“It’s not about the amount we say; it’s about making what we say really count. We can use some of these tools to write the long version, so that we can then quickly create the short version and really dial in.” – Natalia Bielczyk About Natalia Bielczyk Natalia Bielczyk is Founder & CEO of Ontology of Value, an R&D, EdTech, and consulting agency. Sh…

“It’s not about the amount that we say. It’s about making what we say really count. We can use some of these tools to write the long one, so that we can then go ahead and very quickly write the short version and really dial in.” – Nikolas Badminton About Nikolas Badminton Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist of the Futurist Think Tank. He is a w…

“AI is not a collaborator. It’s an Oracle, it’s a tool, it’s a thing. I have a query, give me the answer. It’s not a thing where you sit down with the computer like, okay, let’s think about this problem together.” – Brian Magerko About Brian Magerko Dr. Magerko is a Professor of Digital Media, Director of Graduate Studies in Digital Media, and head…

“It’s really important that we’re not ceding everything to AI and that we continue to add value ourselves in that collaboration.” – Claire Mason About Claire Mason Claire Mason is Principal Research Scientist at Australia’s government research agency CSIRO, where she leads the Technology and Work team and the Skills project within the organization’…

“If you read 1,000 papers and build a powerful representation, humans can interrogate, mine, ask questions, and even get the system to generate new hypotheses.” – Markus Buehler About Markus Buehler Markus Buehler is Jerry McAfee (1940) Professor in Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Principal Investigator of MIT’s Labor…

“So my overall interest in technology in general, not just AI, is how it supports human potential. And so for me, that’s defined as people being healthy, happy, and really able to fulfill their purpose and potential.” – Nichol Bradford About Nichol Bradford Nichol Bradford is Executive-in-Residence for AI + Human Enablement at The Society for Human…

“To use AI for omni-beneficial output, we need to bring to it our best qualities, which are beyond intelligence; it is wisdom.” – George Pór About George Pór George Pór has been researching, teaching, and consulting in the arts and sciences of emergent collective intelligence since 1987, when he was introduced to the ideas by his mentor Doug Engelb…

“The promises are tremendous and the peril is climate, not AI. “ – Daniel Erasmus About Daniel Erasmus Daniel is the Founder and Managing Director of futures consulting firm Digital Thinking Network (DTN), CEO of AI sense-making platform Erasmus.AI, and creator of ClimateGPT. He has been applying innovative approaches to scenario planning since 199…

“AI is going to change humanity into possibly a new species; we could call it a new form of humanity, which is different from what we have today. “ – Pedro Uria Recio About Pedro Uria Recio Pedro Uria-Recio is a highly experienced analytics and AI executive. He was until recently the Chief Analytics and AI Officer at True Corporation, Thailand’s le…

“In collective reasoning, one of the fundamental hurdles is coming up with a shared understanding of what we’re trying to do, and where we’re trying to go. “ – Anita Williams Woolley About Anita Williams Woolley Anita Williams Woolley is the Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper S…

“True creativity comes from humans because it stems from our unique individual experiences of life. “ – Jeremy Somers About Jeremy Somers Jeremy Somers is Founder and Director of AI-assisted creative agency NotContent.ai, and of We Are Handsome. He has extensive experience as a Creative Director, working for brands such as Asos, Canon, Mercedes-Ben…

“If we start to think about humans plus AI, this mindset begins to shape what we are trying to create.” – Ross Dawson About Ross Dawson Ross Dawson is a futurist, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, author, and host of Amplifying Cognition podcast. He is Chairman of the Advanced Human Technologies group of companies and Founder of Humans + AI startu…

“We should always remember that we are still humans. We are the ones telling the stories, deciding what we want to tell. And we are doing things for other humans; it’s the other humans who want to hear from us. For me, it’s very grounding amidst all this AI craziness to remember to come back to that relationship: me as a human talking to another hu…

“The entire business model on which people have planned their futures is wobbling underneath them right now, and they’re going to have to hang on to that wobbly platform and find themselves a ladder somewhere.” – Tim Burrowes About Tim Burrowes Tim Burrowes is the Founder and Publisher of email-first media and marketing publication Unmade, and auth…

“True intelligence is a social function. It’s about social cohesion. Intelligence happens in groups, it does not happen in individuals.” – Tim Stock About Tim Stock Tim Stock is an expert in analyzing how cultural trends and artificial intelligence intersect. He is co-founder of scenarioDNA and the co-inventor of a patented Culture Mapping methodol…

“I cannot imagine any other way to be successful or to find satisfaction in knowing that you are doing something useful for humanity or any society. Therefore, I believe it is mandatory to take responsibility for our choices.” – Ufuk Tarhan About Ufuk Tarhan Ufuk Tarhan is a prominent futurist, economist, keynote speaker, author, and CEO of digital…

“Sovereignty means that I need to be in charge of my destiny and able to control my future. This involves understanding the context in which you’re operating and not allowing others to define that context for you.” – Shikoh Gitau About Shikoh Gitau Shikoh Gitau is CEO of Qhala, a digital innovation company with clients across Africa. She was previo…

“The unique ability of AI and LLMs recently to reason over complex texts and complex data suggests that there is a future where the systems can help us humans find those pieces of information that help us be more creative, that help us make decisions, and that help us discover new perspectives.” – Tom Hope About Tom Hope Tom Hope is Assistant Profe…

“Criticizing and blaming people, organizational culture, or the company for problems doesn’t lead you to a better place. What may lead you to a better place is to actually roll up your sleeves, connect with each other, and do something about it.” – Céline Schillinger About Céline Schillinger Céline Schillinger is Founder and CEO of We Need Social, …

“It’s less about human versus machine and what’s important, what are humans skills versus not, there are a lot of human skills, where you will not be able to retain a higher pricing power just because you are highly substitutable despite your specific human skill.” – Sangeet Paul Choudary About Sangeet Paul Choudary Sangeet Paul Choudary is the Fou…

“Conscious Capitalism suggests that if you do good by accident, why not do good deliberately? Look at the accidents and start doing them on purpose.” – Charles Hampden-Turner About Charles Hampden-Turner Dr. Charles Hampden-Turner is a British management philosopher, business consultant, and co-founder of consulting firm Trompenaars Hampden-Turner.…

“My hope is that in the future, we are so focused on acquiring knowledge in our schools and our educational system, my hope is that we will also be focused on acquiring wisdom, if we know how to measure it and how to develop it.” – Charlene Li About Charlene Li Charlene Li is an author, speaker, advisor and coach. For the last three decades she has…

“One of the main strengths of the current generation of large language models is the ability of their interactive nature to provide a highly competent model that people can interact with and query whatever they want.” – Philipp Schoenegger About Philipp Schoenegger Philipp Schoenegger is a researcher at London School of Economics working at the int…

“AI has an amazing amount of limitations, horrible in a lot of things. But when you use it smartly, it becomes an important part of your team. And as an important team member, your team gets better.” – Bryan Cassady About Bryan Cassady Bryan is the founder and director of the Global Entrepreneurship Alliance, a foundation with a mission to coach or…

“We humans need to be the ones who work with algorithms to make sure that they don’t take the wrong path, don’t deteriorate, don’t misunderstand our intentions, and don’t create outcomes that we don’t want.” – Marek Kowalkiewicz About Marek Kowalkiewicz Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz is founding director of the Centre for the Digital Economy at Queen…