David Rowan

The founding editor-in-chief of WIRED magazine's UK edition from (2008 to 2017) and author of Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from the World's Smartest Minds. He is an expert in disruptive thinking and innovation.

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David Rowan is today’s leading speaker on how emerging technologies will impact business — and how leaders should prepare now.

He’s given more than 600 keynotes around the world, and has moderated events for the World Economic Forum, the biggest global companies, and governments.

As founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine in the UK, David came to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Didi, Spotify, Twitter and countless other ambitious startups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen.

His best-selling book, “Non[1]Bullshit Innovation: 17 Proven Ways To Transform How You Work” (Penguin), is a 20-country quest to identify genuine innovation in the face of technology-led disruption.

The book sets out 17 proven strategies for future-proofing a successful business — from “Turn products into services” to “Build an ecosystem”.

David spends his time at tech’s cutting edge: visiting university research labs and startup clusters to meet the people building the future.

He’s invested in more than 150 early-stage tech companies, and runs venture funds that invest in health-tech and climate-tech.

David has been a technology columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and The Sunday Times, and at WIRED he built a conference and a consulting business. And he is still searching for the future.

Whether it be AI and ChatGPT and what they mean for business, exponential technologies or innovation, David will customise a talk for your meeting, or will moderate your event in his accessible journalistic style.