Shaping a better TomorrowNow means unlocking the stranded brilliance in every person and pointing it toward a future we actually want to live in.
Why Now
The biggest challenge of this era is not intelligence. It is knowing where you stand.
Most people don't feel lost because they lack skill. They feel lost because the rules they grew up with were made for a different world. AI is not just another tool — it is changing every system we depend on. The result: people have more thinking power than ever before, but without a plan for how to use it, that power turns into noise, worry, and drift.
Knowing where you are, where you're headed, and what to do next — even when everything around you is changing. This is the thing people need most right now.
The power to choose what gets your attention, what you believe, and who you become. Not letting apps, habits, and shortcuts decide for you.
Being clear on the inside so your choices hold up on the outside. Staying steady under real pressure, even when the world feels unsteady.
The book behind the practice.
HumanOS: The Critical Update is the intellectual foundation of the nine questions. It explains why Will, Imagination, and Habit are the three forces that govern how people change — and why, in the age of AI, updating your internal operating system matters more than learning any new tool.
Across four books in one, HumanOS moves from building your internal framework, to regaining control under pressure, to daily practices that compound over time.
"The future does not belong to those who try to out-compete machines, but to those who become more fully themselves."
The Practice
HumanOS. Nine questions. Every morning.
HumanOS is a daily practice built on three forces that govern how people change: Will, Imagination, and Habit. Each one asks three questions. Together, they form the operating system that keeps you clear, directed, and grounded — especially when everything around you is moving fast.
Will
Learn to chooseWill governs direction. These three questions train you to start every day from intention instead of reaction.
What is my intention?
Choose a direction before the world chooses one for you.
Where shall I focus?
Not everything that matters gets your best energy. One thing does.
What is my belief?
Your belief about what's possible determines what you attempt.
Imagination
Learn to seeImagination governs possibility. These questions build the internal picture that pulls you forward.
What do the results look like?
Make the future vivid. What changes when this works?
What are the initial steps?
Vision without steps is daydreaming. Name the first moves.
What is the source?
Why does this matter beyond just achieving it?
Habit
Learn to sustainHabit governs execution. These questions build the infrastructure that makes change stick.
What are the principles?
The values that govern your choices when no one is watching.
What are the protocols?
A principle made actionable. The specific thing you do, every time.
What are the daily and weekly habits?
Where protocols compound. What you actually do, not what you wish you did.
Will chooses direction. Imagination creates pull. Habit sustains motion. When all three align, transformation becomes predictable rather than exceptional.
The Practice
Start with the three Will questions every morning. That takes 60 seconds. Add Imagination in Week 3. Add Habit in Week 5. By Week 6, all nine questions are your operating rhythm. Three to five minutes a day.
No app required. A quiet moment and honest answers.
What We're Building
The conversations that shape what comes next.
TomorrowNow is built around seven big shifts that will shape the next chapter of human life. Not just topics — frontiers where freed-up human thinking meets real human need.
The Creativity Renaissance
What becomes possible when every human becomes a creator.
The Care Economy
When AI handles the tasks, humans handle each other.
The Longevity Dividend
More years of clarity, capability, and contribution.
The Education Revolution
Personalized, lifelong, and universal.
Cognitive Sovereignty
Keeping your hands on the wheel in a world that runs on autopilot.
The Regeneration Imperative
Moving from taking to restoring, at every level.
The Relationship Renaissance
The shift with the highest return of all.
Explore all seven pillars weekly
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AI that works for you.
AI is only as powerful as the people using it. We build custom AI tools, training programs, and hands-on plans that help teams go from overwhelmed to in control.
AI Strategy & Training
Workshops and hands-on help so your team can understand AI, use it with confidence, and fit it into how you actually work. No hype. Just useful skills.
Let's talk →Custom AI Builds
AI tools, helpers, and workflows built for your specific problems. From internal knowledge systems to tools your clients can use.
Let's talk →AI Partnerships
We team up with a small number of organizations to build and grow together. Long-term work where we create AI plans, tools, and skills that grow as your business grows.
Let's talk →Your Path In
One movement. Multiple entry points.
Whether you lead a team, teach students, want to grow on your own, or shape public policy, there's a way in that's built for you.
Corporate & Enterprise
Keynotes, workshops, and AI programs that help organizations build the skills and mindset for what comes next.
K-12 Educators & Schools
Innovation labs, teacher tools, and XPRIZE-backed programs that bring the future into the classroom today.
Individual Learners
Start with the book or the free weekly email. Go deeper through our community and the live event.
Government & Policy
Country vision models, policy talks, and XPRIZE partnerships that help governments lead instead of react.
TomorrowNow Live
A one-day event for leaders, educators, and builders who are ready to shape the future instead of react to it. Main stage talks. Guided practice. AI-powered sessions. A room full of people who refuse to drift.
Keynote Stage
The big picture: what's happening, what's at stake, and why knowing where you stand matters more than knowing more facts in the age of AI.
The Practice Live
Guided sessions where you work through the nine questions — Will, Imagination, and Habit practiced together in a room full of people doing the same work.
Strategic Circle
A small-group VIP session with Dwayne Matthews for leaders who want direct, personal guidance on leading through the AI shift.
What People Say
Results that speak for themselves.
Dwayne Matthews is a true renaissance thinker, able to pick up quickly on various opportunities that, only when knit together, realize their true value.Tracey DodenhoffFormer Director, Center for Research & Innovation, Northeastern University
Dwayne has an innate ability to connect with an audience by delivering a message that is both informative and entertaining. His charisma is compelling and energy infectious.Zenalyn HabitoDirector, Retention & Loyalty, The Globe and Mail
Dwayne Matthews is one of the most creative, exciting, intelligent and driven people I am associated with.Chad RossChief Human Resources Officer, Sherritt International Corporation
Keynotes
Bring Dwayne Matthews to your stage.
Dwayne has delivered keynotes to audiences across 54 countries, from the United Nations to Fortune 500 leadership summits. Every talk is built to give your audience a framework they will still be using months later.
For Corporate & Leadership
How to lead when AI is changing everything. Your team leaves with the HumanOS framework for clear thinking, better decisions, and staying ahead of the shift.
Book this keynote →For Education & Innovation
Unlocking stranded brilliance in every learner. Educators leave with tools to bring future-ready thinking into their classrooms, starting the next day.
Book this keynote →For Government & Policy
A clear, hopeful vision for the future. Policy leaders leave with a framework for national AI readiness that puts human agency at the center.
Book this keynote →or email directly: [email protected]
Founder
Dwayne Matthews
Dwayne Matthews is an international keynote speaker, future strategist, and the founder of TomorrowNow. For twenty years he has helped leaders, educators, and organizations find their way through a world being reshaped by fast-moving technology.
As former Chief Innovation Evangelist and President of NeuroEdX, Dwayne brought brain-training technology used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy SEALs into schools. He is an XPRIZE Education Advisor, has spoken to leaders from 54 countries at the United Nations, and has briefed the Canadian Prime Minister on digital learning.
His latest book, HumanOS: The Critical Update, is the intellectual foundation for the TomorrowNow movement.
What People Say
Results that speak for themselves.
Dwayne Matthews is a true renaissance thinker, able to pick up quickly on various opportunities that, only when knit together, realize their true value.Tracey Dodenhoff Former Director, Center for Research & Innovation, Northeastern University
Dwayne has an innate ability to connect with an audience by delivering a message that is both informative and entertaining. His charisma is compelling and energy infectious.Zenalyn Habito Director, Retention & Loyalty, The Globe and Mail
Dwayne Matthews is one of the most creative, exciting, intelligent and driven people I am associated with.Chad Ross Chief Human Resources Officer, Sherritt International Corporation
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TomorrowNow.
Individual, educator, leader, or organization — there is a path here. Join the movement.