Speaking
Keynotes, workshops and transformative conversations for leaders navigating irreversible change.
I create spaces where leaders remember what leadership actually feels like, not as control, but as presence.
As stewardship.
As renewal.
Through storytelling, provocation and embodied practice, I help audiences move from certainty to coherence, from performance to presence.
All keynotes can be tailored to your organisation's context, combined into transformative experiences, or woven into leadership programmes.
Formats
Keynotes (45–90 minutes)
Panels and fireside conversations
Interactive workshops (half-day or full-day)
Immersive experiences combining sound, ritual and reflection
Leadership offsites with TERRA Framework integration
Artist in residence programmes (3–12 months)
Recent Engagements
Lloyds Banking Group: Leadership Development
World Trade Centre Amsterdam
Impact Hub Amsterdam
National Grid: Inclusion Strategy
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Biographies
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Futurist, artist and relational ecologist exploring how nature's intelligence transforms technology, leadership and culture.
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Ada Parris is a futurist and relational ecologist exploring the intersection of technology, nature and consciousness. Recognised by Forbes Brazil among the world's most influential futurists, she chairs Mental Health First Aid England and authored Leadership Legacy (Wiley, 2026). She helps leaders navigate transformation by understanding their work as living systems, not machines to control.
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Ada Parris is a futurist, artist and relational ecologist who studies how organisations, technologies and cultures behave as living ecosystems. Through The Presence Lab™ and the TERRA Framework, she helps leaders move through transformation with integrity, imagination and care.
Recognised by Forbes Brazil among the world's most influential futurists, Ada chairs Mental Health First Aid England and is a Fellow of the RSA and Arts University Plymouth. Her book, Leadership Legacy: A Manifesto for a Mindful Future and a Thriving Planet (Wiley, January 2026), explores how we can lead with coherence when technology, ecology and consciousness converge.
She asks one essential question: What type of ancestor do you want to be?
Extended (150 words for programmes)
Ada Parris is a futurist, artist and relational ecologist who works at the intersection of technology, nature and consciousness. She explores how organisations, technologies and cultures behave as living ecosystems, not machines to control, but relationships to tend.
Through The Presence Lab™ and her TERRA Framework, Ada translates foresight, embodiment and ancestral wisdom into practical guidance for leaders navigating irreversible change. Her creative practice spans immersive sound installations, community ritual and ceremonial art, exploring how we sense futures before they arrive.
Recognised by Forbes Brazil among the world’s most influential futurists, Ada chairs Mental Health First Aid England and is a Fellow of the RSA and Arts University Plymouth. She’s Brain Trust Advisor to Frontier Realms, Music Committee Member for Earth/Percent, and a member of 1% for the Planet.
Her book, Leadership Legacy: A Manifesto for a Mindful Future and a Thriving Planet (Wiley, January 2026), explores digital symbiosis and regenerative leadership.
Ada asks one essential question: What type of ancestor do you want to be?
Introduction Script
“Our next speaker asks a question that cuts through strategy and quarterly reviews: What type of ancestor do you want to be?
Ada Parris is a futurist and relational ecologist who helps leaders understand their organisations as living systems, not machines to control. Recognised by Forbes Brazil among the world's most influential futurists, she chairs Mental Health First Aid England and has just published Leadership Legacy with Wiley.
Through her TERRA Framework and Source Patterns Intelligence, she translates foresight, embodiment and ancestral wisdom into practical guidance for leaders navigating irreversible change.
Please welcome Ada Parris.”