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Ian Khan
Futurist & Creator of the Future Readiness Score | Thinkers50 Future Readiness Award Finalist | USA Today & Publishers Weekly Bestselling Author | Top 25 Futurist
Ian Khan is a Top 25 Futurist and the creator of the Future Readiness Score, the diagnostic behind keynotes that end with a decision, not applause. His audiences are assessed before he speaks, see their collective result live on stage, and every attendee leaves with a personalised 90-day action plan. A USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author, he interviews more than 500 senior leaders a year for his documentary series, The Futurist.
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Ian Khan biography
Futurist speaker Ian Khan is one of the world’s most respected voices on AI readiness and future-focused leadership, and the creator of the Future Readiness Score, a diagnostic that has quietly changed what a keynote can do. A Top 25 Futurist and a finalist for the inaugural Thinkers50 Future Readiness Award, he does not deliver forecasts. He delivers evidence, built on primary research and measured against how organizations actually perform.
What makes an Ian Khan session different is that it ends with a decision instead of applause. Before he takes the stage, the leadership team or audience completes a readiness assessment built for their industry. During the session, he reveals the collective results live, benchmarked against the hundreds of organizations he has measured, so the room confronts its own numbers rather than generic sector averages. Every attendee then leaves with a personalised ninety-day action plan, and the organization receives an aggregate intelligence report. Nearly a thousand leaders have now been through it.
Research, Not Forecasts
The research behind his work is primary. Every year, Ian interviews more than five hundred senior leaders on camera, scientists, operators, founders, regulators, and investors, and produces those conversations as The Futurist, an independent documentary series distributed across Prime Video, Roku, Tubi, and dozens of other platforms. His book Undisrupted (Wiley), a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller, lays out a seven-pillar framework for future readiness and earned him a place on the shortlist for the Thinkers50 Future Readiness Award, one of eight thinkers recognised worldwide alongside figures such as Erik Brynjolfsson and Amy Webb.
A three-time TEDx speaker who has delivered keynotes and executive briefings in more than sixty countries, Ian has been featured on CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, and Fast Company, and has worked with organizations including Microsoft, Deloitte, Infosys, Merck, MSC Cruises, and the World Government Summit. As a speaker, he is clear, energetic, and refreshingly evidence-based, cutting through AI hype to give senior audiences a measured, benchmarked picture of where they stand, and a concrete plan for what to do next. Every attendee leaves with a score, a plan, and a sharper sense of what comes next.
Ian Khan Speaking Videos
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Ian Khan Keynote Topics
Disruption is not the real risk; being unready for it is. Using the Future Readiness Score, Ian turns transformation from a vague ambition into a measured, benchmarked state. The audience is assessed beforehand, sees exactly where it stands live on stage, and leaves with a ranked ninety-day plan it produced itself. A keynote that ends with clear priorities and named next steps rather than inspiration alone.
In an AI-driven economy, the speed and quality of your decisions is the real competitive edge. Ian shows leaders how to measure their organization's decision velocity, expose the bottlenecks quietly slowing them down, and build the systems that let teams decide faster without deciding worse. A sharp, practical session for boards and executive teams under pressure to move.
Everyone ran the pilots; almost no one is getting the return. Ian moves audiences past experimentation to an honest, audit-grade view of what actually blocks AI value, and the concrete moves that convert AI investment into measurable business results. Ideal for leaders deciding what to fund, what to scale, and what to quietly stop.
AI agents are joining the org chart. Ian shows leaders what agentic systems genuinely do today, what is being oversold, and what breaks first when an agent is placed inside a process designed for a human. He maps how work, roles, and decision-making change when autonomous agents operate alongside people, and why the organizations that redesign first will define the next decade of their industry.
Drawn from his USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller, this keynote lays out the seven-pillar framework Fortune 500 teams use to stay ahead of change. Ian gives every leader in the room a practical system to future-proof their people, culture, and strategy, grounded in his primary research rather than trend decks.
AI will not replace your people. People using AI will replace people who do not. In this high-energy session for large audiences and whole workforces, Ian replaces anxiety with agency, showing every attendee why the future rewards those who engage with AI now, and how to do it. Energy without hype, and a room that leaves ready rather than fearful.
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FAQs on Booking Ian Khan
Why Ian Khan?
Booking Ian Khan turns a keynote into a measurable outcome. A Top 25 Futurist and a finalist for the inaugural Thinkers50 Future Readiness Award, he is the creator of the Future Readiness Score, the diagnostic that lets an audience be assessed before the event, see its collective result live on stage, and leave with a personalised ninety-day action plan. His insight is built on primary research, more than 500 on-camera interviews with senior leaders every year for his documentary series, The Futurist, rather than recycled trends. A USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author featured on CNN, BBC, and Bloomberg, he brings energy, credibility, and a session that ends with a decision instead of applause. Book Ian Khan through Aurum Speakers Bureau to turn your event into a measurable, high-impact experience.
What is the Future Readiness Score?
The Future Readiness Score is Ian Khan's proprietary diagnostic, built over five years, that measures how prepared an organization truly is for what comes next. It evaluates readiness across multiple dimensions and benchmarks a team against the hundreds of organizations Ian has assessed across more than a dozen industries. Rather than relying on assumptions, it produces an evidence-based, ranked picture of where an organization stands, revealing blind spots and misalignment between leadership levels. Ian now runs it with every engagement at no additional cost: the audience completes the assessment beforehand, the collective results are revealed live during his session, and each attendee leaves with a personalised ninety-day plan while the organization receives an aggregate intelligence report.
How is an Ian Khan keynote different?
Most keynotes end in applause; Ian Khan's end in a decision. Every engagement runs in three parts, all included. Before the event, the audience completes a readiness assessment built for their industry, and each person receives their own score. During the session, the whole room answers together and watches the collective result build live, benchmarked against every organization Ian has measured, so the audience confronts its own numbers rather than generic averages. Afterward, every attendee receives a personalised ninety-day action plan, and the client receives an aggregate intelligence report. Nearly a thousand leaders have been through the experience, which is available for keynotes, half-day workshops, full-day programmes, and virtual sessions.
What topics does futurist speaker Ian Khan cover?
Ian Khan covers AI readiness and strategy, building future-ready and resilient organizations, decision velocity, turning AI pilots into real ROI, the agentic enterprise and the future of work, and the seven pillars of future readiness from his bestseller Undisrupted. Every session is grounded in his Future Readiness Score and his primary research with more than 500 senior leaders a year, and can be tailored to a specific industry or profession. To explore the best format for your event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
How to book Ian Khan as a keynote speaker?
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How much is Ian Khan speaking fee?
Ian Khan speaking fees are determined by several factors, including the event's date, whether it's a virtual or in-person event, the duration, format, preparation required for their speech, and more. The same applies to the cost to hire any other top expert speakers and celebrities. The Speaker Fee Range listed on our website is simply a guideline and is subject to change without notice. If you would like to hire Ian Khan to deliver a keynote speech for your event, please fill out the contact form or email us at info@aurumbureau.com with as much detail as possible. One of our experienced agents will get in touch with you and let you know exactly how much it will cost to book Ian Khan.
How can I contact Ian Khan?
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Can I book Ian Khan for a virtual keynote?
Yes, Ian Khan is available for virtual keynotes and webinars. To book Ian Khan for a virtual event, please complete the contact form or send us an email to inquire about the special fees for virtual engagements.
