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Kate O'Neill
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Host, The Tech Humanist
New York
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Biography
Kate O’Neill is helping humanity prepare for an increasingly tech-driven future. As founder and Chief Tech Humanist of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm committed to improving human experience at scale, she guides business and civic leaders to be both successful and respectful when innovating with human-centric data and technology, and helps people overall better understand the human impact of emerging technologies. Kate speaks frequently with audiences of leaders of all kinds — from companies such as Cisco, Kelly Services, Coca Cola, McDonald’s, as well as non-profit organizations, cultural institutions, professional associations, industries such as public radio, cities such as Amsterdam, and even the United Nations. Kate’s expertise comes from more than 20 years leading innovations across technology, marketing, and operations in category-defining companies. Her career has been a series of firsts: she was one of the first 100 employees at Netflix, where she created the first content management role and helped implement innovative dynamic e-commerce practices that became industry standard; she developed Toshiba America's first intranet; she led cutting-edge practice-defining experience optimization work at Magazines.com; and she was founder & CEO of [meta]marketer, a first-of-its-kind analytics and digital strategy agency. Kate is a vocal and visible advocate for the greater inclusion of underrepresented people in technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership — she was featured by Google in the launch of their global campaign for women in entrepreneurship. Her insights have been published in outlets such as WIRED, USA Today, and CMO.com, and she has appeared as an expert contributor on BBC, Marketplace, NPR, and other national and international media. Kate's fourth book is Tech Humanist: How You Can Make Technology Better for Business and Better for Humans.
human experienceemerging technology and its impact on humanity
Content
The Human Impact of Technology Decisions in Professional Settings: Why Avoiding Politics Undermines Digital Transformation - Kate O'Neill
By Kate O'Neill| koinsights.com@ In a recent guest article for European Business Review, I examine a paradox: the human impact of technology decisions in professional settings stands at odds with growing requests to keep discussions “politics-free.” This disconnect reveals something crucial about how organizations approach technological change—and what they might be missing.
By Kate O'Neill| The Tech Humanist@ Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this compelling episode of The Tech Humanist Show, host Kate O’Neill sits down with Dr. Joel Mier, former head of marketing at Netflix, to explore the complex intersection of data, empathy, and customer-centricity in business. The conversation opens with a deep dive into the challenges of quantifying empathetic understanding and the importance of tying data analysis to emotional connection for impactful results.
By Kate O'Neill| The Tech Humanist@ Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadCities are like test beds for how data and tech can empower citizen experience. So it’s interesting to consider leading a growing city as someone with a background in technology. In this episode, Kate talks with her old friend Freddie O’Connell about his run for mayor of Nashville, and about how data and technology figures into the way he thinks about governance and citizen experience.
Company Info
The Tech Humanist
New York, New York, United States