Cyndi Coon is an author, creative, ecosystem builder, facilitator, narrative builder, producer, and an Applied Futurist for governments, military, higher education, industry, and NGOs. She is Founder and Principal Futurist at Applied Futures Lab, Founder at Laboratory5 Inc. and Co-Founder of the Threatcasting Lab. She is on the board of directors of the People Centered Internet where she leads i4j (global workforce), and Coolabilities projects. She is an Affiliate at both the Center for Emergency Management & Homeland Security and Content Evolution. She is a Co-Chair of the Human Wisdom Committee IEEE Planet Positive 2030 Global Sustainability Standards. Cyndi is the Ecosystem builder for Arizona's Digital Equity Institute. She is Co-author of Threatcasting (Morgan & Claypool 2022), author of Thrive! Creative's Guidebook to Professional Tenacity (Cognella, 2019). And of the Coolabilities report HOW LIGHT IS SPENT: The future of technology, human ability and economic value.