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Empowering Humanity in the age
of AI.

Recognized as one of the world’s leading management thinkers and technologists, Faisal builds companies, writes books, and develops repeatable management systems that unlock human-centric value in the AI era.
My Work
My Story

30+

Years guiding transformation

3×

Deloitte Fast 50 & 500

12

Books, incl. 3 Wall Street Journal bestsellers

750+

Articles in leading journals and media outlets

Entrepreneur · Author · Thinker
Profile
Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller
REINVENT, LIFT
Wall Street Journal #2 Bestseller
Everything Connects
Founder & Chair
SHADOKA, NextChapter
Thinkers50
Distinguished Achievement Award Nominee — 2023, 2025
Thinkers360
Top 10 Thought Leader in Transformation
Ziff-Davis
100 Most Influential People in Technology
Deloitte
3× Fast 50 & Fast 500
IMD Business School
Executive Fellow
USA Today & LA Times Bestsellers
TRANSCEND, Reimagining Government
Financial Times “Book of the Month”
TRANSCEND
Next Big Idea Club “Must Read”
TRANSCEND
USA Today Bestseller
Everything Connects, LIFT
Axiom Gold Award
REINVENT, LIFT
Harvard Business Review
Two Frameworks for Balancing AI Innovation and Risk
MIT SMR
Why AI Demands a New Breed of Leaders — Top AI Articles
Fast Company
AI is Rewriting the CEO Job Description
Psychology Today
Your Next Chapter in the Age of AI
Fortune
Don’t Move Fast and Break Things — Even With AI
U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Homeland Security GE PepsiCo Best Book Award Winner American Business Awards 2022 Northrop Grumman IBM Wall Street Journal Bestseller USA Today Bestseller CBS Fortune Fast Company Forbes CNN Fox Business Financial Times Thinkers50 Barnes and Noble BIBA Winner Bloomberg Harvard Business Review Kiplinger Big Think Psychology Today MIT Sloan Management Review Los Angeles Times Publishers Weekly Business Insider Cambridge University Press and Assessment Chase CSC Entrepreneur Five Star Review Gartner Infosys JPMorgan Chase Mastercard Netscape PenCraft Awards Stevie Awards Silver Winner The Home Depot Wall Street Journal Bestseller Nautilus Book Award Winner></span> <span class=ABC Amazon Bestseller American Business Awards 2023 American Express
The Work

Three platforms. One mission.

Shadoka

Expert-led programs, frameworks, and transformation systems for Fortune 500 enterprises and U.S. government agencies. Proven where it counts: hundreds of millions saved, enterprise-wide transformation, and governance that turns tech spend into sustained value.

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Nextchapter

A Self-paced repeatable system for AI transformation for enterprises and individual leaders. Research and proven frameworks, packaged as modular applications and delivered with AI assistance, built on the OPEN and CARE frameworks published in Harvard Business Review.

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IMD

Faisal serves as Executive Fellow at IMD Business School in Lausanne, one of the world’s top-ranked business education institutions. He is the IMD North America Program Co-Director for AI leadership, innovation, and human-centric transformation.

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Frameworks
Endorsements

What people say.

“Few people know more about AI and how it will affect all of us than Faisal Hoque.”
Fast Company
“Faisal Hoque’s wise ‘detach and devote’ approach offers a powerful strategy for deriving the best of both human potential and machine intelligence.”
Daniel H. Pink#1 New York Times Bestselling Author — Drive, A Whole New Mind
“You will not find a more thoughtful and usefully philosophical book than TRANSCEND. If it doesn’t make you think carefully about how you’re using AI, you didn’t read it carefully enough.”
Thomas H. DavenportDistinguished Professor, Babson College & Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
“Philosophy, business, and history come together in Everything Connects.”
Adam GrantWharton Professor — #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Think Again & Give and Take
“Faisal Hoque is an entrepreneur and thought leader known for his dedication to enabling sustainable and transformational changes. His contributions epitomize the innovative spirit that defines excellence in strategy and leadership.
Thinkers50
“TRANSCEND is my go-to resource for guiding entrepreneurs, investors, executive leaders, and board members alike.
Tereza NemessanyiGlobal Director, VC & PE Partnerships — Microsoft
“Faisal Hoque explores the rich and rapidly evolving landscape of electronic business — a journey well worth taking.
Vint CerfOne of the “Fathers of the Internet” — Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipien
“Read this timely book, and your chances of success are significantly strengthened.
Subir Chowdhury One of the World’s “50 Most Influential Management Thinkers” — Bestselling Author, The Difference
“A refreshingly balanced perspective on AI, neither overhyping nor fear mongering.
Dr. Jayshree SethChief Science Advocate at 3M
“REINVENT brilliantly illustrates how businesses thrive in the midst of change.
Vivek WadhwaFormer Distinguished Fellow at Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, and Emory
“By marrying the power of creativity and innovation, there is very little we can’t accomplish. Everything Connects shows where and how.
Professor Muhammad YunusNobel Laureate & Founder of Grameen Bank
“TRANSCEND is a brave wake-up call… Indispensable reading.
Terence MauriHack Future Lab — Author, The Upside of Disruption
“REINVENT is a book I will consult again and again.
Atti RiaziSVP & CIO, Hearst — Former Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations
“Expertly providing actionable steps for the aspiring leader.
Merete Wedell-WedellsborgProfessor of Leadership, IMD Business School
“Management guru Faisal Hoque explains how ‘mindfulness’ can transform your business.
Fortune / CNN Money
“Hoque shares hard-won advice for forward-looking business leaders in a time of change, especially those managing digital transformations.
Publishers Weekly BookLife
12 Books

The Intellectual Foundation.

TRANSCEND
TRANSCEND
Unlocking Humanity in the Age of AI
The definitive philosophical case for human-centered AI. Introduces the OPEN and CARE frameworks for both businesses and individual leaders.
An instant USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly bestseller. Named a must-read by The Next Big Idea Club. Financial Times Business Book of the Month.
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REINVENT
REINVENT
Navigating Business Transformation in a Hyperdigital Era
A framework for leading organizations through continuous disruption. Introduces the LIFTS framework for maximizing the value delivered by organizational transformation.
A Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller. Winner of many awards, including the Axiom Business Book Awards Gold Medal.
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EVERYTHING CONNECTS
Cultivating Mindfulness, Creativity and Innovation for Long-Term Value
How leaders build companies where mindfulness, creativity, and innovation compound into lasting competitive advantage.
A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller and multiple award winner.
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REIMAGINING GOVERNMENT
REIMAGINING GOVERNMENT
Achieving the Promise of AI
A playbook for AI transformation in public services, setting the OPEN and CARE frameworks into practical action. Written with a team of leading experts from industry, government, and academia.
An LA Times and USA Today bestseller.
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All book proceeds are pledged to multiple myeloma cancer research and other charities. Every book purchased contributes to something beyond business.
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News · Articles · Blogs

The Ideas That Drive the Work.

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Two Frameworks for Balancing AI Innovation and Risk

Harvard Business Review

The Six Most Popular Stories of 2025

MIT Sloan Management Review

Don’t Move Fast and Break Things—Even with AI. Slowing Down to Speed Up Works Better

Fortune

Why all companies should think beyond Large Language Models

Big Think

Business Book of the Month: TRANSCEND — “a philosophical and practical exploration of humanity and human potential.”

Financial Times

Regular Columns
IMD
Featured Videos

The Work, Made Visible.

How Companies Can Roll Out AI WITHOUT Replacing Employees
Fast Company senior editor Bryan Lufkin talks with Faisal Hoque about what companies get wrong when rolling out AI — and how to do it better.
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Balancing Innovation and Security
AI “is going to be very pervasive,” Faisal Hoque says, adding: “Responsible innovation and responsible utilization is first and foremost.”
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My Story

From Bangladesh to the world stage.

Hope isn’t just a noun. It’s also a verb. It’s not simply something we feel; it’s also something we do. Hope is not a fleeting emotion; it is courage in motion, wisdom born of setbacks, and faith that something meaningful can emerge from the unknown.
Living in Hope Amid Uncertainty
Psychology Today
As a child, I lived through war and famine. I came to America at 17 with almost nothing. Working graveyard shifts as a janitor to pay for college, I found something unexpected: the practice of mindfulness. That discovery — that the human dimension of transformation is always the hardest and most important — became the foundation of thirty years of work.
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1970s
Survived War & Famine

Bangladesh Liberation War shaped a worldview centered on resilience and human connection.

1987
Arrived in America

At 17. Graveyard shift janitor. Found mindfulness in the silence of those early mornings.

Since 1990s
Serial Entrepreneur

Founded multiple companies. 3× Deloitte Fast 50 & 500 winner. Top 100 Most Influential People in Technology.

Since 2000s
Author

12 books published. Contributed to another 6. #1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, & LA Times bestseller. Writing at the intersection of business, technology, and humanity.

Now

Empowering Humanity in the Age of AI

The most consequential question of this decade.