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Heather E McGowan
Future of Work Keynote Speaker, Heather E. McGowan, defines the Future of Work as a process of preparing for rapid and constant changes. Drawing on her extensive experience on both the supply (education) and demand (corporate) sides of human talent development and organization, McGowan has been the top Future of Work keynote speaker longer than the term has been in widespread use. Keynote discussions around the future of work once focused on the role of technology in displacing human knowledge work. Today, they focus on the humanization of work itself.
In her two most recent books (The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work; Wiley 2020 and The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce; Wiley 2023), and across all of her keynote speeches, McGowan tackles subjects from human adaptation, learning agility, agile mindset theory, and mitigating the risk of technological unemployment to hybrid workplaces, empathetic leadership, the power of purpose and belonging in talent retention, culture development, the essential role of trust, the strategic advantage of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and the opportunity to redesign work to unleash more human potential than ever before.
If you’re looking for a Future of Work keynote speaker who can shift the thinking of your audiences in under one hour to embrace explorations into the rapidly changing future of work, Heather E. McGowan is the speaker for you.
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“Heather is my go-to -person because there are a lot of mirages out there when it comes to the Future of Work and she is the oasis. She is the real deal. Her ability to convey information in both words and visuals together are really powerful.”
“I knew within the first 60 seconds of speaking to Heather that she was the right fit for our executive leadership meeting which was centered around the future of work. Heather shared rich data and personal insights that most of our leaders had never seen before and brought it to life in a very real, digestible and credible way. Her presentation really opened our eyes and gave us a glimpse into what’s to come. She was, simply put, awe inspiring.”
“Heather is an exceptional thought leader. Her ability to anticipate emerging trends, and synthesize information about the future of business, is truly remarkable. I’ve had the great pleasure of working with Heather over many years, and her insights have helped our business and our clients prepare for the future.”
