Alida Draudt
Strategy Director, AKQA and Adjunct Professor in Strategic Foresight, California College of the Arts
Alida Draudt is foresight strategist, nation-wide speaker, and author on strategic foresight. She lives and works in San Francisco as a Strategy Director at AKQA and as an Adjunct Professor of Strategic Foresight in CCA’s DMBA program. Prior to AKQA, Alida was the Foresight Strategist for Capital One, leading the Emerging Technologies group within Ecosystem Design. Additionally, through her work with the Threatcasting Lab – a collaboration between the Army Cyber Institute and Arizona State University – and numerous independent works, Alida has looked at futures and implications that span societal, political, environmental, economic, and technological implications. Her passion for bringing the future to bear in the present has driven both personal and professional projects, seeking to find and understand the fringe ideas that are poised for large disruption. Recognized as an advocate for including greater diversity in futurism, she is a proponent of using foresight to create actionable next steps in the present. Her co-authored book What the Foresight was released on Amazon in 2016 and promotes accessible ways for everyone to think better about their futures. Alida is an adjunct lecturer with UC Berkeley Haas and USF’s Silicon Valley Immersion Program.
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