Mike Bechtel
Chief Futurist
Mike is an inventor, investor, and professor. As Chief Futurist at Deloitte Consulting, he helps his clients make sense of what's new and next in tech. At Notre Dame, he helps his students learn how to drive change in companies full of skeptical experts.
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Human after all
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<p>Initiative, Ingenuity, & Empathy in an Age of Machines. Join Deloitte’s Chief Futurist Mike Bechtel for an inspirational Think Big session detailing his team’s novel research into generative AI, and their surprising conclusion that humans will matter more, not less, in a world of creative machines.</p>
Breadth is the new Depth: Why Learn-it-Alls Win in an AI-Fueled Future
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Expertise is overrated. Why? Because it has a way of blinding us to fresh perspectives. Today’s era of overspecialization breeds territoriality – which means the next world-changing idea might be stuck in the brainstorm instead of making it to the boardroom. Deloitte's Chief Futurist, Mike Bechtel, is back at Knowledge to share why the most promising (and profitable) futures are less about domain specialization and more about polymathy, conceptual cross-pollination, and industry convergence. Join him as he brings to life what it means to build better spaces for AI & innovation.