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Elatia Abate

Elatia Abate

Keynote Speaker: Human Capital Expert, Thought Leader on The Future of Work, Entrepreneur & Chief Explorer

Elatia Abate Biography

Elatia Abate is an entrepreneur, futurist, and educator who created the Future of Now to help humans and companies thrive in the face of inevitable disruption and prepare for the ever-changing future ahead. She has consulted for and advised organizations like PricewaterhouseCoopers, UniGroup, Verizon, University of Arizona and University of Cincinnati.

Named a leading female futurist by Forbes and recognized as a Global Futurist Speaker by the Transdisciplinary Agora for Future Discussions, Abate’s personal mission is to inspire others to shed despair and fear and instead embrace regenerative resilience when confronted with great uncertainty. She has shared this mission with tens of thousands around the world, speaking at organizations like SEI, NY Life, VRBO, Deloitte, Belcorp and SHRM and gracing the TEDx stage to discuss pioneering the future of work.

Before making the shift to entrepreneurship, Abate had a successful, international corporate career, serving as Global Director, Talent Acquisition with Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer. There, she led the design of the company’s global employer brand and was a co-founder of the company’s innovation lab in Palo Alto, CA. She also served as Vice President of Human Resources at Dow Jones & Company where she led global innovation initiatives.

Now when Abate isn’t teaching or speaking around the world, she passes her knowledge on to others as an instructor in the Continuing Studies Departments of The University of Chicago and Stanford University. She received both her BA and MBA from the University of Chicago.

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Elatia Abate Speaking Topics

Regenerative Resilience: Thriving During Uncertainty

According to futurist Elatia Abate, the pandemic was just the training wheels version of the disruption that is coming. Yet for many of us, we barely survived the past few years of turbulence and change. So how can we navigate the future that is coming? According to Elatia, it’s possible not only to survive but also thrive if we’re willing to trade in the constraints of antiquated leadership forms, models, and strategies and instead embody the practices that will lead to a more empowered future—the practices that built her new practical, hands-on program Regenerative Resilience.

What audiences will learn:

  • Why we can’t force-finish our way through uncertainty; the self-help/empowerment tools you might be using right now that are doing more harm than good
  • How simply planning ahead is failing us, why it won’t work in the future and what to do instead
  • Why resilience doesn’t work without regeneration and the practical steps you can take to build your regenerative resilience now and integrate it in both your personal and professional life

The Future of Now: 3 Strategies to Prepare in a Period of Accelerated Change

Elatia Abate was at the top of her game after resigning as the VP of Human Resources for Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal to create a methodology that helped people find fulfillment and happiness at work. Three years into her entrepreneurial journey, she left it all to explore the impact of technology and disruptive forces on our world. What she discovered was both alarming and inspiring: accelerated change and great disruption were already on the way but both individuals and companies had a chance to survive it—by preparing now. Marrying the theoretical to the practical, Elatia draws from her extensive experience and knowledge to offer three key strategies anyone can use to make sense of chaos.

What audiences will learn:

  • How the world currently thinks about strategy and work, why it’ll lead to downfall in the future and what needs re-imagining to survive and thrive during accelerated change
  • Ways to harness the potential of the unknown to create success, fulfillment and freedom for both employees and organizations
  • Why “now” is the most powerful time for the future (and what’s at stake if we miss out on “now”)

Think Like a Futurist: How to Turn Trends into Tangible Results

Recognized as one of Forbes’ leading female futurists, Elatia Abate is here to say that we all should embrace a futurist mindset. In fact, ourpersonal and professional survival depends on it. So how do you think like a futurist? In short, the practice of living and thinking like a futurist is the ability to translate chaos or disruption into something useful. In this powerful, increasingly needed talk, Elatia shares the three tools that anyone can use to start thinking like a futurist and turn trends into tangible results for the workplace and beyond.

What audiences will learn:

  • Why we all need to start thinking like a futurist and the risks we incur collectively if we don’t start now
  • The opportunity trends and disruption present to both individuals and companies and how to turn them into tangible results that move you toward sustainable success
  • How to have an impact on your career and organization even if no one else around you thinks like a futurist

Blockchain and the Future of Everything

Learn what Blockchain is, in language that normal human beings can understand. Learn the technology and why it will matter across a broad swath of industries, including Finance, Healthcare, and Education.

Pioneering The Future Of Work

Explore how harnessing the potential of the unknown will create success, fulfillment and freedom in the uncertainty of our world and economy through the lens of a pioneer who lived it first-hand, and is now creating solutions for the future of work. Learn the three tools you will need to empower your own and others’ success as the fourth industrial revolution continues to unfold.

Elatia Abate Videos

VSS: What Is a Futurist? | Elatia Abate
VSS: The Future of Work vs. The Future of Working | Elatia Abate
Elatia Abate, Global Keynote Speaker

How to book Elatia Abate?

Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Elatia Abate for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Elatia Abate, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Elatia Abate or any other celebrity of your choice.

How much does it cost to book Elatia Abate?

Booking fees for Elatia Abate, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Elatia Abate, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.

Who is the agent for Elatia Abate?

All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Elatia Abate for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Elatia Abate for your next private or corporate function.

What is a full-service talent booking agency?

All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Elatia Abate or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Elatia Abate or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.


Elatia Abate is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Business Growth, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Elatia Abate for live events is $20,000 - $30,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Elatia Abate generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Heather McGowan, Cheryl Cran and Nancy Giordano. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Elatia Abate for an upcoming event.

Elatia Abate Speaking Topics

  • Regenerative Resilience: Thriving During Uncertainty

    According to futurist Elatia Abate, the pandemic was just the training wheels version of the disruption that is coming. Yet for many of us, we barely survived the past few years of turbulence and change. So how can we navigate the future that is coming? According to Elatia, it’s possible not only to survive but also thrive if we’re willing to trade in the constraints of antiquated leadership forms, models, and strategies and instead embody the practices that will lead to a more empowered future—the practices that built her new practical, hands-on program Regenerative Resilience.

    What audiences will learn:

    • Why we can’t force-finish our way through uncertainty; the self-help/empowerment tools you might be using right now that are doing more harm than good
    • How simply planning ahead is failing us, why it won’t work in the future and what to do instead
    • Why resilience doesn’t work without regeneration and the practical steps you can take to build your regenerative resilience now and integrate it in both your personal and professional life

  • The Future of Now: 3 Strategies to Prepare in a Period of Accelerated Change

    Elatia Abate was at the top of her game after resigning as the VP of Human Resources for Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal to create a methodology that helped people find fulfillment and happiness at work. Three years into her entrepreneurial journey, she left it all to explore the impact of technology and disruptive forces on our world. What she discovered was both alarming and inspiring: accelerated change and great disruption were already on the way but both individuals and companies had a chance to survive it—by preparing now. Marrying the theoretical to the practical, Elatia draws from her extensive experience and knowledge to offer three key strategies anyone can use to make sense of chaos.

    What audiences will learn:

    • How the world currently thinks about strategy and work, why it’ll lead to downfall in the future and what needs re-imagining to survive and thrive during accelerated change
    • Ways to harness the potential of the unknown to create success, fulfillment and freedom for both employees and organizations
    • Why “now” is the most powerful time for the future (and what’s at stake if we miss out on “now”)

  • Think Like a Futurist: How to Turn Trends into Tangible Results

    Recognized as one of Forbes’ leading female futurists, Elatia Abate is here to say that we all should embrace a futurist mindset. In fact, ourpersonal and professional survival depends on it. So how do you think like a futurist? In short, the practice of living and thinking like a futurist is the ability to translate chaos or disruption into something useful. In this powerful, increasingly needed talk, Elatia shares the three tools that anyone can use to start thinking like a futurist and turn trends into tangible results for the workplace and beyond.

    What audiences will learn:

    • Why we all need to start thinking like a futurist and the risks we incur collectively if we don’t start now
    • The opportunity trends and disruption present to both individuals and companies and how to turn them into tangible results that move you toward sustainable success
    • How to have an impact on your career and organization even if no one else around you thinks like a futurist

  • Blockchain and the Future of Everything

    Learn what Blockchain is, in language that normal human beings can understand. Learn the technology and why it will matter across a broad swath of industries, including Finance, Healthcare, and Education.

  • Pioneering The Future Of Work

    Explore how harnessing the potential of the unknown will create success, fulfillment and freedom in the uncertainty of our world and economy through the lens of a pioneer who lived it first-hand, and is now creating solutions for the future of work. Learn the three tools you will need to empower your own and others’ success as the fourth industrial revolution continues to unfold.

Elatia Abate Videos

VSS: What Is a Futurist? | Elatia Abate
VSS: The Future of Work vs. The Future of Working | Elatia Abate
Elatia Abate, Global Keynote Speaker
The Future of Work: A Conversation with Elatia Abate - YouTube
Navigating The Future Of Work with Elatia Abate (Rebase Ep. 031)

How to book Elatia Abate?

Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Elatia Abate for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Elatia Abate, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Elatia Abate or any other celebrity of your choice.

How much does it cost to book Elatia Abate?

Booking fees for Elatia Abate, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Elatia Abate, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.

Who is the agent for Elatia Abate?

All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Elatia Abate for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Elatia Abate for your next private or corporate function.

What is a full-service talent booking agency?

All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Elatia Abate or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Elatia Abate or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.


Elatia Abate is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Business Growth, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Elatia Abate for live events is $20,000 - $30,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Elatia Abate generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Heather McGowan, Cheryl Cran and Nancy Giordano. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Elatia Abate for an upcoming event.

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