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Nancy Giordano's speaking fee falls within range: $30,000 to $50,000
Described as endlessly optimistic, Nancy is a visionary strategist, gatherer and author who has given more than 200 keynotes across the world. With a drive to help enterprise organizations and caring leaders transform to meet the escalating expectations ahead, she is recognized as one of the world’s top female futurists. As founder of Play Big Inc, she + her global PYNKrs (“people you need to know”) guide visionary leaders through this exponentially potent moment of change.
Her expertise and experiences range from A.I. to frozen foods to reinventing the internet, and all of her projects have a key common denominator: transitioning away from the extractive operating systems and expired thinking of the industrial era to creating the more regenerative, inclusive and dynamic solutions the future demands.
The world’s first TEDx licensee, co-founder of the Femme Futurists Society podcast, best-selling author of LeaderING: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger, and mother of three, Nancy has advised and worked with many of the top companies in the world. In 2015, she was eager to learn from AI pioneer Doug Lennat in an attempt to commercialize his symbolic approach to common sense, explainable AI. Fascinated by the intersection of technology, business, society and our own expanding consciousness, she has designed and produced several immersive leadership conferences and strategic acceleration summits and for the past five years has been as advisor to Kungfu.AI, a fast-growing AI services company.
An activist for a better next, she is championing two bold ideas poised to weave a more human, truly peer-to-peer internet: Holochain + Holo Hosting; she is helping usher in an era of Partnerism, a socio-economic approach that recognizes and rewards the value of caring for people and for nature (and makes visible the cost of not doing so); she hosts an online gathering each month to help us all move beyond uncertainty by embracing the potential in “the new story” taking shape; and she is co-producer of a new, hopeful documentary that explores the regenerative socio-economic models emerging around the world.
Regarded futurist Nancy Giordano outlines the most important trends steering our society forward and explains how we must change our business models and institutional systems in order to remain relevant. From growing income inequality to the relationship economy, she poses the ethical challenges today's leaders need to face and the tools they must manage to skillfully do so.
Some of the key characteristics successful leaders must have include self-awareness, humility, and the ability to admit they are willing to learn and listen. "Living in a land of ambiguity is okay, not always having the answer is fine," she tells CEOs. Furthermore, in today's environment, she emphasizes that leaders and their organizations will benefit from "this idea that we can actually trust each other, that we can go into a space of expressing, and listening with empathy."
Leading futurist, Nancy Giordano helps audiences discover key trends and technologies shaping their future along with the exciting opportunities these shifts present. Brimming with optimism and valuable insights, Giordano inspires business leaders and their teams to reinvent models and strategies, equipping them with the necessary tools to move forward successfully while maximizing the meaning they contribute to society.
AI & THE EXPONENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY TRANSFORMATION (XPT)
We are now moving way beyond the Industrial Era to an age of exponential technological, “intelligence” + societal change that is supercharging productivity and allowing us to evolve our capabilities at blindingly fast speed.
- What are the key forces driving this hyperchange, and what are the responsibilities + opportunities these present? - What will this mean for the future of work vs the future of working? - How can we better prepare ourselves, our teams, and our communities to make better decisions, much faster?
LEADERSHIP TO LEADERING: THE MINDSET WE NEED TO BUILD THE FUTURE WE WANT
In a time of constant flux, the ability to navigate the unknown and deliver exponential value creation are the defining characteristics of successful organizations. It’s not what we think anymore, it’s how we think that’s important.
- Understanding the necessary shift from traditional leadership to a more dynamic, caring, systemic approach. - What are the evolving practices and mindsets needed to shift from replicating the past to confidently navigating an emergent tomorrow? - Who are the visionary leaders showing the way?
REPATTERNING THE FUTURE: THE CASE FOR EXPONENTIAL HOPE
The embedded patterns and constructs underlying our decaying systems and stymieing our ability to make vast, systemic shifts are expiring. What are healthier, more equitable, and sustainable options emerging for the future?
- As every system and industry is being reshaped, how can these be repatterned for greater resilience and inclusion? - How does distributed technology offer new patterns for coordination and exchange? - How can regenerative practices & new economic systems restore and enhance all living systems?
“Ms. Giordano was probably one of the best speakers I’ve had the privilege to watch. It really got me thinking and excited for our future. ” – Kristin M., Eternal Ink LLC
“Nancy was a huge success and I would have her speak with my teams again. She is an awesome human being and inspiration. ” – Giovanna Morley, CEO Worldwide Clinical Trials
“Thank you for making the summit so magical! The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. It was obvious how much the Caruso team enjoyed the 3 days of presentations and workshops.” – Kathleen Vu, SVP Human Resources, Caruso
“A wonderful job of articulating how the business world is changing. Nancy’s advice and guidance is practical and actionable. ” – Christina Furtado – Head of Corporate Affairs for Dell Technologies
“Nancy has a unique ability to highlight the most innovative applications of technology on the market, while making them relevant to the audience and somehow making the true story about people. ” – Alex Saric, CMO, Invalua
“Nancy, I was in attendance during your virtual presentation last week. You are brilliant and inspiring. I am reading your book asap! Thank you.” – Katie Chesen, Group Account Director, InTouch Group
“Thank you for taking the time to speak to our team last week about the important work that you do. It was both eye-opening and inspiring”. – Kristen Schwarz, Vice President, HBOMax
“Your’s was the talk that gave my SXSW experience it’s intellectual center of gravity. Many thanks”. – Rich Donovan, Creative Director, LIDA Australia
“Nancy has a unique ability to highlight the most innovative applications of technology on the market, while making them relevant to the audience and somehow making the true story about people”. – Alex Saric, CMO, Invalua
“I really loved your Vistage Summit Keynote – how you articulated the importance of data ethics, diversity in decision making and compassion in how we manage and use our data, particularly in AI. You are so inspiring and look forward to reading your book Leadering!” – Kelle O’Neal – Founder & CEO, First San Francisco Partners
“Playbig Inc. says they ‘help leaders…play bigger’. But really, they actually help their clients THINK bigger, think better, think differently and help navigate the future in well considered and intelligently informed ways”. – Seth Foster, Vice President – Project Administration, ITEC
“THIS is what I appreciated most from your talk and your commitment. That to change what’s out there we need to change what’s in here. And to change the future, we need to change the present. Godspeed!” – Doug Barton, Director UW E-Business Consortium, University of Wisconsin Madison
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Leadering: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger
Leadership is built on yesterday. Leadering confidently and thoughtfully anticipates tomorrow.
This transformative new era requires a radically different approach to leadership. The tactics put in place to reduce risk, drive success and make us feel safe in the past are now the very things creating vulnerability today. In Leadering, Nancy Giordano provides clarity and urgency around what twentyfirst-century stewardship demands as exponential technologies and changing societal expectations converge to shape a better next.
Ditching last century’s industrial playbook—driven relentlessly, and almost exclusively, on growth—allows us to instead focus on building new, more expansive practices committed to human-centric innovation, regenerative solutions, and the creation of long-term value. With many years advising world-class enterprise leaders on ways to thrive in ambiguity, Nancy is convinced we don’t need to change what we think as much as how we think to be successful. This book challenges us to shift our outdated thinking and adopt the mindset we need to build the future we all want.
• Endorsed by bestselling authors and contemporary thought leaders such as: Sunni Brown, Riane Eisler, Douglas Rushkoff, Chip Conley. • Learn more about why we must move from Leadership to Leadering • Watch our Leadering Live series with global thought leaders including John Hagel, Steven Kotler, and Erica Dhawan
We’ve learned the hard way the challenges of providing bulk books and custom discounts to client groups, and so have set up our own book distribution storefront designed to offer Nancy’s book in any format (audio, ebook, paper or hard cover) to anywhere in the world. The hard copies are already signed and can be customized further if needed: https://shop.nancygiordano.com
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