Kate O'Neill
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Tech Humanist. Strategic Optimist. Future insights. Helping humanity prepare for a tech-driven future, and for change at exponential scale. Advocating always for the best futures for the most people. (she/her) Founder/host of Tech Humanist Club. ๐ง ๐ค๐ซ See below and follow/join! ๐ Author of a pile of books including โA Future So Bright,โ โTech Humanistโ & โPixels and Placeโ ๐ค Global keynote speaker ๐ Media commentator (BBC, NPR, et al) ๐ฅ Host of The Tech Humanist Show weekly livestream & podcast ๐ค Human-centric digital transformation advisor/consultant to Fortune 500s, NGOs, IGOs, & cities focused on the future of meaningful human experiences through (and/or in spite of) AI, AR, automation, etc. ๐ Created first Content Manager role at Netflix as one of first 100 employees ๐ก Named to 2020 Thinkers50 Radar, a global ranking of management thinkers (known, hilariously, as the โOscars of management thinkingโ) ๐บ๐ณ Led panel at COP25 on how we can use AI to fight climate change Clients have included Google, IBM, Cisco, Adobe, Coca Cola, Etsy, the city of Amsterdam, and the UN. ๐บ๐ณ ๐ Topics of interest include (but are by no means limited to!) tech & AI ethics, data privacy, algorithmic justice, augmented reality, future of work/jobs/workplace, future of trust and truth, sustainability, food justice, placemaking, urbanism, circular design, public transit, public media, racial equity, social justice, & meaning in every form. ๐๐น๐๐ผ: ๐ฅฏ New Yorker in Hellโs Kitchen โ on traditional Munsee Lenape land ๐ originally from Chicago area; also lived in Dรผsseldorf, San Jose, Portland, & Nashville ๐ฃ active ally/accomplice for intersecting areas of human rights: Black Lives Matter, trans rights, refugee/immigrant rights, etc โ๏ธ investor in & advisor to values-led companies as well as impact & social good initiatives ๐ฑ vegan (since โ98!) ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฐanimal rights/welfare advocate & activist โป๏ธ secondhand shopper, conscientious consumer ๐๐๐ bi ๐ voracious reader ๐ prolific writer: poetry, plays, songs, etc ๐ฃ flaneuse exploring cities on foot ๐ฒ casual city cyclist ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฌ world traveler Language-loving polyglot: ๐บ๐ธ native language is English; ๐ฉ๐ช spreche auch Deutsch; ๐ซ๐ท un peu franรงais; ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ un poco de espaรฑol; ๐ฎ๐น un po d'italiano, ๐ท๐บ ะฝะตะผะฝะพะณะพ ะฟะพ ััััะบะธ; ...and ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ hyperpolyglot: learning some Dutch, Mandarin, Japanese, Irish, Hindi, Arabic, etc ๐ the smilingest person you know LinkedIn: /kateoneill Website: koinsights.com โฌ๏ธ Find me on Twitter, my social home