Angela Oguntala: On How We Perceive and Respond to Change and Future Trends
TALK. In this keynote talk from Techfestival 2018 Angela Oguntala (US/DK) Director at Futures Consultancy Greyspace helps us uncover how to think about trends shaping the future, without feeling determined by them. In this talk Oguntala reminds us that it is always possible to move upstream, create counter-trends and find new pathways in our businesses, organisations and lives— even if it means moving in a different direction than the one everyone else seems to be going in. Watch the full keynote here to catch up on what Oguntala had to say about how we can challenge our futures thinking.
“Along the way we started to forget that technology will always be defined by the people using it. We lost track of that. But we do actually get to define and shape how technologies should influence our lives. And if we are bold enough to imagine what that expanded range of possibilities could be, and if we choose to take action from the understanding that we shape technology, and not the other way around, then that has the powerful potential to carry us all towards a better future”
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