PRESS & MEDIA
Déborah is happy to deliver a professional opinion to the media about the future of boards, work, education, skills, media, social networks and culture; Inspiring innovation and creativity; Digital philosophy in the humanities; Leadership and the future; Digital and technological evolution and ethics.
SAMPLE INTERVIEWS
Toxicity in tech: Why are Google’s leading AI ethics researchers being ‘silenced’?
Infowars debate: Should it have been banned?
MEDIA LIST
Déborah has appeared and written articles in the media since 2007. Appearances and features include, Channel 4 News, Bloomberg, IBM Future Focus, Telegraph Newspaper, Telegraph Business Club, MarketingWeek, Tortoise Media, RBS/Natwest Bank Magazine, American Banking and Market News, Management Today, Big Think, International Business Times (Canada Edition), IT Wales, AllBusiness, NetImperative, PC Pro, Channel Pro, InternetRetailing Magazine, Which? Magazine, Fashion Extras, Childrens Wear Buyer Magazine, Speciality Food Magazine, Retail Bulletin, My Customer...and more
Déborah's earlier career coverage (see press archive) focused on digital business, marketing and the future, but with her broadening and evolving career since 2016, these have started to include a wider range of subjects around strategy, leadership, innovation, governance and the future.
IMDB Profile FastCompany Executive Board Crunchbase
SUBJECTS
Déborah is happy to deliver a professional opinion to the media about the future of boards, work, education, skills, media, social networks and culture; Inspiring innovation and creativity; Digital philosophy in the humanites; Governance, leadership and the future; Digital evolution and ethics.
SAMPLE RECENT COVERAGE
Fast Company (20th & 22nd July 2024)
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20-Ways to Foster Creativity among your team (and why it matters)
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Using ChatGPT? 20 ways to balance AI with human ingenuity - Fast Company
Success Magazine+ 2nd July 2024 'Future Proof' & 6th August 2024 Public Edition
Futurist leader Deborah Collier shares how Digital Skills Authority, is preparing the next generation of global leaders with the digital know-how to strategically scale. Interview as founder and President of the Digital Skills Authority
Digital Skills Authority Future Proofs Leaders and Businesses
The Telegraph (13th March 2024)
Women Thrive in These Businesses - This is why
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Women leaders in the media industries and the importance of audience
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Regulations in the banking industry around diversity and inclusion
TechRound (8th March 2024)
International Women's Day - Women in Tech Feature
St James Place Wealth Management - Entrepreneurship Club (6th March 2024)
Growing Firms Face Challenges but there are Positive Signs for the Year Ahead
"Many tools are helping businesses grow and increase productivity,” "the growth of AI and the Fifth Industrial Revolution – building an economy based on human–machine collaborations – are driving business hopes". "Businesses can be positive if they diversify geographies and income sources widely, looking for markets where there is interest and growth,” “You need to be agile and move quickly with trends."
Big Think (5th January 2024)
6 Innovative and Creative Ways to Upskilling
HR Grapevine (7th November 2023)
AI Safety Summit | Elon Musk says 'no job is needed' in the future of work - is he right?
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What will Artificial Intelligence mean for humanity and work?
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What are the skills of the future?
Channel 4 News (8th August 2018)
Infowars Should it Have Been Banned on Social Media?
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Policy-making and regulation of the tech giants
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Handling of harmful content, disinformation, misinformation and fake news
Marlow FM (28th November 2018)
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The future of social networks
Thinkers360 Prominent Thought-Leader series (July 2022)
Thought-Leader and Influencer interview
Tortoise Media (March 17th 2021)
Toxity in Tech
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The past, present & future of diversity in tech and digital
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Leadership, ethics, risk, brand reputation, policy and artificial intelligence
Cleverish Magazine (January 2020)Deborah was interviewed about Divergent Thinking, Innovation, Creativity and Music: Can Music Cure Your Creativity Crisis?
ARCHIVE COVERAGE
IBM Future Focus, Telegraph Business Club, and MarketingWeek 2009
E-Business Evolution White Paper (PDF 542KB) - The Past, Present and Future of E-Business (Contributor: White paper featuring articles from leaders at John Lewis, J.P. Morgan, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Cancer Research UK and Linden Labs) - The paper and elements in the paper were featured in Telegraph Business Club, IBM Future Focus, and MarketingWeek.
INDUSTRY AWARDS
2022 & 2024 - Rank 4, Thinkers360 'Global Top 10 Thought-Leaders for Legal & IP' (for governance and the business of Intellectual Property - as a non-legal professional)
2022 & 2024 - Thinkers360 'Global Top 10 Thought-Leaders for Business Strategy'
2023 - Thinkers360 'Global Top 25 Thought-Leaders for Emerging Technology'
2019 - Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
2016 - 'Top 100 Most Influential Chief Marketing Officers in the World' (as a joint CEO/CMO)