Urbanist, Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker & Author
Lucinda helps leaders, organisations and audiences make sense of the trends shaping how we live, work and build cities, so you can make confident decisions in an uncertain decade.
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Your
Challenge
More change is inevitable in 2025. Industry leaders and organisations are:
Overwhelmed by accelerating global change and uncertainty.
Struggling to adapt to disruptive trends, technology, AI.
Experiencing internal resistance to necessary transformation.
The
Opportunity
Unlock entrepreneurial thinking for leaders to embrace innovation:
Build a culture that thrives on change, not resists it.
Develop the entrepreneurial mindset needed to innovate and solve complex problems.
Anticipate what's next with targeted, industry-specific insights.
Your Conference
Lucinda’s keynotes empower your audience to:
Feel inspired and fired up for the future.
Expand their thinking with practical case studies and real world examples.
Confident knowing where to begin, with immediately actionable strategies.
Inspire Change
Keynote Speaking
Inspire your organisation to think like an entrepreneur, and plan for the disruption ahead.
Named as one of Australia's 100 Most Influential Women, Lucinda Hartley is a serial founder, technology leader, and leading expert in the social trends shaping the future of cities and work.
As a keynote speaker, Lucinda brings entrepreneurial thinking to inspire audiences to tackle complex problems facing leaders today - from technology disruption to generational shifts.
Her cut-through insights, data-rich presentations and entertaining delivery style empower leaders to see around corners and navigate the future with confidence.
What clients say
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“(Lucinda) was excellent, so interesting, well-researched, perfectly tailored and relevant for the audience"
Andrew Klein, Professional MC and Speaker
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“Great and practical, involved and immersive, important for everyone”
Senior Partner, PWC
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"Lucinda really engaged with the topic – Leading Innovation — and offered her unique industry perspective"
Senior Employee Experience Specialist, Telstra
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"Lucinda was amazing. She is such a great speaker and was so inspirational for our group of teachers. The Geography teachers were buzzing all day."
President, Geography Teachers Association of Queensland
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“Fantastic and engaging session, an interesting exercises in thinking about how we all live into the future.”
The Outside Participant, PWC
Engage your audience
500+
Talks delivered,
in 8 countries
Top
Speaker
Saxton Bureau
Top Female Speaker 2022
Explore Popular Keynote Speaking Topics
Future Trends
Lucinda helps leaders and organisations understand demographic shifts and social trends, and radically rethink the future of their business and gain comfort in an environment of uncertainty.
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Are you designing for the citizen of the future, or the past? Explore how the next generation of citizens will shape society, driven by technology and global connectivity. This talk delves into the lifestyle shifts, generational trends and emerging trends that businesses, municipalities and cities need to understand to thrive in a digital-first world.
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Uncover the transformative trends reshaping the workforce and the very nature of work itself. This session offers insights into how to attract talent in a globally competitive environment, creating work cultures which embrace generational change and flexible work modes and how to embrace digital disruption.
We’ll also look at ways technology can be a positive for for wellbeing and change with insights to equip leaders to navigate and leverage these changes effectively.
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The way we live is changing. Discover key trends in how lifestyles are changing, and how it impacts where we live, how we work, what we buy and who we connect with.
This talk explores practical strategies for creating communities, workplaces and amenities which leverage emerging technologies, sustainable practices and community-centric designs to create more efficient, resilient, and liveable urban environments.
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Examine the future of housing through the lens of innovation and inclusivity. This session unpacks the housing crisis and key housing trends in relation to generational changes and emerging technology.
It also highlights cutting-edge solutions in construction, financing, and design aimed at making housing more affordable, accessible, and adaptable to the needs of diverse populations.
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The future is getting faster, how do we stay human? Deep-drive into big data and its potential to revolutionise decision-making processes across industries.
This talk provides practical insights on leveraging data analytics, AI, and machine learning to drive smarter, more informed business strategies, better understand your customer and build better communities. We’ll break down the mega trends into actionable insights and case studies to equip business leaders to embrace transformation and make smarter decisions.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
With a decade-long career as an entrepreneur, Lucinda brings an experience-led approach to helping organisations innovate, create impact and think like an entrepreneur.
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Learn how to think like an entrepreneur, regardless of your role or industry. This session dives into the entrepreneurial mindset, offering practical insights and tools to foster creativity, embrace risk, and drive innovation within your organisation.
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Explore the key elements of fostering a culture of innovation within your team or organisation. This talk provides a roadmap for leaders to cultivate an environment where creativity flourishes, new ideas are welcomed, and continuous improvement is the norm.
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Discover how to harness the power of innovation to create meaningful change in your organisation. This talk explores actionable strategies for turning creative ideas into impactful solutions that drive both business success and positive social outcomes. We’ll also cover how to embed impact at every level of your company, aligning people, planet and profit in your company culture, ESG Strategy and wider community.
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Explore the intersection of design, technology, and human behaviour to create spaces that foster creativity, productivity, and wellbeing. Ideal for leaders seeking to enhance their work environments and community spaces and for city leaders looking to embed a culture of entrepreneurship in placemaking and community programs.
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For schools, universities and students, this talk focuses on equipping future leaders with the skills, mindset, and tools needed to drive change, embrace challenges, and lead with creativity in an ever-evolving world. In this session Lucinda will cover practical strategies for getting started as an entrepreneur and why you don’t have to wait.
Bespoke Topics, Masterclasses and Collaborations
Designed for campaigns, events, or milestone days, Lucinda can draw on her depth of experience as a serial founder, urban futurist and trends expert, to design a bespoke engagement your company.
Explore recent collaborations:
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Hillary Clinton famously popularised the phrase “the future is female” during her 2017 presidential election campaign. But is the future really female? The latest UN data shows key gains in education and health, but estimates it will take 169 years to close the gender gap.
This data-rich talk highlights the success stories of gender equality and emerging trends for a more equal world, plus personal stories from Lucinda’s experience as a female entrepreneur. And plenty of actionable insights for leaders implement change within teams and organisations.
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Today, for the first time in human history, over half of the world lives in a city. By 2050, it will be 70%. Cities are the places where we earn money, raise our families and build community, but they’re increasingly under shocks and stresses of climate change, urban heat and population growth.
We need to build more city than we have ever built, every year for a generation - a doubling of the urban footprint. Are we ready?
This walk explores the global environmental challenges of an urbanised future, inspiring success stories of resilience and how to plan for the uncertainty ahead.
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Today, for the first time in human history, over half of the world lives in a city. By 2050, it will be 70%. Cities are the places where we earn money, raise our families and build community, but they’re increasingly under shocks and stresses of climate change, urban heat and population growth.
We need to build more city than we have ever built, every year for a generation - a doubling of the urban footprint. Are we ready?
This walk explores the global environmental challenges of an urbanised future, inspiring success stories of resilience and how to plan for the uncertainty ahead.
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What will Victoria look like in 2030? How will we create healthy liveable communities? In this collaboration with the Herald Sun and the Victorian Chamber of Commerce, Lucinda upacked the challenges for a growing Victoria, the key characteristics of the Future Citizen, and strategies for creating places that improve health and wellbeing.
Get in touch to discuss your upcoming event, workshop or collaboration
“Lucinda’s presentation engaged the audience with honesty, beauty and simplicity. She received one of the longest ovations of all our speakers.”
TEDx Melbourne
Watch Talks
See Lucinda’s Keynote Speaking in Action
Creating thriving communities, Keynote, Nearmap
Key technology trends for smart cities, Keynote, Cuscal
Making better decisions, with better data, Keynote, Tech 23
Designing a world of 9 Billion, TEDx
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