Jean-Pierre Murray-Kline
Cape Town
‘A Future Thinker’
The Business and Environmental Technologist
Career.
Jean-Pierre is a South African Serial Entrepreneur, Published Author and Change Champion who has worked in over 300 types of industries in some capacity or another. His own online businesses have generated millions of Rands and involved sectors including Law, Web & App Development, Events & Entertainment, Property, Technical Services, Media and Tourism.
He has travelled to over 50 cities World-Wide, and is extremely active as a Business and Environmental Technologist. In addition to his own projects, he researches and consults on all things online: Marketing, Reputation, Compliance, Law and Security and also offers Strategy Workshops and Scenario Sessions on Future Thinking with a key focus on Technology, the Environment and Global Influences.
Jean-Pierre is often asked to be a Guest Speaker on any variety of the many subjects he continuously studies and writes about.
Keynote Talks
Jean-Pierre can talk on an extensive range of topics at events. Below are two popular options. As a Guest Speaker he has presented to businesses, communities, NGO/NPOs and educational institutions. Every talk is tweaked to offer specific insight to the guests at the event.
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‘The Now and The Future’
Technology,
Social, economic and political factors,
Environmental matters,
Global trends,
Risks & Opportunities.
‘All things E’
Current innovations and technologies available (industry specific) as well as what is most likely to become mainstream in the future, followed by some risk and opportunity scenarios and a ‘picture’ of the future work space.
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What types of subjects and topics might be included?
A variety of themes listed below can be included in a Keynote Talk, these subjects all form part of Jean-Pierre’s continuous research, studies and articles.
The duration of a Keynote Talk is 45 minutes, followed by a Q&A session and Jean-Pierre will generally offer a summary article or write up of the talk post event.
Digital Trends, Global Influences.
Technological, social, economic, political and environmental green and red flags.
Global Warming and Climate Change.
Pandemics & Natural Disasters. Man-made Disasters.
Human Practices and Habits.
Automation. Robotics.
Space Travel Innovation.
Ethical and Future Customers and Businesses.
All Green Solutions. Renewables. Sustainable Solutions.
Environmental Issues.
E-behaviour. E-health.
Social Media. Online Reputation. Marketing in the Future.
E-safety. E-law. E-ethics. E-Behaviour.
E-Crimes and e-attacks. E-risks. Cyberbullying.
The status and future of Data. Cloud.
Digital Tools. Industry 4.0, IoT.
Blockchain. E-Money. E-Retail.
Smart Cities, towns, buildings, homes and businesses.
Subscription & Circular Economy.
Carbon footprint and carbon budgets.
The Metaverse. E-Sports. VR, AR & MR.
E-scenarios for business, communities and the environment.
The ‘Future Thinker’ and Change Champion.
Future Proofing.
E-freedom and online censorship.
The e-Entrepreneur.
The Person.
Jean-Pierre was born the same year the Internet was launched (1983) and his life to date has been equally assorted with experiences. He is part of an extremely large family, born with a rare eye condition called Duane’s Eye Syndrome which resulted in some self-confidence issues while growing up, but he used this as an opportunity to spend time alone learning to dismantle and rebuild PCs.
In high school, Jean-Pierre was asked to help teach computer lessons to students and parents. After matriculating he started his own company and by the age of nineteen had invoiced his first million. Around the same time, he launched an NPO and has maintained several community projects ever since. In his mid-twenties he met an entrepreneur who introduced him to web marketing and selling services to Botswana.
Jean-Pierre became a writer and subsequently a published author after his career took a detour during a traumatic personal event.
Jean-Pierre has an eccentric character and a uniquely brilliant brand of care for people and business. He is adapt at seeing a far bigger picture and maintains a robust passion for innovative and efficient business, African entrepreneurs and Ethical consumers and companies.
