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Kate O'Neill

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Your fave strategist’s fave strategist. #TechHumanist. Author; global keynote speaker; host @thetechhumanist Show; CEO @koinsights. Vegan, bi, happy.

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Honored to share that What Matters Next: A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast has been named over at @entrepreneur as one of the "must-read books that will make you a better leader in 2026"! 📚✨

As the review notes, the book "focuses on the role of ethics in technology decisions and the human-centric side of those choices. [...] AI may work and introduce surface-level efficiencies. But what is its larger impact on employee skill development, morale and purpose-driven work? O'Neill shows how to assess tech trade-offs using a human-centric lens and a values-first framework."

"In many organizations, technology decisions betray values or missions. This book helps prevent this by demonstrating how to add at least one human impact question to your next tech project's checklist."

This amplification means so much because it reflects what I'm passionate about: helping leaders make technology decisions that don't just optimize for speed or efficiency, but that honor the humanity of the people they impact.

If you're leading in tech, innovation, or transformation—or if you're simply navigating the overwhelming pace of change—I hope this book offers you a framework to move forward with both confidence and care.

Thank you to @johnrampton and Entrepreneur for this honor, and to everyone who's engaged with these ideas. Let's keep building a more human-friendly future together. 🌟

#Leadership #TechHumanism #WhatMattersNext #AI #Innovation #HumanCentricTech by @kateoneill

They put me on a Wheaties box.

I’m still processing this.

This morning I keynoted for @generalmills in Minneapolis, and “The Breakfast of Champions” sent me home with my face on their iconic orange box. But the real champions were in that room.

CEO Jeff Harmening opened by acknowledging the ICE raids sweeping through Minneapolis — including at a General Mills facility — and spoke directly about centering the humanity and safety of employees in a moment of division and fear. In a time when so many leaders stay silent on hard things, he named what was happening and led with values. That’s what courage looks like.

We spent our time exploring how they’re navigating AI, supply chain transformation, and new ways of working — not with hype or fear, but with strategic optimism that asks: how do we make technology decisions that serve humans first?

Sometimes the most meaningful feedback isn’t the standing ovation. It’s leaders staying after to ask one more question, or sending you home with a gesture that says “you belong on the box.”

Thank you, General Mills, for the conversation, the hospitality, and this moment I’ll treasure forever. by @kateoneill

About this week in #SanDiego:
What a treat to deliver the opening keynote for @jackhenry_fintech and talk with 4000 (!!!) banking and financial leaders (!!!) about using AI to empower human creativity and well-being. Thanks for having me!

And thanks for the video @robbiequinnnyc!

#jhconnect #jhconnect25 by @kateoneill

My TEDx talk hit 250K views! Thank you!

AND its perfect timing because @tedxwaldenpond is happening again tomorrow, and I'm taking a trip up that way, looking forward to seeing @lianedavey do her talk and @katiemartelltm be an awesome emcee/host.

Watch my talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fHjbqWRL4E by @kateoneill

Omg, it was AMAZING to see my friend @caseyerinclark absolutely KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK with her one-woman show, “Difficult Women.” I wish I could come see it weekly! Casey, you are a PHENOM. Thank you for this show. by @kateoneill

Thank you @asana for trusting me to close out your Work Innovation Summit!
#aiagents #aihuman #TechHumanist by @kateoneill

Spoke at the same stadium where Taylor Swift and Harry Styles have performed when they’ve played Dublin, which I’m pretty sure is a career first. I mean, sure, they presumably played IN THE ARENA whereas I spoke in a conference facility within the stadium but 1) it was a reasonably large conference facility and 2) it’s still the same venue, so I’m counting it. :)

Thanks to @trinitycollegedublin @learnovate_centre for having me out to keynote #Learnovation2026! by @kateoneill

DUBLIN! Excited to speak here tomorrow for #Learnovation2026 @avivastadium #learnovate @trinitycollegedublin by @kateoneill

Getting ready to take the stage at #SAFeSummit2026! I love this moment. Someone here asked me, don’t I get nervous anymore? And I said, oh, sure. But I’ve learned to try to channel that nervous energy into an excitement to serve the attendees. I try to sneak a peek through the curtain at the faces sitting in the audience, and try to think about what they need, what their challenges are, how I would help them individually if I could, and I want to roll that willingness to help into a real sense of being seen and understood. As I often say, when you do it right, keynote speaking is listening at scale. And what a privilege it is.

#techhumanist #ai #speakerlife #keynotespeaker by @kateoneill

What a full-hearted day, from spending time with my dear friends @hennapryor and Ross Bernstein at @nationalspeakersnyc (as well as many not pictured, like @sylviedigiusto, @caitdonovanspeaks, @dematophoto and more), to taking in the 9/11 anniversary installation at @bryantparknyc, and leaving a note and a carnation in memoriam. Such a wide range of emotions, such a sense of gratitude to be able to do it all ❤️ by @kateoneill

The latest Take the Doughnut interview has dropped!

Kate O'Neill - Host of The Tech Humanist Show / Global Keynote Speaker / Author / Thinkers50-Ranked Expert - joins Melissa Forziat to talk about her experiences going after her dreams.

Click link in bio to find this video on my YouTube channel. Or, copy this link to your browser or message me for a live link to go straight to the video:
https://youtu.be/Jo_KzAi9uCE

@kateoneill @thetechhumanist
#podcast #takethedoughnut #takethedonut #motivation #inspiration #interview #interviews #donut #doughnut #kateoneill #thetechhumanistshow #keynotespeaker #author #thinkers50 by @kateoneill

What if the real measure of urban intelligence were not how much a city knows about us, but how effectively it uses technology to improve everyday life?

@kateoneill — also known as @thetechhumanist and founder and CEO of @koinsights — explores this question in our latest conversation.

Read it on @citiestobe — @antevertibcn’s urban think lab | link in bio by @kateoneill