Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Most AI speakers sell certainty and hype. I help leaders redefine their context and rewrite their story. Accelerating change has overwhelmed leaders, organizations, and industries. AI is rewriting the rules. Automation is reshaping work. Ethics and governance are struggling to keep pace. Most of us are paralyzed by Future Shock: too much change in too short a time. But here's the surprising truth. The real problem isn't the speed of change. It's the absence of context. Without the right lens, even the smartest leaders confuse noise for signal, mistake trends for transformations, and freeze at the exact moment they need to act. I'm a Futurist Keynote Speaker, Philosopher, and Provocateur who's spent nearly two decades turning complexity into clarity. I'm the creator and host of Singularity.FM, the world's first podcast on AI and the technological singularity, where I've interviewed over 300 of the world's foremost thinkers, including Ray Kurzweil, Noam Chomsky, and Peter Diamandis. My book, Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century, is a #1 international bestseller read in over 60 countries. My speaking clients, including Dell, KPMG, Cochlear, Juniper Networks, the Ontario Medical Association, and the JRT Agency, have trusted me to help their leaders navigate disruption with clarity and courage. My keynotes, anchored in what I call the Context Effect, unlock the hidden force that shapes perception, meaning, and action. Leaders leave energized and equipped to reframe uncertainty as an opportunity, leverage change rather than fear it, and create the future before it creates them. They stop reacting to disruption and start shaping it. They trade paralysis for strategic foresight, noise for signal, and fear for action. 🎤 Ready to challenge assumptions, inspire bold thinking, and turn change into a strategic opportunity? Let's connect. 📅 Book a 20-minute discovery call: https://calendly.com/julie-360/keynote-discovery-zoom 📩 Email: [email protected]
Singularity Media Inc is the platform for my keynote speaking, podcasting, and private consulting practice. As a Futurist Keynote Speaker, I help executives, boards, and associations navigate accelerating change with clarity, courage, and strategic foresight. I've delivered keynotes to audiences worldwide for clients including Dell, KPMG, Cochlear, Juniper Networks, the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, MPI International, NetMedia MX, the Danish Engineering Society (IDA), the Digital Business World Congress Madrid, and the JRT Agency, among many others. Signature keynote topics: Conversations with the Future: From Future Shock to Future Ready Leaders Tell Unreasonable Stories: How to Create Change and Inspire Action How to Be a Futurist (Without Predicting the Future) The Context Effect: How to Reframe Reality, Rediscover Meaning, and Redesign the Future Available for in-person keynotes, virtual events, panel moderation, and private executive briefings worldwide. Book a 20-minute discovery call: https://calendly.com/julie-360/keynote-discovery-zoom
Singularity Weblog is my media platform and the home of Singularity.FM, the world's first podcast dedicated to AI and the technological singularity. Since 2009, I've interviewed over 300 of the world's foremost thinkers on artificial intelligence, robotics, genetics, transhumanism, and the ethics of emerging technologies. Past guests include Ray Kurzweil, Noam Chomsky, Peter Diamandis, Marvin Minsky, Michio Kaku, Natasha Vita-More, Stuart Hameroff, Cory Doctorow, and Charles Stross. Singularity.FM has reached millions of listeners in over 100 countries and has been featured by the BBC, WIRED, MTV, ArteTV, the Huffington Post, ZDNet, and many others, earning me the nickname "The Larry King of the Singularity." My book, Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century, is a #1 international bestseller based on interviews conducted on this platform. Because technology is not enough. And because everyone needs to ask better questions.