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Volunteer Experience

  • University of California, Berkeley Graphic

    Adviser

    University of California, Berkeley

    - Present 5 years 2 months

    Science and Technology

    Speaker and adviser to UC Berkeley SkyDeck Venture Capital Fund (top 5 US research university startup accelerator of University of California Berkeley). Startups across deep tech including AI/Machine Learning, Biotech/MedTech, Blockchain/FinTech, ClimateTech, Robotics, 3D Printing.

  • MIT Technology Review Graphic

    Global Insights Panel & Contributing Author

    MIT Technology Review

    - Present 6 years 7 months

    Science and Technology

    Global Insights Panel & Contributing Author to MIT Technology Review, the exclusive forum of thought leaders and innovators to share expertise on a wide range of breakthrough technology topics and research initiatives.

  • Teach the Future Graphic

    Board Member

    Teach the Future

    - Present 1 year

    Education

    Board Member of Teach The Future, which designs programs and workshops for young students introducing them to foresight. Organization established by Dr. Peter Bishop (founding member of the Association of Professional Futurists and founder of the University of Houston's graduate Strategic Foresight program).

  • World Economic Forum Graphic

    Global Foresight Network & Agenda Contributor

    World Economic Forum

    Economic Empowerment

  • IBM Center for The Business of Government Graphic

    Future Shocks Initiative (Enabling Climate Resilience)

    IBM Center for The Business of Government

    Economic Empowerment

    Preparing Governments for Future Shocks: IBM Center for The Business of Government & the IBM Institute for Business Value, in partnership with the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy), launched an initiative to help government identify core capabilities critical to building such resilience.

  • Lifeboat Foundation Graphic

    Board Member

    Lifeboat Foundation

    Science and Technology

    Business Board, Complex Systems Board, Futurists Board, AI & Robotics Board, Sustainability Board

  • IBGC - Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa Graphic

    Honorary Guest Speaker

    IBGC - Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa

    Education

    Regular keynote speaker for IBGC Congress of Directors and Governance 360 programs on Anticipatory Governance and the Future of Boards.

  • IEEE Graphic

    Network of Experts on Sustainability, Environmental AI Technology, AI Ethics & ESG Regulations

    IEEE

    Environment

    Planet Positive 2030 is an initiative supported by the IEEE Standards Association, in partnership with Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).

  • Singularity University Ventures Graphic

    Adviser & Mentor to Global Startup Program

    Singularity University Ventures

    Science and Technology

    Startup Adviser & Mentor to Singularity University Ventures' Global Startup Program (GSP Accelerate).

  • School of International Futures (SOIF) Graphic

    Judge - Next Generation Foresight Practitioners (NGFP) Awards

    School of International Futures (SOIF)

  • NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graphic

    Network of Experts on Futures Studies & Foresight

    NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Science and Technology

    Strategic Foresight & Futures roundtables, with NASA's Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy

Publications

  • Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation

    Disruptive Futures Intitute

    The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation focuses on business, strategy, and governance systems for our deeply uncertain world. How should organizations and entrepreneurs approach ecosystem innovation through Business Models-as-a-System (BMaaS)? Throughout, we discuss systemic disruption as a springboard for sustainable value creation; anticipatory governance to reconcile multistakeholder strategy for leadership and boards;…

    The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation focuses on business, strategy, and governance systems for our deeply uncertain world. How should organizations and entrepreneurs approach ecosystem innovation through Business Models-as-a-System (BMaaS)? Throughout, we discuss systemic disruption as a springboard for sustainable value creation; anticipatory governance to reconcile multistakeholder strategy for leadership and boards; sustainability and Greenaissance as the ultimate disruptive opportunity; digital disruption as sectors converge and emerge; space, which is no longer a place but an investment theme; and the shifting centers of gravity in Asia and Africa. Volume IV also includes workbooks with a rich set of case studies and tools on innovation to invent the future and leadership to reinvent governance.

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  • Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty

    Disruptive Futures Intitute

    The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty focuses on practical frameworks to help you and your business stay relevant in the 21st century. Part of the bestselling collection, our renown AAA Framework offers the tools and mindset to build Antifragile foundations, develop the capabilities to be Anticipatory, and use emergent and strategic Agility to bridge the short-term with long-term decision-making. This framework builds on…

    The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty focuses on practical frameworks to help you and your business stay relevant in the 21st century. Part of the bestselling collection, our renown AAA Framework offers the tools and mindset to build Antifragile foundations, develop the capabilities to be Anticipatory, and use emergent and strategic Agility to bridge the short-term with long-term decision-making. This framework builds on the tactical insights from our 6 i’s toolkit to drive and thrive on disruption: Intuition, Inspiration, Imagination, Improvisation, Invention, Impossible. Volume II also includes a valuable reference workbook: Futures Frameworks & Foresight Fundamentals Workbook.

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  • Reframing and Navigating Disruption

    Disruptive Futures Intitute

    The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption, reframes systemic disruption. After a detailed examination of the constants and drivers of disruption, we learn to navigate disruption by thinking in multiple time horizons, as well as the implications and opportunities stemming from emerging technologies, AI, and the future of decision-making. We then explore “Info-ruption” as a radical change in how information is interpreted, used, and misused in…

    The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption, reframes systemic disruption. After a detailed examination of the constants and drivers of disruption, we learn to navigate disruption by thinking in multiple time horizons, as well as the implications and opportunities stemming from emerging technologies, AI, and the future of decision-making. We then explore “Info-ruption” as a radical change in how information is interpreted, used, and misused in this new era of cyber insecurity. Finally, in the face of existential and climate risks, we expand on how to mitigate and build resilience for even the most extreme eventualities.

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  • The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption

    Disruptive Futures Institute LLC

    The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption is the bestselling four-volume collection published by the Disruptive Futures Institute:

    - Volume I (FOUNDATIONS) - Reframing and Navigating Disruption: How to make sense of our complex, nonlinear, and unpredictable world.
    - Volume II (FRAMEWORKS) - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty: Practical frameworks to help you and your business stay relevant in the 21st century.
    - Volume III (YOUR LIFE) - Beta Your Life:…

    The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption is the bestselling four-volume collection published by the Disruptive Futures Institute:

    - Volume I (FOUNDATIONS) - Reframing and Navigating Disruption: How to make sense of our complex, nonlinear, and unpredictable world.
    - Volume II (FRAMEWORKS) - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty: Practical frameworks to help you and your business stay relevant in the 21st century.
    - Volume III (YOUR LIFE) - Beta Your Life: Existence in a Disruptive World: What does constant change and uncertainty mean to you as an individual?
    - Volume IV (YOUR BUSINESS) - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation: What does our unpredictable, complex, and systemic world mean for you as a business?

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  • An Existential Framework for the Future of Decision-Making in Leadership

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing

    “An Existential Framework for the Future of Decision-Making in Leadership”, Leadership For The Future, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021

    How prescriptive AI presents unprecedented challenges in understanding the benefits and shortcomings of technoscientific solutions. Where the potential benefits are often tooted, critical consideration concerning the limitations of AI follows with a lag. We aim to consider the epistemic context of AI decision-making in uncertain and complex…

    “An Existential Framework for the Future of Decision-Making in Leadership”, Leadership For The Future, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021

    How prescriptive AI presents unprecedented challenges in understanding the benefits and shortcomings of technoscientific solutions. Where the potential benefits are often tooted, critical consideration concerning the limitations of AI follows with a lag. We aim to consider the epistemic context of AI decision-making in uncertain and complex environments in relation to leadership. Our framework uses Deleuzo-Sartrean existential philosophy to draw parallels between the emergent nature of Being and decision-making, in the context of advancements in AI.

    Other authors
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  • AI Beyond the Bottom Line: Artificial Intelligence for Global Impact

    Techistential Center for Human & Artificial Intelligence

    Other authors
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  • The Future of Strategic Decision-Making

    Journal of Futures Studies

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Projects

  • Project North Star: Strategic Foresight for U.S. Grand Strategy

    Member of Advisor Committee working with the Foresight Strategy team at The Aerospace Corporation. In response to challenging and urgent issues, we explore the concept of U.S. National Grand Strategy and investigate how strategic foresighting methodologies could be used to formulate grand strategies that are resilient in complex, unpredictable, and nonlinear environments.

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  • Association of Professional Futurists (APF) Foresight Evaluation Task Force Report

    Member of Foresight Evaluation Task Force Committee: Building Field and Foresight Practitioner Evaluation Capacity. The APF Foresight Evaluation Task Force explored the challenges and opportunities for expanding foresight evaluation capacity, including surveying the APF membership on existing evaluation capacity. It used this information to guide the development of useful and accessible evaluation capacity-building resources.

    Other creators

Honors & Awards

  • Climate Intelligence Council

    Cervest

    Appointed inaugural member of Cervest’s Climate Intelligence Council.

  • AI General Assembly & Advisory Council

    Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence & Law

    AI General Assembly & Advisory Council Member, focusing on areas of policy, research, ethics and law related to artificial intelligence, digital technologies, intellectual property, and global governance.

  • Chair | Techistential Center for Human & Artificial Intelligence

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  • Fellow | ICAEW

    Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW)

    Bestowed ICAEW’s prestigious Fellowship title (FCA), and honorary keynote speaker (Anticipatory Governance & the Future of Board Practices, Climate & Sustainability Faculty)

  • Foresight Evaluation Task Force | APF

    Association of Professional Futurists

  • Founder DFI Sustainability & Climate Academy

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  • Judge | NGFP Awards

    School of International Futures (SOIF)

    Judge for SOIF's prestigious Next Generation Foresight Practitioners (NGFP) Awards

Languages

  • French

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Palo Alto

    Member

    AAAI promotes research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence. AAAI aims to increase public understanding of AI, improve teaching and training of AI practitioners, and provide guidance concerning the importance and potential of current AI developments and future directions.

  • Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS)

    Expert Panel

  • IEEE

    Professional Member

    IEEE is a global network of engineering, computing & technology professionals, where members collaborate on world‐changing technologies, from computing and sustainable energy systems to aerospace, communications, robotics, artificial intelligence, healthcare, and more.

  • Institute For the Future (Palo Alto)

    Alumni Network

  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW)

    Fellow & Speaker (Anticipatory Governance & Board Practices, Climate & Sustainability Faculty)

  • Santa Fe Institute

    Alumni

    Complexity Science (Complex Systems, including dynamics and chaos, fractals, self-organization, networks, scaling)

  • Singularity University

    Speaker, Mentor - Global Startup Program @ Singularity University Ventures, Alumni Executive Program

  • The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)

    Member

    Founded in 1964, The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) is the largest Artificial Intelligence Society in the UK and the world's oldest AI Society. AISB invites membership from people with a serious interest in AI, Cognitive Science and related areas.

  • World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF)

    Member

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