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Cennydd Bowles

Technology ethicist, author of Future Ethics, and managing director of responsible-design studio NowNext (former Twitter design lead)

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He is design leadership's leading conscience for the AI era — advancing how teams build AI responsibly and protect the end-human, not by shedding craft but by deepening the judgment behind it.

Signature win. Wrote Future Ethics, the field-defining practical guide to the ethics of emerging technology, and built a global platform translating it into responsible-AI practice.

The case

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CraftFormer Twitter design lead and author of Undercover User Experience Design; built a reputation on rigorous, real-world UX judgment, now applied to evaluating AI interfaces for harm and deception.8
CommunicationTwo published books plus keynotes at Google, Facebook, Stanford and UX London; one of the field's clearest articulators of tech ethics, quoted by WIRED, Forbes, and WSJ.9
BusinessRuns NowNext advisory studio with clients like Twitter, Ford, BBC, RSPCA; makes the responsible-design case to leadership, though his impact is advisory/influence rather than owning P&L or org outcomes.6
EducationFulbright scholar teaching tech ethics at Elon, guest lectures at Stanford/RCA/Cambridge, and runs responsible-tech training that reskills teams to think ethically about AI.8
InnovationFuture Ethics and his PhD on deception in AI interfaces push the practice forward on a real frontier; elevates human/ethical stakes rather than shedding people, but advances the conscience of AI design more than hands-on AI-augmented building.7

Endorsed by peers

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OverallI'd work for them49
CraftRaised my craft bar52
CommunicationMade the case for design59
BusinessMade design matter to the business39
EducationTaught me something I still use52
InnovationShowed me a new way to work46

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