Sally Dominguez

Futurist, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Modern Resilience Expert

Sally Dominguez is a futurist,a multi-award-winning inventor and entrepreneur currently focused on exponential mindset, circular economies and green hydrogen. Sally coaches SONY in moonshot thinking, works with IKEA on modern resilience, and her growth mindset and innovation thinking systems are used in education and in organizations around the world.

  • Sally Dominguez Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

  • Sally Dominguez Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Synergizing Minds and Machines: Unleashing Human Innovation Through AI

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 ...

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

Optional Add-Ons:

  • Innovation Quadrants, a tool for tracking innovation, and guiding explosive vs incremental growth (+15 minutes)
  • Parkour Inversion, a disruption tool for new systems and possibility thinking (+20 minutes)
  • Discovery Report:  State of the Industry with AI and AT Strategy Implementation

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Introduction to Exponentials

Outlines the fundamental difference between linear and exponential thinking, the metrics we need to focus on in the Fourth Revolution, and the common characteristics of exponential technologies and exponential organizations. This keynotes provokes thinking around unexpected ...

Outlines the fundamental difference between linear and exponential thinking, the metrics we need to focus on in the Fourth Revolution, and the common characteristics of exponential technologies and exponential organizations. This keynotes provokes thinking around unexpected and accelerated convergence, and emphasizes the importance of authentic purpose and inclusive innovation for any individual or organization seeking to flourish with impact.

Outcomes:

  • An understanding of exponential systems
  • An experience of possibility thinking
  • Adjacency Mapping Tool, a tool for exploring convergence

Options:

  • Innovation Quadrants, a tool for tracking innovation, and guiding explosive vs incremental growth (+15-minutes)
  • Parkour Inversion, a disruption tool for new systems and possibility thinking (+20 minutes)

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Exploring Exponential Systems 2022 and Beyond

Outlines the fundamental difference between linear and exponential thinking, the importance of Purpose for strategizing in exponential change, and the evolution from exponential organizations to larger systems. Examines proactive strategies including pretotyping and prosumer ...

Outlines the fundamental difference between linear and exponential thinking, the importance of Purpose for strategizing in exponential change, and the evolution from exponential organizations to larger systems. Examines proactive strategies including pretotyping and prosumer models, and convergence of B2B and B2C in the reach for consumer data. This keynote provokes thinking around unexpected and accelerated convergence, and emphasizes the importance of authentic purpose and inclusive innovation for any individual or organization seeking to flourish with impact.

Outcomes:

  • An understanding of exponential systems
  • An understanding of how to pretotype
  • An understanding of frugal innovation and prosumer outreach
  • An experience of possibility thinking

Options:

  • Adjacency Mapping Tool, a tool for exploring convergence (+15-minutes)
  • GenZ Behaviors and Expectations (+20-minutes)

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10X Leadership: Leading with Vision and Inclusion

Never has it been more important to lead with hope, and with vision. Purpose and Trust are fundamental in guiding strategy through exponential change. This keynote first explores the role of Purpose – how it can provoke moonshot thinking as well as strategy – then ...

Never has it been more important to lead with hope, and with vision. Purpose and Trust are fundamental in guiding strategy through exponential change. This keynote first explores the role of Purpose – how it can provoke moonshot thinking as well as strategy – then moves into inclusion and how every stakeholder might be part of consistent growth. Using case studies and challenges around unexpected convergences, this keynote is fast-paced, thought-provoking and effective.

Outcomes:

  • An understanding of the new metrics around strategy in the Fourth Revolution
  • An understanding of how to work with Purpose to build platforms, trust and new markets
  • Tools to provoke and then develop moonshot thinking
  • Concepts for developing inclusive culture throughout the workplace

Options:

  • Adjacency Mapping Tool, exploring moonshots with 10X tech (+15-minutes)
  • Maximizing GenZ in the Workplace (+20-minutes)

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A Bright Green, Circular Energy Future

Sally works as an inventor working at the bleeding edge of renewable technologies, including wave energy, current energy and – her particular passion – affordable green hydrogen. This keynote includes her insights on new battery technology, affordable energy ...

Sally works as an inventor working at the bleeding edge of renewable technologies, including wave energy, current energy and – her particular passion – affordable green hydrogen. This keynote includes her insights on new battery technology, affordable energy storage options, Circular economy innovations and future directions in transportation and building energy systems. Exploring resilience and decentralized energy solutions, Sally also poses the question: if we have abundant renewable resources for energy generation, can we remove the focus on efficiency and thus serve more people?

Outcomes:

  • An overview of current research in green hydrogen, wave energy, offshore wind
  • An overview of current thinking around energy storage options with an emphasis on either circular lithium, or Li alternatives
  • Insights into designing circular systems at various scales
  • Insights into the potential of decentralized systems and micro-factories

Options:

  • ReThinking, exploring a reconsideration of scale in energy innovation (+30 mins)
  • Adjacency Mapping Tool, exploring circular systems (+15-minutes)
  • Thinking Backwards, mapping a robust, economical, accelerated pipeline (+30 mins)

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Next Generation Expectations & Behaviors

Sally works on disruptive digital strategies around next generation expectations with organizations including IKEA, Rockwell Automation, PepsiCO and Citi. Sally is Generation X, with a keen interest in GenerationZ (25 years and under). Sally’s book, EPIC Resilience, has ...

Sally works on disruptive digital strategies around next generation expectations with organizations including IKEA, Rockwell Automation, PepsiCO and Citi. Sally is Generation X, with a keen interest in GenerationZ (25 years and under). Sally’s book, EPIC Resilience, has unexpectedly resonated with GenerationZ readers in their 20s, resulting in wide-ranging, first-hand feedback on what these consumers are looking for, and what they expect in a job and in a product or service. Sally’s expertise in GenZ expectations is based on research from around the world, and first-hand feedback and interaction with teenagers and 20-somethings in Latin America, Australia and the USA.

Outcomes:

  • Insights into the particular demands of GenZ
  • Exploration of prosumer and co-creation models inside and outside an organization
  • Concepts for a rich, interactive, online environment serving all generations

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Future-Forward Resilience

Explores modern resilience as a system for finding opportunity in the chaos of constant change. This keynote covers decentralized systems, exponential systems, co-creative ecosystems and a rethink of how we define work, home, travel and comfort. Examines the convergence of ...

Explores modern resilience as a system for finding opportunity in the chaos of constant change. This keynote covers decentralized systems, exponential systems, co-creative ecosystems and a rethink of how we define work, home, travel and comfort. Examines the convergence of many of the life and business verticals we take for granted, to find opportunity for growth, for new businesses and for new communities.

Outcomes:

  • Activation of 10X Mindset
  • A state of play overview of converging life and business verticals
  • An understanding of how decentralization might look for industries and businesses
  • Insights into the future of Work and Life at Home
  • Understanding of how EPIC works as a scalable strategy for confidence, growth and inclusion.

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The 10X Human: Resilient, Transparent, Ingenious

This new era of relentless exponential change has left many people feeling powerless, overwhelmed, even inconsequential. In the rush to celebrate 10X technology the human element has been neglected. But in the Singularity, Machine Intelligence is met with Human Ingenuity. ...

This new era of relentless exponential change has left many people feeling powerless, overwhelmed, even inconsequential. In the rush to celebrate 10X technology the human element has been neglected. But in the Singularity, Machine Intelligence is met with Human Ingenuity. Human ingenuity is that unique, underexplored ability that every human brain has to make unexpected connections and imaginative leaps and to delve in the realm of possibility. Human creativity is unparalleled.

Modern business has generally valued knowledge and rational thinking over imagination, possibility and moonshot thinking. As the Fourth Revolution upends traditional business practices around the world, unleashing the creative power of our human capital is the key to consistent growth. The future of work is not prediction and analysis, it is imagination and creation. The future of leadership is not control and hierarchy, it is trust, transparency, and inclusion. Living with relentless change means cultivating the personal resilience, mental and physical, to constantly work at the edge of chaos – and flourish. This new era requires a new way of thinking and a new way of being.

Every person deserves the chance to level up their ingenuity and creativity, and to reignite their curiosity. 10X Humans wielding 10X technology will achieve incredible things.

Outcomes:

  • Activated 10X Mindset
  • Optimism
  • An understanding of how inclusion and innovation will drive growth
  • An understanding of frugal innovation and prosumer outreach
  • Best practice in failing forward
  • An outline of how to structure for inclusive innovation

Options:

  • Thinking Sideways: the Meyer-Briggs inversion to reveal the importance of including both introvert and extrovert thinking (+20 minutes)
  • Thinking Backward: Backcasting to create cultural change in an organization

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The Future Of.....

As a multi-award-winning inventor, and a futurist, researching and practicing innovation, Sally’s work places her firmly at the convergence of many future-forward industries. She has pioneered plastics innovation, co-created Diversity & Inclusion frameworks, co-hosts ...

As a multi-award-winning inventor, and a futurist, researching and practicing innovation, Sally’s work places her firmly at the convergence of many future-forward industries. She has pioneered plastics innovation, co-created Diversity & Inclusion frameworks, co-hosts TheNextBillionCars, wrote a Circular Green Hydrogen Roadmap for the Caribbean and recently designed a
hydrogen-fuel cell house/vehicle hybrid transporter. Sally adds new information to every keynote to ensure that the content is immediate. Importantly, Sally ensures that her audience understands their active role in creatively envisaging future uses for exponential technologies.

Outcomes:

  • Overview of exponential technologies, systems and directions
  • Optimism
  • An understanding of frugal innovation’s “creativity before capital”
  • Many ideas

Options:

  • Product Pipeline workshop to extend the thinking into ideas exploration and
    future-forward product/service development (+60-180 mins)
  • Thinking Backward: Backcasting to plan robust, accelerated delivery

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Workshop: Future Visioning

Future Vision is a custom workshop designed to inspire organizational leaders by teaching them about coming technological disruptions, reframing their mindset about the future of their industry and organization, and guiding them to apply a possibility mindset as they explore ...

Future Vision is a custom workshop designed to inspire organizational leaders by teaching them about coming technological disruptions, reframing their mindset about the future of their industry and organization, and guiding them to apply a possibility mindset as they explore moonshots, unexpected convergences and adjacent opportunities created in our rapidly changing world.
This Workshop is fast-paced and full of new, hard thinking, as befits the disruptive era we are
experiencing.

Tools explored, depending on timeframe and desired outcomes, include:

  • Parkour Inversion, activating a possibility 10X mindset in the participants and devising new disruptive systems
  • Adjacent Opportunities tool, demonstrates how concepts can be teased out to spot unexpected partnerships, threats and opportunities
  • ReThinking Lens, showing participants how to think differently around the manipulation of core value. This is a great tool for helping participants understand how every part of their daily work, and the assumptions that go with that, can be mined for future initiatives and innovations. ReThinking also helps increase impact
  • Moonshot Development Map, a tool for developing moonshot concepts without reducing the scale of vision
  • EPIC Resilience, a scalable resilience strategy leading with inclusion and innovation.

Outcomes:

  • Tools and techniques for developing the habit of working in a state of mental bearable discomfort
  • 2-3 Adventurous Thinking tools that are immediately applicable in daily work
  • Experiencing a possibility 10X mindset, and understanding the advantages this perspective brings to difficult thinking and problem-solving

Options:

  • A 30-minute debrief session 2-3 days after the workshop to ensure the tools are
    sticking
  • Post-Workshop Consultation to determine how these tools can be structured into existing Organizational Culture to maximize their impact and to maximize consistent growth
  • Workshop Workbook for post-workshop reflection and ideas-discussion

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Workshop: Moonshot Thinking

What does it take to lead in an era of unrelenting change? What does it take to become a dealer in hope when so many people fear these waves of new technology? Moonshot thinking is the human mind at its best, working in the zone of bearable discomfort to ...

What does it take to lead in an era of unrelenting change? What does it take to become a
dealer in hope when so many people fear these waves of new technology?

Moonshot thinking is the human mind at its best, working in the zone of bearable discomfort to
bring imagination to life. In the words of Astro Teller from Goole Ex, “Making a moonshot is
almost more an exercise in creativity than it is in technology”. This workshop first frees up the
mind by exploring bearable discomfort and possibility thinking, then introduces a range of
exponential technologies through convergence exercises and prompts. 10X technologies
empower us to work at our own mental and physical cutting edge. Man is still the measure of all
things, and the Fourth Revolution heralds a renaissance in human creativity and potential

Tools explored include:

  • Parkour Inversion, activating a possibility 10X mindset in the participants and devising
    new disruptive systems
  • Adjacent Opportunities tool, used in this case to force unexpected convergences, then to
    examine the outcomes for opportunity
  • Moonshot Development Map, a tool for developing moonshot concepts without reducing
    the scale of vision

Options:

  • Post-Workshop Consultation to determine how these tools can be structured into existing Organizational Culture to maximize their impact and to maximize consistent growth
  • Workshop Workbook for post-workshop reflection and ideas-discussion

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Workshop: Exploring Exponential Systems and Accelerated Convergences

Outlining the fundamental difference between linear and exponential thinking, the importance of Purpose for strategizing in exponential change, and the evolution from exponential organizations to larger systems. Teams will learn, discuss and practice proactive strategies ...

Outlining the fundamental difference between linear and exponential thinking, the importance of Purpose for strategizing in exponential change, and the evolution from exponential organizations to larger systems. Teams will learn, discuss and practice proactive strategies including pretotyping and prosumer models.

Tools explored, depending on timeframe and desired outcomes, include:

  • Parkour Inversion, activating a possibility 10X mindset in the participants and devising new disruptive systems
  • Adjacent Opportunities tool, demonstrates how concepts can be teased out to spot unexpected partnerships, threats and opportunities
  • ReThinking Lens, showing participants how to think differently around the manipulation of core value. This is a great tool for helping participants understand how every part of their daily work, and the assumptions that go with that, can be mined for future initiatives and innovations. ReThinking also helps increase impact
  • Thinking Sideways Lens, examining implicit bias and tools for pushing through personal preferences for broader thinking and inclusion
  • Moonshot Development Map, a tool for developing moonshot concepts without reducing
    the scale of vision
  • EPIC Resilience, a scalable resilience strategy leading with inclusion and innovation.

Outcomes:

  • Tools and techniques for developing the habit of working in a state of mental
    bearable discomfort
  • 2-3 Adventurous Thinking tools that are immediately applicable in daily work
  • Experiencing a possibility 10X mindset, and understanding the advantages this perspective brings to difficult thinking and problem-solving
  • An understanding of the importance of authentic purpose and inclusive innovation for any individual or organization seeking to flourish with impact.

Options:

  • A 30-minute debrief session 2-3 days after the workshop to ensure the tools are sticking
  • Post-Workshop Consultation to determine how these tools can be structured into existing Organizational Culture to maximize their impact and to maximize consistent growth
  • Workshop Workbook for post-workshop reflection and ideas-discussion

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Workshop: The Future of .......Water/Green Energy/Transport/Food/Health/Retail/Work/Cities

A customized workshop designed to provoke exponential thinking around a particular topic, explore adjacent opportunities and technologies, and ultimately produce a diverse, future-forward pipeline of impactful products and services. This workshop examines not only internal ...

A customized workshop designed to provoke exponential thinking around a particular topic, explore adjacent opportunities and technologies, and ultimately produce a diverse, future-forward pipeline of impactful products and services. This workshop examines not only internal innovative thinking, but how to harness the power of GenZ and other proactive consumers with prosumer outreach and co-creation opportunities.

Outcomes:

? Experiencing an exponential mindset
? Exploration and understanding of tools for exponential thinking
? An understanding of frugal innovation and prosumer outreach

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About Keynote Speaker Sally Dominguez

Sally’s Purpose is Spreading Optimism by activating a growth mindset and creative confidence in every stakeholder.

In a world adjusting to a machine-led Fourth Revolution, Sally advises and co-creates strategy around the human response to Artificial Intelligence, and coaches leaders to think inclusively and creatively. Sally focusses on Inclusive Innovation for Growth, typically addressing possibility thinking, the convergence of traditional verticals, and the creation of human connection as strategies for future-forward prosperity and productivity. For maximum stickiness and effect, Sally prefers workshops or activated keynotes.

Sally Dominguez is an international thought leader and 10X mindset specialist with the unique advantage of working at the convergence of resilience, renewable energy, mobility , future cities and human-focussed, purpose-based work strategy.

Sally coaches business leaders in Continuous, Purpose-driven Moonshot Thinking and Moonshot Delivery. “Moonshot thinking” inspires people to look beyond their present reality, and to firmly believe in achieving something that, at first glance, seems impossible. Sally’s proven skills activate a 10X mindset, explore the core values of every participant, and apply her Adventurous Thinking tm tools to ensure the concepts remain exponential and impactful when delivered within an 8-10 year framework.

An inventing Futurist, educator and architect, with seven international design awards, Sally’s breadth of work in 2021-2023 has included:

MOONSHOT COACHING & PURPOSE WORK: CONCEPTS PLUS 10X DELIVERY OF MOONSHOT CONCEPTS

  • 2023 coaching SONY Corporation in purpose-based moonshot thinking since 2020, steering more than 15 future-forward impact-driven projects that remain in development
  • 2023 working with COACH on purpose, 10X thinking and the future of retail

GREEN HYDROGEN INNOVATION

  • 2022 developed a hydrogen fuel cell concept van/dwelling for IKEA, consulted to Hyundai on materials and hydrogen
  • 2021 researched and wrote the Green Hydrogen Roadmap for the Caribbean for International Americas Devel. Bank

10X MINDSET WORKSHOPS & STRATEGY CO-CREATION

  • 2022 working with Honeywell CTOs on moonshot thinking and 10X mindset
  • 2022 working with EY Tech University on Bright Green Energy Futures
  • Plus numerous keynotes for BASF, Austin Energy Summit, Front End Innovation 2023, India Summit, YUM
    Group, April Group Australia and many others.

Recent Publications

  • TheNextBillionCars Podcast Apple, Spotify 2019 – 2023
  • Green Hydrogen Roadmap for the Caribbean, 2021 IADB
  • EPIC Resilience: Level up Human Potential, 2020

Sally researched and wrote the Future 2030 Report on which INGKA/IKEA’s 2030 strategy is based, and she was IKEA’s sustainable resilience expert in their 2021 At Home Report. Sally’s innovation tools and resilience strategies are used at NASA, Citi, Roche, Abbott, Honeywell, Tapestry and many others.

In 2020, Sally wrote EPIC Resilience: Level Up Human Potential, a scalable modern resilience strategy for growth mindset and optimism. The EPIC strategy complements Sally’s Adventurous Thinking tm innovation toolkit, pioneered at Stanford University in 2013 and honed in use at organizations and institutions around the world.

Sally’s design work is held in Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum and London’s V&A. Her NEST highchair pioneered a new market, designer baby furniture, and her Rainwater HOG modular tank invented a plastic structure (through-holes) that is now standard in the industry. Sally co-founded Bug Design Pty Ltd in 2002 and licensed the products internationally. She founded Rainwater HOG LLC in 2008 and continues to produce and globally distribute that product. Sally holds a portfolio of current patents and trademarks.

Sally’s international awards for her design and innovation work and entrepreneurship include:
* Named one of Advance Australia’s “50 for the Future” leading entrepreneurs in the USA 2012;
* Ambassador, Australia’s Good Design Awards since 2019;
* Ambassador, Engineers Without Borders Australia 2013 2016;
* Represented in the Australian Powerhouse Museum’s Permanent Collection (Nest highchair).
* Top 10 Green Building Products USA, 2008 (Rainwater HOG)
* Spark Design Award, 2008, (Rainwater HOG)
* California H&H Eco Product Award, 2008 (Rainwater HOG)
* Runner up, ImagineH2O Global Water Challenge, 2009, NSW Sustainable Business 2009
* Australian Design Award, 2003 (Nest highchair)
* Design Institute of Australia Furniture Award, 2003 (Nest highchair)

Sally’s extensive TV judging career includes ABC TVs The New Inventors, Australia’s Greatest Inventions, and Wheels Car of the Year awards.

Sally is an Australian citizen with US residency. Sally lives in the Bay Area of California.

Testimonials

Sally’s sharp ideas and electric mind inspired our staff to think differently. We’ve been able to apply her unique perspective and methods to think about new solutions to challenging questions. If you need to energize your staff to promote innovation in your company, Sally’s fresh perspective will be refreshing.

Nova Antaramian

Head of GCP/GVP Learning Solutions at Genentech

Sally was humorous, very entertaining and was perfect for the event. Her intelligence and quick wit was a hit with delegates. Her preparation for the event was brilliant.

Karen Relph

Engineers Australia Northern Division

Sally’s knowledge of the domain, intelligence, skills at stimulating understanding, and enthusiasm are thoroughly infectious. I don’t believe it’s possible to be alive and also be bored in her workshop. In advance, I thought I “should” take this workshop; in fact, I adored it.

Student of Sally’s most recent Winter 2017 Stanford Adventurous Thinking Workshop

 

I’ve done a bit of reading in related areas, including works by several Stanford authors (and dozens of others). I did not expect to learn so many intriguing new insights that I hadn’t already encountered. Sally is a truly original thinker who turns her ideas into elegant, valuable products. It was a thrill to see her in action.

Student of Sally’s most recent Winter 2017 Stanford Adventurous Thinking Workshop

 

Sally’s course was a fantastic course for maximizing the time and efficacy of anyone who intends to think about how to solve anything. Both infinitely applicable, and immediately useful for the burning issues we each personally brought to the table. In just two days, Sally led us into a refreshing space in which it was safe to think outside the traditional and unwittingly self-imposed constraints that were holding back our best solutions, and handed us the tools to do this again and again.

Student of Sally’s most recent Winter 2017 Stanford Adventurous Thinking Workshop

 

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