With over twenty years of experience in transforming cultures to create human blockchains*, Adah Parris has worked with businesses and individuals in advertising, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, marketing, media and technology start-ups. Often described as a female Hans Rosling or David McCandless, Adah provides business leaders with ways to approach challenges and change.

*Decentralised human ecosystems of trust and transparency.

Adah’s work explores the idea of transformation and innovation, and how our changes can influence how we see the world. She does this by asking the question, “What type of ancestor do you want to be?” – This was also the title of her 2022 TED Talk, in which urged audiences to reflect on the legacy they will leave behind by challenging the status quo, and cultivating a sense of belonging, all aiming to create a more sustainable future for ourselves and future generations.

Adah Parris and Cyborg Shamanism

She has coined the philosophy, Cyborg Shamanism™, which merges ancient wisdom, living systems, indigenous community practices, and digital technologies, and she provides individuals with the tools and practices to bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be through her consulting and her Ancestors Retreats.

Adah’s work with both individuals and complete organisations helps them to develop a deeper understanding of their perspectives and expand them, and to then take positive action towards a more sustainable future. She encourages business leaders to embrace this idea of prioritising long-term thinking and being a good ancestor, being inclusive and diverse, and being sustainable, by creating experiences that prioritise physical and mental wellbeing and ethical responsibility.

ADAH PARRIS – STEM, MENTAL HEALTH AND DIVERSITY SPEAKER TOPICS

– Are we looking for a new religion through our use of technology?

– Find balance in a digital world that is constantly seeking for meaning

– The impact of the commodification of technology on the sense of self, curiosity and the potential for innovation

– Can we achieve flow in a technological hyperconnected world?

– Creating human blockchains

– Emerging technologies and storytelling

See Adah Parris giving her talk ‘What type of ancestor do you want to be’ at TEDx Amsterdam below:

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Adah has worked with a wide range of high-profile clients and events including ArabNet Dubai, the British Council, the British Film Institute (BFI), the British Library, Burning Man Camp: Playground, the EU Council, the Friday Club, Google, Innovate Finance, Oath, Ogilvy Labs, Sainsburys, Shambala Festival, the Tate Modern, Unilever, the Union Chapel and Wayra UK.

Below: Adah Parris takes part in a Scania-sponsored debate about Future Cities:

Adah Parris STEM & Diversity speaker – previous engagements

Speaker: The House of Beautiful Business in Lisbon; the British Interactive Media Association Emerging Technology Showcase; the VCCP Network annual conference; the Drum Network CEO Club; NatWest’s Annual Conference; CPA Virtual Conference; the Creative Conscious Awards; STEP Conference in Dubai; the Oxford Inspires Conference at Oxford University; Uniqlo Tate Lates; and the Google for nonprofits UK Annual Summit.

Host/Moderator: The Fourth Group Political Summit; the Meta Gather Conference; the Council of 90 at the World Indigenous Forum; SheSays Action Against Racism Global Session; and Omniwomen UK + Allies Leadership Summit.

Judge: The Geraty Awards; WARC Awards for Effectiveness; RSA Student Design Awards; and BIMA Award for Start-up of the Year.

Adah Parris – STEM, Mental Health and Diversity Speaker Keynotes:

Technology: Redefining technology is, and more importantly, what it is not.

– The impact of technology on identity, culture, economics and ecosystems

– How to adopt emerging technologies (by asking the question: what type of ancestor do you want to be?)

– Overcoming the false duality of technology vs nature

– The soft side of tech (about building a future that is planet and all human centric)

– Transformative technologies

– Kinship in the age of cyborgs

Innovation: Decolonising and democratising the innovation process.

– The power of being a good ancestor: How embracing long-term thinking can drive innovation and creativity in business

– Ancient wisdom and new thinking for future innovation

– Thriving in innovation (in a post-pandemic world)

– Designing immersive experiences: The power and responsibility of transformation

– Can collaboration solve society’s problems

– Belonging and kinship in the age of 1s and 0s

Ecology: Taking a ‘living systems’ approach to understanding, deconstructing and redesigning governance structures from the bottom-up.

– Culture, art and climate change (intersection and opportunity for change)

– Systems foresight

– Systems change

– From chaos to growth: The value of embracing turbulence in business and beyond

Art: Changing how we experience the world.

– An anti-disciplinary artist designing and co-producing multi-sensory immersive experiences

In November 2023, Adah Parris – who is considered to be one of the most important futurists in the world – was in Brazil, more specifically in Salvador to participate in the Afrofuturism Festival.

A Chat with Adah Parris

As part of our ‘Chat with…’ podcast series at Great British Speakers, our director Jane Farnham sat down with Adah to discuss her many titles, as a futurist, cultural strategist, keynote speaker, STEM innovator and mental health advocate. Find out more HERE.

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