Samantha Radocchia
Cultural Technologist, Blockchain Pioneer, & Co-Founder of Chronicled, Inc.
- Two decades building companies across AI, blockchain, and connected hardware
- First-named inventor on four granted US patents in identity and provenance
- Co-Founder and CEO of MISTIC Systems, a causal AI platform for strategic foresight and decision intelligence
- Author of two #1 bestsellers, including Radical Next: Reclaiming Your Humanity in a Post-Human World, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree
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About Samantha Radocchia
Download ProfileSam Rad (Samantha Radocchia) is The Change Futurist: an anthropologist and entrepreneur who spent two decades inside technology revolutions, founding four companies across AI, blockchain, and connected hardware. Her keynote, Change Has a Pattern, shows Fortune 500s, governments, and associations on five continents how to read the pattern behind every big change.
Sam’s first two companies used AI to map personal taste, starting in 2010. She went on to co-found Chronicled, the San Francisco company that brought trust to global commerce and supply chains, where she served as Chief Product Officer and later Chief Marketing Officer, and where her early blockchain protocol work was open sourced into the Ethereum standards, predating and paralleling ERC-721. She then co-founded NYOUM, a London-based generative AI communication platform. She is the first-named inventor on four granted US patents in identity and provenance.
Trained in anthropology and linguistics, Sam studies technology the way an anthropologist studies a culture: from the inside. She did ethnographic fieldwork inside Second Life in 2009, and in 2020 she built a working AI clone of herself. That work led to her research on perceptual security: what happens to a society when it can no longer agree on what is real.
Today Sam is Co-Founder and CEO of MISTIC Systems, a causal AI platform for strategic foresight and decision intelligence. She also leads RAD Original Creations (RADOC), the studio behind Illicit Shadows, an investigative documentary series on the global illicit economy. She has briefed the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, INTERPOL, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the OECD.
Sam is the author of two #1 bestsellers, Radical Next: Reclaiming Your Humanity in a Post-Human World (2025) and Bitcoin Pizza (2019). She wrote for Forbes, which named her to its 30 Under 30 list in 2017, served on the faculty of Singularity University, and is a member of the Content Authenticity Initiative.
On stages across five continents, she brings the calm confidence of a former competitive skydiver and the energy of a rock star, so audiences don’t just walk out ready for what’s next. They walk out wanting it.
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Download TopicsEvery powerful new technology is like a jetpack. It promises new heights, and it scares you about where it might take you. Once everyone has one, not having one is how you get left behind. But owning it isn’t the point, and neither is using it. Steering it is.
In Change Has a Pattern, anthropologist and futurist Sam Rad shows audiences the cycle every big change follows, why the new tools aren’t paying off yet, and the four moves that turn the corner. The pattern has repeated through five thousand years of recorded history, which is why the message works in any industry and lands with any room: it is universal, and above all, human.
In times of radical disruption there is no roadmap, and what got you here won’t get you there. The natural reaction is to brace. Sam uses history, and a clear look at what’s coming, to make the change feel less daunting.
People don’t just walk out ready for what’s next. They walk out wanting it.
We are living during a unique moment in human history – and what’s coming next is radically different.
Socio-cultural paradigm shifts, technological advancements, and evolving geopolitics are fundamentally reshaping our societal backbones – or “operating systems.” The convergence of exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, immersive realities, and quantum computing are accelerating towards “the singularity” and we find ourselves on the cusp of a new era: The Age of Acceleration.
This history-defining moment of radical evolution will restructure our societies for the decades to come. So what does this mean for you? Your organization? Your industry? Your entire reality? Embark on a revelatory odyssey with Sam Rad, as she navigates the tides of time, illuminating the legacies of the past, realities of the present, and potentials of the future. Harness the promise of tomorrow with Sam Rad’s compelling narratives, actionable strategies, and infectious enthusiasm.
With her signature candid delivery, Sam Rad will:
- Guide you on a journey of radical and accelerating technological change across society, diving deeply into your industry
- Illustrate future possibilities and inspire you to envision and embrace the radical next future with optimism and curiosity
- Equip you with actionable insights to enact radical evolution in your organization
From 787 skydiving jumps that funded her first tech venture at 20 to an inspiring journey spanning 50+ countries, Sam Rad is not just a radical futurist—she’s an adventurer, anthropologist, entrepreneur, technology pioneer, inventor, and author. Drawing from her life’s journey of groundbreaking achievements, Sam masterfully combines personal anecdotes, case studies, interactive experiences, and scientific research to present an immersive storytelling blueprint on navigating our radical next future.
Sam Rad offers not just sage advice, but also candidly gripping, and unapologetically relatable anecdotes that ignite a fire of ‘Radical Resilience’ within. Discover how to harness the chaos, break free from societal constraints, and craft an organization (and life) that’s not only reactive to change but revels in it.
Sam Rad shares key methodologies to enable you to:
- Harness intuitive intelligence and unlock the secrets of future forecasting.
- Initiate transformational shifts by editing your organization’s “DNA.”
- Embrace the “Radical Next” mindset, essential for thriving in an era of rapid technological and socio-cultural revolutions.
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