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Welcome 2025!
Having made it through what we expected to be a bumpy and uncertain year, things feel more clear this New Year’s Day… in ways that feel both daunting and more hopeful.
The future isn’t happening to us. It is us.
Nancy Giordano is a strategic futurist, global keynote speaker and the author of Leadering. She helps visionary leaders build a future worth being excited about.
- Strategic Futurist
- Author
- Gatherer
- Keynote Speaker
- Founder of Play Big Inc.
More than 200 global keynotes. Strategy work for brands worth over $60 billion.
Amazon #1 bestseller
Leadering
The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger
Leadership is built on yesterday. Leadering confidently and thoughtfully anticipates tomorrow. The book lays out the mindsets and practices visionary leaders use to navigate exponential change.
Also available as an audiobook. Explore the book and workshops
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- Why, what and how
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The future isn't happening to us; it IS us.
Biased in wonder and optimism, Nancy is a strategic futurist focused on building a safe, inclusive, thriving future. Believing we have a once in a generation opportunity to rethink, reimagine and reshape every industry and social construct we call life, she supports and champions those actively architecting bold solutions and guides the visionary leaders eager to meet this call. An active strategist working on horizon solutions, Nancy shares her insights on emerging technologies and shifting cultural expectations in ways that get everyone deeply motivated by the possibilities…and confident to start building.
Why, what and howwhat
At this pivotal moment in history we are not simply heading into a "Fourth Industrial Revolution".
We're rapidly advancing into an entirely new age: the "Exponential Productivity Transformation" (XPT). Exponential technologies are converging with quickly shifting cultural advances to reshape every industry and societal construct, redesigning life ahead. What understandings and questions are essential to allow your organization to embrace the significant opportunities this represents?
Why, what and howhow
We spend a lot of time with those building the future — the technologists, designers, entrepreneurs, scientists and authors coding (and decoding) the big transformations in how we work, pay, collaborate, learn, play and ultimately connect and coordinate. As champions for the future, we are especially excited to put these insights into action across a wide range of Strategic Consulting, Custom Workshops, Keynotes, Executive Learning Events and more. Here are some of the projects we've helped shape…
Three ways to bring Nancy into the room
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Global Keynotes
Nancy's keynote talks are strategically customized to the needs, questions and geography of each audience with topics such as: 21st Century Expectations For Leadership, The Opportunities And Responsibilities Of Being AI-led, The Work Of The Future, and Creating A Future To Be Excited About.
Strategic Consulting & Workshops
The future is being built as we speak but we’re only 5% into what exponential technologies will make possible. Nancy is an optimistic interdisciplinary visionary + global exponential strategist with the unique ability to both explain WHAT is changing and outline HOW we can get there.
Immersive Experiences
New ideas, new connections and new possibilities get us excited! As champions for the future we apply our intellectual energy and unique strategic approach to design and produce deeply immersive experiences that deliver compelling narratives, expand understanding and inspire action.
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What clients say about Nancy.
26 client testimonials · 200+ keynotes
Thanks so much for being the keynote speaker for our event. I've heard nothing but rave reviews! It's always refreshing to meet new people making a difference.
John Watts Jr.
Chief Executive Officer at Paradigm
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The Youthquake Is Rumbling.
While we are all becoming well versed in the forces shaping our future: digital and economic transformation, sustainability and regenerative (vs extractive) practices, systemic equity, access and justice, and tending to our overall wellbeing… I have not met a single business leader who is paying attention to the one that will also radically impact our lives in the years ahead: the emerging Youthquake.
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Beyond The Industrial Era. What Comes Next?
Throughout our industrialized past there have been several big shifts in the way we have leveraged resources and organized societies. As we find ourselves here, on the cusp of another, it's important to acknowledge that we are not simply heading into a "Fourth Industrial Revolution". We're rapidly advancing into an entirely new age: the "Exponential Productivity Transformation" (XPT).
Two communities Nancy built
FemmeFuturists Society
A collection of compelling conversations with the thoughtful women actively shaping our world.
We help the visionary play bigger.
We are in an extraordinary moment in which old systems, approaches, philosophies and institutions are breaking down. The new ones—which will likely look very different—are yet to be created. Successfully navigating between what exists now and what will be created for the first time ever requires a very different way of thinking and behaving. We must reorient our organizational structures away from those that manage and control resources from the top, to ones built to sense and deliver more collaboratively and responsively, harnessing the potential of a highly digital future, in humane and caring ways.
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Keynotes, executive workshops and immersive experiences, tailored to your audience and the questions keeping them up at night.