Demand Surges for Roger Spitz's Uncertainty Keynotes as Global Finance Enters 'End of Predictability'

Former M&A Banker and Top-Ranked Futurist Roger Spitz Decodes Era of 'Metaruptions' as Boards across Global Finance Seek Operating System for Deep Uncertainty

Published on Mar. 8, 2026

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Against the backdrop of a volatile start to 2026 - as the first quarter of the 21st century unfolds and global markets grapple with the collapse of historical data-driven models - the Disruptive Futures Institute announces an expanded global keynote tour for Roger Spitz. Roger Spitz - named Top 15 Professional Futurists Worldwide for 2026 by Global Gurus 30 - brings a perspective that is unique in the field: the clinical rigor, insights and high-stakes experience of a former Global Head of Technology M&A applied to the nonlinear, liminal, and multiple worlds of a futurist.

Why it matters

Risk has mutated into deep (radical) uncertainty, as the world is throwing curveballs - climate shifts, geofinancial fragmentation, and AI-driven systemic shocks - that defy historical precedence. Financial models thrive on data to price risk and returns, but the future can no longer be modeled based on the past. Boards and executives must build the antifragility to weather the unpredictable.

The details

Spitz excels at reframing 'Antifragility' as the new 'Alpha,' arguing that the market should reward a company's valuation as increasingly tied to its Metaruptive Resilience - the ability to not just survive systemic shocks, but to capture the 'Golden Geese' that only appear in chaos. He identifies two primary drivers of this new Alpha: Systemic Re-allocation (the ability to absorb market share and distressed assets when competitors collapse) and Strategic Convexity (maintaining high-upside optionality to benefit from accelerating disruptions).

  • As we close the first quarter of 2026 and the first quarter of the 21st century, the verdict is in: 'rare' has become routine, and the 'unprecedented' is now our normal.

The players

Roger Spitz

Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute and a top-ranked futurist who brings the clinical rigor, insights and high-stakes experience of a former Global Head of Technology M&A to the nonlinear, liminal, and multiple worlds of a futurist.

Disruptive Futures Institute

An organization that announces an expanded global keynote tour for Roger Spitz, anchored by the Strategic Imperative Series, 'The Future of Predictability, Risk & Finance.'

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What they’re saying

“As we close the first quarter of the 21st century, the verdict is in: risk has mutated into deep (radical) uncertainty. Financial models thrive on data to price risk and returns, but the world is throwing curveballs - climate shifts, geofinancial fragmentation, and AI-driven systemic shocks - that defy historical precedence. You cannot model the unquantifiable; you must build the antifragility to weather it. Put simply, there is no data on the future.”

— Roger Spitz, Chair, Disruptive Futures Institute

“We just received Roger Spitz, a world-leading authority in foresight... It is great to count on Roger to help us build our foresight capabilities.”

— AXA Group, Head of Foresight

“Roger Spitz gave a compelling closing keynote. He challenged us to think differently about disruption... He asked bold, timely questions... A thought-provoking, high-impact way to close the event.”

— Head of Events, Risk.Net, Infopro Digital & Markets (Risk Live Europe)

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