Hot Topic Webinars
Featuring leading-edge research findings from a variety of sources, Hot Topics are delivered live online without an attendance cap. Anyone from an MIT CISR member organization (see list below) may register to attend.
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Featuring leading-edge research findings from a variety of sources, Hot Topics are delivered live online without an attendance cap. Anyone from an MIT CISR member organization (see list below) may register to attend.
By 2026, several major SuperShifts—widespread seismic changes such as the development of AI-driven decision systems, rapid tech cycles, the need for new types of workforce skills, and rising demands for trust and transparency—will collide, reshaping every industry. Most organizations aren’t ready.
In this webinar, futurist Dr. Ja-Naé Duane will deliver a research-backed look at the disruptions ahead and the critical strategy gaps leaders must close now. Drawing on cross-industry research and foresight models, she will expose strategic blind spots across top organizations and ecosystems and outline the core capabilities leaders need to navigate this new era with clarity and confidence to achieve strategic advantage.
Learn more in her latest book (with co-author Steve Fisher), SuperShifts: Transforming How We Live, Learn, and Work in the Age of Intelligence (Wiley, 2025).
For over 20 years, behavioral scientist Dr. Ja-Naé Duane dedicated herself to one mission: to make life better for one billion people. This award-winning innovator and expert on global systems focuses on helping corporations, governments, and universities understand and develop systems of the future using emerging technology such as VR/AR, AI, and blockchain. Ja-Nae guides companies forward, helping them get out of their own way to create exponential innovation and future forecasting. She has had the pleasure of working with companies such as PWC, Saudi Aramco, Yum Brands, Samsonite, Natixis, AIG, and Deloitte.
Dr. Duane is a lecturer at Brown University’s School of Engineering and the academic director of the Master’s in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (PRIME). A top-rated speaker within the Singularity University community and the author of the bestseller, The Startup Equation, Ja-Nae is passionate about helping both startups and multinational firms identify new business models and pathways for global scale. Over the years, her work has caught the attention of The Associated Press, NPR, IBM Think, and BusinessWeek. Ja-Naé holds degrees from Brown University, I.E. Business School, Northeastern University, Carnegie University, Bentley University, and Boston University. She is a member of the Loomis Council at the Stimson Center, collaborator with the National Institute of Health, and an Academic Research Fellow at MIT CISR.
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MIT CISR helps executives meet the challenge of leading increasingly digital and data-driven organizations. We provide insights on how organizations effectively realize value from approaches such as digital business transformation, data monetization, business ecosystems, and the digital workplace. Founded in 1974 and grounded in MIT’s tradition of combining academic knowledge and practical purpose, we work directly with digital leaders, executives, and boards to develop our insights. Our research is funded by member organizations that support our work and participate in our consortium.