David Shing: Digital Futurist
Futurist, cultural strategist, and digital innovation speaker David Shing helps organizations decode change and create what comes next.
Quick Facts:
- Former AOL Digital Prophet
- Global authority on culture and digital transformation
- Strategic advisor to brands including Nike and LVMH
- Speaker at TED, SXSW, and Cannes Lions
- Formats:
- Futurist | Innovation Speaker | Cultural Strategist
- Audiences:
- Corporate leaders, marketers, technology companies, creative industries, associations, and organizations seeking fresh perspectives on innovation and the future.
- Outcomes:
- Develop a more creative approach to change and disruption
- Recognize emerging cultural and technological opportunities
- Build organizations that thrive through experimentation and curiosity
- Travels from:
- **US Fee range: $35,001 - $50,000
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Keynote Topics:
Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes
To excel in today’s competitive workplace, we need an advantage. It’s a choice between coasting through life or seizing control of your personal brand, your company’s image, and your role as a leader among the 8 billion connected individuals on Earth. Yet, the digital landscape seems to have undergone a rapid transformation, reminiscent of a game of musical chairs.
- Have Web 3.0, NFTs, Blockchain, and the Metaverse become timid, or has AI simply overshadowed them?
- With 6 billion smartphones vying for our attention, is it time to shift towards a reality where purpose and intention are paramount?
- Amidst the convergence of augmented, virtual, and physical realities, how can brands establish authentic connections?
This talk proposes a deeper exploration of technology, not merely as a visual attraction but as a tangible, wearable, and perhaps even enchanting part of our lives.
As technology propels forward, we must ask ourselves: are we mastering its challenges, or are we merely trying to stay afloat? Moreover, how does marketing navigate through this evolving storm?
Let’s dive in and discover.
Artful Interactions?
The harsh realities of today’s workplace means we need an edge to stay ahead. You can either thumb through life or take control of your own brand, your companies brand and how you are as a manager. There are a number of things you can master to take control of your career.
There is an understanding of the trends in connecting with the 8 billon people on planet earth. Then there’s your role as a manager and how you can bulletproof you own position as a creative manager and impart a number of creative tools to make you even better positioned as a leader in the world of AI dominance.
In a world where 6 billion smartphones dominate our gaze, can we pivot towards a reality where intention becomes the new measurement?
Navigating the melting pot of augmented, virtual, and all-too-real realities, how can brands connect genuinely?
Let’s explore AI not just as eye candy, but as stuff we can feel, wear, and maybe even serenade. As AI speeds on, are we riding the wave or just trying not to wipe out? And where does marketing fit in this turbulence?
Let’s Dive in and find out. – How can you future proof your own skills as AI tools develop? – What brainstorming methods can I and my team develop? – How can you embrace the skill of creative thinking in a highly technical world?
Talent Short Bio
Few people have built a career around curiosity quite like David Shing. Better known globally as “Shingy,” he occupies a rare space where creativity, technology, culture, and business collide. Equal parts futurist, strategist, and provocateur, Shingy has spent decades helping organizations anticipate change rather than simply react to it.
His unconventional path made him one of the most recognizable voices in digital transformation when he assumed the self-styled role of AOL’s Digital Prophet. What began as an experiment in challenging traditional thinking evolved into a global platform for advising brands, executives, and innovators on how culture and technology shape the future. During his time with AOL and later Verizon, he played a key role in international expansion and strategic acquisitions while helping redefine the company’s approach to digital media.
Since launching his own creative advisory practice in 2019, Shingy has become a trusted sounding board for some of the world’s most influential brands, including Nike and LVMH. Often described as a “one-man cultural McKinsey,” he works at the intersection of imagination and execution, helping leaders translate emerging ideas into meaningful business opportunities.
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