Nichol Bradford

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Here's what I know is true: the organizations that will define the next decade are the ones building AI alongside their people. I'm Nichol Bradford - a futurist, investor, and ecosystem builder with 20+ years in technology and human transformation. I reach over 100,000 people annually through speaking, writing, and keynotes (including TEDx). I founded Human+Tech Week to create the gathering that didn't exist - one place where founders, investors, enterprises, and universities work on the hardest problems in AI and human potential together. In 2026, more than 5,500 people came to San Francisco for it. Naoko Okumoto and I co-founded Niremia Collective to put capital behind that conviction. Our $22.5M Fund I backs companies improving healthspan, wellbeing and performance. As SHRM's AI+HI Executive-in-Residence, I contribute to strategies reaching 362 million workers through 340,000 HR professionals in 180 countries. I host the AI+HI Project podcast, interviewing the leaders defining the future of work. The question driving all of it: how do leaders redesign organizations when the tools change this fast? What does a workplace where humans and AI genuinely help each other thrive actuall

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