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Keynote SpeakerAngela Oguntala

Futurist and Global Authority on Innovation

Angela Oguntala is a futurist and a global authority on foresight and innovation. She is a founding partner at Greyspace, a foresight consultancy. Across the globe, she helps organizations understand and innovate for a world in transition. Her clients have included IKEA, Hermès, Philips, Sky, Deloitte, The World Economic Forum, The World Trade Organization, Microsoft, Bayer and Swiss Life. Angela has advised visionary leaders in diverse industries, working to embed new mindsets that leverage radical experimentation, collective imagination, innovating with... Read More

Biography

Angela Oguntala is a futurist and a global authority on foresight and innovation.

She is a founding partner at Greyspace, a foresight consultancy. Across the globe, she helps organizations understand and innovate for a world in transition. Her clients have included IKEA, Hermès, Philips, Sky, Deloitte, The World Economic Forum, The World Trade Organization, Microsoft, Bayer and Swiss Life.

Angela has advised visionary leaders in diverse industries, working to embed new mindsets that leverage radical experimentation, collective imagination, innovating with purpose, and sustainable transitions.

Over the past decade, Angela has been asked to speak on a wide range of future-facing topics. She has delivered over 100 keynotes worldwide on themes including: innovating through uncertainty, emerging technology impacts, leadership & organizational foresight, sustainability, trends, as well as on specific domains encompassing the future of work, healthcare, media, and cities.

Angela leaves audiences with insights, inspiration, and actionable tactics to engage with significant shifts ahead, and to critically question what needs to shift to meet future demands.

She is a Salzburg Global Fellow for leaders challenged to shape a better world, was named a Future Innovator by the United Nations, and has been featured as an expert on futures thinking on various outlets including Sky, TED, and NPR.

Angela shares her time between the East Coast of the US and Copenhagen, Denmark. You can often find her by a body of water, either sailing with her husband or winter bathing in the early morning hours.

'Angela has the charisma, information and communication style to break down complex topics in order to inspire and to help businesses thrive. She engaged fully with our audience and her insights on the Future of Work has left a lasting impact that continues to resonate to this day.' Microsoft
'The work Greyspace produced has deeply informed both our strategy and our implementation of key changes to roles, responsibilities and client interactions. They have given us an opportunity to inspire new ideas and build excitement for the next chapter in our company’s 20-year history.' JOYN, Wealth Management Firm
'Angela was the closing keynote speaker for a conference of 300 Swedish politicians and leading officials that focused on the need to re-think Sweden's public places in uncertain and polarising times. We needed someone to help us think about the future and she did that with high energy, quality and style. Angela was one of the most appreciated speakers and many spoke of the high impact of her presentation and wanting to carry her ideas on.' SKL

Popular Talks by Angela Oguntala

  • Trends
  • Sustainability & Resilience
  • Emerging Technology Impacts
  • Transformation: Designing for Change
  • Collective Intelligence & Imagination
  • Innovation