Kian Gohar

Reflecting on his expertise building literal moonshots to space for the XPRIZE, Kian will give audiences a step-by-step innovation guide on how to shift their mindset and build their one-way ticket to the future. This inspirational innovation keynote will empower everyone in the audience to identify their most audacious dreams, and learn how to tackle their most important team obstacles, challenge conventional thinking, and make their wildest moonshot dreams come true.

Based on Kian’s dozen years teaching at Singularity University in Silicon Valley, this futurist keynote will empower audiences to think like a futurist with concrete steps they can take to prepare for a better tomorrow. Kian starts by asking 5 key questions about the near future when artificial general intelligence, quantum computing, human longevity, brain computer interfaces, and space travel converge to redefine our understanding of human life. And then he presents an actionable framework for leaders to develop “foresight” so they can learn to look around corners and predict how the future might evolve.

AI is disrupting markets, work, and entire industries faster than most leaders can process. But it’s not replacing human leadership; it’s reshaping what leadership means. Drawing on leadership experience with XPRIZE, teaching at Singularity, coaching dozens of Fortune 500 companies, and Kian’s bestselling Harvard Business Review book Competing in the New World of Work, this keynote will empower audiences to build a “radically adaptable” operating system to lead confidently in the new age of AI. Through real world examples, Kian outlines new leadership and behavioral traits necessary to navigate uncertainty, with real world lessons to foster team curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and courage. Audiences will walk away with a deep understanding of what the future of leadership looks like: agentic, authentic, and adaptable.

Human-AI collaboration is the defining skill of our time—but it’s not just about mastering the technology; it’s about rethinking human behavior. Based on Kian’s breakthrough AI research published in Harvard Business Review, this keynote explores how generative and agentic AI are dramatically changing how we approach creativity, collaboration, and communication in the workplace. Through vivid storytelling and an easy-to-remember “ABCs of AI” framework, audiences will leave with deeper AI literacy, and a clear understanding of where, when and how humans & AI should collaborate to amplify team creativity. Whether your audience is full of leaders and managers, individual contributors, investors or innovators, they’ll gain new insights in leveraging AI to make them smarter, faster.