Bernard Salt is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading social commentators.
He has written six popular best-selling books, hosted a TV show on SkyNEWS Business called “The Next Five Years” and hosted a top-rated podcast called “What Happens Next.”
Bernard Salt is also one of Australia’s most in-demand corporate speakers.
After a 20-year career as a Partner in a global advisory firm, Bernard founded The Demographics Group to provide advice to business on demographic, social and property trends.
He is best known to the wider community for his penchant for identifying new social behaviours including “the goat’s cheese curtain.”
Bernard has been a columnist with The Australian newspaper for more than 20 years. His column in The Weekend Australian Magazine is highly regarded and widely read.
Bernard was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day honours for his services to the Australian people via demography.
And finally, Bernard is the person responsible for popularising the phrase “smashed avocado” … globally!
Talking Points
Customer of the Future (new markets & behaviours)
Lifestyle obsessed, home focussed, tech-savvy customers of the future will demand more for less.
Customer of the Future (new markets & behaviours)
Shallower Labour Pools
Plummeting fertility rates (globally) are reducing the working-age population and driving up demand for automation.
Shallower Labour Pools
The Way We Work
The rise of remote work feeds into the next generation’s desire to have greater control over how workplace value is delivered.
The Way We Work
Regions on the Rise (new drivers of growth)
Post-Covid lifestylers, downshifting boomers, Millennials on the move plus a surge in demand for agribusiness is reimagining regional Australia.
Regions on the Rise (new drivers of growth)
2021 Census Highlights
Working from home, uptick in McMansions, the coming of Carmageddon, mental health concerns plus the meteoric rise of aged & disabled carers.
2021 Census Highlights
Millennial Spending Boom
Over the balance of the 2020s Millennials (born 1983-2001) will pass into their 40s and unleash a tidal wave of consumer and household spending.
Millennial Spending Boom
Change of Direction (Sectors on the Rise)
Post-pandemic Australia driving demand for agribusiness, mining (especially lithium), defence (material), industrial space, housing (including affordable & social) and, above all, aged & disabled care.
Change of Direction (Sectors on the Rise)
In Search of Skills (tapping labour pools)
Australia desperately needs skilled workers in healthcare, engineering, data science, trades especially building & construction as well as unskilled workers.
In Search of Skills (tapping labour pools)
Australia@2030 (businesses to be in)
Australia at 30 million by 2030 has a revitalised manufacturing sector, cities built around 20-min hubs, rising agribusiness sector, agile workforce and challenges in aged care.
Australia@2030 (businesses to be in)
The Great Tech Shift (apps for absolutely everything)
Out with call centres in with the great appification as B2C communication shifts from in-person calls to apps, AI and chatbots in a world where customers are evermore tech-savvy.
The Great Tech Shift (apps for absolutely everything)
Video
Saxton Fireside Chat with Futurist & Media Commentator Bernard Salt AM
The exchange of stories and ideas is more important now than ever. In this bi-weekly series of virtual Fireside Chats you can gain unprecedented access to the world's greatest storytellers and thought leaders. In this intimate session, Bernard Salt shares his insights into how COVID-19 will shape consumer behaviour and Australia's future.Bernard is outstanding - fascinating research and insights presented with energy and humour. First class presentation style. ... keep reading Oracle Corporation
Bernard Salt was fabulous. Funny and at the same time informative. He was really great.
Bernard has a presentation that can be easily tailored to target many industries. He is very engaging and can turn sometimes 'dry' topics into humourous reflections of the world in which we live. He really made our delegates sit up and reflect on their future plans, and given the broad scope of demographic and social trends he speaks on, he also managed to engage their partners also.
As always, a terrific speaker that totally holds the room.
