Kate O'Neill, professional global keynote speaker

As a globally recognized keynote speaker and thought leader, I deliver transformative insights at the intersection of technology, business, and human experience. My talks inspire and equip leaders to navigate digital transformation while creating meaningful human experiences at scale.

Selected speaking engagements demonstrate impact across sectors:

- GLOBAL LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION
    - United Nations: Multiple keynotes on data-driven innovation and human experience
    - World Government Summit (Dubai): Future of work presentation to world leaders
    - Amsterdam's Future-Readiness Initiative: Strategic city transformation
- FORTUNE 500 & ENTERPRISE
    - Executive keynotes for Google, IBM, Adobe, Microsoft, Cisco
    - Digital transformation strategies for Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Charles Schwab
    - Innovation workshops for HCA Healthcare, Northwestern Mutual
- SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE
    - Tech Innovation: Talks at Google series, Etsy Engineering Day
    - Academic Leadership: Guest lectures at Cambridge, Harvard, Yale
    - Industry Events: INBOUND, O'Reilly Strata + Hadoop World London

Speaking topics include:

- • The Tech Humanist Approach to Digital Transformation
- • AI Ethics and Responsible Innovation
- • Future-Ready Leadership in a Tech-Driven World
- • Creating Meaningful Human Experiences at Scale

Available for keynotes, executive workshops, and strategic advisory sessions. Past audiences have included C-suite executives and senior leaders from Fortune 500 companies, tech innovators, and global organizations committed to responsible digital transformation.

Professional Keynote Speaker

The Tech Humanist Show

The Tech Humanist Show is a multi-format program exploring how data and technology shape the human experience. Available as both a podcast and video series, the show features in-depth conversations with influential thinkers and leaders in ethical AI, privacy, and emerging technology. Distinguished guests have included Dr. Rumman Chowdhury (former Twitter Director of ML Ethics), David Ryan Polgar (Founder of All Tech Is Human), Dr. Safiya Noble (author of "Algorithms of Oppression"), and Yanis Varoufakis (former finance minister of Greece and author of “Technofeudalism”), among other visionary voices shaping the future of technology and humanity.

Creator, Host, Executive Producer

KO Insights

KO Insights is a premier strategic advisory firm transforming how global organizations navigate the intersection of technology and humanity. We specialize in human-centric digital transformation, AI ethics, and meaningful innovation at scale.

Our expertise delivers measurable impact through executive advisory services, transformative keynotes, and strategic workshops. We help organizations harness emerging technologies while prioritizing meaningful human experiences and responsible innovation.

Select client engagements showcase our impact across sectors:

- Guided a FORTUNE 50 TECH GIANT in developing ethical AI frameworks and human-centric product strategies
- Partnered with a GLOBAL CONSUMER BRAND LEADER to revolutionize their digital customer experience across 100+ markets
- Led digital transformation strategy for a MAJOR HEALTHCARE NETWORK, focusing on patient experience optimization
- Advised a LEADING SMART CITY INITIATIVE on human-centric IoT implementation
- Facilitated strategic innovation workshops for MULTIPLE FORTUNE 100 EXECUTIVE TEAMS

Our client portfolio includes Fortune 100 corporations, global tech leaders, prestigious universities (including Harvard, Cambridge, Yale), major healthcare institutions, government agencies, and the United Nations. We've worked with recognized brands such as Google, IBM, Adobe, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and McDonald's, delivering transformative insights that drive both business success and human benefit.

We share our insights globally through books, articles, and thought leadership collaborations with major organizations. My upcoming book "What Matters Next: A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast" (2025, Wiley and Thinkers50) continues this tradition.

Founder & CEO / Chief Tech Humanist (Expert Consultant/Advisor, Author, Speaker)

Professional Global Keynote Speaker

Leading Authorities, Inc.

BigSpeak Speakers Bureau

Keppler Speakers

London Speaker Bureau

Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve

Have consulted on strategy projects for Fortune 500 clients, including go-to-market consumer strategy for a new pharmaceutical device, as well as providing expert input on trends for client projects from time to time.

Consulting Strategist / Member of "TalentBank" Panel of Experts

Deep Focus

Stepped in temporarily to lead strategy definition for a client roster including household-name consumer brands and global organizations.

Strategy Consultant

Known globally as the "Tech Humanist," Kate O'Neill is a leading voice on AI ethics, responsible tech, and human-centric digital transformation. As a sought-after expert, she advises Fortune 500 leaders and speaks at high-profile events worldwide on navigating our tech-driven future while prioritizing human experiences.

Kate's unique blend of "Strategic Optimism" and tech expertise has made her an in-demand consultant for organizations facing complex challenges in emerging technologies, climate change, and rapid digital transformation. Her insights help businesses innovate responsibly, balancing technological advancement with human values.

Career highlights:

- Author of six books, including the forthcoming "What Matters Next: A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast"
- Shortlisted for the prestigious Thinkers50 Digital Thinking Award
- Featured expert on BBC, WIRED, NPR, and other major media outlets
- Pioneering roles: First content management position at Netflix, built Toshiba's first intranet

With over 25 years of cross-functional expertise in technology, strategy, and innovation, Kate has consistently been at the forefront of digital industry practices. Her work spans from data analytics and IoT to AI and machine learning, always with a focus on creating meaningful, scalable human experiences.

Recognized as "Technology Entrepreneur of the Year" and "Strategist of the Year," Kate continues to shape the global conversation on how businesses can thrive in the digital age while making a positive impact on humanity.

For more information, visit: http://www.koinsights.com/about/about-kate-oneill/

Latest book available for pre-order at: 
https://www.amazon.com/What-Matters-Next-Human-Friendly-Decisions/dp/1394296428/

Kate O'Neill

Cait Donovan Keynote Speaker

Providing impactful and FUN (yes, fun) workshops and talks on burnout, burnout recovery, boundaries, resilience and more!

Professional Speaker

The go-to podcast for the burnt out. A mixture of deeply personal interviews with people who have burnt out and survived to tell the story and the highly requested #straightfromcait episodes that answer YOUR questions about burnout. Have a Q you want answered on the show? Send Cait a private message!

Podcast Host

Providing 1:1 burnout recovery coaching services to the burnt out amongst us who need a helping hand. 3 month programs designed to kickstart burnout recovery and provide the tools and map necessary to make it through burnout recovery with grace.

FRIED Guide Burnout Recovery Coach

National Speakers Association NYC Chapter

2 year board member term for the NYC Chapter of that National Speakers Association.

President Elect

The Burnout Panel

Speaker / Panelist

Cait Donovan LLC

Providing acupuncture for entrepreneurial womxn in NYC since Sept 2019 and loving it!

Licensed Acupuncturist

Nature Care Clinic

Worked largely with the expat community providing life-coaching and acupuncture as a general practitioner.

Acupuncturist

Caitlin Donovan Acupuncture

As of April, 2011 I opened my doors at my own private practice.  I regularly treated 50+ patients a week as well as handled any and all managerial tasks.  Due to my previous experience in an infertility center, I treated many women for fertility and gynecological issues.

Acupuncturist / Owner

Przychodnia Lekarska Novum (Fertility Center)

I saw 80+ patients per week, with 90% concentration on women's health and fertility.  This was an integrative opportunity that I created for myself in a western fertility clinic. In my 4 years at nOvum, I helped countless women reach their pregnancy goals by supporting their IVF/IUI/ICSI journeys.

Rady Children's Hospital

As part of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine Intern program, I had the opporutunity to work with children and their families with issues ranging from cancer and blood disorders to chronic pain.  I learned to work with whatever tools were available and to be very open to the changing, fast paced atmosphere of a hospital setting.  Also, we were required to chart in the hospital's files, which improved my charting skills.

Intern Acupuncturist

Pacific Beach Free Clinic

As part of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine's Intern Program, I had the ability to spend one day per week providing acupuncture for the homeless community in Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA.  We were responsible for promoting our medicine to the patients and afterwards providing treatment.  This opportunity taught me how to speak about acupuncture in the sense of marketing and allowed me to help a community that is often forgotten.

As a speaker, healthcare practitioner, life long entrepreneur, and human excellence aficionado - I'm obsessed with the intersection of mindset, physiology, biology, neuroscience, genetics, generational trauma, and stress.

I'm not a researcher - but I do love translating other people's research into layman's terms so that items like increasing psychological safety and dismantling burnout feel do-able. 

I love working with orgs, companies, and leaders who know they have a burnout problem and are ready to address it. With the BURNBOLD™ framework, leaders and teams master the techniques that foster innovative, collaborative, and resilient company cultures.

Burnout can be used as the key to unlocking everything your organization needs to thrive and it's my favorite thing to help you create the burnout master key you've been looking for.

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