Strategic Futurist | Speaker | Coach
Strategic Futurist | Speaker | Coach
I’m Mandy Steinhardt, a corporate futurist, speaker, and strategist exploring how AI, business models, and the future of the internet are reshaping work, power, and opportunity. I help leaders and organizations think more clearly about what is changing, who benefits, and how better design and policy can create more inclusive futures.
My background spans marketing intelligence, strategy, and measurement across global brands, along with years of coaching women through reinvention, uncertainty, and career change. That combination of systems thinking and human insight shapes the way I speak, write, and advise.
I’m especially interested in the questions underneath the hype: what kinds of work will remain meaningful, how AI may widen labor inequality, and how we can build technology and institutions that serve people more equitably. I bring a perspective that is analytical, future-facing, and grounded in the belief that everyone deserves a seat at the table when the future gets designed.
Discover 5 Futurist AI predictions for 2026 and how they’ll reshape women’s careers, leadership, and entrepreneurship—plus practical steps to future-proof your path.
As both a coach and futurist, I’ve learned that the most successful professionals aren’t just adapting to change; they’re anticipating it, preparing for it, and often profiting from it.
Let’s call it what it is: tech bro culture isn’t just about who’s on stage at conferences, though. It’s the entire ecosystem built on hype over ethics, and your attention as the product.