Angela Oguntala

Futurist and Global Authority on Innovation

Angela Oguntala is a futurist that helps audiences see the risks and opportunities of a world in transition, and to leave energized with the mindsets to act on new possibilities.

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  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Florida, USA

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

    Please Inquire

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Florida, USA

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Leading with Futurecasting

The future is not a destination, new ones emerge every single day. But what does it really mean to actively engage with and lead in the face of that uncertainty? In this keynote, Angela will unpack the very near and far future realities organizations are having to contend with...

The future is not a destination, new ones emerge every single day. But what does it really mean to actively engage with and lead in the face of that uncertainty? In this keynote, Angela will unpack the very near and far future realities organizations are having to contend with, the forces and key trends shaping these futures, and will share the process of Futurecasting to lead in the face of radical and continuous change.

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Innovating with purpose

Organizations are confronting societal and environmental urgencies and contending with how to respond. Consumers are decisively choosing to support companies who lead and act with purpose. This keynote will cover how to innovate with purpose: building not only what’s new and...

Organizations are confronting societal and environmental urgencies and contending with how to respond. Consumers are decisively choosing to support companies who lead and act with purpose. This keynote will cover how to innovate with purpose: building not only what’s new and what’s next but also thinking systemically about the consequences, the values, and the larger futures that our innovations will contribute to.

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Shaping futures through the transition

The horizon between today’s realities and tomorrow’s possibilities is where the future takes root. This is the space of transition. Angela will move through how transition thinking catalyzes change through bridging today’s needs with tomorrow’s vision. She will unpack ...

The horizon between today’s realities and tomorrow’s possibilities is where the future takes root. This is the space of transition. Angela will move through how transition thinking catalyzes change through bridging today’s needs with tomorrow’s vision. She will unpack ways to make visible what is failing in the present for organizations and why, and how to envision meaningful futures and new directions forward. Finally, she will share how organizations can use experimentation to transition from where they are now to the futures they want.

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Innovating during uncertain times

Innovating during uncertain times is critical because that is exactly when people and systems are more porous and more willing to think about how things could be done differently – where new ideas, new questions, new visions for the future can and do take root. This ...

Innovating during uncertain times is critical because that is exactly when people and systems are more porous and more willing to think about how things could be done differently – where new ideas, new questions, new visions for the future can and do take root. This keynote will share strategies for innovating through uncertainty, expanding on how to reframe existential threats as existential choices for better ways to work, to consume, to build technologies and to shape our everyday lives – alongside how and which organizations are leading the way.

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The optimistic future

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Optimism is a necessary component to ensure the future of any organization. We can’t build, what we couldn’t even imagine or have the foresight to see as viable alternatives in the first place. Yet in today’s world, people have an easier time imagining existential threats and collapse than the meaningful, desirable alternatives that would keep us from that fate: where we can look at each other and say if we want this, we can build this. In this keynote, Angela will share why and how building a culture of optimism is critical to an organization’s success. She will frame what optimism actually means in the first place and why it should not be defined as what’s frictionless and familiar, but instead how friction and wrestling with the unknown is a catalyzing force to shape a more innovative, collaborative and future-facing culture.

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About Keynote Speaker Angela Oguntala

Named a Future Innovator by the United Nations, Angela Oguntala is a futurist and global authority on foresight and innovation.

She is a founding partner at Greyspace, a foresight consultancy. Across the globe, she helps organizations understand and innovate for a world in transition. Her clients have included IKEA, Hermès, Philips, Sky, Deloitte, The World Economic Forum, The World Trade Organization, Microsoft, Bayer and Swiss Life.

Angela has advised visionary leaders in diverse industries, working to embed new mindsets that leverage radical experimentation, collective imagination, innovating with purpose, and sustainable transitions.

Over the past decade, Angela has been asked to speak on a wide range of future-facing topics. She has delivered over 100 keynotes worldwide on themes including: innovating through uncertainty, emerging technology impacts, leadership & organizational foresight, sustainability, trends, as well as on specific domains encompassing the future of work, healthcare, media, and cities.

Angela leaves audiences with insights, inspiration, and actionable tactics to engage with significant shifts ahead, and to critically question what needs to shift to meet future demands. She is a Salzburg Global Fellow for leaders challenged to shape a better world and has been featured as an expert on futures thinking on various outlets including Sky, TED, and NPR.

Angela shares her time between the East Coast of the US and Copenhagen, Denmark. You can often find her by a body of water, either sailing with her husband or winter bathing in the early morning hours.

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