Christopher MacPherson is Head of Forward-Deployed Engineering at Lovelace.AI and is in his seventh year at Princeton University’s Keller Center, where he teaches Design Futures and has taught Creativity, Innovation and Design. MacPherson studies how people and organizations anticipate the future, and why they so often struggle to make sound decisions about it and about the generations to come. His work centers on building future scenarios that help leaders plan for change and opportunity while mitigating social, technological, economic, environmental, and political risks. Over his career, he has held leadership, technical, client-facing, and strategic roles spanning technology, design, finance, academia, and national security. Trained as a computer scientist, he holds degrees from Hamilton College, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and the National Intelligence University.
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