Futurist.
Strategic foresight and innovation advisor.

Named a Future Innovator by the United Nations.

A presenter on stage at a conference with a large screen behind her displaying the words 'Brain MIND' and a section titled 'Signals & Clues' with images of a hand and drone. The audience is seated in front of the stage.

On emerging technologies and broader global shifts, which of them demand a change of direction, and how to innovate under genuine uncertainty.

Business Summit. 5,000 attendees.

On how artificial intelligence, geopolitics, and sustainability converge, and what that demands of leaders navigating risk and decision-making on a global scale.

In conversation with former MI6 Chief Sir Alex Younger and Sarah Porter.
6,000 attendees, 17 countries.

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The Future 2050 TV Original Series.

Presented by Angela Oguntala, Ban Ki-moon, Christiana Figueres, and global leaders. A four part series examining how climate change is reshaping business, technology, and society, and where the most consequential responses are emerging.

Conversations

Keynotes, panels, and conversations with global leaders.

Covered topics:
Artificial intelligence, innovation, leadership, transformation, global shifts, and the future of work.

Select industries:
Technology, financial services, manufacturing, consumer goods, public sector.

Angela Oguntala, futurist and keynote speaker, on stage at an event where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke, chemicals and ingredients sector.
Angela Oguntala, futurist and keynote speaker, on stage at an event where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke, chemicals and ingredients sector.

On re-invention and innovation for the century ahead.

Chemicals and ingredients

On the assumptions that narrow or expand the choices we believe we have.

TED Talk

Angela Oguntala, futurist keynote speaker, at a Visa cross-sector executive summit, financial services sector.

On leading and innovating where people discover, choose, and buy differently.

Cross-sector executive summit

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In conversation with KPMG's Global Chief Digital Officer, on decision-making under uncertainty in a world being reshaped by AI and geopolitics

Global Perspectives Podcast

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On shifts in emerging technology and human behavior, and where they create new demand

Marketing and technology leaders summit

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On global shifts, innovation, and building resilience

Manufacturing

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On the risks of short-term thinking in complex environments

Professional services

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On digital sovereignty, innovation, and leading through change

Industry and government summit

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On what leadership demands when change compounds

AWS executive leadership summit

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In conversation with Heineken's CTO Stacey Tank, on global shifts and building resilience

Fireside Chat

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On climate action, transforming business models, and the pathways ahead

Public sector

Clients

Advisory

The dominant assumptions that shaped how businesses are built, where value sits, how organizations are led, and how people work are shifting at mass scale.

Select industries:
Beverages, automotive, luxury, insurance, cities, professional services, payments, technology, healthcare.

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A global payments network.
The evolution of payments.

The infrastructure of value exchange is being rebuilt.

Advising on new products, services, and business models, and the long-term bets that define a payments network's relevance.

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A big four firm.
Leadership in a new era of consulting.

Artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are redefining the value consulting delivers.

Advising on the new leadership capabilities needed to lead through transformation.

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A mega-development project.
Designing cities that endure change.

Rising temperatures, demographic pressure, and technological change are redefining what a city needs to deliver.

Advising on how cities are planned and designed for resilience as conditions keep changing.

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An insurance group.
New forms of risk.

Technological, environmental, and behavioral risks are forming faster than existing models can absorb.

Advising on organizational preparedness and product innovation.

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A global beverage company.
The future of consumer choice.

Emerging science, technology, and shifting consumer behavior are redrawing category boundaries.

Advising on innovation and portfolio strategy.

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An automotive brand.
The new logic of ownership.

Shifting attitudes toward ownership and identity are redefining what a premium brand stands for.

Advising on product and innovation strategy, and what the brand delivers when ownership is optional.

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A leading health technology company.
Longevity and healthcare evolution.

Longer lives are changing what the delivery of care needs to look like.

Advising on long-term innovation, and the new assumptions healthcare now has to be built around.

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An international luxury house.
Sustainability as a strategic advantage.

Sustainability is a condition of long-term brand relevance.

Advising on innovation in materials and business models as expectations and behaviors shift.

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A global furniture retailer.
How people live, work, and inhabit space.

Shifts in how people live and work are redefining the role a furniture company plays.

Advising on long-term product strategy and innovation priorities.