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Known around the world as the “Tech Humanist,” Kate leads a global conversation on the impact of emerging technology on human experience at scale. Kate advises leaders of the world’s best known and most admired organizations, as well as those facing the greatest upheaval, on how to succeed long-term by taking a human-centric approach to digital transformation, innovation, and readiness for the future. Her signature themes of Tech Humanism and “Strategic Optimism” prepare them to navigate an increasingly tech-driven future, climate change, and other issues around rapid and complex change — and to do so in ways that benefit people as well as business. An expert strategy, insights, and foresights consultant/advisor, author, and keynote speaker focused on helping businesses navigate transformation — digital transformation and otherwise — in a human-centric way, Kate has been shaping the conversation for years around the potential for meaningful human experiences that could scale into the future (including data, IoT, algorithmic optimization, connected experiences, automation, behavioral targeting, ML/AI, etc).

Her world-leading clients have included many of Fortune’s Most Admired Companies as well as other organizations facing complex change like Google, IBM, and Adobe, universities like Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale, cities such as Amsterdam and Austin, and the United Nations.

Kate is founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm committed to improving human experience at scale, even — and especially — in data-driven, algorithmically optimized, and AI-led interactions.

Author of 5 books including Pixels and Place, Tech Humanist, and her latest, A Future So Bright, Kate’s insights and expertise have been featured in WIRED, CMO.com, USA Today, and many other outlets. She has been featured and quoted in a wide variety of national and international media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, WIRED, and she has appeared as an expert commentator on the likes of Marketplace, NPR, NBC News, and BBC World News.

Kate is a vocal and visible advocate for women in technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership — she was featured by Google in the launch of their global campaign for women in entrepreneurship. She has also been named to the Thinkers50 Radar, a global ranking of top management thinkers.

Keynote Topics

Keynote #1 : AI ETHICS & TECH DECISIONS : Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a Fast-Paced World

How to Gain Strategic Clarity and Make Better Tech and AI Choices

Move forward confidently
Making future-ready decisions that acknowledge the impact of AI and other technology and respect human needs and values can be a challenge. Identifying the tools you need to gain strategic clarity and make better choices is an important step to secure the future of your organization.

Discover how the right framework can help you harness the benefits of modern technology while prioritizing humanity.

Align business objectives with human experience and AI ethics
Improve business outcomes and learn how to make ethical AI and tech decisions that benefit your business and the people it serves.

Keynote #2 : Future of Work : Strategic Optimism for an Uncertain Future

Creating Frameworks for Your Organization—and Humans—to Thrive

The world seems more complex and uncertain every day — and the problems of the future are getting more urgent.
The next few years are critical to make the best decisions about climate, geopolitics, labor economies, and more to set in place the best possible future for the most people, or at a minimum, the least damaging future for the most people.

So how should we think about navigating the future?

How do we make strategic decisions in a time of constant change?

This presentation can help you uncover how to make better strategic decisions by moving from questions to insights and foresights. We can also discuss creating a model that aligns focus, purpose, values, and resources across your organization and much more—all to ensure that digital transformation and innovation efforts frame the future in human terms.

Solving human problems at scale
While AI and emerging technology are often cited as problems we face, they also offer tremendous opportunities to facilitate solving human problems at scale more efficiently than ever, while offering better human connectedness. But rather than lead with AI and technology as a solution, it starts with understanding what humanity is, what makes it special, and then using technology to amplify those characteristics.

Call or text Neal at (720) 498 -3275 or email neal@infinitespeakers.com to schedule a pre booking call with Kate or book her for your upcoming event today.