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Erica Orange
CO-FOUNDER OF WAKE THE FUTURE, TECH FUTURIST WITH A HUMAN EDGE
Partner at The Future Hunters, co-founder of Wake the Future, and author of AI + The New Human Frontier. A globally recognized futurist and keynote speaker, she has delivered 400+ presentations across six continents and helps leaders develop the two human qualities AI can't replace: Agency and Identity.
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Erica Orange works at the intersection of AI, leadership, and human identity.
Co-founder of Wake the Future, and author of AI + The New Human Frontier, Erica helps leaders rethink assumptions and shape the future on their own terms. She helps audiences cultivate what AI cannot replicate: Agency (the practice of independent thought) and Identity (the ongoing work of defining who we are beyond what we produce.)
A globally sought-after keynote speaker, Erica has delivered 400+ presentations across six continents, including TEDx and major international conferences. Known for her authenticity, energy, and no-nonsense clarity, she challenges audiences to cut through the noise, question assumptions, and step into the future with confidence.
Recognized by Forbes as one of the world’s Top 50 Female Futurists, her insights have been featured in Wired, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and CBS This Morning. Erica doesn’t just explain the future – she helps people approach it fully awake, fully prepared, and fully themselves, shaping what comes next with intention.
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Featured Keynote
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AI + The New Human Frontier
If AI can access any fact instantly, analyze data faster than any human, and optimize decisions at scale, what's left for us? Curiosity. Intuition. Discernment. Imagination. Lived experience. As AI accelerates what's possible, organizations are caught between a world being created and the
outdated mindsets they're still defending. This keynote shows leaders how to navigate that gap by cultivating Agency and Identity (A+I) – reclaiming independent judgment and cognitive sovereignty in a world designed to outsource both.
What You'll Learn:
- How to unlearn industrial-era assumptions that limit human potential
- Leading through inquiry when “having all the answers" is no longer enough
- Protecting cognitive sovereignty: thinking for yourself in a machine-driven world
- Why tolerating ambiguity is now a core competency
- Building organizations defined by identity, judgment, and wisdom – not just output
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