AWE USA 2025

Caitlin Krause
Founder
MindWise

Caitlin Krause is an experience designer, global speaker, and author who focuses on the intersection of creativity, technology, innovation, and wellbeing. She founded the consultancy MindWise in 2015, and teaches about digital wellbeing and XR at Stanford University. Author of six books including Digital Wellbeing: Empowering Connection With Wonder and Imagination in the Age of AI (2024), Designing Wonder: Leading Transformative Experiences in VR (2021), and Mindful By Design (2019), Caitlin has advised global organizations including TED, LinkedIn, Google, Limbix, The U.S. Air Force, Meta, Oracle, and the U.S. State Department. She has created and run numerous collaborative experiences in social XR, fusing presence, storytelling, meditation, and social and emotional intelligence. She helps to create immersive therapeutic applications that engage the senses for a full experience. She holds an MFA from Lesley University and a BA from Duke University. Caitlin helps individuals and teams navigate complexity and change in the future of work, prioritizing wellbeing, collaboration, and imagination through wonder and awe.

03:30 PM - 04:15 PM
LBCC Main Entrance / Promenade Lobby
Healthcare & Wellness