Digital Anthropology

We have been working on raising the profile of Digital Anthropology founder and first custodian Richard Skellett by seeking speaking opportunities for him around areas including future of work, digital transformation and social enterprises.

Digital Anthropology is an innovative social enterprise set up in response to job displacement concerns. With the increasing rise of major businesses using automation and AI to save costs and improve efficiency, Digital Anthropology challenges that hegemony to ensure that people are equipped to deal with changing working practices.

We created a speaker profile based on conversations with Richard to understand exactly what messages he wanted to get across in his speeches. As well as responding to speaker requests made by events, we proactively look for suitable opportunities surrounding future of work, social enterprise and automation in the workplace and put forward tailored proposals on Richard’s behalf.

Since working with Richard and Digital Anthropology, we have secured speaking opportunities in a variety of settings across a variety of topics including:

• Speaking to over 600 delegates at Temple Talks Autism 2019, where Richard outlined Digital Anthropology’s plans to get more people with autism into work, and ensure the support systems are in place
• Exploring the ‘harsh realities of the second digital revolution’ at the Unwired #TechTrends briefing in London by looking at the social and economic consequences of the implementation of mass automation
• Leading a panel debate at the Future of Work Summit on how businesses and the workforce can anticipate and prepare for the uncertain future that automation and AI offers
• Part of an interactive boardroom session at the EEMA’s annual conference on Empowering Business Through Digital Transformation at Microsoft’s UK offices, exploring if employees are being left behind by digital transformation