Portrait of Ada Parris with map contour lines across the face

We're not in a tech crisis. We're in a listening crisis.

I help leaders and organisations hear what hasn't been said yet. Then act on it.

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Longlisted for Computer Weekly's Most Influential Women in UK Technology. Every year since 2020.

Recognised by the industry. Still asking it the uncomfortable questions. 2026 longlist →

Three ways in.

01

Keynotes & Salons

For your audience or your table

A keynote that changes how a room thinks about AI, power and legacy. People feel it, not click through it. Or a salon: one table, a few people, the real question.

  • Conferences and leadership events
  • Intimate salons and convenings
Keynotes →
02

Threshold Sittings

For leaders, founders and artists at a turning point

Not a title. A position. AI reshaping your role. A redundancy. A restructure. The thing you built, and what comes after. A Sitting gives you somewhere to stand.

  • 120 minutes, one to one or a team of up to four
  • A written reflection within 48 hours
Threshold Sittings →
03

Futurist in Residence

For your organisation

A fractional futurist inside your team. For the interim role, the strategy work, the story you haven't found honest words for yet. It begins by listening: what the patterns say that the dashboards don't.

  • Shaped around your need, a few days a month, retainer or project
  • Leadership, strategy and innovation teams
Futurist in Residence →

Not sure which is you? Email me. I'll tell you straight.

What becomes possible when we remember that intelligences are entangled and animate?

adah@adahparris.com →The work: talks, the book, how it startsSpeaker & press kit