Aaron Dignan

Author, Digital Strategist and Founding Partner, Undercurrent

  • Aaron Dignan Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $20,001 - $30,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    New York, USA

  • Aaron Dignan Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $20,001 - $30,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    New York, USA

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FROM THE GROUND UP: Managing Complexity and Uncertainty in the 21st Century

We sit at the precipice of a completely new world. Exponential technologies are transforming our economy in unpredictable ways – democratizing power...

We sit at the precipice of a completely new world. Exponential technologies are transforming our economy in unpredictable ways – democratizing power, concentrating wealth, connecting everyone and everything, and challenging our assumptions about rights and privacy. In response, new ways of working and organizing are gaining popularity, spurred on by radical entrepreneurs who are willing to question everything about what an organization is and how it should operate. The change we face technologically and culturally is nothing compared to what’s coming. To be ready, Dignan contends we need to focus on making our teams and companies more adaptive, more exponential, and (perhaps counterintuitively) more human. In this presentation he offers a path to readiness that applies to anyone, from the new hire to the chief executive.

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About Keynote Speaker Aaron Dignan

Speaker Aaron Dignan’s Accomplishments Include…

Aaron Dignan is a well-kept secret in the world of digital strategy, working directly with many Fortune 100 leadership teams to help their organizations succeed in a world where digital forces are disrupting decades of tradition.

In early 2007, he co-founded the internationally recognized digital strategy firm Undercurrent with two partners, well-known blogger and World Economic Forum YGL Josh Spear and Boulder-based entrepreneur Rob Schuham. Undercurrent has established a reputation as a premier digital strategy firm grown by referral alone due to an extreme non-disclosure policy and a resistance to press. Clients past and present include GE, PepsiCo, JWT/Ford Motor Company, Virgin, AB/InBev, Disney, HBO, LiveNation, Don Q Rum and many others. With 24 consultants and growing fast, Undercurrent represents the largest collection of pure digital strategists in one place. While the firm typically eschews awards of any kind, its work with JWT/Team Detroit and Ford—called the Fiesta Movement—was awarded a Gold Effie. The shared vision for Undercurrent is to build an organization capable of solving the world’s most complex and challenging problems with a digital worldview.

Prior to Undercurrent, he co-founded Brandplay while still a psychology student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. As a brand strategy partnership, Brandplay focused on early stage brand planning and naming with clients across the United States. In this role at the helm of literally hundreds of group meetings and workshops, he mastered the art of facilitation and consensus building.

Dignan is known as a dynamic, humorous and strikingly honest presenter. He has been known to invigorate and confound audiences with topics like Digital as a Force for Cultural Change, Lessons From the Fringe of Digital Trends, Design Without Intent, The Game Of Life and Solving Problems With a Digital Worldview. He has delivered speeches, presentations and training at GE’s Leadership Development Center, the CUSP Conference, the TED Conference, Digital Hollywood, Web 2.0, CommunityNext, Columbia College, The University of Colorado, Interesting New York and dozens of national brands.

 

Testimonials

Aaron is one of the smartest thinkers around when it comes to strategy and structure and how to make them work for you. As a presenter, he’s equally well-versed in translating and communicating his insights in a way that is both entertaining and actionable.

General Electric

 

Aaron is a true master at the bleeding-edge of modern corporate strategy. He is one of the rare actionable deep thinkers in the digital world. His practical and approachable way of helping audiences understand problems and solutions is incredibly engaging and effective.

Scott Belsky

 

Aaron Dignan is the perfect combination: a magnetic, compelling speaker and a revolutionary thinker. Utterly captivating.

Behance/Adobe/99U

 

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