Diana Wu David

Diana is Director of Futures at ServiceNow’s Innovation Office in New York City, developing foresight capabilities for executives and customers. Named in Global Gurus’ ranking of futurists and a top 50 future of work expert, she’s an international keynote speaker and certified C-suite advisor who helps leaders prepare their organizations for disruption. A former Financial Times executive, she founded and led Future Proof Lab before joining ServiceNow. She’s the best-selling author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration (Inc. magazine’s Top 10 Innovation book) and writes about AI, web3, and demographic change for Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Inc., and Nikkei. She began her career as an assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger.
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Diana Wu David, AI keynote speaker — Prophets of AI

About Diana Wu David

Diana Wu David is Director of Futures at ServiceNow’s Innovation Office in New York City, developing foresight capabilities for executives and customers. Ranked among the leading futurists by Global Gurus and a top 50 future of work expert, she’s an international keynote speaker and certified C-suite advisor who helps leaders prepare their organizations for disruption. A former Financial Times executive, she founded and led Future Proof Lab before joining ServiceNow. She’s the best-selling author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration (Inc. magazine’s Top 10 Innovation book) and writes about AI, web3, and demographic change for Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Inc., and Nikkei. She began her career as an assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger.
“”Like master kaleidoscope makers, we transform the fragments of human wisdom into tomorrow’s infinite patterns of possibility.””

Humans+Machines: Leading a New Symbiosis

Diana Wu David keynote topics

Humans+Machines: Leading a New Symbiosis

As AI agents move from tools to teammates, the leaders who win will not be those who adopt fastest but those who design the smartest human and machine work systems. Diana Wu David explores how organizations can build trust architectures, redesign roles, and create resilient operating models where humans and machines amplify each other.

The Potential of Humans in an AI-Powered World

In an age of AI, what role do compassion, empathy and teamwork play? Diana Wu David shares stories of people using emerging technologies, from AI and quantum to web3 and spatial intelligence, to augment rather than replace human potential, and explores the pitfalls of AI that can amplify our worst instincts.

The Antifragile Organization

Why do some companies spot and seize trends on the horizon while others pedal furiously just to keep up? Diana Wu David shows how agile mindsets and practices help organizations thrive in an uncertain world, with stories of companies that grow stronger from disruption and take advantage of the world’s biggest trends.

Megatrends - Major Shifts on the Horizon

Demographic tsunamis, collective intelligence, and emerging technology such as quantum, data and AI, along with the energy transition, are megatrends changing how boards, CEOs and senior leaders compete. Diana Wu David sets out the headwinds leaders need to know, how to prioritize them, and how to win.

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In an era where AI threatens to replace human decision-making, how do we architect 'antifragile' organizations that don't just survive disruption, but thrive on it?

Questions for Diana Wu David

In an era where AI threatens to replace human decision-making, how do we architect 'antifragile' organizations that don't just survive disruption, but thrive on it?

As AI accelerates the metabolism of change, what hidden patterns emerge when East meets West in the future of leadership?

How do we master the art of organizational reinvention or reincarnation in the age of AI?

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