CHOOSE FORWARD KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS
Choose Forward
This is the keynote that reframes human decision-making as your organisation’s hidden superpower before it slips further away.
Morris helps people become more decisive, human, and clear in a world that increasingly isn’t
SEE WHAT’S COMING, MAKE SENSE OF IT, & ACT DECISIVELY
Morris’s Proven Track Record
We are the first generation to outsource everyday choices not to leaders, not to experts, but to machines.
AI can now sort, select, recommend, even act. But what it can’t do is care. That’s where we come in.
In an age where automation is rising, the human skill of conscious decision-making is declining. And without that, your strategy, culture, and leadership are flying blind.
The problem? That decision making skillset has withered.
The result? Organisations are stuck. Cultures are drifting. People are overwhelmed.
Choose Forward is built for this moment where clarity isn’t just a personal need, it’s an organisational imperative.
By the end of this session, your audience will:
Understand how decisions are being shaped consciously and unconsciously
Know where they’re stuck, drifting, or avoiding action
Have tools to reset, choose, and lead no matter their role
Feel empowered to act in alignment with what matters most
Be ready to use every other session, strategy, and speaker with more intent
KEYNOTE DESCRIPTION
Choose Forward
We make around 35,000 decisions a day. Most of them we don’t even notice. That’s a problem. Because decision-making is the foundation of culture, strategy, leadership, wellbeing. And whether any change actually sticks.
This keynote isn’t about fixing people. It’s about surfacing the unconscious systems they use to move through the world and giving them better ways to navigate them.
Choose Forward introduces practical tools like PTFA™, Decision Trust Zones™, and the reframe of “mistakes” into mischoices so people can see where they’re drifting, reset, and start choosing again with clarity.
This session is powerful because it’s universal. It works across roles, industries, and backgrounds. And it creates something most events never do: alignment. Not because everyone agrees but because they’ve paused long enough to ask what really matters next.
If you want your audience to be changed, not just charged this is the session that makes it possible.
What you’re probably already seeing:
cancel Teams second-guessing or stalling in ambiguity
cancel Staff waiting to be told what to do even when leadership needs them to step up
cancel Strategy launched, but not lived
cancel Culture work that doesn’t stick
cancel AI tools implemented, but judgment still missing
cancel A lack of traction, not a lack of talent
CHOOSE FORWARD CHALLENGES
Pain Points & Tensions
Every conference is designed to inform, inspire, or align. But none of that sticks if these underlying tensions aren’t addressed first. The friction points this keynote helps surface and shift
cancel People are overwhelmed by choice but disconnected from decision
cancel Most culture problems are really clarity problems
cancel Leadership messages are heard, but not integrated
cancel Conferences often energise but rarely integrate
cancel Trust in self and others is eroding under complexity
CHOOSE FORWARD
Case Studies
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Strata Community Association (SCA)
The First Voice They Trusted After the Crisis
Strategic Theme: Crisis-Response Leadership and Reset Strategy
For more than a decade, Morris has worked with the Strata Community Association (SCA) at both state and national levels. But it was the moment after crisis that said everything. As the sector emerged from COVID’s disruption, it was Morris the board chose to put on stage first not to reassure, but to reset.
He delivered a keynote that didn’t dodge hard truths. Strata managers were facing burnout, demographic tension, digital complexity, and rising resident expectations all without a clear strategic map. Morris reframed their role entirely, helping them see themselves not as administrators, but as architects of community resilience and adaptive governance. The session became a signal. Members leaned in. Boards took note. Morris returned again and again to help SCA lead from clarity, not compliance.
Shift: From building management to trusted convenors of community through disruption and renewal.
The result? A long-term partnership built on credibility, timing, and transformation helping SCA reposition its members from behind-the-scenes problem solvers to visible, future-ready leaders of complex communities.
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Women in Finance
Helping Emerging Leaders See Themselves in Tomorrow’s Industry
Strategic Theme: Personal Clarity and Future Leadership Alignment
For Women in Finance, the future of leadership wasn’t just about gender equity it was about helping individuals see themselves in roles they’d been conditioned to believe were out of reach. Morris delivered a keynote that disrupted assumption and activated agency.
He didn’t just talk about the future of the industry. He helped every woman in the room pause long enough to see their own future clearly, confidently, and without apology. The session was a turning point for many emerging leaders who hadn’t yet imagined themselves beyond their current roles.
Shift: From hoping for change to actively choosing their place in it.
The result? Renewed confidence, leadership visibility, and a shared language of agency with many citing the session as the first time they felt seen in the industry’s future.
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PZ Cusson
From Assumptions to Action: PZ Cussons’ Future Immersion
Strategic Theme: Decision Reconnection and Strategic Reset
At a time when internal alignment was fractured and the future of brand relevance uncertain, Morris led a two-day strategic foresight immersion for PZ Cussons’ senior leaders.
The goal wasn’t to hand over answers. It was to surface assumptions and reframe them as choices about customers, culture, and direction. One moment stood out: a leader reflected on how hard it had become to buy a pair of jeans because of all the “decisions.” That small comment became the metaphor for a much bigger realisation that the business had overwhelmed itself with complexity without clarity.
Shift: From reactive brand strategy to intentional decision design.
The result? A cross-functional leadership reset that reframed priorities, streamlined choices, and gave senior teams permission to simplify, refocus, and act with intention.
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National Real Estate Event
The Day Real Estate Got Curious Again
Strategic Theme: Behaviour Shift Through Reflection and Clarity
A national real estate event was at risk of becoming just another industry talkfest until Morris stepped in with a keynote that traded future forecasting for personal clarity.
Rather than prescribing strategies, he created a space for agents and franchise leaders to reflect on how they were showing up. Instead of pushing data, he asked questions that pulled people inward. The result was raw, immediate, and transformative.
Shift: From posturing and pressure to self-awareness and personal reinvention.
The result? A room that reconnected with the human side of the industry and a renewed willingness to think, act, and lead differently.
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Thoughtworks
Thoughtworks Didn’t Want a Keynote. They Wanted a Compass
Strategic Theme: Leadership Reset for Cross-Sector Complexity
Thoughtworks’ first-ever Australian CxO gathering was designed to be more than an event—it was a statement. They invited Morris not as entertainment, but as ignition. His keynote grounded leaders not in futures theory, but in clarity: how to read signals, notice what’s not being said, and regain direction in the noise of change.
Morris didn’t bring slides. He brought stillness, structure, and a shared lens that helped C-suite attendees from banking to infrastructure pause, reflect, and see their next decision not just as a task—but as a ripple.
Shift: From reactive leadership to deliberate navigation through complexity.
The result? The session became a blueprint—one now used to anchor Thoughtworks' C-suite strategy engagements, with Morris’ ripple effect model central to the format.
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SEEK
SEEK Didn’t Want a Talk About Jobs. They Wanted a Mirror
Strategic Theme: Internal Foresight for Organisational Identity
SEEK brought Morris in not to deliver trends—but to challenge their internal narrative. What began as a foresight session with senior executives quickly evolved into ongoing collaboration. Morris helped SEEK rethink not just the future of jobs, but of responsibility, perception, and purpose.
The session turned decision-making inward. It wasn’t about reacting to the market. It was about remembering their deeper reason for existing—and how to use that as a north star.
Shift: From marketplace player to work-shaper with societal impact.
The result? A richer public voice, multiple follow-on media engagements, internal traction around identity, and a shared belief that work is worth doing differently.
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IMC
IMC Didn’t Want Comfort. They Wanted to Be Confronted
Strategic Theme: Value Reframing in an AI-Accelerated World
Morris didn’t go easy on Australia’s top management consultants. At IMC, he challenged the profession’s assumptions—pushing delegates to rethink what relevance looks like when AI can already do much of what they do.
But he didn’t leave them exposed. He helped them see themselves again—not as information providers, but as interpreters of nuance, human translators, and designers of trust. It was confronting. It was energising. It was necessary.
Shift: From static authority to adaptive navigators of trust and choice.
The result? Morris became the benchmark they still refer to. His frameworks live on in how consultants reposition themselves—and in how IMC convenes the conversation around what comes next.
“Futurist Morris Misel captivated the audience by discussing AI, workforce evolution and tools that can enhance our everyday lives.”
Lisa Dowie, CEO
THE FUTURE OF CHOOSING FORWARD
Opportunities Ahead
What becomes possible when people choose with intention? Most keynotes try to inspire action. This one changes the foundation action stands on.
check_circle Create a culture of conscious decision-making
check_circle Reconnect people with their own judgment
check_circle Shift behaviour without needing a change program
check_circle Equip people to reset not retreat when facing ambiguity
check_circle Make the rest of your program land better
Then | Now | Next
This isn’t a feel-good session. It’s the clarity moment your program needs to actually land.
Choose Forward does what most sessions don’t: It changes how people see themselves and what they do next.
That one shift turns inspiration into traction. And it makes every strategy, speaker, panel, and plan that follows more likely to work.
Let’s give your people the one keynote that earns its place by making everything else more powerful.
Then (2010)
We rewarded fast answers and confident voices. Leadership meant direction, not reflection. Most choices were made out loud. Very few were made with intent.
Now (2025)
People are overwhelmed not just by options, but by expectation. AI is speeding up the decision process, but not the human part underneath it. We’re reacting more, connecting less, and wondering why strategy isn’t sticking.
Next (2030)
The organisations that thrive won’t be the ones with the best tech. They’ll be the ones where people still know how to choose. Where AI handles the fast work and humans stay grounded in what matters. The future’s not about prediction. It’s about choosing, again and again, with clarity.
YOUR FUTURE STARTS NOW
Futurist Keynote Speaker Morris Misel
Morris Misel (Miselowski) is a global business futurist, keynote speaker, trusted media voice, and strategic advisor who has shaped the thinking of the world’s biggest organisations and brands to understand what tomorrow might look like – long before they experience it. Morris is known for making the future feel clear, actionable, and, most importantly, human. He has helped clients including ANZ, Microsoft, Visa, Make-A-Wish, Caltex, UBS, Call of Duty, BUPA, and BP become future-proof.
With more than 30 years of experience spanning 160+ industries, Morris has earned a worldwide reputation for his ability to decode the complexities of the future and translate them into tangible strategies that everyone in an organization can understand and implement. He’s regularly called on by journalists, broadcasters, and editors, including ABC, Mashable, CBS, Times of India, SBS, The Australian, Times Inc., The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Sky News Business TV, The Herald Sun, and The Daily Telegraph, to explain what’s next and what to do about it.