Mike Bechtel
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Topics Include:
Artificial Intelligence
About the speaker
An inventor turned investor, and now futurist and professor, Mike Bechtel turns the art of the possible into the art of the profitable, helping his clients arrive at their preferred tomorrows slightly ahead of schedule. In his 25+ years at the forefront of technology innovation... More
An inventor turned investor, and now futurist and professor, Mike Bechtel turns the art of the possible into the art of the profitable, helping his clients arrive at their preferred tomorrows slightly ahead of schedule. In his 25+ years at the forefront of technology innovation (Global Chief Futurist at Deloitte, Global Innovation Director at Accenture, Venture Capital co-founder, and Professor of Corporate Innovation at the University of Notre Dame), Mike has had a front row seat to the future for over 25 years. He’s delivered 2,500+ keynotes to thrilled conference goers, company all-hands, C-Suites, Boards of Directors, government, and academic audiences on six continents. Mike’s high-energy, “edu-taining” style is thought-provoking, smile-inducing, down-to-earth, and eminently memorable. Notably: Over half of Mike’s book of work comes from repeat business.
Speech Topics Include:
A Brief History of the Future – An incomparable tour of what’s now, new, and next in tech
Human After All – The enduring business case for people in an age of AI
Learn-it-Alls over Know-it-Alls – Why dot connectors beat dot perfectors in the long run
Innovation for Realists – How to drive change in organizations full of skeptical experts
The Art of Storytelling – How to get your message to land in an attention-starved world
In Math We Trust – Clarifying crypto, Bitcoin & the digital transformation of capital
Private Equity in Plain English – Decoding PE, VC & the startup economy
Chronically Optimistic – How multiple sclerosis helped me find my calling
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