Media
Social
Biography
After decades in leadership roles helping shape the digital age, she began asking a different question:
What if many of the systems we call normal are simply stories we've inherited?
That question led her beyond boardrooms and conferences into rainforests, remote villages, cities, conversations, and countless experiments in living.
A former executive, Forbes Top 50 Futurist, high tech exec and award winning author of four books, Ayelet has spent her life exploring how humans create reality through beliefs, systems, culture, and collective imagination.
Today, her work focuses less on predicting the future and more on helping people notice that they are creators within it.
Through short films, dialogue circles, playful experiments, and living conversations, she invites people to question assumptions, reconnect with what matters, and explore what becomes possible when we stop outsourcing our power to institutions, experts, algorithms, and inherited scripts.
Her work is not about fixing the world.
It is about remembering that we created much of what surrounds us and that we remain capable of creating something new.
At the heart of everything she creates is a simple belief:
Humanity's greatest untapped resource is not technology, money, or information.
It is our capacity to imagine, create, and participate in experiences that help life flourish.
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Education
York University
BA
Political Science
1983
University of Toronto
ABD
Political Science
PhD Dropout
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
MA
Political Science
1989
Minor in Journalism
Affiliations
- Past Board Member, One Heart Worldwide
- Past President, IABC
Testimonials
VP, Audience Development & Social Media at PR Newswire
http://www.business4better.org/conference/breakout-sessions.php?session_id=14Business4Better
Ayelet Baron has her roots in coaching and mentoring and at the Business4Better conference last week she coached an audience of nonprofit and business executives to think beyond ‘likes’ and retweets. Urging everyone to think first about human relationships and real business goals. When you are planning your social media strategy, you should focus on the communities you want to build rather than thinking about tools that may help you get there. Sage advice.
Founder, Damianakes Communications
Lena's Dream
Ayelet is one of the most brilliant thinkers I know. She combines strategic insight with a deep understanding of sales, global business, communications, change management, employee engagement and social media to deliver sound, sage advice. A masterful speaker and facilitator, she will impress any audience and ensure that meetings get results. Her rich mix of skills, global perspective and systems thinking distinguish her. The value she delivers is worth every penny
President, Equity Management Solutions at NASDAQ Private Market
https://www.facebook.com/LenasDreamWomen's Equity Compensation Forum
Ayelet was a keynote speaker at our first Women's Equity Compensation Forum in November, 2012. She did an excellent job communicating the power of social networking through storytelling and encouraging the attendees to move out of their comfort zone and try new tools that could enable them to accelerate their career and their business network. The evaluations for Ayelet were glowing and are an excellent indicator that Ayelet is someone who makes a difference.
Event Appearances
Title
IABC Southern Region (http://2011.iabcsoreg.com/) New Orleans, LA
2011-10-15
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Closing Keynote Speaker, How Collaboration Can Change the World, NetChange MARS (http://netchangeweek.ca/events/schedule/closing-keynote-ayelet-baron/_ Toronto, Canada
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Women and Social Media, Federated Press Toronto, Canada
2011-06-10
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Enterprise Digital Strategy Panel, KM World 2010 (http://www.kmworld.com/kmw10/speaker.aspx?Speaker=AyeletBaron) Washington, DC
2010-11-05
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Internet Innovation Panel, Legatum Center for Entrepreneurship, MIT (http://legatum.mit.edu/conference2009) Boston, MA
2009-10-02
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Executive Roundtable on Implementing Strategy, Strategic Leadership Forum (http://strategicleadershipforum.camp9.org/) Toronto, Canada
2011-11-17
Hacking Work Business Unsual
SxSW Austin, TX
2014-03-09
The Future of Work
Workhacker Summit San Francisco,CA,
2014-02-08
The Future of Work
85 Broads San Francisco,CA,
2013-11-14
Social Media and Storytelling
Business4Better Anaheim, CA
2013-05-02
Sample Talks
How Collaboration Can Change the World
http://vimeo.com/25417112
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ayeletbaron
The Future of Work
Key trends in the future of work and why organizations need to prepare to evolve their practices. http://www.slideshare.net/ayeletb/unlocking-the-future-of-work-dont-let-the-future-happen-to-you
The Future of Business: Why Having an Ignited Workforce and Communities Matters More Than Ever
n this session we cover the future of business and why leaders have a huge opportunity to integrate communities into their business. We focus on how organizations can more easily streamline work and create two-way communication channels for employees, customers and partners. We will be talking about connected work instead of the latest technology, tool or app and giving real world examples of what works and what fails.
Style
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
- Host/MC
- Corporate Training
