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In my WHAT MATTERS NEXT era...

Excited to introduce my new book — WHAT MATTERS NEXT: A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That’s Moving Too Fast. Officially available for pre-order TODAY ahead of its big debut on January 28, 2025.

About WHAT MATTERS NEXT:
This comprehensive guide helps leaders navigate the complexities of a rapidly evolving tech landscape, offering tools to make confident decisions amidst AI and emerging technologies. It provides a practical framework for ethical, human-centered decision-making, essential for future-ready businesses in a tech-driven world.

Pre-order your copy and take an assessment to determine your decision-making style:
https://www.koinsights.com/books/what-matters-next-book/

Special thanks to Sara Neves at Unicorn Designer Studio for the adorable Taylor-Swift-themed pre-order launch week gift. Sara's web work truly enhances my brand, and her thoughtful gifts enhance my life. :) Thank you, Sara!

The future may be unknowable, but it isn't necessarily unpredictable. Either way, we can do our best to prepare for it.

How to predict the future - Kate O'Neill | KO Insights The future may be unknowable, but unpredictable it is not. And that doesn’t mean we can’t do our best to prepare for it.

The Tech Humanist Show is a multi-media-format program exploring how data and technology shape the human experience, hosted by Kate O’Neill.
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Today we are joined by Vanessa Mason. Mason is the research director for IFTF's Vantage Partnership, a
network of future-smart organizations that support strategic foresight
research into the urgent futures that will shape the next decade across
the business, social and civic spheres. Her research and foresight work
delivers and scales behaviors, products, services, technologies and
spaces with a focus on health and wellbeing.

Vanessa has led work at the intersection of inclusive design, innovation and
health for global companies including Genentech, government entities
including the City of Oakland and the Brazilian Ministry of Health,
startups such as Iodine, and pilot innovations funded by foundations
including the Aetna Foundation. Vanessa has written for and been quoted in several media outlets including NPR and Fast Company.

She is a frequent speaker and has been recognized as a 2018 Aspen Ideas
Festival Spotlight Health Scholar, 40 Under 40 Tech Diversity Silicon
Valley, 2016 New Leaders Council San Francisco Fellow and
as a 2016 TEDMED Research Scholar. She serves on the American Heart
Association's Social Impact Fund Investment Advisory Committee. Vanessa earned her BA in psychology from Yale University and her MPH in global health from Columbia University.

Thank you so much for joining us on The Tech Humanist Show Vanessa!