Angus Hervey

Hidden Progress. Understanding the future requires holding two ideas in your head at once.

In this powerful keynote, Angus reveals how humanity stands at an unprecedented crossroads, where the twin narratives of collapse and progress co-exist side by side. Drawing on a decade of research, he shows what’s happening beyond the headlines of disaster and division that dominate our attention.

From malaria vaccines in Africa, to growing social tolerance in Asia, to dramatic conservation victories in South America, this talk reveals the other half of the global picture that’s systematically overlooked. Through data-driven analysis and compelling storytelling, audiences will discover one of the most important complexities of our time: amidst our many problems, a lot is being solved too.

Perfect for organisations navigating uncertainty, this keynote equips audiences with a more complete map of reality, revealing opportunities hidden by our crisis-focused information environment.

Beyond the Horizon: The revolution is happening (just not on your newsfeed). While the headlines focus on what’s breaking, a scientific and technological revolution is reshaping our future. In this eye-opening keynote, Angus takes audiences on a global tour of the most important breakthroughs you’ve never heard about.

From CRISPR treatments eliminating once-incurable diseases to AI transforming agriculture, from drone delivery for medicine to clean energy crossing critical tipping points, this talk showcases how we’re entering an unprecedented golden age of innovation and discovery.

Combining rigorous research with powerful storytelling, Angus reveals how a convergence of artificial intelligence, clean energy, and biotechnology is creating a watershed moment in human history – one that deserves far more of our attention.

This keynote doesn’t dismiss real challenges but provides the missing context of human ingenuity and history-changing innovations. Audiences leave with a renewed sense of possibility and a clearer vision of the opportunities emerging in their industries.

Fix The News. Better inputs, better outputs: how to improve your information diet. In this perspective-shifting talk, Angus demonstrates how today’s news ecosystem operates on the principle of “if it bleeds, it leads” – systematically filtering out gradual improvement while amplifying sudden catastrophe, creating a dangerously incomplete picture of reality.

Drawing on evidence from cognitive science, media economics, and data from his work with Fix The News, Angus reveals how commercial incentives have transformed journalism into an anxiety-generation machine. Audiences learn how algorithms amplify outrage, why negative stories receive dramatically more engagement, and how even well-intentioned journalists render progress invisible.

Through compelling case studies and striking visualisations of the gap between media narratives and measured reality, this talk provides a practical toolkit for information literacy in the digital age. The result? A newfound ability to evaluate news sources, identify bias, and balance information inputs, revealing opportunities hidden by crisis-focused narratives.

Organisations and their people leave with a powerful new framework for processing information, making better decisions, and fostering an attitude of intelligent optimism