John Hagel

John Hagel has spent over 40 years in Silicon Valley as a management consultant, author, speaker and entrepreneur. He became involved with AI technology when it was first introduced and has been focused on its implications for business and humans. While everyone is talking about AI, John believes there are significant untapped opportunities created by the technology, but addressing these opportunities will require profound change in our organizations and in our practices as individuals.

Throughout his career, John has worked with leaders of large institutions around the world, including his current work as a consultant with Beyond Our Edge, LLC. Before this, while a partner at Deloitte, John was the founder and chairman of a global research center – the Center for the Edge. Before joining Deloitte, John was a Principal at McKinsey & Company, where he was a leader in their Strategy Practice. He helped to open McKinsey’s Silicon Valley office and was a founder of their e-commerce practice. John has also served as senior vice president of strategy at Atari, Inc., and is the founder of two Silicon Valley startups. John is also a faculty member at Singularity University, and he is on the Board of Trustees at the Santa Fe Institute, an organization that conducts leading edge research on complex adaptive systems.

On the side, John has published 8 books on many different topics, but all of them are focused on looking into the future and seeing large, emerging opportunities. His most recent book is The Journey Beyond Fear, which encourages people to overcome the emotion of fear that is becoming more prevalent around the world, so that they can more effectively address large, emerging opportunities. In addition to his most recent book, John’s books include the best selling business books, The Power of Pull, Net Gain, Net Worth, Out of the Box, and The Only Sustainable Edge. He is widely published and quoted in major business publications including The Economist, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal, as well as general media like the New York Times, NBC and BBC. He has won two awards from Harvard Business Review for best articles in that publication and has been recognized as an industry thought leader by a variety of publications and institutions, including the World Economic Forum and Business Week.