MEET LINDSAY
Lindsay Angelo is an award-winning Futurist, Growth Strategist, MBA and TEDx speaker. Named a Woman to Watch and Global Innovation Leader, she’s the Founder of Futurkind, a strategic growth and foresight studio helping purpose-led leaders see what’s coming, shape what’s next, and build futures rooted in wellbeing.
Lindsay’s passionate about partnering with purpose-led business leaders and brands to deliver human-centered foresight, craft conscious growth strategies and deliver training that drives growth - and impact.
Prior to consulting, Lindsay spent six years at lululemon crafting their global growth strategy, exploring new marketplace opportunities and growing the company into the number one yoga wear player in the world.
A born entrepreneur, Lindsay discovered her passion for business starting up her own apparel venture as a teenager. This pursuit later took her to the angel investment arena incubating early-stage brands and then on to working in Strategy across the health and wellness, retail, entertainment, and technology spaces. Lindsay specializes in working with purpose-driven organizations looking to create big impact in the world. She’s worked with an array of leading edge organizations including start-ups, think tanks and fortune 500 companies such as lululemon, the LEGO Group, Snapchat, Unilever, USAA, Goodman Brand and the Human Potential Institute. Lindsay sits on the Advisory board for World Business Research and contributes to a variety of media houses and publications including Bloomberg, Business Insider, the Globe and Mail, Cannes, CBC Radio, and more.
Prior to this, a lifelong love for sport transported Lindsay bi-coastal to play NCAA Division 1 volleyball for George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. A dual citizen of the US and Canada, Lindsay continues to live and breathe all that she pursues in her consulting, wellness and recreational pursuits.
Purpose in the Press
Generation Alpha - they may be young, but they’re already a cultural force. This digital-native generation is redefining wealth and already influential with roughly 30% of household consumption decisions being influenced by the cohort. We dive into what makes Generation Alpha unique compared to other generations, their growing level of influence and their values and aspirations.
In 1982, the same year Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner hit movie theatres with its bleak depiction of a dystopian future where humans and AI are almost indistinguishable, Time magazine made a prescient choice. Instead of naming their customary Person of the Year, Time’s editors crowned “The Computer” as “Machine of the Year,” in a prophetic nod to the technological revolution that would soon reshape the world.
Futurist-in-50-Days was featured in Business Insider this month! After a successful Beta launch, we couldn’t be more excited. A sneak peek below.
Regenerative business models, explained! In an era marked by significant environmental and social challenges, the shift from traditional to regenerative business models and strategies is not just beneficial but essential. This transformative approach, which encompasses regenerative practices, regenerative approaches, and a holistic approach to business, aims not only to mitigate negative impacts but to create a positive impact on both natural systems and social systems. At the heart of this movement is the regenerative company, a beacon of innovation and sustainability, committed to fostering a regenerative future through its operations and ethos.
Futurist-in-50-Days was featured in Medium this month! After a successful Beta launch, we couldn’t be more excited. A sneak peek below.
Futurist-in-50-Days was featured in The Globe and Mail this month! After a successful Beta launch, we couldn’t be more excited. A sneak peek below.
Futurist-in-50-Days was featured in Associated Press this month! After a successful Beta launch, we couldn’t be more excited. A sneak peek below.
Fifty influential female futurists | In response to a flurry of demand, this is a follow-up to a post titled "Where are all the female futurists?". We dive into fifty female futurists shaping the future, along with their backgrounds and experiences. Female futurists shape the future. More than ever, businesses are hiring futurists to present a vision of what could happen in their respective industries. The list of female futurists is not long compared to the list of male futurists. The female voice has been absent from the conversation for centuries due to a lack of representation in decision-making bodies like governments or corporations; women are finally stepping up to shape our future with their unique perspectives on these global challenges we face every day. From Global futurists to American & Canadian futurists, you name it, we cover it.
What’s the future of work? The freelance economy, agile workforce, digital nomad 2.0 and more!
I had the pleasure of talking retail with Christopher Lombardo of Strategy Magazine last week. The future of retail. The future of frictionless. Machine learning. Amazon Go. McGill and Couche-Tard’s Innovation Lab. Check it out below.
Business models -- why some brands succeed and others fail. But what’s the secret to a successful business model? Contrary to popular belief, it transcends profit. In fact, it must. As we enter a new era being shaped by a global pandemic, business and consumerism confront a higher calling. Business powers our lives but its superpowers are grossly underutilized. It’s time we reframed – beyond profit and beyond even purpose-driven business models. Join Growth Strategist, Impact Speaker and MBA, Lindsay Angelo, in a thought-provoking, head-meets-heart journey that demystifies how brands grow in a pandemic and beyond. Named a global innovation leader and Woman to Watch, you can find Lindsay Angelo at the intersection of brand strategy and storytelling. It’s here she consults with brands to drive growth while delivering ground-breaking insights on the future of consumerism and social impact growth models. A born entrepreneur, Lindsay is the creator of a signature blueprint for driving brand growth and impact. Prior to launching her own consulting practice, she spent six years at lululemon crafting their global strategy and growing the company into the biggest yoga wear brand in the world. Lindsay now advises global brands & businesses, early stage companies and private equity funds, including lululemon, the LEGO Group, WeWork and Norwest Ventures; she is a contributor to media and research houses including the National Post and the World Business Research organization. Lindsay’s experiences culminate at her sweet spot - where the rational meets the emotive, where facts meet insights and where logic meets creativity.
Lindsay Angelo found herself in a dream career with Lululemon, but it wasn’t until she struck out on her own that she began to see the world in technicolor.
Meet our 2019 Woman to Watch, Lindsay Angelo, a growth and innovation strategist who struck out on her own after a career at Lululemon.
My prediction for 2019: the blurring of sectors will gain steam. We’ll see more sectors colliding and combining to create something bigger and more impactful than each could do on its own. Think co-working spaces meet retail, art meets yoga, burgers meet shoes. In fact, as I write this, I sit at WeWork with a live Christmas retail marketplace happening around me, representing the coming together of two concepts in a not-so-obvious way.
Understanding your customer’s basic, societal, and growth needs should influence your current strategies and offerings. What is the future of retail? A question that has stirred up spirited debate — one we are reminded of with a simple walk to the grocery store or while mulling over a gum purchase. The notion of looking in unordinary places to answer ordinary questions has always inspired me. Triggered by a desire to pursue a consulting venture that provoked positive change and coming off six years in strategy at Lululemon, this trail led me to none other than the field of evolutionary psychology. If that phrase conjures up Psychology 101 and images of Abraham Maslow, you’re on the right track. It is in the posthumous of Maslow’s work and its iterations that lay an undiscovered truth that, if unpacked, can open up a world of opportunity.
