Noreena Hertz is an Economist, Author and Broadcaster named by The Observer as “one of the world’s leading thinkers” and by Vogue as “one of the world’s most inspiring women”. Her latest book, The Lonely Century – Coming Together in a World That’s Pulling Apart is out in 2021.
Noreena Hertz’s Topics:
The Lonely Century:
All around us, the fabric of community is unraveling and our personal relationships are under threat. And technology isn’t the sole culprit. Equally to blame are the dismantling of civic institutions, the radical reorganization of the workplace, the mass migration to cities, and decades of neoliberal policies that have placed self-interest above the collective good.
This is not merely a mental health crisis. Loneliness increases our risk of heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Statistically, it’s as bad for our health as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. It’s also an economic crisis, costing us billions annually. And it’s a political crisis, as feelings of marginalization fuel divisiveness and extremism around the world. But it’s also a crisis we have the power to solve.
Combining a decade of research with firsthand reporting, Noreena Hertz takes us from a “how to read a face” class at an Ivy League university to isolated remote workers in London during lockdown, from “renting a friend” in Manhattan to nursing home residents knitting bonnets for their robot caregivers in Japan.
Offering bold solutions ranging from compassionate AI to innovative models for urban living to new ways of reinvigorating our neighborhoods and reconciling our differences, Noreena offers a hopeful and empowering vision for how to heal our fractured communities and restore connection in our lives.
How to Make Smart Decisions in Complex Times
Noreena Hertz lays out concrete and counterintuitive steps we all can take to become much smarter and wiser decision makers ourselves. Steps that include hiring a Challenger-in-Chief, becoming a Digitally-Attune Information-Hunter-Gatherer, encouraging Dissent and Difference and Tapping into your Organisation’s Wisdom Within.
This is Not the New Normal: Preparing Your Business for Life Post-Covid
The age of Radical Uncertainty: Winning in an Age of Technological, Geopolitical, Economic and Demographic Disruption
The Robots are Coming: Thriving in an age of Digital Disruption, Artificial Intelligence, and Cyber Hacking
The Five Forces Transforming Our World: What will the world look like in the next two to three years?
From Brexit to Trump: Managing the new geopolitical and economic landscape
Generation K: How to engage the next generation of consumers and employees
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Noreena Hertz’s Bio:
Named by The Observer as “one of the world’s leading thinkers” and by Vogue as “one of the world’s most inspiring women,” economist Noreena Hertz is a broadcaster and keynote speaker.
Her previous bestsellers The Silent Takeover, The Debt Threat and Eyes Wide Open are published in more than twenty countries. Her latest book (late 2020), The Lonely Century – Coming Together in a World That’s Pulling Apart is out now in the UK, and is being published across the world. It was extremely well received – Top Five Books of the Year, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year, Wired UK, Books of the Year, Waterstones (our equivalent of Barnes and Noble), “If we could issue a reading list to 10 Downing Street, I’d put this book near the top.” as per the Guardian, “Causing a deserved stir”, The Financial Times. It comes out in the US in February and already a buzz is beginning there with influential US thinker Professor Adam Grant choosing it as one of his top twelve books for 2021.
Frequently sought around the world as a speaker, Noreena has given keynote speeches at TED, the World Economic Forum in Davos and Google Zeitgeist as well as for leading global corporations like CISCO, sharing platforms with such luminaries as President Bill Clinton, Professor Stephen Hawking and Jane Goodall amongst others.
A regular commentator in print globally, Noreena’s opinion pieces have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Die Zelt, El Pais, and The South China Morning Post. She makes frequent television appearances around the world including on flagship television shows such as CBS’ This Morning, BBC’s Question Time, NHK’s Global Debate; has created and hosted four television documentaries; hosted her own show on the US’ largest radio network, Sirius XM and served as the economics editor for the UK’s leading commercial television network, ITV.
Noreena has a PhD from Cambridge University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Having spent 10 years at the University of Cambridge, in 2014 she moved to University College London where she is an Honorary Professor at the Institute for Global Prosperity. Noreena advises corporations globally and sits on the board of Warner Music Group.
