusted advisor during pivotal moments of change. Earlier in his career he was executive vice president at the social business firm Dachis Group (now part of Sprinklr) and chief strategy officer at the social media consultancy Crayon. His insights have been featured by Bloomberg, CNN, the New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
As a speaker, Greg Verdino has delivered keynotes at hundreds of corporate and association events around the world, both in person and online. Audiences value his rare blend of foresight, business pragmatism, and humor: he doesn’t just describe what’s coming, he helps leaders confront the trade-offs, build the right mindset, and turn relentless change into a genuine advantage.
Greg Verdino Speaking Videos
Greg Verdino - Keynote Speech at Cegoc Business Transformation Summit
Greg Verdino - Speech at Telia Connect 2 Business
Greg Verdino Keynote Topics
Cutting through the noise around generative AI, Verdino shows leaders how to move past the hype and put the technology to practical use. Drawing on his hands-on consulting work, he explains how to identify high-value opportunities, redesign workflows around human-plus-machine collaboration, and capture real productivity and performance gains, without losing sight of judgment, ethics, and the human element that ultimately drives results.
The "new normal" you're waiting for is never going to arrive. Based on the ideas in his book Never Normal, Verdino makes the case that continuous, accelerating change is the permanent condition of modern business, and that adaptability is the defining competency for leaders and organizations. He shares provocative, practical ideas for challenging the status quo and building teams that can sense, respond to, and capitalize on change.
Built on The Adapt Manifesto he co-created, this keynote lays out the values and practices that help organizations adapt reliably and repeatedly in the face of volatility and uncertainty. Verdino offers a proven approach and practical tools for raising an organization's adaptability quotient, equipping leaders and teams with the readiness and willingness to keep evolving as conditions shift.
Verdino examines how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping what it means to build a brand, reach customers, and win through marketing. He explores the most disruptive trends ahead, what leading-edge brands are doing differently, and how marketers can future-proof their strategies, their organizations, and their own careers as the discipline is redefined.
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FAQs on Booking Greg Verdino
Why Greg Verdino?
Booking Greg Verdino brings a business futurist with rare practical credibility to your stage. Unlike speakers who simply describe trends, Verdino has spent more than 30 years guiding hundreds of organizations, including over 50 of the Fortune 500, through real transformation, and now advises leaders on putting artificial intelligence to work through his consultancy CognitivePath. He pairs genuine foresight with hands-on experience and a warm, funny, story-driven stage presence that consistently earns top marks from audiences. For organizations trying to navigate AI and relentless change with clarity rather than hype, he is an outstanding choice. Aurum Speakers Bureau can help you check his availability and book him for your event.
What is Greg Verdino's book Never Normal about?
Never Normal: Uncommon Ideas for Leaders Who Won't Settle for the Status Quo argues that the stable "new normal" many leaders are waiting for will never come, because accelerating change is now permanent. The book distills years of Verdino's most provocative thinking on technology, transformation, strategy, and innovation into a concise set of ideas designed to help leaders challenge conventional wisdom and build organizations that adapt continuously. He is also the author of microMARKETING and co-creator of The Adapt Manifesto.
What does Greg Verdino do now?
Alongside his work as a keynote speaker, Verdino has focused his career on artificial intelligence. He founded CognitivePath, a strategic AI consultancy that helps organizations use generative AI to improve productivity, creativity, and competitive advantage, and he advises senior leaders on AI strategy and adoption. He holds advanced training in AI strategy from Cornell and AI ethics from the London School of Economics, and has co-hosted a leading marketing-and-AI podcast.
What topics does futurist speaker Greg Verdino cover?
Verdino speaks on artificial intelligence and its real-world business impact, the future of work, adaptability and leading through change, digital transformation, and the future of marketing. His talks suit corporate leadership events, association conferences, and strategy offsites where audiences want substance and practical takeaways rather than buzzwords. To book Greg Verdino for a keynote or fireside conversation, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau and our team will handle availability, fees, and logistics.
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