Sally Dominguez is an innovative futurist and educator with a dual background in Architecture and Entrepreneurship. Specializing in resilient, purpose-driven strategies, circular systems, and the convergence of technologies and industries, she has a proven track record in coaching business leaders and driving impactful change. With extensive experience across renewable energy, mobility, and future city planning, Sally leverages her expertise to help organizations navigate and thrive in complex, dynamic environments.
Sally teaches a Masters of Innovation & Resilience for PUCRS University (Brazil) and Innovation and AI & Trust courses for StartSe University (Brazil), using her Adventurous ThinkingTM and EPIC ResilienceTM frameworks. In 2024, Sally has worked with NASA Langley to co-create and illustrate their 2040 vision, and is for her fourth year, running a Moonshot Thinking and Leadership series for SONY Corporation’s SONY University. Sally’s work in 2023 included thought leadership on circular green energy and green hydrogen, working with PepsiCo LatAm on regional impact strategy, advising Coach on sustainable luxury retail with a focus on GenZ, and helping Colombian oil and gas companies consider sustainable transition options. Sally is on Faculty at Singularity University as an Innovation and Mindset specialist, coaching business leaders in continuous, purpose-driven Moonshot Thinking and Moonshot Delivery. Sally researched and wrote IKEA’s 2030 Technology Roadmap report on which their 2030 strategy is based.
In 2020 she wrote EPIC Resilience: Thriving in Change, a growth mindset book and strategy for modern resilience, and the “Macro Forces of Change” chapter for SHIFT: A Marketing Rethink. Sally’s design work is held in the Powerhouse Museum and the Victoria & Albert, and is featured in Design Like You Give A Damn, Cool Green Hunting, 100 Years of Australian Innovation and within NSWs Design Technology high school curriculum. Sally’s innovation tools and resilience strategies are used at NASA, Citi, Roche, Abbott, Honeywell, Start-Se, Stanford’s Chancellor’s Office, SONY Corporation and SAP.. Sally co-hosts a future mobility podcast, TheNextBillionCars, and her extensive TV innovation judging career includes ABC TVs The New Inventors, Australia's Greatest Inventions, and Wheels Car of the Year awards. She is an Ambassador for the Australian Good Design Awards, and former Ambassador for Engineers without Borders Australia. Sally is an Australian citizen with US residency, living in the Bay Area of California.
This keynote delves into the shift from exponential organizations to larger exponential systems, emphasizing the fundamental differences between linear and exponential thinking. It highlights the critical role of Purpose in strategizing for exponential change and explores proactive strategies such as pretotyping and prosumer models. The keynote also examines the convergence of B2B and B2C in leveraging consumer data, provoking thought around unexpected and accelerated convergence. It underscores the importance of authentic purpose and inclusive innovation for individuals and organizations aiming to create impactful change.
Outcomes:
Understand exponential systems
Learn how to pretotype
Gain insights into frugal innovation and prosumer outreach
Experience possibility thinking
This keynote emphasizes innovation and expertise in leadership and systems design, providing valuable insights for flourishing in an exponentially changing world.
Examining a collaborative and enhancing relationship between human creativity and artificial intelligence, where proactive Adventurous Thinking (AT) is augmented and enabled by machine learning. Always ensuring a human-centric focus, Sally discusses bleeding edge technologies that might re-address trust and idea-sharing, and Adventurous Thinking tools that facilitate future-forward solutions and optimism.
Outcomes:
An understanding of how to approach the inclusive implementation of AI
A reconsideration of future workplace, our roles and positive strategies
Defining the role of creative thinking and machine learning within an organization
The WORKSHOP has the same title – but involves co-creating AT and AI strategy using new tools, including my new Trust Triage tool to pinpoint obstacles for innovation and transaction.