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Wickson-Nickless Lecture - “What Matters Next When Technology Outruns Sense-Making”

  • 7400 Bay Rd, Saginaw, MI, United States, Michigan 48604 · Saginaw
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Wickson-Nickless Lecture - \u201cWhat Matters Next When Technology Outruns Sense-Making\u201d
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WICKSON-NICKLESS DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP IN BUSINESS
Topic: "What Matters Next When Technology Outruns Sense-Making: AI, Human Meaning, and Better Decisions in a World Moving Too Fast"
Guest speaker: Kate O'Neill, Founder and CEO of KO Insights
Tuesday, Oct. 13 | 6:30 p.m.
Rhea Miller Recital Hall, SVSU's Curtiss Hall
As AI, data and digital systems become more powerful, they are also becoming harder for people, businesses and communities to make sense of. From the future of work to privacy, trust, digital infrastructure and the changing role of business, many of today’s biggest technology questions are really questions about scale, meaning, and human agency.
Tech humanist Kate O’Neill explores what it takes to make better decisions in a world moving faster than our old frameworks can handle. Drawing from her work on human-centered technology, future-readiness and What Matters Next, she will offer practical ways to think about AI and digital transformation not as abstract forces, but as choices we make — choices that shape work, leadership, communities and the human future.
=== ABOUT THE SPEAKER ==
Kate O’Neill is a digital innovator, chief executive, business writer, and globally recognized speaker widely known as the “Tech Humanist.” She is the founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm that enhances human experiences at scale through data-driven and AI-led interactions. Kate has worked with prestigious clients like Google, IBM, Microsoft and the United Nations, and she was one of the first 100 employees at Netflix.
Her groundbreaking insights have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and WIRED, and she has shared her expertise on NPR
and the BBC.
O’Neill has been honored with numerous awards, and has published six books.
== ABOUT THE LECTURE ==
The Wickson-Nickless Distinguished Lectureship in Business provides forums to study and debate contemporary events and issues that influence business policies and behavior. The lectureship honors the late James E. Wickson and Allen E. Nickless, prominent business and community leaders of Frankenmuth. The program is supported by an endowment established by the Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation and the Allen E. and Marie A. Nickless Memorial Foundation.
More: svsu.edu/publiclectures
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