Speaking
Bring Erica Orange to your stage.
A globally recognized futurist, keynote speaker, and author of AI + The New Human Frontier, Erica has spent two decades helping leaders across six continents build the human capabilities that no disruption can take away.
- Keynotes
- Workshops
- Leadership summits
- Conferences
Where Erica has spoken
A sample of the organizations Erica has worked with
- Industries
- Technology
- Financial services
- Professional services
- Consumer goods
- Retail
- Health + pharma
- Manufacturing + energy
- Media + marketing
- Government
- Associations
- Education
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Signature talks
Built on The A+I Advantage
A+I stands for Agency + Identity, the foundation of your human advantage, with Judgment and Curiosity built on it. Every talk is tailored to your audience and event.
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AI + The New Human Frontier
Building the human capabilities technology can't replace
When technology can do more and more, what's uniquely ours?
Book this keynote Signature keynoteWhat you'll learn
Curiosity. Intuition. Discernment. Imagination. Lived experience. As AI accelerates, organizations are caught between the world being created and the outdated mindsets they're still defending. This keynote shows leaders how to close that gap by reclaiming independent judgment and cognitive sovereignty.
What you'll learn
- How to lead through inquiry when "having all the answers" is no longer enough
- How to protect cognitive sovereignty and think for yourself in a machine-driven world
- Why tolerating ambiguity is now a core leadership competency
- How to build an organization defined by identity, judgment, and wisdom, not just output
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Think Like a Futurist
How to build the thinking to let go, adapt, and thrive in today's chaotic times
Much of what leaders rely on today was built for a world that no longer exists.
Book this keynoteWhat you'll learn
How we work, measure success, make decisions, even define ourselves. The way we see the future shapes our ability to create it, and that starts with unlearning the assumptions, habits, and routines that anchor us to the past. This keynote gives leaders a futurist's lens for navigating uncertainty with confidence.
What you'll learn
- Why the knowledge that got you here can become your biggest obstacle
- How certainty becomes a leadership liability during massive change
- How to see around corners and spot change before it becomes disruption
- The "forgetting habits" and mindset shifts that future-proof you and your thinking
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The Trust Paradox
Building credibility in a world where seeing is no longer believing
Deepfakes and AI-generated content are blurring the line between real and fake, true and false.
Book this keynoteWhat you'll learn
At the same time, trust has never been more critical to enterprise success. Leaders now face an impossible challenge: building credibility when what you see, hear, or read can't be fully trusted. This keynote shows how to make trust a defining advantage when proof can be manufactured in seconds.
What you'll learn
- How to define authenticity and identify risk in a world of AI-generated content
- How to lead when your team can't tell what's real
- How to build internal trust when external signals are compromised
- Why human judgment is the last reliable signal, and how to make it a competitive asset
Every technology eventually forces the same question. Not what can it do? But what does it do to us?
- 15th centuryThe printing pressCreated the individual reader
- 19th centuryThe industrial revolutionTied identity to work
- 1990sThe internetRewired who we trust
- NowAIChanging who we are
That makes this a leadership opportunity, not a technology project.
Planning a workshop or a custom session? Tell Erica about your event
Want to go further? Workshops, A+I in Practice and Futurist in Residence are offered with Jared Weiner through Wake the Future ↗
Where Erica fits
Built for the rooms where change is on the agenda.
Every talk is tailored, but these are the audiences Erica speaks to most.
- Leadership summits + offsitesSenior teams rethinking strategy, culture and how they make decisions.Best fit: AI + The New Human Frontier
- Technology + innovation conferencesAudiences who know the tools, and want to understand the human side of what they're building.Best fit: AI + The New Human Frontier
- Future of work + HR eventsTalent, learning and people leaders preparing their workforce for what's next.Best fit: Think Like a Futurist
- Trust, communications + marketingLeaders whose brands, messages and teams depend on being believed.Best fit: The Trust Paradox
Association or industry conference? Erica tailors every talk to your sector.
Plan your eventSee Erica on stage
Watch Erica in action
Her signature keynote, plus recent talks at conferences and leadership events in the U.S. and around the world.
Signature keynote
Microsoft AdvertisingClosing keynote
How to build the future from the inside out: what you think, who you are, and how you build what comes next.
Book this keynoteRecent keynotes
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AI + The New Human Frontier
APDC Digital Business CongressLisbon, Portugal · 2025
Why the real advantage isn't artificial intelligence, but human intelligence: judgment, discernment, critical thinking, ethics, and imagination.
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AI + The New Human Frontier
HRG Employee Day ConferenceHarrisburg, PA · 2026
Navigating the tug-of-war between the old paradigm of efficiency and control and the new paradigm of wisdom and adaptability, as change outpaces our ability to keep up.
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The Trust Paradox
Priority Health Annual ConferenceDetroit, MI · 2026
A world where the lines between real and fake, true and false, are blurring, and why honesty is tomorrow's ultimate currency.
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Think Like a Futurist
Southwest Michigan Economic Development ConferenceMichigan · 2026
How the way we perceive the future shapes our ability to create it, and the mindset and behavior shifts needed to navigate uncertainty.
On stage
Rooms around the world.
From Fortune 500 leadership summits to global industry stages, every session is built for the room.
TEDxBYU · Utah, USA 
Lisbon, Portugal 
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Lima, Peru 
Zagreb, Croatia 
Client success stories
What changes after Erica leaves the stage
How leading organizations used Erica's keynotes and workshops to think differently.
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Unlearning before a strategy retreat
The challengeVelcro's top leaders needed to unlearn old patterns before shaping their strategy.
Erica's approachA keynote that pushed them to ask why, why not, and what if.
The resultAn energized room, and the foundation for the rest of the retreat.
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Turning uncertainty into agency for talent leaders
The challengeTalent leaders wanted to know how technology will reshape hiring and work.
Erica's approachA focus on the human skills that will matter most.
The resultAgency instead of anxiety, and a clearer path forward.
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Rethinking how trust is built inside the organization
The challengePwC's people and innovation leaders wanted new ways to build trust inside their teams.
Erica's approachA hands-on workshop on trust through a future-focused lens.
The resultNew approaches and a shared language for building trust.
What clients say
Audiences leave thinking differently. Organizations bring her back.
One of the best speakers we've ever had.
She is smart, energetic, and inspiring. Her energy & enthusiasm were contagious. Each attendee walked out more confident about the future.
Through thought-provoking ideas, engaging personal stories and practical real-world examples, she energized our team and drove dynamic conversations.
Erica's keynote was a game-changer, leaving our audience motivated and ready to lead in a fast-changing world.
Erica's insights challenged us to think critically about the forces shaping our society and the opportunities that lie ahead.
Erica's ability to translate complex technologies using real-life scenarios provided valuable learnings that we can apply in our own work.
What makes Erica a very engaging and thoughtful speaker is her desire to understand the audience and then curate the session catering to specific needs.
Erica's talk was a hit. It sent our attendees off to their sessions with ‘eyes wide open.’
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