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-Nae 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 holds appointments at Brown University and MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research. Her new book, SuperShifts: Transforming How We Live, Learn, and Work in the Age of Intelligence, is now out.
