Andrea Clarke
Author, Work Futurist, Leadership & Adaptive Intelligence Expert
Award-winning author and work futurist, Andrea Clarke helps leaders and teams build adaptive intelligence to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Previously a Washington D.C. news reporter and humanitarian aid specialist, she brings a unique mix of storytelling, strategy, and real-world experience to every talk.
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Andrea Clarke is an award-winning author and work futurist at SOON Futures, inspiring leaders and learners to shape the future of work with confidence and agility. She helps individuals and organisations build adaptive intelligence, turning change into opportunity through simple tactics, small habits, and compelling stories that reveal what’s truly possible.
Over the past decade, she has designed and delivered leadership programs that enhance adaptability at scale and strengthen personal agency across teams, working with clients including Rio Tinto, Austrade, and NBN.
Her first book, Future Fit (2019), was awarded Australian Business Book of the Year and shortlisted at the UK Business Book Awards. Her second book, Adapt (2025), published by Simon & Schuster, outlines four high-AQ habits to lead change more effectively and is available in Australia and the UK.
Before moving into leadership and capability development, she was a television news reporter in Washington, D.C., covering breaking news for Reuters and Al Jazeera English, and worked across humanitarian aid securing USAID and U.S. State Department grants to support reconstruction in Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, and Georgia.
Topics
Building Adaptive Intelligence
The high-performance mindset that shifts us from being reactive to future-ready
In a world obsessed with artificial intelligence, Andrea believes that we’re missing the real story: the future won’t be shaped by algorithms; it will be shaped by people who can adapt to them. This is a practical keynote that reframes adaptability as the most essential skill of our time, more fundamental than IQ. More human than EQ.
Backed by global research, executive experience, and real-world insight, Andrea shares:
- Why adaptability is the #1 skill for future-ready teams
- Three practical tools to turn resistance into readiness
- How to future-proof your people, not just your tech
Andrea challenges audiences to step up as active players in change: shifting from a reactive mindset of scrambling to keep up to a proactive one that anticipates what’s next and shapes it with influence.
