Christopher Bishop is passionate about the power of emerging technologies to positively impact business and culture based on the many different careers he has had in the forty-five years since graduating from Bennington College with a B.A. in German literature. He has worked as a touring rock musician (played with Robert Palmer), jingle producer (sang on the first Kit Kat jingle “Gimme A Break”) and Web site project manager (developed Johnson & Johnson’s first corporate Web site). Chris also spent 15 years at IBM in a variety of roles including business strategy consultant and communications executive driving social media adoption and use of virtual worlds. Chris is currently a member of the World Future Society and gave a talk at their annual conference in Washington, D.C. in July 2016 on “How to Succeed at Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet.” In addition, he’s on the Board of TEDxTimesSquare and gave a talk on Openness at the New York event in April 2013. He was recently invited to join the Rutgers Design Thinking Advisory Council. Chris writes, consults and speaks about “improvising careers” as well as the future of business and technology at universities and industry conferences.

Technology, Information Technology, Emerging Tech, Business, TED