Speaking: Leading from the Future
Why does “Leading from the Future” matter for you and your organization?
Because the future is arriving faster than we think.We’re standing in the middle of a massive transformation, where industries are blending and technology is shifting how we live, work, and lead. In this new environment, old playbooks no longer apply. Success belongs to leaders who can sense what’s coming, unlock shared intelligence, and adopt bold, exponential perspectives.
The Leading from the Future Masterclass is a dynamic keynote + playshop designed to spark both inspiration and action. It equips participants with the tools, insights, and energy to embrace disruption and reimagine opportunities.
What to Expect:
This experience blends future-focused thinking with practical application:
- Exponential Shifts – Decode the accelerating forces driving global change.
- Collective Intelligence – Learn how teams can innovate beyond individual limits.
- Breaking Linear Mindsets – Develop agile approaches to replace rigid, outdated models.
- Next-Gen Leadership – Understand the paradoxical qualities leaders must embody in an AI-powered era.
- Trust & Responsibility – Explore trust, truth, values, and ethics as anchors for credibility.
The Experience:
This is not a sit-back-and-listen lecture, it’s a hands-on, immersive session. Through stories, real case studies, and energizing group activities, participants will:
- Grasp how collective intelligence fuels breakthrough solutions.
- Discover how forward-looking organizations are already shaping tomorrow.
- Apply future frameworks to current challenges in new ways.
- Reflect on transformation through powerful storytelling, including the Eagle Metaphor.
Key Benefits:
For Individuals:
- See clearly the forces and trends reshaping leadership.
- Gain frameworks that enhance resilience, adaptability, and foresight.
- Shift from being disrupted to becoming a driver of change.
For Organizations:
- Turn disruption into an opportunity for reinvention.
- Build cultures of agility, creativity, and shared purpose.
- Strengthen leadership depth to prepare for the next wave of change.
Why This Matters:
Yesterday’s mindset won’t win tomorrow’s challenges. To stay relevant in an era of exponential acceleration, leaders must learn to lead from the future back, not the past forward.
- High-Impact Format with Customized Timings
- Keynote + Playshop Hybrid
- Exponential Futures Focus
- Leadership, Trust & Transformation Themes
Step into tomorrow’s leadership today. The future won’t wait, will you?
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Why TariQ?
TariQ is a Harvard alumni who started his career back in 1987 as a lowly customer support executive. He grew through the ranks and worked his way up and built an an illustrious background working with top organizations like Dow Jones Markets, The Times & Sunday Times and more recently Bloomberg Media. He has helped organizations go from half a million a year to $100 million a year and lead organizations with revenues of greater than $350 million, working across global markets. He’s a focused business leader, a disruptive thinker and has this unique ability to create breakthroughs in organizations. Some of his achievements are:
- Regional Director for a $350/year business with 1000+ employees for Dow Jones Markets. Worked across Europe, Middle East, Africa, with strong links with US.
- Brought The Times & Sunday Times into the Middle East in 2007, as Publisher and launch CEO & against all odds got the business to break –even within 24 months. Had to disrupt the traditional business model to achieve this.
- He leads the content curation and events mandate at Harvard Business Schools Club in GCC
- Is a regular speaker at KPMG Global & Asia Pacific, Roland Berger Consultants as a “Future expert” and many others.
- Has worked with top brands like Petrochem, Emirates, DP World, Telenor, BAYT, HSBC, Emaaar, ENBD, and many others.
