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

The Concord Leadership Group LLC

WE HELP PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONSBECOME LEADERS
People in leadership positions are grossly misunderstood. To outsiders, they seem like the ones sitting in high places with unbridled power. After all, they’re the ones calling the shots.

BUT INSIDERS KNOW THAT CALLING THE SHOTS DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE UNBRIDLED POWER;
IT MEANS YOU HAVE OVERWHELMING RESPONSIBILITY.
That responsibility may have come with a recent promotion. Or you may have been carrying it for so long it feels like it’s crushing you. Or maybe you’re finding that once-reliable strategies for dealing with the overwhelm aren’t up to the challenges you’re facing today. You may be wondering if you’re really cut out for this leadership thing. You may be dealing with doubt, imposter syndrome, anxiety, dread, or a belief they promoted the wrong person or that it’s too much or that you’re simply not cut out for this anymore.

We get it. People depend on you for so much—from encouragement to strategic decisions to flat-out livelihoods.

The Concord Leadership Group helps leaders navigate the rough waters and the heavy burden of leading. We work best with leaders who have experienced success in the past and everyone around them knows they will keep on succeeding but who still feel like they are making it up as they go.  

Through executive coaching, keynotes, workshops, and leadership intensives, leaders work through the nine strategies in the Quadrant 3 Leadership™ framework.  

If you are experiencing leadership churn or if you’re feeling pulled apart by competing demands or overwhelmed with responsibilities, the Concord Leadership Group can help. We offer a range of programs for C-Suite executives, founders, owners, boards, and teams, all designed to help people in leadership positions to become the leaders who drive growth, improve culture, and build bottom lines.

THE SOONER WE GET STARTED, THE SOONER EVERYONE STARTS SLEEPING BETTER.

Pennybridge

Advisory Board Member

The Nonprofit Academy

Running a nonprofit is hard enough, you don't have to do it alone! The Nonprofit Academy is a CFRE approved provider of services nonprofit leaders around the world with over 75 CFRE credits and more than 100 trainings, tools, and templates on all aspects of fundraising, planned giving, grant seeking, and nonprofit leadership. For just $19/month, members also get:
- a new webinar every month
- a monthly Members-only coaching calls
- a 24/7 Members-only forum for in-the-moment questions.

Support when you need it. And the confidence of knowing that you know where to go to find answers to questions that come up throughout each day.

Executive Director

Rogare: The Fundraising Think Tank of the Center for Sustainable Philanthropy at Plymouth University

Advisory Panel Member

Blackbaud

Blackbaud K-12 Expert, Fundraising

Twestival Global Team

I served on the global Twestival team creating tools and providing training to Twestival organizers around the world. This global one night event raised over $500,000 and has raised close to $2 million total.

Fundraising Team Lead

University of Southern Maine

Taught a class on fundraising with social media for USM's Certificate Program in Fundraising. We covered the why of social media and the tactical how from everything from websites, blogging, and email lists to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The notes resulted in the book "Nonprofit Social Media: A beginner's guide to nurturing relationships from your desk."

Instructor, Social Media for Fundraising

Thomas College

I teach MK337, a comprehensive overview of marketing on the Internet including: website design, email marketing, mobile marketing, and social networking. Students are graded both on learning the information and putting it into practice marketing something online.

Adjunct Instructor, MK337 "Marketing on the Internet"

Peter Mills for Governor

Mills for Maine is the team organizing the effort to elect Peter Mills the next governor of Maine.

Campaign Manager

Inland Foundation of Inland Hospital

The Inland Foundation raises philanthropic support for Inland Hospital and Lakewood, a continuing care center. In my time here, I've helped the Foundation move from only raising $60,000 - $80,000 a year to raising $250,000 - $500,000 each year. I also helped bring the cost-to-raise a dollar down from $1.75 to $0.50.

As an executive director of a one person operation, I planned and executed all aspects of fundraising: 
- annual giving, 
- major gifts, 
- capital campaigns, 
- planned giving, 
- fundraising events, 
- grants, 
- and even helped with Children's Miracle Network events. 

Fortunately I had back office support at the healthcare system level to do receipting and database management!

I was also responsible for the Healing Arts Gallery, a space for local artists to sell their work.

Director

Leadership is hard. And for high performers, asking for help is even harder. I get it. I work with four main groups of leaders: 
 ⭐ high performers wanting to keep their edge; 
 ⭐ emerging leaders wanting to maintain their momentum; 
 ⭐ new leaders surprised by the demands of the position; and 
 ⭐ established leaders who find their strategies simply aren’t working anymore. 

Through coaching and training, I help you and your team get out from under all the relentless demands thrust on leaders so you can grow into the focused, flourishing leader you'd always imagined you'd be. 

📺You can watch a 3-minute video explaining Quadrant 3 at https://youtu.be/OH8ubVMfZtw

📺You can watch a training on what leaders can learn from the Enneagram about dealing with stress at https://youtu.be/lsb63K7-wFE

--- More DIY Tools for You ---
🖥️You can read blog posts and articles about leadership at https://ConcordLeadershipGroup.com/blog/ and about fundraising for nonprofits at https://FundraisingCoach.com/from-blog/

🎙You can listen to short interviews with leaders at https://ConcordLeadershipGroup.com/podcasts/

💡You can learn about the power of doubt in leadership development in a series of 18 Surprising Gift of Doubt interviews done around the launch of my book at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDlAgbVVdhhjzo5UtHH2Zi2LnYZqxlhPv

--- More Personal Help ---
And if the DIY (do-it-yourself) approach isn't enough, I do one-on-one executive coaching for leaders. 
     ⏱️You can find leadership coaching information at: https://concordleadershipgroup.com/executive-coaching/
     💲If you need nonprofit fundraising coaching, information about that is at: https://fundraisingcoach.com/executive-coaching/

🎤You can also have me speak in-person or online to your association, organization, team, or board. Groups normally have me come in to speak on leading, storytelling, and fundraising. Some recent talks include "The Surprising Gift of Doubt," "Ask Without Fear!®," "Using Storytelling to Break Down Silos," and "Increasing Influence: How the Enneagram can help you grow influence at work."


I'd love to help you beat back the demands and emerge into the flourishing leader you dream of. You can find out more about me, and get in touch with me, at https://ConcordLeadershipGroup.com/press/. 

And if you're on Threads, reach out to me @marcpitman! 

🎬And if you want more free content, check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcPitman

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