Zack Kass

Boardroom Advisor on Applied AI & Strategic Resilience

Headshot of Zack Kass, Global AI Advisor and former OpenAI go-to-market leader

Zack Kass is a definitive authority on the commercialisation of frontier technology and the future of unmetered intelligence. As the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI, he spearheaded the teams responsible for translating research into the global products and partnerships that defined the AI era. Now a Global AI Advisor to the Fortune 1000 and governments, Zack deconstructs how organisations must evolve to survive the most disruptive technological shift in history. Author of The Next RenAIssance (2026), he operates at the critical intersection of digital transformation and human potential, helping leaders move beyond speculative hype toward actionable AI strategy.

Zack specialises in "Societal Thresholds," examining the gap between technological possibility and institutional readiness. He provides a rigorous framework for navigating market volatility and redefining organisational design.

Leaders will leave with a pragmatic roadmap for navigating the "Next RenAIssance," gaining the strategic clarity required to move beyond AI experimentation and toward scalable, human-centric institutional transformation. For 92 Speakers’ clients, he offers a grounded masterclass in systemic innovation.

Signature Keynotes

  • How artificial intelligence is reshaping value creation and what leaders must rethink to stay relevant.

  • Why AI rewards organisations that redesign culture, learning and leadership, not just technology stacks.

  • Understanding the human, organisational, and societal friction slowing AI adoption and how leaders respond.

  • Making disciplined strategic choices when intelligence is abundant but direction is not.

  • How AI changes the nature of work by removing friction and why leadership must reframe productivity.

  • Why the fastest learners outperform the most advanced and how behaviour becomes the real competitive edge.

The Kass Effect

After hearing Zack Kass, artificial intelligence stops being theoretical and becomes an immediate strategic reality leaders can no longer defer.

Audiences leave ready to:

  • Understand how AI moves from capability to mass adoption

  • Anticipate market, customer and workforce disruption

  • Make strategic decisions as intelligence becomes embedded everywhere

  • Separate genuine opportunity from short-term hype

  • Lead confidently in an environment where change accelerates by default

Why Book Zack

Zack Kass brings rare insight from inside the engine room of modern AI deployment. His experience resonates with organisations navigating rapid adoption, competitive pressure and public visibility, where decisions about AI are commercial, reputational and strategic all at once.

Book a speaker who reframes artificial intelligence as a market force leaders must actively shape, not passively observe.

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