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.
Robbie Bach
<p>Robbie Bach draws from his unparalleled career building the team at Microsoft that created Xbox to help organizations build resilient, innovative, and growth-oriented cultures in our competitive and rapidly-changing world.</p><p>Robbie Bach is a true practitioner of innovation and growth across numerous industries and company profiles. Whether he is operating in a fledgling business, a mid-sized growth company, or a Fortune 500 titan like Microsoft, Robbie offers real-world leadership tools and practical strategies to harness change, generate new ideas, and drive growth
Anya Kamenetz
<p>Journalist and author Anya Kamenetz is a futurist with a passion for the complexities of how we learn, work, and live in a rapidly changing world. </p><p>Anya was a longtime, award-winning correspondent at NPR coordinating education coverage online and on-air. Previously she covered technology, innovation, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship as a staff writer for <em>Fast Company</em> magazine.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a technology pioneer, author and journalist, who is also futurist-in-residence for The New York Times Company. His consultancy, Practical Futurist, has worked with organizations ranging from NBC Universal and FedEx to Boeing, GE and Microsoft.
Lynne Lancaster
<p>Are you struggling with generational gaps in recruiting, retention, or communication? Do you need to engage the newly-hired Millennials in the room without turning off the Generation Xers and Baby Boomers? Are you looking for an insightful presentation on the hottest talent trends accompanied by practical, applicable solutions? Savvy, engaging, and entertaining, Lynne Lancaster delivers sparkling keynotes and workshops tailored to your strategic issues.</p><p>Lynne Lancaster is one of the nation's foremost generational experts and cultural translators.
David Stillman
<p>David Stillman is not new to the generational conversation. For almost twenty years he has been called on by business executives, politicians and the media to share his expertise on how best to bridge generational gaps. David has appeared on CNN, CNBC, and the TODAY Show as well as NPR and in Fast Company, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. </p>
Cheryl Cran
Cheryl Cran is the founder of NextMapping™/NextMapping.com, creator of the NextNow podcast and the CEO of parent company Synthesis at Work Inc.
Named #1 Future of Work influencer by Onalytica, and in the top ten Future of Work experts by GoCatalant.
Cheryl is the author of 10 books including her newest, Super.Crucial.Human and her bestsellers, NextMapping – Anticipate, Navigate and Create The Future of Work and The Art of Change Leadership – Driving Transformation In a Fast Paced-World.
Juliet Funt
<p>Juliet Funt is the CEO of WhiteSpace at Work, a training and consulting firm that helps organization, their leaders and employees flip the norms of business in order to reclaim their creativity, productivity and engagement. With thought-provoking content and immediately actionable tools, she has become a nationally recognized expert in coping with the Age of Overload in which we all live and work.</p>
Peter Sheahan
<p>Founder and Group CEO of Karrikins Group, Peter Sheahan is known internationally as a top-rated keynote speaker, innovative business thinker and thought leader. With staff in more than 23 cities across seven countries, he knows firsthand the challenges of growing a business in these rapidly-changing times.</p><p>Peter has advised leaders from companies as diverse as Apple, Microsoft, Hyundai, IBM, Pfizer, Wells Fargo, and Cardinal Health.
Rich Karlgaard
<p>Rich Karlgaard provides real-time insights on the latest developments impacting the U.S.
Michio Kaku
<p>Dr. Michio Kaku is an internationally recognized authority on theoretical physics and the environment and is co-founder of String Field Theory. Dr. Kaku’s engaging speaking style makes him one of the world’s foremost STEM advocates and science popularizers.</p>
<p>A renowned science expert, Dr. Kaku speaks passionately about topics ranging from teleportation, telepathy, and global climate change to alternative energy, psychokinesis, perpetual motion machines, and a binary star located 8,000 light years away.</p>