About Rahim Hirji
Author of SuperSkills. Keynote speaker. Advisor.
The human side of the AI conversation.
Rahim Hirji is an optimist about humans in the age of AI.
He helps organisations stay human when technology changes faster than people can adapt. He is the author of SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, July 2026) and founder of The SuperSkills Intelligence Company.
He speaks at global conferences and leadership events, advises executive teams, and runs AI capability programmes across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America.
Leaders bring him in when they can feel that the old playbook isn't working any more. When AI is moving faster than their people can keep up with. When the organisation needs a plan, not another slide deck about the future.
He has spoken to audiences from boardrooms of twelve to conference halls of several hundred, including leadership teams at Barclays, Kaplan, and Imperial College, across financial services, technology, education, real estate investment, professional services and healthcare. He also works with charities and schools preparing for an AI-shaped future.
Keynote themes: The SuperSkills Era | Decision Quality in the AI Era | Bespoke industry sessions
Trusted by Leaders at:
About SuperSkills
The Story Behind SuperSkills
The human side of the AI conversation.
Rahim started building digital learning products before anyone called it EdTech.
He was CEO of one of the UK's first online tutoring platforms, then founded EtonX, a skills platform that scaled from China to thirty countries before Eton College acquired it. At Quizlet, one of the world's largest learning platforms, he led international growth during a period of rapid expansion across 60+ countries.
Across two decades and more than 200 organisations, he kept seeing the same pattern: companies would invest in better technology and then wonder why their people couldn't keep up. The tools changed but the problem never did.
That pattern isn't just professional. It runs through his own family. Across four generations and three continents, what carried each one through wasn't the technology available to them. It was curiosity, adaptability, judgement and the willingness to start again. Those are human skills, and they are exactly what is at risk in the age of AI.
That insight became SuperSkills.
About SuperSkills
SuperSkills, the book
SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI by Rahim Hirji
SuperSkills is published by Kogan Page in July 2026 and is currently under rights review in thirteen languages. The book draws on research across more than 200 organisations in 30 countries on six continents. It tells stories from Sierra Leone to Silicon Valley, from a Thai cave rescue to a mother's act of forgiveness in Minneapolis, and from the Paris climate negotiations to Rahim's own family journey across the Indian Ocean.
It is not a book about fearing AI. It is a practical system for staying sharp, staying human, and staying valuable when machines can do most of the tasks we used to rely on. At its centre is an idea Rahim calls the difference between drift and design.
"At a time of profound change and uncertainty, I distrust anyone promising simple solutions. This is the antidote."
"A powerful and practical 'operating system' for career survival in the AI era."
David Rowan, founding Editor-in-Chief, WIRED UK
"SuperSkills is the compass we didn't know we needed. What makes us irreplaceable isn't processing power."
Josue Estrada, former COO, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; COO, Center for AI Safety
"Extremely thought-provoking. I was thinking more about my kids and how quickly they will adapt." Joyce
"Pure and inspirational brilliance. Terrifying but I realise it's here to stay and I need to find a way to embrace rather than avoid." Nizar
"Future-focused with real life skills to survive and thrive in the AI world to come." Matthew
Working with Rahim
How we Work Together
Unique AI Keynotes to Inspire groups, teams and crowds
60-90 minute sessions for conferences, boards, executive retreats and leadership offsites. Every keynote is built from real work with real organisations, customised to your audience, and designed so that people leave knowing what to do on Monday morning. In person or virtual. UK, Europe, global.
The SuperSkills Era. Your leadership team will leave knowing which human capabilities to invest in and how to build them before AI makes the decision for you.
Decision Quality in the AI Era. A practical framework for maintaining accountability and judgement quality when machines accelerate every decision.
Bespoke industry keynotes. AI as the backdrop, your sector as the focus, your people as the priority.
Book early. Rahim's calendar fills 3-6 months ahead for in-person keynotes. Fees vary by format, audience, and location. Get in touch and we'll find the right fit.
Advisory & Sprints
For organisations that know they need to do something about AI but don't have a coherent plan yet. Rahim has worked with leadership teams across sectors including financial services, real estate investment, education and technology to turn that uncertainty into a clear direction. This includes the 4-week AI Workforce Readiness Sprint: a fixed-scope engagement that turns uncertainty into a workforce plan.
AI Capability Programmes including in-person and virtual programmes for leaders, teams and organisations. Three core courses delivered globally: AI for Leaders, AI for Thinking, AI for Everyone.
Executive Coaching
One-on-one work with senior leaders who are making difficult calls about their teams, their careers, and their organisations.
Book a discovery Call
About Box of Amazing
Box of Amazing
A weekly digest covering knowledge & society, AI & emerging technology, trends and extraordinary articles, hand-picked to broaden your mind and challenge your thinking.
Every week for the last ten years, Rahim has written Box of Amazing, a short briefing on AI, technology and the skills needed for the future of work. Read by over 25,000 leaders, executives and professionals.
Subscribe for free
Rahim Hirji SuperSkills
Press and Media
Book Rahim for commentary on AI and Human Skills
For press enquiries, interviews, and podcast bookings: rahim@thesuperskills.com
Rahim is represented by Katie Fulford at Bell Lomax Moreton for literary, rights, and adaptation enquiries, and Kogan Page for translation rights
Working with Rahim
Let's talk about what your organisation needs.
Explore options for working with Rahim