Future of Work

Post-pandemic, much remains unknown. Beyond pragmatic concerns such as whether to return to the workplace, can your organization continue to innovate and do more than merely accommodate future disruptions?  Get ready to wrap your head around the business models, work culture, and labor concerns of the future with futurists, change management and industry experts who will give you the resources and inspiration you need to help your organization flourish going forward.

Marissa Orr

<p>Marissa Orr is the author of the bestseller<i> Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, & The Workplace</i>. On stage, Orr draws from her book and her successful 15-year career inside Google and Facebook to ask the question few have the nerve to ask: What have we gotten wrong about women at work?</p><p>With career-altering experiences inside two of Silicon Valley’s leading tech giants, Orr shares her views on women at work, structural norms and teamwork.

Brent Gleeson

<p>Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL combat veteran with multiple tours to Iraq and Africa and other theaters of war. He has become a successful entrepreneur applying lessons learned on the battlefield and his discipline as a former member of SEAL Team 5 to the world of business and writing. </p>

Linda Bernardi

<p>Linda Bernardi believes the impact of digital disruption is a huge positive for today’s business organizations. With highly engaged discussions, Linda raises the comfort level audiences have with embracing disruptive technologies. She shares an enthusiastic outlook on how a wide range of sectors such as finance, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare can futureproof their business and thrive in the disruptive economy.  </p><p>Linda is a serial high-tech entrepreneur and one of the pioneers of IoT and the emerging hyperconnected world.

Kim Lear

<p>Kim Lear provides cutting-edge, highly-customized research and action-driven advice on emerging cultural trends to prepare organizations for the workforce and marketplace of the future.</p>

Jonah and David Stillman

<p>David Stillman and Jonah Stillman take audiences into the collective conscious of the next generation of workers – Gen Z – and share powerful insights on how they will impact America.</p><p>David is a nationally recognized generations expert and coauthor of the best-sellers <i>When Generations Collide</i> and the <i>M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation is Rocking the Workplace</i>.

Peter Leyden

<p>Peter Leyden is a tech expert and thought leader on artificial intelligence, the implications of transformative technologies like clean energy, and the positive possibilities of the near future. </p><p>Leyden has followed the front edge of technological change ever since coming to San Francisco to work with the founders of <em>WIRED </em>magazine at the beginning of The Digital Age and the arrival of the internet.

Afterburner Seminars

<p>Afterburner Seminars is a cutting-edge management training team composed of a select group of our nation's top military fighter pilots. Their mission: use combat-proven fighter-pilot skills to achieve victory in today's business world.</p><p>During their legendary Afterburner Day Program, your team will experience firsthand the similarities between business and air combat.

Seth Mattison

<p>Seth Mattison is an Internationally renowned expert, author and futurist. As founder and CEO of Luminate Labs, Seth advises many of the world’s leading brand and organizations on the key shifts happening now around talent management, “The Great Resignation,” leadership, and the future of work.