Richard Susskind is one of the world’s leading authorities on how artificial intelligence and digital systems are transforming professional work. An author, adviser and legal futurist, he is best known for his seminal work on how technology reshapes expertise, decision-making and the delivery of knowledge-intensive services.

As AI moves into law, medicine, finance and consulting, Richard focuses on a question many leaders underestimate: not whether technology can support professionals, but how it fundamentally changes what professionals are for. His work examines how knowledge is captured, scaled and redistributed, and what this means for institutions built on scarcity of expertise.

His talks are clear, rigorous and strategically challenging. They focus on what leaders must understand as AI shifts professions from bespoke human judgement toward systems, platforms and new forms of service and why resisting this change is far riskier than engaging with it.