Jess Price
Designing change with others, one system at a time
Melbourne, Australia
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Jess Price is a systems strategist and founder of Paradigm Makers. Paradigm Makers has a vision for the world in 2075 where our invisible systems are intentionally designed to allow flexibility for humans and structure where we need it. Known for translating complexity into insight, Jess helps individuals and institutions reimagine how we live and work, so the systems around us reflect the future we actually want to build.
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The Outlook 2026
The Outlook's flagship conference day brings together over 900 people from product, design, and leadership communities for big ideas, sharp talks, and practical insight. Spread across one conference day, blended content tracks, and world-class presentations.
My session was part of On Off Program Gems, where I presented Paradigm Makers Historical Nemesis List. I shared five contenders for the number one nemesis of modern work based on my three years of researching the history of work. Following a vote, 88 people crowned Adam Smith the number one nemesis of modern work for his role in the development of capitalism.
Co-creating for Generational Impact
In this roundtable we navigated the contexts and impacts of Australia's identity and systems to co-create the future. We explored Australia's identity and cultural landscape, the social and economic systems that support it, and how we might choose to interact with it to co-create generational impact.
Industry Expert Session: Four Scenarios for 2030 for how humans and AI might work together
In this session with students and faculty from Canterbury Institute of Management, I drew on historical comparisons and the World Economic Forum's Four Futures for Jobs in the New Economy white paper (January 2026), to move beyond AI anxiety towards practical foresight.
Oceania Futures and Foresight Symposium
In this panel session, we explored the question 'As algorithmic systems increasingly shape decision making across economies, societies, and ecologies, what can we not afford to sacrifice?' Exploring agency at human, organisational and planetary scales, we examined ethical limits, power asymmetries, and the human stakes in automated futures, inviting reflection on refusal, care, and responsibility in an algorithmic age.
Faculty Futures 2035: Reimagining Professional Development in the Age of AI
This workshop series brings together faculty devleopers and academic leaders from UCW (Canada), Chandigarh University (India) and Canterbury Institute of Technology (Australia) to explore how professional development must evolve as AI becomes embedded in teaching, assessment and institutional decision-making.
In my session, we explored why humans should prioritise our uniquely human skills in the age of AI.
Swinburne's AI+X Leadership Summit
The AI+X Leadership Summit convenes leaders, researchers, and engineers to exchange the latest advances in AI and their application across health, finance, smart cities, energy, resources, agriculture, and services. Hosted by the Digital Capability Research Platform & Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne, the Summit is a practical leadership dialogue on deploying AI to lift productivity, strengthen safety and security, and grow Australia's innovation economy.
My session, Designing the system AI needs to succeed, challenged the summit assumption that deploying AI will lift productivity, strengthen safety and security and grow Australia's innovation economy by unpacking the system we have inherited and proposing an alternative perspective to AI.
Comcare Return to Work Webinar
This panel discussion equipped supervisors and others supporting employees with practical strategies and tools to effectively address mental health challenges in the workplace. The session explored:
1. how to recognise signs of common mental health conditions among employees
2. communication strategies for discussing mental health concerns effectively
3. best practices for creating a supportive work environment while maintaining productivity
4. self-care tools for supervisors and others supporting employees to manage stress and avoid burnout.
My role on the panel was to share my lived experience with a workers compensation claim for psychological injury.
Jess Price
Designing change with others, one system at a time
Melbourne, Australia
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