Kate O'Neill (author)

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Kate O'Neill
Born
Park Forest, Illinois, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations
  • Author
  • speaker
  • consultant
  • entrepreneur

Kate O'Neill is an American author, [1] tech consultant, [2] [3] and one of Netflix's first 100 employees. [4] She is the founder of a tech-consulting firm [5] KO Insights and host of The Tech Humanist Show. [6] O'Neill is a Wired contributing writer [7] and a regular speaker for companies within Silicon Valley. [8] She is recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world. [9]

In 2018, O'Neill published her third book,"Tech Humanist: [8] How You Can Make Technology Better for Business and Better for Humans." [1] The following year, O'Neill wrote an article on Wired about the 10-Year-Challenge Meme that went viral on Facebook, where people shared photos comparing their then-and-now photographs. [2]

In 2021, O'Neill published "A Future So Bright: How Strategic Optimism and Meaningful Innovation Can Restore Our Humanity and Save the World." In 2023 it was shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award in Digital Thinking. [10]

In 2025, O'Neill published "What Matters Next: A Leaders Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast" (Wiley). It was named to the Thinkers50 2025 Best New Management Booklist [11] and shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award in Digital Thinking. [12]

In November 2025, O'Neill was named to the Thinkers50, a global ranking of the top 50 management thinkers. [13]

Since 2015 she has lived in New York City. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 Fortin, Jacey (2019-01-19). "Are '10-Year Challenge' Photos a Boon to Facebook's Facial Recognition Technology?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  2. 1 2 Morris, Amanda; Garcia-Navarro, Lulu (2019-01-20). "Could The 10-Year Challenge Be Putting Your Data At Risk?". NPR. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  3. ↑ Mak, Aaron (2019-01-17). "Could the #10YearChallenge Really Improve Facial Recognition Tech?". Slate. ISSN   1091-2339 . Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  4. ↑ Vitorio, Tamires (2020-06-23). "As redes sociais querem que você sinta raiva. Mas isso pode prejudicá-las". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  5. ↑ Madrigal, Alexis C. (2019-01-16). "Go Ahead, Post the Stupid Photo of Yourself From 10 Years Ago". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  6. ↑ "BBC World Service - The Real Story, The pandemic brings more robots". BBC. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  7. ↑ Hahn, Jason (2019-01-22). "Is the Viral 10-Year-Challenge Meme a Ploy to Train Facebook Facial Recognition Technology?". People. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  8. 1 2 Benevides, Bruno (2019-04-15). "É necessário fiscalizar algoritmos e regular empresas de tecnologia, diz especialista". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  9. ↑ "Thinkers50 Ranking".
  10. ↑ "Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Awards".
  11. ↑ "Thinkers50 Booklists".
  12. ↑ "Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Awards".
  13. ↑ "Thinkers50 Ranking".
  14. ↑ "KO Insights".


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