Nancy Giordano

Described as endlessly optimistic, Nancy is a strategic futurist with a drive to help visionary leaders transform to meet the escalating expectations ahead. Recognized as one of the world’s top female futurists, she has helped build, shape and evolve a portfolio of $50 billion+ worth of major global brands . With growing conviction of what will (and needs to) shift, executives + audiences value her unique abilities to sense and synthesize the terrain ahead and her ability to guide those ready to build more relevant and sustainable solutions. Nancy built her career at several of the most influential ad agencies and for more than a decade has been the Founder/CEO of Play Big Inc., a strategic inspiration company. Her current work dives deeply into the emerging intersection of tech, business and society. The first global TEDx licensee, also helped build an AI start-up, designed + produced GigaOm Change and is advising brands from HartChart.com to Holochain (an alt to blockchain).

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