About
From the WTF? Economy to the Next EconomyHow work, business, and society face massive, technology-driven change. A conversation growing out of Tim O’Reilly’s book WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up To Us, and the Next:Economy Summit.
Note from the editor
“WTF?” can be an expression of amazement or an expression of dismay. Our work, business and society face massive, technology-driven change. We are looking to share ideas about how best to shape that changing economy so that it is something to marvel at rather than to fear. Curated by Tim O’Reilly, in conjunction with the O’Reilly Next:Economy Summit and Tim’s new book, WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up To Us, available from Harper Business on October 10.
Editors
Mac Slocum
Senior editor and content director specializing in content marketing, thought leadership, and web strategy.
HOST
Tim O'ReillyFounder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Watching the alpha geeks, sharing their stories, helping the future unfold.
Writers
Yancey Strickler
Author of “This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World”; Cofounder of Kickstarter; Bentoist; http://www.ystrickler.com
Jerry Kaplan
Jerry Kaplan is widely known in the computer industry as a serial entrepreneur, technical innovator, bestselling author, and futurist.
Zach Dunham
Sound design, Musician, Maker, co-founder @thepublicrad_io, @sfpc alum, works @kickstarter, more at www.zachdunham.com
Steven Hill
fmr Center for Humane Tech, NewAmerica, FairVote, author:“RawDeal &Uber Economy” “EuropesPromise“ ”10Steps toRepairUS Democracy” Steven-Hill.com @StevenHill1776
Randy Pennington
Culture, transformation, and strategy nerd. Lover of great wine and bourbon. My day job is helping leaders deliver positive results in a world of uncertainty.
Bobbie Johnson
Causing trouble since 1978. Former lives at Medium, Matter, MIT Technology Review, the Guardian.
Zoë Baird
CEO and President of @MarkleFdn. Advocate for Americans, lawyer, business exec. She leads Rework America: a Markle Initiative.
O'Reilly Radar
Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies from O’Reilly Media. http://radar.oreilly.com
Robin Chase
Now: Author of Peers Inc; co-founder Veniam, vehicle mesh & co-founder former CEO Zipcar. Focus on open solutions & real-time CO2 reductions
Lukas Biewald
I'm the founder of Weights & Biases. Previously founder of Figure Eight (formerly CrowdFlower).
Palak Shah
Social Innovations Director at @domesticworkers. Building a movement for Good Work in the online economy. Founding Director @FairCareLabs.
John Hagel
I live and work on the edge — the views are breathtaking, the experiences deep and satisfying and the learning is limitless. www.johnhagel.com
Roy Bahat
Head of Bloomberg Beta, investing in the best startups creating the future of work. Alignment: Neutral good
John O'Duinn
#RelEng at scale @CivicActions. Author of #distributedteams. Mentor. Ex-@ObamaWhiteHouse, @usds, @codeforamerica, @Hortonworks, @Mozilla, @Oracle.
Erik Larson
Founder & CEO of Cloverpop. Internet software entrepreneur on a mission to make business decisions less painful and more right.
Tracey Grose
Change is the only constant. Examining impacts of new technology and change in the global economy, local community, energy, business and innovation systems.
Carrie Gleason
Director of the Fair Workweek Initiative, Center for Popular Democracy Fairworkweek.org | Populardemocracy.org
Melonee Wise
Robot Ninja. Life long robot builder. CEO of Fetch Robotics. Co-creator of UBR-1, co-creator of the TurtleBot, and ROS developer.
Ken Gordon
Content, Conversation, and Community Strategist at Continuum. Writer. Reader. Tweeter. Always at the keyboard.
Marina Gorbis
Executive Director, Institute for the Future; author, Nature of the Future. www.iftf.org
Keith Anderson
Content & Knowledge Strategist, UX & Application Designer, Writer, Speaker, Almost Author. Lover of Fiction & Metal.
Floown
With Floown You Always Know Who's Available for Work. The Social Productivity Platform: www.floown.com
Esko Kilpi
Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again. -André Gide
Bill Jensen
Makes it easier to do great work. Hacks stupid work. Author. Speaker. Loves life, family, fun — everything that matters.
Reinvent Team
Reinvent was founded by Peter Leyden as a way to build out a diverse network of remarkable innovators to help find new ways forward to a better future.
Jennifer Pahlka
Author of Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better, Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists
Tomer Simon, PhD
Chief Scientist @ Microsoft Israel R&D Center. AI, automation, future of work, and quantum computing. Technology & innovation evangelist.
Marjorie Kelly
Senior Fellow @democracycollab; director of ownership strategy @CuttingEdgeCap; author of Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution.
