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'''Amy Webb''' (born {{circa}} 1974)<ref>Mary Carole McCauley, [http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-amy-webb-profile-20170127-story.html "Baltimorean, data-obsessive Amy Webb IDs tech trends that will disrupt tomorrow,"] ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'', January 27, 2017.</ref> is an [[American people|American]] [[futurist]], author and founder of the Future Today Institute.<ref>Christina Vuleta, [https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinavuleta/2017/01/18/dont-sit-back-and-let-the-future-happen-to-you-listen-to-the-signals/#6e86125818db "Don't Sit Back And Let The Future Happen To You: Listen To the Signals,"] ''[[Forbes]]'', January 18, 2017.</ref> She is professor of strategic foresight at [[New York University]]'s [[Stern School of Business]],<ref>Khari Johnson, [https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/11/china-will-become-the-worlds-unchallenged-ai-hegemon-says-tech-trends-report/ "Future Today Institute: China will become the world's 'unchallenged AI hegemon' in 2018,"] [[VentureBeat]], March 11, 2018.</ref> and was a 2014-15 [[Nieman Fellowship|Visiting Nieman Fellow]] at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nieman Foundation Announces Visiting Fellows Fellows |url=http://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2014/10/nieman-foundation-announces-2014-15-visiting-fellows |publisher=Harvard}}</ref>
'''Amy Webb''' (born {{circa}} 1974)<ref name="mmccauley">Mary Carole McCauley, [http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-amy-webb-profile-20170127-story.html "Baltimorean, data-obsessive Amy Webb IDs tech trends that will disrupt tomorrow,"] ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'', January 27, 2017.</ref> is an [[American people|American]] [[futurist]], author and founder of the Future Today Institute.<ref name="cvuleta">Christina Vuleta, [https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinavuleta/2017/01/18/dont-sit-back-and-let-the-future-happen-to-you-listen-to-the-signals/#6e86125818db "Don't Sit Back And Let The Future Happen To You: Listen To the Signals,"] ''[[Forbes]]'', January 18, 2017.</ref> She is professor of strategic foresight at [[New York University]]'s [[Stern School of Business]],<ref name="kjohnson">Khari Johnson, [https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/11/china-will-become-the-worlds-unchallenged-ai-hegemon-says-tech-trends-report/ "Future Today Institute: China will become the world's 'unchallenged AI hegemon' in 2018,"] [[VentureBeat]], March 11, 2018.</ref> and was a 2014-15 [[Nieman Fellowship|Visiting Nieman Fellow]] at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nieman Foundation Announces Visiting Fellows Fellows |url=http://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2014/10/nieman-foundation-announces-2014-15-visiting-fellows |publisher=Harvard}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Background==
In 2001, Webb graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amy Webb brings Awesome to Baltimore |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-12-26/business/bs-bz-interview-amy-webb-20101226_1_social-media-digital-media-webbmedia-group |publisher=Baltimore Sun |accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> In 2003 she launched a future of news R&D shop.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} In 2006, she founded Webbmedia Group, which advised primarily media and technology companies. It later changed its name to The Future Today Institute.<ref>{{cite web |title=Webbmedia Group Capabilities Deck on Slideshare |url=http://www.slideshare.net/webbmedia/webbmedia-capabilities2015 |publisher=Webbmedia Group}}</ref>
Webb was born and raised in [[East Chicago, Indiana]].<ref name="mmccauley"/> She earned a bachelor's degree in political science, economics and game theory from [[Indiana University]] in 1997.<ref name="mmccauley"/> She moved to rural [[Japan]], where she worked as a freelance journalist and an English teacher.<ref name="mmccauley"/> She went on to earn a master's degree from the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] in 2001.<ref name="mmccauley"/><ref name="gsentementes">{{cite web |title=Amy Webb brings Awesome to Baltimore |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-12-26/business/bs-bz-interview-amy-webb-20101226_1_social-media-digital-media-webbmedia-group |publisher=Baltimore Sun |accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref>


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==Career==
In 2009, Webb founded Knowledgewebb, a digital media training company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Newsweek Reporter Launches ‘Hands-On’ Educational Site for Digital Novices |url=http://www.foliomag.com/2009/former-newsweek-reporter-launches-hands-educational-site-digital-novices}}</ref> That company expanded in 2015 with a new cofounder. It is now called Knowledgewebb Training, and it focuses on digital media training on near-future technologies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knowledgewebb Management |url=http://www.knowledgewebb.net/management}}</ref>
Webb started her career as a journalist covering technology and economics. She was a reporter at the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', and then relocated to [[Hong Kong]] to work as a staff reporter with ''[[Newsweek]]'', covering emerging technologies.<ref name="mmccauley"/><ref name="gsentementes"/> She has written for ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Harvard Business Review |url=https://hbr.org/2015/12/8-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2016}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',<ref>Amy Webb, [http://ideas.time.com/2013/02/14/how-to-game-online-dating/ "Can Online Dating Lead to Love?"] ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', February 14, 2013.</ref> ''Wall Street Journal'',<ref>Amy Webb, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323374504578217973101313736 "Hacking the Hyperlinked Heart,"] ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', January 14, 2013.</ref> ''[[New York Times]]'',<ref>Amy Webb, [https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/08/17/children-and-digital-privacy/give-your-children-a-chance-at-privacy "Give Your Children a Chance at Privacy,"] ''[[New York Times]]'', August 18, 2014.</ref> ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'',<ref>Amy Webb, [https://www.wired.com/2016/12/uber-x-fad-will-pass-uber-uber/ "The 'Uber for X' Fad Will Pass Because Only Uber is Uber,"] ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', December 9, 2016.</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref>Amy Webb, [https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/28/why-data-secret-successul-dating "Why data is the secret to successful dating,"] ''[[The Guardian]]'', January 28, 2013.</ref> and ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]''<ref>Amy Webb, [https://www.inc.com/magazine/201805/amy-webb/robot-network-automation-factories-manufacturing.html "Robots Taking Our Jobs Is Actually Good for Business. Here's Why,"] ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]'', May 2018.</ref>


In 2006, Webb founded the Future Today Institute (formerly Webbmedia Group), a management consulting firm.<ref name="cvuleta"/><ref name="gsentementes"/> Since 2007, Webb has authored the Future Today Institute's annual Tech Trend Report, an account of the future of technologies and their impact on society.<ref name="kjohnson"/><ref>Oliver Pechter, [https://nordic.businessinsider.com/amy-webb-smartphones-will-be-gone-in-10-years-2017-10/ "Amy Webb: Smartphones will be gone in 10 years,"] ''[[Business Insider]]'', October 30, 2017.</ref> In 2011, she co-founded Spark Camp, an invite-only leadership conference focused on the future of business, government and society.<ref>Chris Gayomali, [https://www.fastcompany.com/3032550/what-happens-at-the-ultimate-summer-camp-for-influencers "What Happens At The Ultimate Summer Camp For Influencers,"] ''[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]'', July 3, 2014.</ref>
In 2010, Webb cofounded Spark Camp, a next-generation convener that facilitates conversations on the future of a better society.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spark Camp |url=http://sparkcamp.com/ |accessdate=27 February 2013}}</ref>


Webb is a 2017-18 delegate in the US-Japan Leadership Program<ref>[http://www.usjlp.org/members/news.php?id=4245 "Meet the 2017 Delegates,"] The Leadership U.S.-Japan Program, March 30, 2017.</ref> and was a delegate on the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, where she worked on the future of technology, media and international diplomacy.<ref name="mmccauley"/> She is a futurist consultant for the [[Hulu]] television series ''[[The First (TV series)|The First]]''.<ref>Elizabeth Howell, [https://www.space.com/40525-humans-to-mars-summit-watch-live.html "Humans to Mars Summit 2018 Launches This Week,"] [[Space.com]], May 8, 2018.</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' named her one of the Women Changing the World (technology category).<ref>{{cite web |title=Women Changing The World: Technology |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/fghh45he/amy-webb/ |publisher=Forbes}}</ref> In 2012, she was named one of ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'''s 20 women to watch.<ref>{{cite web |title=20 women to watch |url=http://www.cjr.org/cover_story/20_women_to_watch.php?page=all |publisher=CJR |accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> She was named to the 2017 Thinkers50 Radar list of the 30 people most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led, and won the 2017 Thinkers50 RADAR Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thinkers50 Radar |url=http://thinkers50.com/scanning/on-the-radar |publisher=Thinkers50}}</ref> She was on the expert panel at the ''Wall Street Journal'' Future of Everything Festival in 2018, where she spoke about the growing role of artificial intelligence in daily lives.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-future-of-everything-festival-what-next-for-ai/E3B6A770-38D5-47C0-BA0C-30572DBFEAE1.html "The Future of Everything Festival: What's Next for AI?"] ''Wall Street Journal'', May 9, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-machines-take-over-who-will-be-in-charge-1525813516 "If Machines Take Over, Who Will Be in Charge?"] ''Wall Street Journal'', May 10, 2018.</ref>
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==Career==
Webb has written about her methodology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harvard Business Review |url=https://hbr.org/2015/12/8-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harvard Business Review |url=https://hbr.org/2015/01/the-tech-trends-you-cant-ignore-in-2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What, Exactly, Is A Futurist?|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-exactly-futurist-amy-webb}}</ref> Forbes named her one of the Women Changing the World (Technology category).<ref>{{cite web |title=Women Changing The World: Technology |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/fghh45he/amy-webb/ |publisher=Forbes}}</ref> In 2012, she was named one of [[Columbia Journalism Review]]'s "20 women to watch".<ref>{{cite web |title=20 women to watch |url=http://www.cjr.org/cover_story/20_women_to_watch.php?page=all |publisher=CJR |accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> Webb was named to the Thinkers50 Radar list{{when|date=February 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Thinkers50 Radar |url=http://thinkers50.com/scanning/on-the-radar |publisher=Thinkers50}}</ref> of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.


==Books==
==Books==
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Amy Webb
Bornc. 1974 (age 49–50)
East Chicago, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJacobs School of Music
Indiana University
Columbia University
Occupation(s)Futurist, author, journalist, professor
Notable workData, A Love Story
The Signals Are Talking
Websitewww.futuretodayinstitute.com

Amy Webb (born c. 1974)[1] is an American futurist, author and founder of the Future Today Institute.[2] She is professor of strategic foresight at New York University's Stern School of Business,[3] and was a 2014-15 Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.[4]

Early life and education

Webb was born and raised in East Chicago, Indiana.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree in political science, economics and game theory from Indiana University in 1997.[1] She moved to rural Japan, where she worked as a freelance journalist and an English teacher.[1] She went on to earn a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2001.[1][5]

Career

Webb started her career as a journalist covering technology and economics. She was a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, and then relocated to Hong Kong to work as a staff reporter with Newsweek, covering emerging technologies.[1][5] She has written for Harvard Business Review,[6] Time,[7] Wall Street Journal,[8] New York Times,[9] Wired,[10] The Guardian[11] and Inc.[12]

In 2006, Webb founded the Future Today Institute (formerly Webbmedia Group), a management consulting firm.[2][5] Since 2007, Webb has authored the Future Today Institute's annual Tech Trend Report, an account of the future of technologies and their impact on society.[3][13] In 2011, she co-founded Spark Camp, an invite-only leadership conference focused on the future of business, government and society.[14]

Webb is a 2017-18 delegate in the US-Japan Leadership Program[15] and was a delegate on the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, where she worked on the future of technology, media and international diplomacy.[1] She is a futurist consultant for the Hulu television series The First.[16] Forbes named her one of the Women Changing the World (technology category).[17] In 2012, she was named one of Columbia Journalism Review's 20 women to watch.[18] She was named to the 2017 Thinkers50 Radar list of the 30 people most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led, and won the 2017 Thinkers50 RADAR Award.[19] She was on the expert panel at the Wall Street Journal Future of Everything Festival in 2018, where she spoke about the growing role of artificial intelligence in daily lives.[20][21]

Books

Webb's memoir Data, A Love Story was published by Dutton in 2013.[22] The book chronicles Webb's attempts at online dating.[23] Initially meeting with failure, Webb collected and analyzed data to game online dating.[24] The book has been translated into Chinese, Korean, and Portuguese. Critical reception for the book was positive,[25][26] with Booklist calling it "clever and inventive".[27] Webb's TED Talk about Data, A Love Story has been translated into 31 languages and has been viewed more than 4.5 million times.[28]

In 2015, Harvard University published How To Make J-School Matter (Again), Webb's research on what can be done to reform college and graduate education and the news industry.[29]

Webb's book, The Signals Are Talking: How Today's Fringe Becomes Tomorrow's Mainstream, about her near-future trends forecasting methodology was published by PublicAffairs on December 6, 2016. It was selected as one of Fast Company's Best Books of 2016[30] and as one of Amazon's Best Books of 2016.[31]

Bibliography

  • Data, A Love Story: How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match (Dutton, 2013) ISBN 0-142-18045-9
  • How To Make J-School Matter (Again) (Nieman, 2015)
  • The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream (PublicAffairs, 2016) ISBN 1-541-78823-0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mary Carole McCauley, "Baltimorean, data-obsessive Amy Webb IDs tech trends that will disrupt tomorrow," Baltimore Sun, January 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Christina Vuleta, "Don't Sit Back And Let The Future Happen To You: Listen To the Signals," Forbes, January 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Khari Johnson, "Future Today Institute: China will become the world's 'unchallenged AI hegemon' in 2018," VentureBeat, March 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Nieman Foundation Announces Visiting Fellows Fellows". Harvard.
  5. ^ a b c "Amy Webb brings Awesome to Baltimore". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Harvard Business Review".
  7. ^ Amy Webb, "Can Online Dating Lead to Love?" Time, February 14, 2013.
  8. ^ Amy Webb, "Hacking the Hyperlinked Heart," Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2013.
  9. ^ Amy Webb, "Give Your Children a Chance at Privacy," New York Times, August 18, 2014.
  10. ^ Amy Webb, "The 'Uber for X' Fad Will Pass Because Only Uber is Uber," Wired, December 9, 2016.
  11. ^ Amy Webb, "Why data is the secret to successful dating," The Guardian, January 28, 2013.
  12. ^ Amy Webb, "Robots Taking Our Jobs Is Actually Good for Business. Here's Why," Inc., May 2018.
  13. ^ Oliver Pechter, "Amy Webb: Smartphones will be gone in 10 years," Business Insider, October 30, 2017.
  14. ^ Chris Gayomali, "What Happens At The Ultimate Summer Camp For Influencers," Fast Company, July 3, 2014.
  15. ^ "Meet the 2017 Delegates," The Leadership U.S.-Japan Program, March 30, 2017.
  16. ^ Elizabeth Howell, "Humans to Mars Summit 2018 Launches This Week," Space.com, May 8, 2018.
  17. ^ "Women Changing The World: Technology". Forbes.
  18. ^ "20 women to watch". CJR. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  19. ^ "Thinkers50 Radar". Thinkers50.
  20. ^ "The Future of Everything Festival: What's Next for AI?" Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2018.
  21. ^ "If Machines Take Over, Who Will Be in Charge?" Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2018.
  22. ^ "Nonfiction Previews, Feb. 2013, Pt. 1: American Tech, from Edison to Detroit to Online Dating". Library Journal. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  23. ^ "Can Online Dating Lead To Love?". Time Magazine. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  24. ^ "A New Formula For Love". CNN. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  25. ^ "Review: DATA, A LOVE STORY". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  26. ^ "Review: Data, A Love Story". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  27. ^ "Review: Data, A Love Story". Booklist. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  28. ^ "Amy Webb: How I hacked online dating TED Talk". TED.
  29. ^ "Amy Webb's new approach to curriculum and classroom education". Nieman Foundation at Harvard University.
  30. ^ "The 10 Best Books of 2016". Fast Company.
  31. ^ "10 best books of December 2016, according to Amazon's editors". Christian Science Monitor.
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