The Future of Innovation is Humanity w/ Shane Santiago

“The Future of Innovation is Humanity” with Shane Santiago

Join us for our 4th speaker event of our 2025-26 season, “The Future of Innovation is Humanity” with Shane Santiago, President and Chief Experience Officer at Bravely.

Presentation Overview:
Want to see the future? Look in the mirror. In a time where innovation is critical to help brands and agencies deliver, it’s important to remember that the most critical factor when it comes to creative technology is people. Humanity and empathy are the cornerstone for modern makers, and serve as the foundation of methodologies like design thinking and user-centered design. In this presentation, we explore approaches, examples and best practices for ensuring we see ourselves in our work, especially if we want to keep driving innovation.

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Speaker Bio:
Shane oversees creative, strategy and implementation at Bravely. Through a breadth of experience, from startups to Madison-Avenue agencies, Shane has brought big ideas to world-renowned brands like Marriott, Johnson & Johnson, The Jacksonville Jaguars, Under Armour, Disney, Discovery, the NBA, FX, Discovery Channel, Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures, snagging myriad industry honors along the way. His entrepreneurial drive has been applied across categories including automotive, food & beverage, sports & entertainment, technology, apparel, education, travel & hospitality, financial, and nonprofits. He’s been published in top industry publications, such as Advertising Age, ADWEEK, Communication Arts and Mashable. Shane earned his BS in advertising at the University of Florida, where 15 years later he served as Chair of the University’s Advertising Advisory Council. Shane also spent time as the Chair of the American Advertising Federation’s National Innovation Committee (NIC).