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Faisal Hoque is on a mission to humanize organizational transformation—bridging the worlds of business, technology, and humanity. He is the founder of SHADOKA, NextChapter, and other companies, and a three-time winner of Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and Fast 500™ awards. A #1 Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of twelve award-winning books, Faisal serves as an Executive Fellow at IMD business school in Switzerland and as a judge for MIT’s IDEAS Social Innovation program.

For three decades, he has driven sustainable innovation and transformation for organizations including MasterCard, American Express, GE, French Social Security Services, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), PepsiCo, Chase, IBM, Home Depot, and other global institutions. Recognized for his influence at the intersection of business and technology, he was named among Ziff Davis’ Top 100 Most Influential People in Technology. For almost a decade, he has also partnered with CACI – a $9 billion Fortune 500 leader in national security – to drive enterprise transformation and innovation across mission-critical government operations.

His latest books include the USA Today and LA Times bestsellers Reimagining Government: Achieving the Promise of AI (2026) and Transcend: Unlocking Humanity in the Age of AI (2025), the latter of which was a Financial Times book of the month and a “must-read” by the Next Big Idea Club. His 2023 book Reinvent: Navigating Business Transformation in a Hyperdigital Era, was published in association with IMD, and became a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller. All proceeds from his books are pledged to cancer research.

His research and thought leadership have been recognized globally, earning him more than 30 awards including two Axiom Gold Medals, Nautilus, and two-time nomination for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Awards (2023 & 2025). In 2025, Thinkers360 named him among the world’s Top 10 Thought Leaders in Transformation, Top 25 in Innovation and Artificial Intelligence, and Top 50 in Leadership and Governance. His work has been featured in Fast Company, Financial Times, MIT Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Psychology Today, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, and other leading publications, as well as major media outlets including Yahoo Finance, Fox, and CBS.

Faisal’s work and life are shaped by a distinctive fusion of Eastern philosophy and American entrepreneurial spirit. He speaks frequently at international conferences, business schools, corporate gatherings, and leadership summits. He is also a passionate advocate for cancer research, raising awareness and supporting initiatives to accelerate progress in the fight against the disease.

You can learn more at his website and connect with him on LinkedIn and X.