Speaking

What you will be doing two years from now? What will you be eating, how will you decorate, relax, be entertained, or engage with your friends and family?

Joanna is a trend forecaster, responsible for predicting what you will think, feel and do, to help global brands design the right products for you, whether that’s a new sofa, laundry powder or a greetings card.

Explore the Purpose of Trend Forecasting

Bright Ideas 2024

“I’ve had great feedback from our teams on Joanna’s presentation. The trends discussed were super relevant covering topics people have either already been thinking about or have now been inspired to delve a little deeper into and explore new areas.”

Kala Preston

Head of Creative and Project Management, Ubisoft Reflections

“Joanna delivered a truly inspiring and engaging talk at our recent Enterprising North celebration event at The Catalyst in Newcastle. She spoke with honesty and heart about the real-life highs and lows of building a business, giving our attendees an authentic and relatable picture of entrepreneurship.”

Natalie Larry

Project Manager, Enterprise North

"Joanna was an outstanding keynote speaker at our Leadership Conference in May. She was engaging, insightful, and truly impactful. Joanna captivated our leaders from the start, delivering thought-provoking ideas along with practical, actionable takeaways they could apply in their planning. Joanna’s session sparked meaningful discussions and left our leaders feeling inspired to learn more about future forecasting. We’re excited to explore how we can work together in the future."

Rebecca Kinmond

Internal Communications, Northumbrian Water Group

"Joanna was the keynote speaker at our North East Fastest 50 event. In front of over 300 people at The Baltic in Newcastle, Joanna gave a fascinating overview of her journey, why her business has been successful and how important it was coming back to her native North East. I personally really enjoyed hearing how much work she does in the local community to inspire the next generation of talented people, to show that they can have a successful career, with a brilliant company without needing to leave the region."

Alistair McDonald

Business Development Director, Ward Hadaway

Book Joanna to speak at your next event.

Choose from three key topics, designed to help you introduce trends into your business.

Making decisions with the future in mind

Businesses use the past (data, historic sales intel) - all the time, but do you know how to use the future to make decisions that withstand uncertainty?