Mick Costigan shares insights gleaned from a futures career spanning the pioneering work of the Global Business Network to the cutting edge of AI-driven enterprise. He discusses the evolution of foresight methodologies, highlighting practical applications and key thematic shifts, particularly in AI, sustainability, and the future of work. Drawing on his experience building foresight ecosystems within both consulting and corporate environments, Mick offers a concise framework for understanding and leveraging foresight in today's rapidly changing world.
Mick Costigan: From Global Business Network to Salesforce: Evolving foresight for impact in the age of AI
- Date
- 24 March 2025
- Time
- 12:00-13:00 CET
About
Speakers
Mick Costigan
Vice-President, Salesforce Futures
Mick Costigan leads the Salesforce Futures team, helping Salesforce leaders and customers anticipate, imagine and shape the future, with a focus on AI, sustainability, and work. He has spent a decade leading innovation, futures, and strategy teams at Salesforce, including a year as a fellow in the AI Policy team at the World Economic Forum. He is a board member of the Long Now Foundation, the WEF Global Foresight Network, and Trinity Business School, Dublin. Prior to Salesforce, he was a practitioner with Global Business Network (GBN) and Monitor Group, serving corporate, government and philanthropic clients across five continents. He is from Ireland and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.