Joseph Press Keynote Speaker

Futures Architect and Professor of Innovation, Design & Leadership
Former director of Deloitte Digital, where he led global digital transformation projects
Author of "Office Shock" (2023) and "Designing Sustainable Futures" (Fall 2024)

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Joseph Press's Biography

Joseph Press PhD is a Futures Advisor and Professor of Innovation, Design and Leadership.

He is a compelling voice on how the future, design, technology, and transformation intersect with global business and societal change. With a PhD from MIT in Design Technology, he speaks with authority “Augmented Innovation” where he unlocks creativity through technology, “Sustainable Futures,” offers insights on the future of environmental stewardship, “Impact Entrepreneurship,” highlighting ventures that redefine business impact, and on “Workplace Futures,” navigating the convergence of evolving workspaces and organizational culture.

Joseph is celebrated for his work as a strategist at Deloitte Digital, where he led digital transformation efforts, and as a thought leader at POLI.design and the Institute For The Future, where he forecasted the trajectory of technological innovation. His academic roles, particularly at POLI.design, are marked by pioneering education that bridges design and strategy, preparing leaders to thrive in a complex, interconnected world.

As an author, Joseph’s publications, including “Office Shock” and “Designing Sustainable Futures,” distill his extensive knowledge into frameworks for practical application, while his teaching philosophy, crafted from years in academia, challenges and empowers students to think critically about design and sustainability.

Joseph’s insights are shaped by hands-on experience and academic inquiry, making his talks a rich blend of in-depth analysis and strategic foresight. With a reputation for insightful commentary and the ability to predict and shape industry trends, Joseph’s engaging and articulate delivery makes him a sought-after speaker across international stages.

Augmented Innovation: Accelerating Futureback Thinking in the Digital Era

Bringing insights from his recent Designing with Emerging Technologies conference, Joseph delves into the powerful combination of human-centered design and artificial intelligence, revealing how they can coalesce to supercharge the innovation process, from ideation to implementation.

Sustainable Futures: How to Envision, Design and Transition to Greener Practices

Drawing from his upcoming book Designing Sustainable Futures, Joseph offers insights into embedding sustainability into the DNA of business operations, aligning profitability with planetary stewardship.

Impact Entrepreneurship: Building Businesses that Change the World

In this inspiring session based on his book on Design-Driven Entrepreneurship, Joseph unpacks the principles of impact entrepreneurship, showcasing how businesses can be built around the core values of social and environmental change, driving a new era of purposeful profit.

Workplace Futures: The Evolution of Productivity and Place

In this forward-looking talk based on his book Office Shock, Joseph Press explores the transformation of workplaces into ecosystems that foster innovation, agility, and well-being. He explores how the spectrum of shocks – from purpose to place – are shaping the physical, virtual and cultural environments of work and reveals the opportunities to create better futures for working and living.