Austin 2024

As CEO/Founder of PLAY BIG Inc, Nancy is an exponential strategist, business futurist and bestselling author with a drive to help enterprise organizations and visionary leaders transform to meet the escalating expectations ahead. Described as endlessly optimistic, she is recognized as one of the world’s top female futurists and has spent her career building, shaping, and evolving a portfolio of $60+ billion worth of major global brands. Invited to give over 170+ global keynote talks and with growing conviction of what will (and needs to) shift, executives value her unique abilities to sense and synthesize the terrain ahead.Her expertise and experiences range from A.I., to frozen foods, to reinventing the internet. Her projects all have a key common denominator; transitioning away from the extractive operating systems and outdated business thinking that no longer holds up, to creating the more sustainable, inclusive and dynamic solutions the future demands.Author of the Amazon bestselling book Leadering: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger, Nancy is a frequent panelist at South by Southwest, Singularity University guest lecture, and the world’s first TEDx licensee. She advises leaders on the organizational structures and new mindsets necessary to effectively harness the significant technology innovations heading our way and ensure a safe and thriving future for us all.
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The quality of the breakout sessions, panels, and keynote speakers are the best of any conference I’ve attended.

HR Director

National University