Angela Oguntala
Angela Oguntala is a futurist and strategic foresight practitioner who advises and speaks to global organisations on innovation, emerging technologies and future-facing strategy.
- Strategic foresight practitioner working across innovation, design and long-term change
- Senior leadership roles with Greyspace, a strategic futures and foresight consultancy
- International advisor and keynote speaker for global organisations
- Salzburg Global Fellow
- Delivered a TEDxCopenhagen talk, “Re-imagine the future”
- BA in Business Administration and MA in Interaction Design
Full Profile
Key speaking topics
- Strategic foresight
- Future-facing strategy
- Emerging technology impacts
- Leadership under uncertainty
- Innovation for long-term transitions
- Sustainability and systemic change
- Future of work
Ideal for
- Senior leadership teams
- Strategy and innovation leaders
- Organisations navigating uncertainty and long-term transformation
- Global companies seeking future-focused direction
Audience outcomes
- Clear understanding of strategic foresight principles
- Practical perspectives on navigating uncertainty
- Insight into the impact of emerging technologies
- Structured approaches to long-term innovation and transition
- Broader perspective on future-of-work dynamics
Why organisations work with Angela Oguntala
- Brings strategic foresight expertise grounded in advisory work with global organisations
- Connects innovation, design and long-term change in a commercially relevant way
- Addresses emerging technologies and uncertainty with structured, practical insight
- Offers an international perspective shaped by work across sectors and regions
Biography
Angela Oguntala works with global organisations to strengthen strategic foresight, innovation capability and long-term decision-making. Her focus is on helping leaders interpret emerging technology, navigate uncertainty and shape future-facing strategy in complex environments.
She has held senior leadership roles with Greyspace, a strategic futures consultancy, advising international companies and institutions on innovation, design and systemic change. Her work spans sectors and regions, supporting organisations as they respond to technological disruption, sustainability pressures and shifting models of work.
Angela’s speaking and advisory engagements have included global organisations such as Google, Microsoft, IKEA, Philips, Heineken and Deloitte, as well as international institutions including the World Economic Forum and the World Trade Organization. She addresses senior audiences on leadership under uncertainty, the future of work and innovation for long-term transitions.
A Salzburg Global Fellow, she has delivered a TEDxCopenhagen talk, “Re-imagine the future,” and has appeared in NPR-affiliated coverage connected to her work. She holds a BA in Business Administration and an MA in Interaction Design, bringing a cross-disciplinary perspective to strategy, innovation and organisational transformation.
Discorsi
Gives leaders a structured view of the near and longer-term shifts reshaping business, technology, and society, and what those shifts demand of strategy.
Key takeaways:
- How to identify the forces reshaping your organisation’s context and their downstream strategic impacts
- A working understanding of the Futurecasting process as a leadership decision-making tool
- A clearer framework for leading with intention through uncertainty rather than reacting to it
A practical guide to reading emerging signals, identifying where real opportunity is forming, and advancing new ideas as conditions keep changing.
Key takeaways:
- How to read emerging signals and identify where real opportunity is forming without chasing noise
- Strategies for generating genuinely new ideas rather than optimising what already exists
- How to build a learning organisation capable of experimenting at the speed uncertainty demands
How leaders hold immediate execution and longer-term direction at once, without losing clarity on either, and where foresight becomes the deciding capability.
Key takeaways:
- How to sharpen judgment about which assumptions to challenge and when
- A clearer view of emerging risks and opportunities before they become visible to the wider market
- How to use anticipatory thinking to set direction, build resilient teams, and take action