Heather McGowan

Future-of-Work Strategic Consultant & Speaker
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Fee ranges

Domestic In-Person (USA):

$30,001 - $40,000*

International In-Person:

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Virtual:

$20,001 - $30,000*

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About

Future-of-work strategist Heather E. McGowan helps leaders prepare their people and organizations for the Augmented Era– where the greatest competitive advantage comes from optimizing human performance. McGowan is a sense maker, a dot connector, a deep thinker, and a pattern matcher who sees things that others miss. Heather gives people the courage and insight that illuminates their path forward. She’s transforming mindsets and entire organizations around the globe with her message about how the next phase of work will focus on continuous learning, rather than simply learning once in order to work. Pulitzer Prize–winning NYT columnist Thomas Friedman frequently quotes Heather in his books and columns and describes her as “the oasis” when it comes to insights into the future of work. In 2020 Heather was recognized as one of the top 50 female futurists in the world by Forbes. Heather’s sessions help employees and leaders alike prepare for and adapt to jobs that do not yet exist.  

McGowan has provided keynote addresses for audiences from start-ups to government organizations to universities to publicly traded Fortune 100 companies, including AMP Financial, SAP, Abbvie, Biogen, Fidelity, FIS, Mastercard, AT&T, Financial Times, Siemens, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Kaiser Permanente, JPMorgan Chase, Lockheed Martin, MassMutual, MetLife, Best Buy, Raytheon, The US Army, Accor Hotels, Paramount, Chevron, AARP, Zendesk, Tableau, Fidelity, de Beers, Professional Beauty Association, and The World Bank among hundreds of others. Heather addresses audiences in person from small summits for C suite executives to large events in the tens of thousands. Her virtual talks have reached hundreds of thousands. Often quoted in the media, notably in the New York Times, McGowan served on the advisory board for Sparks & Honey, a New York–based culture-focused agency looking to the future for brands. McGowan’s academic work has included roles at Rhode Island School of Design, and Jefferson University, where she was the strategic architect of the first undergraduate college focused exclusively on innovation. From 2019-2022 Heather was appointed as a faculty member of the Swinburne University Centre For the New Workforce in Melbourne, Australia. In 2022, McGowan was awarded an honorary doctorate from Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in addition to earning her MBA from Babson College and her BFA in Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design. McGowan is the co-editor and author of the book Disrupt Together: How Teams Consistently Innovate and a Forbes contributor. McGowan’s first book on the future of work, published in 2020: The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work, reached number three in business management books on Amazon and was named one of the best business books of 2021 by Soundview. McGowan’s most recent book The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce published in March 2023 and is a finalist for the Next Big Idea Book Club and identified as a top ten business book to read in 2023 by Business Chief.

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Topics

Topics

Leadership Focus: Behaviors

Leading With Cohesion To Maintain Organizational Health

The Augmented Era: Maximizing Human Potential

Building Resilient Teams Without Burnout

The Future Is Learning And Adaptation

The Curiosity Advantage

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gLE-9R34M&t=13s
Heather E McGowan Showreel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew4rCvZMJN4
Keynote Speaker Heather E McGowan introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiQjuuzAC5w&t=2s
Grow Your Opportunity Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tea0_n-gTgE&t=2s
Navigating the once a century shifts: cultural, social, demographic, technical, and economic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Lq8KMK40U&t=1s
In Conversation With... Heather McGowan

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Testimonials

"Heather McGowan is outstanding at her craft, tailoring her presentation for maximum impact. She will leave your audience with clear imperatives and fired up to race into action!"

President
Abbvie North America

"Heather’s presentation style connects to the audience regardless of how your brain is wired. A broad coalition of colleagues found immediate, actionable application of her message"

Erin Watkins, SPHR, VP Transformation
Travelport

"Heather was the highlight of the conference. She gave my team a lot to think about in both the near and far term."

CHRO
Hess

"Heather nailed it. She inspired my people. It was more than I had hoped for."

Reuben Carranza, Group CEO
Amika & EVA NYC

"Heather is a dynamic presenter and we appreciated her message and delivery. Heather is not only a great speaker, she is also very relatable and flexible to work with. This was the first time we had to deliver such an event virtually and I learned many things."

Vice President
CGI Federal

"Heather - Your event was INCREDIBLE. It absolutely nailed the messaging we wanted to get out there, and the feedback was tremendous. It did exactly what we aimed to do - get people thinking more broadly - and DIFFERENTLY - about how they lead, market/industry context, and what they need to prepare for in the future. I sincerely hope we get to have you back again - I know there were some leaders internally that were interested in having you speak with their teams."

Vice President Talent
Mastercard

"The way Heather combined concrete research data with common sense insights educated people and provided them with a clear blueprint for what actions to take."

Mike Corkery, President & Chief Executive Officer
Deltek

"Really excellent talk. The best one I have attended in quite some time. It was incredibly dense, packing in studies, data, trends, concepts, and frameworks that were relevant as an individual and a manager. Essential viewing.."

Manager
Google