TEDx, Case Study

When the World Was Asking “What’s Next?”, Morris Asked “Who Are We Becoming?”

When Morris was invited to speak at TEDxMelbourne, he didn’t pitch a talk about technology. He pitched a talk about humanity and what it takes to stay whole when the world around you keeps rewiring. His talk, Unlearn the Future, became one of the event’s most enduring provocations.

In it, Morris didn’t just call for reinvention. He showed what it looks like, live. Drawing on his foresight work with over 2,600 clients across 160 industries and layering in his own family’s escape from war-torn Poland, he reframed identity as a living system shaped as much by story and intent as by data and work.

“What if your sense of self isn’t inherited but invented? What if we’re all becoming our future selves in real time?”

This wasn’t about tasks or tools. It was about who we are, what we carry forward, and how we design futures that honour both origin and ambition. The response was immediate: invitations to expand the message into workshops, advisory sessions, and follow-up keynotes across leadership, consulting, and education sectors.

Shift: From external forecasting to internal reframing helping leaders understand not just what’s changing, but how to hold themselves through it.

The result?: An emotional, strategic, and unforgettable TEDx moment now embedded in Morris’s broader keynote and coaching offerings on identity, change, and personal leadership.