KPMG, Case Study
KPMG Didn’t Hire a Speaker. They Hired a Provocation.
When KPMG wanted to shake its own consultants out of legacy thinking, they didn’t just bring in Morris for a keynote. They commissioned him to design and lead an Innovation Safari—a full-day, high-impact strategic foresight experience tailored for over 200 senior staff.
Held at the MCG, the event was immersive by design. Morris scripted every element: keynote provocation, wild card scenarios, pitch labs, inflatable adult-sized problem-solving tools, and rapid-fire co-creation sprints. It wasn’t theatre. It was method.
The core provocation? What if a Royal Commission banned audit and consulting under the same roof—and you had to build GMPK, a 2025-ready challenger firm, from scratch?
The result was a catalytic rethink of how advisory services might evolve in a world of AI, automation, and rising client expectation. It helped KPMG’s own people rethink where their true value lies — and how to deliver it before disruption arrives.
Shift: From legacy frameworks to innovation fluency — embedding strategic foresight into the consulting mindset.
The result?: A signature internal experience that became a reference point for future KPMG programs. Morris helped rewire not just how consultants think — but how they see their role in shaping what comes next.