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STRATEGIC CLARITY FOR A CHANGING WORLD

AI, Global Competition, and Institutional Change are Reshaping the World

The next era will be defined by who can organize systems at scale: technology, energy, manufacturing, capital, talent, and trusted partnerships.
Mark Kennedy helps leaders understand what comes next—and how institutions, businesses, and nations can respond with strength, wisdom, and confidence.
Former Member of Congress • President of Two Public Flagship Universities • Director, NYU Development Research Institute
Featured by: NewsNation • Goldman Sachs • Harvard/Boston Global Forum • Sciences Po • Pacific Forum • WTO

WHY THIS DECADE MATTERS

Competition has intensified. Technology is accelerating. Public trust is harder to earn. Expectations are rising.
Businesses face geopolitical risk. Universities face disruption. Governments face strategic rivalry. Institutions everywhere are under pressure to perform.
The central question of this decade is no longer simply who innovates first.
It is who can organize systems of strength—technology, capital, production, talent, trust, and partnerships—fast enough to lead.
That is the Systems Race.

WHY LEADERS TURN TO MARK

Strategic Clarity

Clear, actionable insight on AI, China, global competition, leadership, and institutional performance.

Proven Leadership

Real experience leading in business, Congress, higher education, and international affairs.

Practical Frameworks

Audiences leave with tools for decision-making, not recycled clichés or abstract futurism.

High-Level Delivery

Serious ideas delivered with warmth, credibility, humor, and global perspective.

Technology Leadership

With former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, discussing innovation, AI, and strategic competition.

Leadership Under Pressure

Leading institutions through disruption, uncertainty, and change.

Global Alliances

Greeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following his joint session address to Congress.

MOST REQUESTED KEYNOTES

What Comes Next

How artificial intelligence, geopolitical rivalry, shifting alliances, and economic fragmentation are reshaping the global landscape—and what leaders should do now.

Thriving in the Age of AI

How AI is changing productivity, competition, workforces, institutions, and everyday decision-making—and how organizations can adapt with confidence.

The Systems Race

How nations, companies, and institutions win the next era through capacity, trust, and scale.

CURRENT WORK

At NYU’s Development Research Institute, Mark Kennedy leads initiatives exploring how technology, institutions, and strategic systems can widen opportunity and strengthen resilience.
Current work focuses on AI, productive capacity, trusted growth, and how societies can remain competitive while expanding human flourishing.

IN THE CONVERSATION

WHAT MAKES MARK DIFFERENT

Few speakers have led across:
  • Fortune 100 business
  • United States Congress
  • Two major public research universities
  • Global strategic forums
  • National television commentary
That uncommon breadth allows Kennedy to connect policy, markets, leadership, and institutional performance in ways few speakers can.
Recent appearance at the G1 Silicon Valley forum on technology and global strategy.

BRING STRATEGIC CLARITY TO YOUR AUDIENCE

Mark Kennedy speaks to business leaders, universities, policymakers, investors, and international audiences on the forces reshaping power, prosperity, and leadership.
His focus is helping institutions build the strength required for people and societies to thrive.
Keynotes • Executive Briefings • University Forums • Strategic Retreats