Bob studies innovators, technology and media worldwide to understand how media will transform our ability to communicate, learn and share our stories. He will share trends and potential solutions important for tomorrow’s government leader, ranging from a storytelling model developed for government leaders to new ways to identify the influencers who shape behavior to understanding how trust is diffusing (not decreasing) to new media channels worldwide. A past CCO for three Fortune 500 companies, five-time author and teacher (U. of Texas at Austin and US Government), he has served on the US Defense Science Board and has worked with the U.S. Agency for Global Media, as well as serve as a team member studying the global semiconductor industry. Bob is currently working on his next book, The Compass, about how AI will shape media over the next decade.