SpeakerPost Spotlight: Richie Etwaru
- Jul 14
- 2 min read
"The divide between the industry and academia is widening. The next generation of graduates are being armed with knowledge and skills that are irrelevant by the time they graduate. Professionals must collaborate with professors and cultivate classrooms where everyone benefits."
You've been giving back to the academic community for several years now. What motivates you to be a guest speaker?
In order for one to teach or tell, they must be familiar with the deepest aspects of a topic. Teaching gives me the opportunity to “go deep” on many topics where I usually would have gotten by with only a surface level understanding.
How do you prepare for a speaking engagement?
I focus on the effectiveness of the transfer of my message to the audience. I pay less attention to what I want to say and more attention to what needs to be said so that information is effectively transferred and understood.
What advice would you give industry folks who wish to commit to education in some way?
It is an intersection of, philanthropy, networking and personal growth.
Richie Etwaru believes the most important ingredient for change is courage. Courage not mistaken with risk but consistent with the bravery required to embark upon something never attempted. Richie has spanned unlikely disciplines and multiple continents over two decades. He has had the honor to operate in academia, entrepreneurship, government advisory, and Fortune 500 companies in financial services and healthcare. He’s been quoted in NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Computer World, Forbes, VentureBeat, WIRED, and has appeared on dozens of television stations and media outlets globally. As founder and CEO of Hu-manity.co, Etwaru is known for pursuing the 31st Human Right “everyone has the right to legal ownership of their inherent human data as property.” He is driven to reshape the world by creating a new data economy, where inherent human data is legally human property.
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