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Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, CSP, is a world-leading strategic futurist and award-winning global keynote speaker who helps Fortune 500 leadership teams navigate AI and emerging technologies. Recognized by Salesforce as one of 16 global voices shaping the future of AI, he holds a PhD from University of Technology Sydney and is the author of six books on emerging technology and judgment in the AI era, including his latest book: Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change. He is the founder of Futurwise and the developer of the Intelligence Age Scorecard that helps individuals and organizations understand how prepared they are for the future.

His pioneering efforts include the world's first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TEDx talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving into the complex interplay of AI and our perception of reality. In 2024, he launched a digital twin of himself, offering interactive, on-demand conversations via text, audio, or video in 29 languages, thereby bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds – another world's first.

Dr. Van Rijmenam is a prolific author and has written more than 1,200 articles and six books in his career. As a corporate educator, he is celebrated for his candid, independent, and balanced insights. He is also the founder of Futurwise, which focuses on elevating global knowledge on crucial topics like technology, healthcare, and climate change by providing high-quality, hyper-personalized, and easily digestible insights from trusted sources.

Below, you can read all his articles.

The Cost of Delaying AI Readiness Assessment

The Cost of Delaying AI Readiness Assessment

Organizations that assessed six months ago have completed their first action plan and started cycle two. They're compounding advantage. In exponential environments, delay is the most expensive decision.

The 90-Day AI Plan: How to Stop Debating and Start Moving

The 90-Day AI Plan: How to Stop Debating and Start Moving

Stop debating. Start with 90 days: audit AI usage and establish governance baseline (Days 1-30). Launch two pilots with kill criteria (Days 31-60). Embed measurement and board reporting (Days 61-90).

4 Questions Every Board Will Ask About AI (With Answers)

4 Questions Every Board Will Ask About AI (With Answers)

Every board asks the same four: investment and returns, exposure if something fails, who's responsible for governance, workforce readiness. Here's how to answer each with data rather than hand-waving.

How to Use AI Readiness Data in Investor Communications

How to Use AI Readiness Data in Investor Communications

When investors ask about AI strategy they want measurable capability data: readiness scores, maturity band, identified gaps, documented action plan. These satisfy due diligence.

Where AI Readiness Varies Most Inside Your Organization

Where AI Readiness Varies Most Inside Your Organization

A single organizational score hides critical disparities. IT may score 4 on experimentation while marketing scores 1. Finance may lead on governance while operations lags on workforce readiness. Department heatmaps show exactly where to target.

You Deployed AI Tools. Nobody Uses Them. Now What?

You Deployed AI Tools. Nobody Uses Them. Now What?

Deploying AI tools without changing culture is like installing a gym and wondering why nobody gets fitter. The gap between availability and usage is a culture problem, not a technology problem.

Why the C-Suite Can't Delegate AI Strategy to IT

Why the C-Suite Can't Delegate AI Strategy to IT

When the CEO delegates AI to the CTO, the organization loses. AI isn't a technology project — it touches marketing, operations, finance, HR, legal. Cross-functional accountability is the only approach.

How to Present AI Strategy to Your Board (Without Losing Them)

How to Present AI Strategy to Your Board (Without Losing Them)

Board members asking about AI want three things: risk if we do nothing, risk if we act, how we're governing it. Structure around these three questions and bring data, not borrowed frameworks.

How Keynotes Can Measure AI Transformation, Not Just Inspire It

How Keynotes Can Measure AI Transformation, Not Just Inspire It

A keynote built around pre- and post-event readiness assessment produces measurable transformation data — before/after delta scores that prove the event moved the needle.

When Intelligence Is Cheap, the Scarce Asset Is Judgment

When Intelligence Is Cheap, the Scarce Asset Is Judgment

When intelligence is everywhere and cheap, information isn't the advantage. Judgment is — the ability to decide what to do with unlimited information under uncertain conditions. Leaders need a different operating system.