Erica Orange
Erica Orange on The Future of AI
Erica Orange
Keynote Speaker
Futurist and Technology Expert
For nearly two decades, Erica Orange has been at the forefront of change. She has keynoted over 150 conferences across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and worked across multiple industries to help inform long-term strategic thinking and innovation. Often told that her talks are like “candy for the mind,” Erica seeks to ignite new ways of thinking, inspire new opportunities, and imagine new future-proofed possibilities.
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Erica is the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of The Future Hunters, one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms. She evaluates emerging social, technological, economic, political, demographic, and environmental trends – and identifies the strategic implications (the “So what?”) of those trends for several of the most influential Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, and public sector clients. Erica’s ability to identify patterns, think critically and analytically, and translate that into actionable strategies is what has made her an invaluable asset to clients.
Erica frequently speaks to a wide range of global audiences about the macro trends that are shaping and impacting today’s landscape. She has spoken at TEDx and keynoted over a hundred conferences around the world, including across Europe, Latin America, and Asia. She has authored numerous articles and industry white papers on a variety of future-focused topics and has been featured in news outlets including NPR, TIME, Inc, Yahoo Singapore, WWD, Bloomberg, and CBS This Morning. In 2020, she was named by Forbes as one of the World’s 50 Top Female Futurists.
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Erica Orange’s Speech Topics
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Moving from Artificial Intelligence to Augmented Intelligence
When it comes to the rapid rise of AI, rest assured…a robotic takeover isn’t coming yet. But it is going to change how we do what we do. The exponential rate of technological change will alter the relationships we have with the smart systems that surround us. We are quickly being catapulted into a world defined not just by automation but augmentation. AI is augmenting human intelligence. This is creating a dynamic that is less about replacement and more about enhancement.
Key Questions:
- How can you leverage time-based efficiencies in new ways?
- How can you automate redundant and/or manual tasks?
- How will AI drive new definitions of human-centric work and skillsets?
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Generative AI and the Future of Human-Centricity
Unlike previous technologies, generative AI is reliant upon human input, curiosity, and critical thinking. Human elements such as intuition, empathy, sense-making, and lived experience will become more valued than ever before. The best strategy for getting the most out of generative AI is to tap even deeper into our most human cognitive abilities. For all the talk about generative AI becoming more creative, perhaps the opposite is true – perhaps it will force us to rethink traditional notions of creativity and make us more creative in the process.
Key Questions:
- How do we educate the next generation of thinkers?
- How can we equip ourselves to deal with uncertainty more effectively?
- How do we nurture new minds to solve the big, existential issues/threats of the future?
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Generational Compression: Redefining Gen Z
Generations have long been grouped in birth year cohorts of 15-20 years. But generations are now seemingly refreshing every 2-3 years. Technology is changing so rapidly that kids only a few years apart struggle to have the same cultural and technological frames of reference. Understanding what makes this generation tick is critical for talent management, marketing, education/learning, etc.
Key Questions:
- What do shifting values and attitudes mean for recruitment and retention?
- What are the intergenerational tension points internally?
- What will the future of education and learning look like?
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The Future of Work
One of the lasting trends to come out of Covid was the move to distributed and hybridized work. As leaders navigate an evolving new work landscape, the one critical piece ripe for redefinition is culture. Another critical piece is futureproofing. To ensure that we have the thinking required to solve the big issues that will arise in the future, competitiveness will rely on the creation of an entirely new skills and competencies framework.
Key Questions:
- How can you design and execute the conditions for truly effective culture in a hybridized environment?
- How do you create new metrics to measure human output?
- How can you reimagine human capital (and human value creation)?
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