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Global Authority on AI and the Reinvention of Modern Organizations

Author of ‘The Algorithmic Leader’, CEO of Tomorrow, Harvard Business Review columnist.


 

The AI-Powered Decade Ahead

 

AI should change what we do, not just how we do it. Over the next decade, we have a unique opportunity to fundamentally reimagine customer experiences, redesign how organizations work, and rethink how to solve problems more effectively. This is a defining moment for leaders, and our biggest risk is not machines taking over, but rather leaders lacking ambition when it comes to the future. Many are already focused on deploying new tools and applications, rather than embracing a more expansive vision for what might be possible. 

Futurist Mike Walsh offers a compelling roadmap to 2035, exploring how AI, algorithms and automation will fuel a Fifth Industrial Revolution. Technology is only part of the story; real transformation requires a new cultural operating system. The next decade will not simply be about smarter workplaces or more efficient industries. It will be a decade of reinvention, where the foundations of the modern world are reengineered through next-generation AI infrastructure and new ways of getting things done. 

 


AI Agents: Unleashing the Digital Workforce That Will Change Our Organizations Forever

 

As AI evolves from simple automation to autonomous decision-making, we stand on the brink of the most profound organizational transformation since the Industrial Revolution. This shift, driven by the emergence of AI agents capable of independent thought, decision-making, and action, will redefine everything from personal interactions to the very fabric of how businesses operate. AI Agents are not just the next step in digital transformation; they will also have significant economic and societal impacts. The question is no longer if AI will transform organizations but how quickly leaders can prepare to harness its full potential.

In this provocative keynote, Mike Walsh draws on cutting-edge research and real-world case studies to illustrate a future where companies reconfigure themselves as networks of billions of AI agents capable of tackling problems at a speed and scale unimaginable today. Walsh will present a compelling vision for how leaders can reimagine their operating models, governance frameworks, and workforce strategies to unlock unprecedented levels of agility and performance. Attendees will leave with actionable insights and a roadmap for integrating AI agents into their organizations, empowering them to thrive in an age of unparalleled innovation and disruption. 

 


The Future Favors The Bold

In a world reshaped by technological breakthroughs, shifting customer behaviors, geopolitical tensions, and the rise of machine intelligence, success belongs to those who dare to adapt, experiment, and learn at scale. Incremental improvements won't cut it. Progress demands radical reinvention—bold ideas that challenge convention, create new markets, and combine

technologies in unexpected ways.

Transformation is not a checklist; it’s a journey paved by courageous decisions. It could mean championing a provocative idea, breaking a long-held rule, or hiring someone who challenges deeply held assumptions. The future isn’t an upgrade of the familiar—it’s an entirely new frontier. In an age of uncertainty, only bold leaders and even bolder teams will shape what comes next. 

 

 

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Mike Walsh Videos

Explore Mike Walsh's speaker videos below. Watch Mike explain how AI will change what you do, how Amazon makes smart decisions, why leaders need digital ethics and many more highlights from his keynote speaking engagements all over the world.

The Future Of Robotics and AI

How AI Will Change Knowledge Work

What Is The Fifth Industrial Revolution?

Mike Walsh Biography

Who is Mike Walsh?

Mike Walsh is not an AI futurist predicting the next tool or tech trend. He is a global authority advising senior leaders on a much bigger question:

How to compete when artificial intelligence is embedded in every system, workflow and decision.

Mike works with Fortune 50 companies, boards, and executive teams around the world. His focus is on helping leaders understand how AI and digital labor are restructuring: Cost models - Workforce design - Decision-making systems - Competitive advantage - Enterprise value.

Where many speakers talk about what AI can do, Mike explains what AI changes — inside every organization.

His upcoming book, Abundant Intelligence (Harvard Business Review Press, 2026), co-authored with Deloitte’s Global AI Leader Nitin Mittal, is positioned as one of HBR’s flagship AI titles. Based on extensive executive interviews with over 50 firms, and direct exposure to enterprise AI programs operating at global scale, the book positions digital labor as a new factor of production — as transformative as electricity or the internet.

This is not theory. His work is grounded in deep advisory relationships and research across global enterprises actively implementing AI at scale.

Born in Australia to parents of mixed Asian and European heritage, Mike brings a truly international lens to his work and decades of engagements

across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

What makes Mike different from other futurists?

Most AI speakers fall into one of three categories: Trend forecasters - Tool demonstrators - Technical experts.

Mike is none of these.

He does not focus on prompts, product features, or the latest AI announcement. He focuses on how AI forces leaders to redesign their organizations. His core message is simple and powerful:

- AI is not a software upgrade. It is an economic reset.

As intelligence becomes embedded into platforms, workflows, and decision systems, the companies that win will not be the ones with the best tools.
They will be the ones that redesign themselves around AI.

Mike helps leaders understand:

  • How to design systems that integrate human judgment and machine intelligence
  • How to industrialize intelligence to reshape your organization – and your industry

His insights draw on original research, high-level executive interviews, and advisory work alongside organizations building AI capability at global scale. And yet Mike is renowned for making complex technological shifts clear and actionable. Audiences consistently say:

  • “He made something complex feel clear.”
  • “He showed what this means for us.”
  • “He challenged us in the best of ways.”

Mike does not overwhelm audiences with technical jargon. He gives them clarity, confidence, and a roadmap. If other AI speakers explain what the future looks like, Mike Walsh explains how organizations must redesign themselves to win in it.

Short Bio

MIKE WALSH - Global Authority on AI and the Reinvention of Modern Organizations

Mike Walsh is a leading global authority on how artificial intelligence and digital labor are transforming the way organizations are designed, led, and scaled.

Unlike most AI speakers who focus on trends, tools, or technical demos, Mike speaks to what matters most to business leaders: how AI changes cost structures, decision-making, workforce design, and competitive advantage.

He advises Fortune 50 companies, boards, and executive teams worldwide on how to move beyond AI experimentation and redesign their organizations around intelligent systems.

Mike’s upcoming Harvard Business Review Press book, Abundant Intelligence (2026), positions AI agents and digital labor as a new factor of production — reshaping how companies create value.

Audiences consistently say he “makes the complex clear” and “delivers practical, strategic insights without hype or jargon.” Mike doesn’t just explain the future of AI — he shows leaders how to compete in it.

Mike’s writing, research and insights

A prolific writer and sought-after commentator, Mike’s insights have been featured in leading global publications such as Inc. Magazine, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. As a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, he tackles cutting-edge leadership themes ranging from data-driven decision-making and agile organizations to algorithmic management and AI ethics. Through his popular podcast Between Worlds, Mike engages with bold thinkers, innovators, and disruptors from across industries. He also produces The Future is Elsewhere, a YouTube series offering fresh perspectives from dynamic locations like Seoul, Mexico City, Tokyo, and Istanbul, bringing global trends and future forward ideas to life.

Mike is an accomplished author with three published books and a fourth on the way, focused on the future of AI Agents, set to release in early 2026. His most recent work, The Algorithmic Leader, provides an optimistic and practical roadmap for harnessing AI, automation, and algorithms to transform leadership and reshape organizations. The book has achieved global success, with translations available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Polish, and Russian. In his 2014 release, The Dictionary of Dangerous Ideas, Mike foresaw groundbreaking innovations such as micro satellite networks, cryptocurrencies, remote work, life extension technologies, self-driving cars, drones, digital biology, digital activism, and the commercialization of space. His debut book, Futuretainment, published by Phaidon in 2009, earned the prestigious Art Director’s Club design award in New York. It accurately predicted the impact of smartphones on media and marketing, as well as the rise of social media, digital influencers, streaming platforms, and the emergence of the Metaverse.

Mike Walsh Testimonials

Mike was outstanding. Positive reviews all around.

I’ve already recommended him to a few contacts at other industry and professional associations. Appreciate your support in bringing Mike to our Summit and helping to make our event exceptional!"

Director of Business Development, The Vision Council

A lot of incredible takeaways!

Members of our board, who attended GLC in Singapore were unanimously impressed with Mike’s session. A lot of incredible takeaways! Mike’s session was a hit with the crowd!"

Manager of Learning, Entrepreneurs' Organization

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Mike Walsh Introduction

Mike Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. A global nomad, futurist and author of the bestselling book, The Algorithmic Leader, he advises some of the world’s biggest organizations on digital transformation and disruptive innovation in this new era of machine intelligence.

Please welcome him today as he takes you on a whirlwind ride into the world of tomorrow.

Mike Walsh Technical Requirements

Mike Walsh Technical Requirements - Live Events

Mike’s presentation uses a heavy amount of images and video, all embedded into his Keynote deck that he runs from his current generation Macbook Pro. Due to the custom nature of his presentation, it is not possible to run the slides from another machine or provide them prior to the presentation.

Mike's requirements are as follows:

  • A 16.9 digital data projector, ideally with a HDMI connection
  • 3.5mm sound lead to play audio from his laptop
  • A confidence monitor(s) - (a monitor so Mike can see which slides are on-screen from anywhere on stage).
  • Mike doesn’t require a lectern, and we recommend you keep the stage as clear as possible for him to move around.
  • If you are looking for a walk on/walk off song, Mike prefers ‘Layla - Derek and the Dominos’
  • A wireless lapel or headset microphone
  • A bottle of water on stage, and prior to the performance, a cup of hot black tea with honey and lemon

SOUND CHECK:

  • 30 minutes required
  • Mike’s MacBook needs to remain plugged into your system after the sound check
  • We recommend that the sound check occurs as close to his speaking time as the agenda will allow - 30 minutes to 2 hours before is our recommendation.

VIDEO TAPING: Mike is happy to be video-taped; a separate Taping Agreement must be authorized by the Customer if they are taping his presentation.


 

Mike Walsh Technical Requirements - Virtual Events

1. Digital Keynote (pre-recorded)

  • Mike will provide his pre-recorded session as either a 4K video file for the client to download and load into their meeting platform - or a password- protected stream that can be embedded on a video page - or as a secure link that can be shared with attendees.
  • The client will provide the meeting platform of their choice, invite their attendees and screen the pre-recorded video to participants.
  • No technical rehearsal is necessary for the digital keynote product.
  • As the client screens the presentation, Mike will join the virtual meeting live and be ready to answer participant questions via a moderator.
  • After the session, Mike will provide a PDF summary of insights and next actions from the presentation.

2. Custom Livecast & Studio Broadcast (live virtual)

  • For the custom livecast, Mike will be presenting using a green screen for a chroma-key broadcast where he appears seamlessly in front of animated video slides.
  • The setup can be tested with your platform in a technical rehearsal prior to the event.
  • Mike will stream live via the platform of the client’s choice. His ATEM pro switcher allows his multi-camera setup to simply appear as a webcam to your conference platform.
  • Mike will not provide his slides, as they have been custom coded and are designed to work as a backdrop only.
  • In the event the client wishes to pre-record Mike’s session, to ensure maximum quality he will create the file to their specifications on his end and provide the file 3 days in advance of the event, and then join for live Q&A after the session.
  • After the session, Mike will provide a PDF summary of insights and next actions from the presentation.

INSIDE MIKE'S STUDIO 

– Camera A: Leica SL2 full frame 4K camera with APO-SUMMICRON-SL 50mm f2 ASPH prime lens

– Camera B: Sigma fp full frame 4K camera with 45mm f2.8 prime lens

– Blackmagic ATEM pro switcher and hardware streaming encoder

– 5 x Rotolight continuous LED location lights

– Blackmagic Video Assist 12G HDR 4K recorder and monitor

– Apple Macbook Pro with LG 5K monitor

– Apple iPad Pro (for questions)

– Tascam Model 12 Audio interface and professional audio mixer

– Sennheiser G3 wireless lapel microphone

– Shure SM7B vocal microphone

– Elgato green screen and 2 x LED Key Lights for chroma-key broadcasting

– Elgato stream deck live action control system