The Innovation Ultimatum

About the Author

As the former futurist and chief evangelist at Intel Corporation, Steve Brown has more than 30 years of experience in high tech, half of that time spent in strategic planning roles where he imagined and built plans for a world 5, 10, and 15 years in the future.

After leaving Intel in 2016, Steve built his own company, Possibility and Purpose, which encourages businesses to understand the exciting potential of technology—including artificial intelligence, Blockchains, and augmented reality—and to embrace those technologies to fulfill their corporate purpose in new ways. Steve encourages companies to build a better future for people by creating exciting new products and services, optimizing operations, innovating business models, empowering employees, delighting customers, boosting sustainability, and elevating work.

Now a sought-after keynote speaker, Steve brings his experience in engineering, business, and communications to help audiences understand how automation and other technology will reshape industries, transform the future of work, and improve our lives.

Steve has been featured on CNN, BBC, Bloomberg TV, and in the Wall Street Journal and Wired magazine, among many other media outlets. He holds bachelor of science and master of engineering degrees in micro-electronic systems engineering from Manchester University. He was born in the UK and became a U.S. citizen in 2008. Steve lives with his wife in Portland, Oregon. Also known as The Bald Futurist, ...