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Aug 10, 2021

The Strategic Optimist’s Manifesto (excerpt from A Future So Bright)

This is an excerpt of the “manifesto”-style summary of some of the key ideas in my new book A Future So Bright, which will be coming out on September 7th. …

Future

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The Strategic Optimist’s Manifesto (excerpt from A Future So Bright)
The Strategic Optimist’s Manifesto (excerpt from A Future So Bright)
Future

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Dec 31, 2020

Late December

The end of the year teaches us about letting go and renewal, if we let it. — As a child, I thought December was winter, and that winter meant the end of the year. …

Essay

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Late December
Late December
Essay

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Dec 26, 2020

The Obligation of Gratitude

A call to make our appreciation for our own good fortune more actionable for others. — Most people think of Thanksgiving as the high holiday of gratitude in the calendar year, but for me it tends to be the last few weeks of December. …

Gratitude

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The Obligation of Gratitude
The Obligation of Gratitude
Gratitude

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Nov 30, 2020

Do we dare try to make 2021 our best year yet?

There is a popular tendency, amplified perhaps by social media, to catalog all current events by the year in which they are happening, and when these current events are what we might call ”bad,“ to then blame the year itself for being a bad year. …

Goal Setting

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Do we dare try to make 2021 our best year yet?
Do we dare try to make 2021 our best year yet?
Goal Setting

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Jan 9, 2020

The Future of Work vs. the Future of Jobs

While business tends to focus on the future of work and humans tend to focus on the future of jobs, the real potential for the future is in aligning them. When I speak with groups of executives about emerging technology, digital transformation, and the future of human experiences, every group…

Technology

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The Future of Work vs. the Future of Jobs
The Future of Work vs. the Future of Jobs
Technology

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Mar 28, 2019

Tech Humanist Meets Las Vegas: Experience and Purpose at Adobe Summit

The Adobe Summit has been taking place in Las Vegas this week, and having attended as part of the Adobe Insiders influencers program, I’ve come away not only with a striking sleep deficit, but also with a wonderful sense of satisfaction that the world is adapting to share my beliefs…

Digital Transformation

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Tech Humanist Meets Las Vegas: Experience and Purpose at Adobe Summit
Tech Humanist Meets Las Vegas: Experience and Purpose at Adobe Summit
Digital Transformation

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Mar 21, 2018

Should A Bot Have to Tell You It’s a Bot?

With humans and automation sharing many customer care responsibilities, the answer’s not totally straightforward — Note: A modified version of this piece is included in the new book Tech Humanist. Let’s say you have a question regarding your bank account, so you visit your bank’s website to find a phone number to call them. While you’re looking for that, a chat box pops up in…

Artificial Intelligence

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Should A Bot Have to Tell You It’s a Bot?
Should A Bot Have to Tell You It’s a Bot?
Artificial Intelligence

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Feb 14, 2018

A Widow Sees Some Things About Love

I would never claim to know more about love than most people. All humans — and maybe non-human animals too — probably come equipped with a fairly intuitive understanding of it. But as a widow, having seen the one I then loved most in the world die, my view of…

Love

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Love

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Published in Meaning & Meaningfulness

·Oct 24, 2017

Here’s what I know.

I know things don’t always work out. I know life doesn’t last. Life is finite. I know love survives death. But I also know sometimes love doesn’t work out, doesn’t last, doesn’t live up to all of its promises. I know bad things happen to good people. I know all of this. And yet I know this, too: I know it’s still possible to be happy. I know it’s still possible to throw yourself wholeheartedly into love, even when you know you could end up hurt, because what else are you going to do, avoid it?

Love

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Love

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Published in Intuition Machine

·Jul 29, 2017

The Tech Humanist Manifesto

We need to encode technology with the best of our humanity. — Note: this manifesto generated so much interest and such encouraging feedback that it grew into a book published in 2018: Tech Humanist. Please buy, read, review, share, and keep spreading the word. After twenty-plus years of working in web technology, digital strategy, marketing, and operations, with job titles like “intranet…

Artificial Intelligence

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The Tech Humanist Manifesto
The Tech Humanist Manifesto
Artificial Intelligence

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Kate O'Neill

Kate O'Neill

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Speaker, author, expert on better tech for business & people, & transformation—digital & otherwise. @kateo. http://www.koinsights.com/about/about-kate-oneill/.

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