Richard Thieme – author and speaker for 30 years – addresses challenges posed by technologies, how to redesign ourselves to meet them, and creativity in response to change. His speaking addresses “the human in the machine” and technology-related security and intelligence issues as they come home to our humanity. He has published hundreds of articles, dozens of short stories, seven books, and hundreds of speeches. His column, “Islands in the Clickstream” went to 60 countries before becoming a book in 2004. An NSA colleague said, “The only way you can tell the truth is through fiction” and Thieme has in his novel Mobius: A Memoir. The sequel, Mobius Vector — the truth about intelligence work and the toll it takes – is forthcoming in 2022.