Heather Russek
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Toronto, Ontario
Strategist | Collaborator | Innovation Design Expert
HEATHER RUSSEK BIOGRAPHY
Heather Russek helps organizations navigate complex challenges by learning new topics quickly and connecting the dots across domains. She enjoys experimenting with innovative methods, including human-centered design, futures, and art-based practices.
Heather Russek is a strategist, researcher, and designer with 15+ years of experience in policy innovation, healthcare leadership, management consulting, program and project management, and strategy. Before starting Creative Futures, Heather was the Director, Policy Innovation at BII+E.
In this role, Heather was responsible for experimenting with innovative research methods and for overseeing several projects, including the AI Shift Conference, AI Futures Policy Labs, Into the Dataverse, and Empowering Women Entrepreneurs, along with oversight of the BII+E contribution to the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub including Scaling Women Founded Firms.
Heather contributed to the Employment in 2030 project as a co-author of Turn and Faced the Strange through the design and facilitation of the expert workshops held across Canada. Heather was also the Director of Corporate Strategy and Strategic Initiatives at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto.
Heather Russek was named a Next Generation Foresight Practitioner Fellow in 2021 and has launched an Open Scan network with city leaders and innovators across Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University, an MBA from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, and a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from OCAD University. You can learn more about Heather’s professional experience on Linkedin.
Heather Russek currently uses her experience to help organizations navigate complex challenges by learning new topics quickly, connecting the dots across domains, and applying strategic foresight methods. Strategist, designer, innovation expert, facilitator, and keynote speaker in policy innovation, healthcare leadership, management consulting, program and project management, and strategy.
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The world is changing rapidly. Join us to learn the tools traditionally applied by futurists to identify future trends and emerging disruptions in your field, translated for everyday use so you can move beyond present-day challenges to imagine new paths forward. Through this session, you will learn the basics of strategic foresight, key tools used by futurists, and how to apply them to your professional context.
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