SOLVE
TOMORROW'S
PROBLEMS

Our systems were built for a world that no longer exists. You are one question away from your next breakthrough.

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Heather was INCREDIBLE. She absolutely nailed her messaging, and the feedback was tremendous.

She did exactly what we hoped to do—get people thinking more broadly and DIFFERENTLY about how they lead, and what they need to prepare for in the future.”

—VICE PRESIDENT TALENT,

Mastercard

Heather McGowan is outstanding at her craft.

She is as provocative as she is motivational. She sees current and future trends and their potential impact on organizations. She leaves audiences fired up to race into action with clear imperatives!”

—President North America,

Abbvie Pharmaceuticals

Really excellent talk. The best one I’ve attended in quite some time.

It was incredibly dense, packing in studies, data, trends, concepts, and frameworks that were relevant as an individual and a manager. Essential viewing.”

—Manager,

Google

Heather is my go-to person.

because there are a lot of mirages out there when it comes to the Future of Work, and she is the oasis. She is the real deal. Her ability to convey information in both words and visuals together are really powerful.”

—Thomas L Friedman,

NYT Columnist, Pulitzer Prize Winner Author

Heather is a thought leader unlike any other, guiding us in real time as we evolve.

Her unique style, voracious curiosity, and unparalleled capacity to absorb information, digest it, then synthesize it for practical use puts her in a category of her own."

—Cassandra Worthy,

CEO, Change Enthusiasm Global

Heather is the MOST TRUSTED GUIDE for the organizations of tomorrow:

TODAY’S SOLUTIONS ARE
ALREADY OBSOLETE.

Today's solutions are already obsolete. How do we outpace change that’s already here?

AI is opening new cognitive horizons, accelerating both how we think and what we can imagine.

The breakthroughs we once couldn’t fathom are now within reach.

In this era of radical possibility, the stakes for human collaboration have never been higher.

THIS MOMENT BELONGS TO THOSE WHO KNOW HOW TO ADAPT AT SPEED TO SOLVE TOMORROW’S PROBLEMS.

HI, I’M
HEATHER E.
MCGOWAN

From human-centered design thinking to reimagining education for the future of work, I’ve spent a lifetime helping people and organizations adapt, innovate, and thrive in the face of relentless change.

My work with Fortune 500 companies has taught me that success at the speed of possibility demands more than just keeping up—it requires fundamentally reimagining how we work together.

Drawing from my experience launching 25 pioneering products, creating an award-winning innovation curriculum that reimagined higher education, authoring three books on thriving through change, and advising some of the world's leading organizations, I've developed frameworks that transform how organizations think, collaborate, and activate potential.

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By harnessing our natural human advantages—curiosity, adaptability, and empathy—we can scale resilient organizations that don’t just respond to change but shape it.

Think about our first dreams of future transportation. We imagined flying cars—but with human drivers, like George in The Jetsons. Even when we pictured self-driving vehicles, we envisioned robot drivers that looked just like us.

WHY? Because we were stuck in old patterns of thinking. We defined the challenge through the lens of how we already did things: 'How can we make a robot drive like a human?’

But when we stepped back and looked at transportation as a whole system, we unlocked vastly better solutions.

This is the challenge facing organizations today. When we simply plug new solutions into old ways of thinking, we're not truly innovating—we're just iterating on the past.

The real breakthrough comes when we shake off these constraints, shifting our focus from "how it’s always been done" to "WHAT’S TRULY POSSIBLE."

IT’S NOT ABOUT DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY—IT’S ABOUT SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

Together, we can SOLVE TOMORROW'S PROBLEMS by asking better questions today.

SPEAKING

Activate your people so you can advance
at the SPEED OF POSSIBILITY

I transform complex data into compelling visual stories that make sense of today's biggest challenges—from emerging technologies and societal shifts to changing leadership profiles and the evolving nature of work itself.

Through powerful frameworks and real-world examples, I equip your audience to see challenges differently, ask better questions, and turn unprecedented change into extraordinary opportunity.

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