RANKED #15 in the World: SPEAKER ON AI + THE FUTURE*
Deborah Perry Piscione occupies a position almost no one in the AI and Future of Work conversation can claim: equal parts practitioner and scholar, with thirty years of evidence to back both — including seven companies built and a venture fund managed.
From the policy corridors of the U.S. Congress and the White House to the venture capital boardrooms of Silicon Valley. From the graduate classrooms of Georgetown to the lecture halls of Stanford GSB and Duke Fuqua. From Silicon Valley startups to keynote stages across five continents. Deborah is the rare voice who has built companies, deployed capital, shaped policy, and conducted original research — and who brings all of it to bear every time she steps on a stage.
Deborah's original research on AI, innovation, and organizational transformation — published by Harvard Business Review Press and taught in business school classrooms globally — is built on firsthand experience navigating the most disruptive period in the history of work.
Her Improvisational Innovation™ methodology has produced an average of $200 million in new revenue streams within 12 to 18 months at Fortune 500 organizations worldwide. And her clear-eyed, evidence-based picture of where AI and humanoids are taking the global economy has made her one of the most sought-after minds on the subject anywhere in the world — ranked #15 globally for AI and Future of Work by Clarity Group, New York Times bestselling author of five books, and the subject of a Stanford GSB case study.
Audiences leave with a fundamentally different way of thinking about what is possible.
DEBORAH PERRY PISCIONE
FUTURIST + THOUGHT LEADER
AI + humanoids, web3 technologies, risk- taking + innovation
BOARD DIRECTOR + ADVISOR
SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR
INVESTOR
TV COMMENTATOR, GLOBAL SPEAKER + GUEST LECTURER
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
THINKERS50 (2025 Nominee)
Deborah Perry Piscione GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Please see Deborah's Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C-fhbuUAAAAJ&hl=en
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Deborah's writing, research + podcasts with Harvard Business Review focuses on disruptive technologies and its impact on work + life.
GUEST LECTURER
- Duke Fuqua: Executive Education Faculty
- Stanford Graduate School of Business: Guest Lecturer
- American University: Adjunct Professor
PROPRIETARY INNOVATION PROCESS
Deborah's bottom's up innovation methodology Improvisational Innovation™ − an annual process that engages all the organization's talents in a safe and trusted environment. In the era of AI disruption, this methodology addresses a critical challenge: while AI automates routine innovation tasks, organizations need processes that unlock distinctly human capabilities—creativity, adaptive thinking, intuition, and judgment.
MEDIA COMMENTATOR
Deborah has served as a media commentator for MSNBC, FOX News, CNBC + CNN.
Deborah Perry Piscione: Futurist and Keynote Speaker
Deborah's Latest Book
EMPLOYMENT IS DEAD: HOW DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ARE REVOLUTIONIZING TE WAY WE WORK
With disruptive technologies on the horizon, traditional employment models are becoming outdated. How will your organization adapt to the evolving landscape of work?
Business is on the cusp of a profound transformation. Conventional work models are failing to adapt to the evolving needs and expectations of the modern workforce. Simultaneously, the emergence of disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, coupled with web3 innovations, including the metaverse and decentralized work models, is unlocking a new realm of possibilities. It raises the question: Is the era of traditional employment over?
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
LINKEDIN LEARNING AUTHOR
Executing on innovation
New ideas and bold bets are essential for the livelihood and survival of any organization operating in today’s competitive marketplace and era of exponential growth. On the minds of many leaders are questions like, “How do I know where the next big idea is?” and “What are the incremental or groundbreaking ideas that can be cultivated from my employees?” In this course, innovation thought leader Deborah Perry Piscione shares her bottom-up proprietary methodology that engages all the talents of the entire organization.
RISK TAKING FOR LEADERS
Want to become a great risk-taker? Without knowing when and how to take risks, you and your organization can lose market share, relevance, and potentially become obsolete. Risk-taking is one of the greatest leadership tools available and is imperative to the long-term growth of any organization. In this course, you as a leader have figured out how and when to take risks, you can then build a culture that not only focuses on producing the work, but also creates and executes a steady flow of ideas to improve every aspect of the organization.