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Alexandra Whittington

Futurist at TCS

Houston, United States

Alexandra Whittington is a futurist writer and speaker who explores the future of humanity and society.

Alex is a member of the Future of Business team at TCS, where she helps clients navigate the complex and uncertain world of tomorrow. She is also a former Lecturer at the University of Houston, where she taught courses on Foresight. She has co-authored and co-edited several books on the future, including A Very Human Future, Aftershocks and Opportunities, and The Future Reinvented.

She has been featured as one of the world’s top women futurists by Forbes and delivered a TEDx talk called The Museum of the Future. Alex is passionate about empowering people to imagine and create positive futures for themselves and their communities.

As a futurist, Alexandra Whittington is committed to promoting a more equitable and sustainable future. She believes that technology can be a powerful force for positive change, but only if it is developed and deployed with a strong sense of social responsibility. Through her work, she aims to inspire and empower individuals and organizations to take an active role in shaping the future they want to see.

Available For: Authoring, Speaking
Travels From: Houston, Texas

Alexandra Whittington Points
Academic 0
Author 31
Influencer 21
Speaker 42
Entrepreneur 0
Total 94

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Business Unit: TCS
Minimum Project Size: N/A
Average Hourly Rate: N/A
Number of Employees: 100,000+
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed

Areas of Expertise

AI 30.39
Business Strategy 30.86
Careers 31.56
Change Management
Coaching 30.82
COVID19
Culture 30.04
Customer Experience 30.01
Digital Disruption 31.05
Digital Transformation 30.01
Digital Twins 31.93
Diversity and Inclusion 30.42
Ecosystems 30.57
EdTech 30.07
Education 30.25
Emerging Technology 30.41
Entrepreneurship 30.06
Future of Work 30.34
Health and Safety 30.52
Health and Wellness 31.04
HealthTech 30.02
Innovation 30.36
IT Leadership 30.29
Marketing 30.01
Mental Health 30.07
Metaverse 30.19
Mobility 30.19
Personal Branding 30.32
Retail 30.13
Smart Cities 30.63
Social 30.11
SportsTech 30.22
Sustainability 30.59

Industry Experience

Agriculture & Mining
Automotive
Consumer Products
Financial Services & Banking
Healthcare
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research
Hospitality
Insurance
Media
Oil & Gas
Other
Pharmaceuticals
Real Estate
Retail
Travel & Transportation

Publications & Experience

28 Article/Blogs
Human Enhancement: Is Assistive Technology Morphing from 'Need' to 'Want'?
Blogger
February 28, 2025
While assistive technologies were once meant only for those suffering from disabilities, they are evolving to offer benefits for a significant cross-section of modern society.

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Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, Emerging Technology, Health and Wellness

The Geometry of Foresight: Are we Thinking Outside the Box?
Blogger
December 05, 2024
This post assumes an anthropological perspective on the foresight field in terms of what this observation tells us about the beliefs and practices of those who study the future.

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Tags: Culture, Education, Future of Work

Born in 2025: Gen Beta Rising
Blogger
November 15, 2024
If the zeitgeist of a generation is predetermined and defines its impact on history, then we can use this pattern to better anticipate next generations’ needs and having in place the ideal educational, community, and family resources for their empowerment.

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Tags: Culture

Harnessing AI to Reshape Gender Norms in the Workforce
LinkedIn
March 21, 2024

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Tags: AI, Careers, Future of Work

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS? UNCERTAINTIES AT A TIPPING POINT IN 2024
Blogger
January 24, 2024
This post calls out three areas of uncertain potential that may soon awaken dormant possibilities, ideally bringing positive change to society.

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Tags: AI, Emerging Technology, Smart Cities

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: THE APPETIZING FUTURE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Blogger
August 25, 2023
There is increasing recognition that some managing of health conditions may be as simple as enjoying healthy foods.

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Tags: AI, Health and Wellness, Digital Twins

DIGITAL TWINS: LIVING MODELS OF PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS
Blogger
May 18, 2023

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Tags: Sustainability, Health and Wellness, Digital Twins

The Disruptable Future of Women’s Work: #IWD2023
LinkedIn
March 08, 2023
International Women’s Day is about social change in the form of gender equality. And despite gains over the decades, many gender inequalities persist. The day commemorates the advancing status of women within society, and it honors the roles women traditionally play in families, as mothers, wives, and daughters

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Tags: Future of Work, Diversity and Inclusion

THE HEALTHY SMART HOME OF THE FUTURE
Blogger
January 27, 2023
Futuristic concepts are now coming to fruition through interactive home technologies that enable a responsive, intuitive, and automated living experience. The conveniences of personalized home living are accelerated by innovative gadgets providing simplified management of a range of home mechanisms.

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Tags: HealthTech, Health and Wellness, Smart Cities

Ten Reasons to Be Excited About the Future
LinkedIn
January 10, 2023

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Sustainability, Health and Wellness

Green Mobility 2033: Four Futures
Import from medium.com
December 29, 2022
https://pixabay.com/images/id-876056/When we look back someday at 2022 we will probably remember a persistent sense of uncertainty in the air. Is the pandemic over? Is the economy good or bad? What’s going to happen next? Unsettling times have made the futurist mindset more relevant than ever.A m

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Tags: Sustainability, Mobility

THE METAVERSE AND THE FUTURE OF PLAY
Blogger
November 18, 2022
There’s a chance the metaverse will infuse play into more of the things we do in the future, which could have some unforeseen benefits. What new kinds of play could the metaverse bring into our lives?

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Tags: Emerging Technology, Future of Work, Metaverse

FOOD FOR HOPE: SCENARIOS FROM THE BIOECONOMY
Blogger
October 31, 2022
It can be difficult to find glimmers of hope in the face of complex global challenges like food insecurity. One reason for optimism is the emerging bioeconomy.

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Tags: Emerging Technology, Health and Wellness, Sustainability

THE FUTURE OF WORK BEYOND AI
Blogger
October 21, 2022

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Tags: AI, Emerging Technology, Future of Work

CARETECH: DISRUPT THE RECOVERY
Blogger
October 12, 2022
People are having to do more to fill the gap of affordability and availability of professional support for young, old, or sick loved ones. It’s all part of what’s come to be known as the care economy.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology, Health and Wellness

THE NEW C-STORES: CONNECTED
Blogger
October 04, 2022

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

FEEDING THE BRAIN: THE MINDFUL FUTURE OF FOOD
Blogger
September 30, 2022
An appreciation for a healthy mind, emotionally and intellectually, could play into consumer choices of what to eat. Here are a few examples of the mindful and mind-enhancing direction of some of today's food trends.

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Tags: Health and Safety, Health and Wellness, Mental Health

HOME IS WHERE THE HEALTHCARE IS
Blogger
September 23, 2022
Healthcare at home is going to be a win-win for society if things play out right.

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Tags: HealthTech, Health and Safety, Health and Wellness

Terranascient Futures Studies and Foresight: Sustainability & Re-generativity
Import from medium.com
April 03, 2022
By Alexandra Whittington and Teresa Inés CruzImage by Teresa Inés CruzIn 2012, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were born at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. The objective was to provide a framework of comprehensive goals and targets addressing

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Tags: Sustainability

Terranascient Futures Studies & Foresight
Import from medium.com
March 01, 2022
The importance of learning, unlearning, and relearning the wisdom in foresightBy Alexandra Whittington and Teresa Inés CruzFuturist Alvin Toffler famously said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” I

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Tomorrow’s Shopping Mall is Taking Shape Today
Import from medium.com
February 28, 2022
Tomorrow’s Shopping Mall is Taking Shape Todayby Alexandra Whittington and Bart ÉdesPhoto by Peter John Manlapig on UnsplashU.S. shopping malls have been on the decline for many years, victims of a consumer culture that has turned toward strip malls and on-line shopping. Then the pandemic arri

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Tags: Retail

Your Future Digital Workplace: Three Scenarios of Remote Work Teams
Import from medium.com
January 24, 2022
By Alexandra WhittingtonPhoto by Barbara Zandoval on UnsplashThe way we work is shifting. The pandemic accelerated the remote working trend, and many companies now embrace the benefits of telecommuting, such as higher employee satisfaction and productivity, plus considerable cost savings. And a ren

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Tags: Telecom

After the Pause: The Unspoken Futures of Higher Education
Import from medium.com
January 11, 2022
By Alexandra WhittingtonPhoto by Guillaume Bourdages on UnsplashWhat are the most surprising or unexpected plausible future scenarios imaginable for the university?Even before the pandemic, mainstream debate about the future of higher education tended to oversimplify the issue into a binary choice

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Tags: Education

Ten EdTech Tools for the 2020s
Import from medium.com
November 11, 2021
Educational experiences are becoming more diverse by the day. Mobile, wireless, smart, and social technologies allow for learning at any place and at any time. Along with a strong trendline favoring lifelong learning, more and more people seem to sense an education is never complete.Now that on-dema

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Tags: EdTech, Education

The Content House: How to Make Friends and Influence People…From Home
Import from medium.com
July 05, 2021
This article is an excerpt from a new report by Partners in Foresight, The Home of the 2020s: Scenarios for How We Might Live in the Post-Pandemic Future.A “collab house” or “content house” is a house where social media influencers live while creating shareable digital content. It is a creat

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Tags: Marketing

3 Keynotes
Beyond the Paradigm Shift
OP Bank
November 30, 2023
Slush side event

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Disruption, Ecosystems

Reimagining the Future
AI Congress
November 16, 2023

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Tags: AI, Digital Disruption, Innovation

Tata Innovation Dialogue
University of Maryland
October 23, 2023
Reimagining the Future keynote, University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business Center for Social Value Creation

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Tags: Business Strategy, Coaching, Future of Work

2 Media Interviews
AI in the Future of Gender Equality with Alex Whittington
Informing Choices Mini-Pod
September 16, 2024

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Tags: AI, Diversity and Inclusion, Future of Work

Empowering People to Imagine & Create Positive Futures for themselves & their Communities
CXO Outlook
February 06, 2024
Recently, in an exclusive interview with CXO Outlook Magazine, Alexandra shared her journey to becoming a futurist, insights on the biggest challenges faced by IT leaders today, significant career milestone, personal sources of inspiration, future plans, pearls of wisdom, and much more. The following excerpts are taken from the interview.

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Tags: AI, Careers, Personal Branding

2 Miscellaneouss
The Informing Choices Mini-Pod – Metaverse and the Future of Play
The Informing Choices Mini-Pod
December 06, 2022

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Tags: Culture, Future of Work, Metaverse

The Future of Income, Careers and Human Potential
FOB TV
November 30, 2022

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Tags: AI, Future of Work

1 Miscellaneous
The Home of the 2020s
Self published
November 28, 2022
Future scenarios related to the future of the post-pandemic home

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Tags: Emerging Technology, Future of Work, COVID19

3 Panels
The Final Frontier: Women Leading Technology in Sport – Sponsored by TCS
SIGA
March 06, 2024

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Tags: Entrepreneurship, Health and Wellness, SportsTech

Technology Revolution Crystal Ball 2024 Predictions Special – #4
Voice America Radio
January 10, 2024

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Tags: AI, Emerging Technology, Innovation

Exploring Transformative Tech: Digital Empowers 2023 Annual Report
TCS Empowers
August 31, 2023
The North American Digital Empowers 2023 Annual Report summarizes and highlights insights, ideas and take-aways from a busy and exciting year exploring technology as a social and environmental agent of change.

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Tags: Emerging Technology, Social, Sustainability

1 Podcast
FOB TV: Reading the News Headlines Like a Futurist with Alex Whittington
YouTube
March 12, 2024

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Careers

3 Videos
The Future of AI in the Care Economy with Alex Whittington
Informing Choices Mini-Pod
September 06, 2024
The care economy includes paid (employed in the formal and informal sectors) and unpaid work through which care is provided for others. Care responsibilities can be broadly categorised into two groups: those carried out within the home and those performed outside of it.
In this episode of the podcast, we will explore the role of AI in the evolution of the future care economy.

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Tags: AI, Future of Work, Health and Wellness

The Futurist Playbook for 2024: How Foresight Thinking Can Make a Better World
Thinking on Paper Podcast
March 01, 2024

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Careers

Rehearsing the Future
YouTube
August 29, 2023
TCS Principal Futurist Frank Diana and his team share insights on the past, present, and future of digital twin technology. From transforming industries, to helping humans live healthier lives.

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Tags: Digital Twins, IT Leadership

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Events

1 Physical Event
9TH ANNUAL DIGITALIZATION IN OIL AND GAS CONFERENCE

Location: Houston    Date : September 14, 2023 - September 15, 2023     Organizer: Energy Conference Network

Digitalization, Decarbonization, and Innovation for upstream, midstream, and downstream operators

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3 Online Events
A Conversation with Four Futurists

Location: Dubai    Date : December 19, 2023 - December 19, 2023     Organizer: Only Webinars

As 2023 comes to a close, it is time to look ahead. What better way to plan our future than to talk to four futurists who will share their insights on the shape of things to come.

Let us be future ready and shape the future together.

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International Interdisciplinary Congress of Women in Science

Location: Sivas, Turkey    Date : January 13, 2023 - January 14, 2023     Organizer: IKSAD

"Diversity, Careers, Interdisciplinarity"

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Digital Empowers: Building Food Security

Location: Zoom    Date : November 02, 2022 - November 02, 2022     Organizer: Tata Consultancy Services

Food insecurity – a complex, multi-faceted issue – threatens over 2 billion people around the world. Digital tools and technology, when deployed intentionally and strategically, can support a range of personalized services for farmers such as agro advisory, best practices, alerts, weather forecasts, and supply chain management to farmers on their mobile phones. This allows farmers to minimize risk by understanding predictive analytics for crop acreage and yield, crop health, soil status, weather and pest forecasts, and resource quality assessment at their fingertips. Understanding, scaling, and increasing accessibility to these solutions is the challenge. Without these tools, food insecurity will increase as the world’s population continues to rise. Food security will be achieved when all individuals, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences.
This virtual forum is the sixth in a series addressing our most pressing societal challenges as a part of the Digital Empowers program. Through Digital Empowers, TCS has partnered with Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) and PYXERA Global to foster cross-sector collaboration using leading-edge technology and digital innovations to make progress on core social issues, such as the transition to a circular economy, food security, the future of work, access to healthcare, and more.

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