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Shannon Mullen O’Keefe, Chief curator of The Museum of Ideas and co-author of 10 Moral Questions: how to design tech and AI responsibly

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Shannon Mullen O’Keefe is a lover of wisdom dedicated to imagining what we can build and achieve together. She is a thinker, writer, facilitator, strategic advisor, co-author of  10 Moral Questions: how to design tech and AI responsibly., and chief curator of The Museum of Ideas . As a leader of global teams, Mullen O’Keefe has spent over 20 years guiding teams through culture change conversations and initiatives. She lives in the US Midwest.

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Shannon Mullen O’Keefe is building The Museum of Ideas to help us protect a place for deeper thinking. She believes in the power of imagination to help us create collective meaning in modern life. She sees a world where ideas are embraced as art forms, where people think freely, ask questions with confidence, and seek together to shape our better future through collaborative imagination and curious exploration.​​ Her vision derives from our responsibility as a species to capture what is best about us and to live our best human lives.  She is a thinker, writer, facilitator, strategic advisor, co-author of  10 Moral Questions: how to design tech and AI responsibly., and chief curator of The Museum of Ideas . Mullen O’Keefe has spent over 20 years guiding teams through culture change conversations and initiatives. Trained in the field of diplomacy, Mullen O’Keefe has worked in leading teams and initiatives for global professional services organizations, and a nature-based non-profit organization. She’s also co-curated an artistic exhibition and installation for a global audience and has facilitated conversations about AI and technology ethics.

O’Keefe’s 10 Moral Questions: how to design tech and AI Responsibly co-authored with QCollective, was listed on The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy’s 2024 Mixed-Media list. She has spoken on AI and regularly contributes her thinking on The Museum of Ideas Substack publication. Mullen O’Keefe’s work has been featured in House of Beautiful Business. She lives in the US midwest.

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“The imagination has no limits.
The physical world does.
The work exists in both.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being