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Rahim Hirji
Available for interviews, expert commentary, podcasts, and panel appearances.
"In proposing superskills for the new era of AI, Hirji outlines what is essential to navigate the most intense technological disruption humanity has yet had to face."
Rahim Hirji is an author, advisor, and speaker on how AI is reshaping work, leadership, and the talent pipeline. He is available for interviews, expert commentary, podcasts, and panel appearances.
Current focus: How AI is changing entry-level work, management judgement, and the leadership pipeline, ahead of the launch of SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, July 2026).
Selected media: interviews and commentary for:
BBC Radio 2 / BBC Radio / Bloomberg / The Telegraph / Daily Mail / Evening Standard / City AM / Gulf News / The Straits Times / Publishers Weekly / The Bookseller / The CEO Magazine
Additional coverage in The Sun, Daily Star, Time Out, CXO Magazine, FE News, Startups Magazine, The Knowledge Review, Digital First Magazine, EdTech Times, EdTech Digest, EdTech Review, PIE News, Les Outils Tice, Ludomag, Global Voices, The Ismaili, and broadcast and print across the Middle East, China, and Asia-Pacific.
Quick facts
Author of SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, July 2026)
Founder, The SuperSkills Intelligence Company
Based in London, UK
Advisor to boards and executive teams on AI, work redesign, and decision quality
Research spanning 200+ organisations in 30+ countries, conducted through interviews, advisory engagements, and surveys between 2019 and 2026
His perspective combines two decades of operating experience across education and technology with original research on how AI changes work
Former co-founder of EtonX (acquired by Eton College); international growth lead at Quizlet (60+ countries); executive at HarperCollins and Avallain
Writer of Box of Amazing, a weekly newsletter on AI and human capability with 25,000+ subscribers, now in its tenth year
Topics
AI and the workforce How AI is changing day-to-day work, why transformation efforts fail, and what leaders should do differently.
Leadership and decision quality How AI affects judgement, decision-making, and executive oversight.
The talent pipeline Why automating entry-level work creates long-term leadership risk, and how organisations should redesign apprenticeship for the AI era.
Human capability in the AI era Which human skills become more valuable as automation spreads, and how organisations can build them deliberately.
Education and the student AI shift How AI is changing what students need to learn, and what schools, universities, and employers should do next.
Frameworks and concepts: drift vs design, synthetic seniority, the missing rungs, the seven SuperSkills, design quotient
"Rahim Hirji maps the exact capabilities we need to partner with machines without surrendering our authorship."
- Karim Lakhani, Harvard Business School
Questions journalists and hosts ask me
What does AI actually change about how people work?
What are the SuperSkills and why do they matter now?
What is synthetic seniority, and why should HR leaders care?
How is AI changing the leadership pipeline?
What should organisations do differently about AI adoption?
What is the missing rungs problem and why should employers care?
Is AI going to replace my job? (The honest answer is more interesting than the reassuring one.)
How do leaders maintain decision quality when AI is everywhere?
Short bio
Rahim Hirji is a London-based author, advisor, and speaker on AI, work, and human capability. He works with boards and executive teams on work redesign, decision quality, and the talent pipeline, drawing on research across more than 200 organisations in 30 countries. He is the author of SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, July 2026) and writes Box of Amazing, a weekly newsletter on AI and the future of work with 25,000+ subscribers.
Long bio
Rahim Hirji advises leadership teams on how AI is reshaping work, decision-making, and the talent pipeline. He helps organisations build the human skills that become more valuable as automation spreads. His research spans more than 200 organisations across 30 countries.
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. His career includes co-founding EtonX (acquired by Eton College), leading international growth at Quizlet across 60+ countries, and executive roles at HarperCollins and Avallain.
He writes Box of Amazing, a weekly essay and curation newsletter read by 25,000+ leaders exploring AI, human capability, and the future of work, now in its tenth year.
What others say about Rahim and SuperSkills
"A survival guide for human ingenuity. Rahim Hirji maps the exact capabilities we need to partner with machines without surrendering our authorship." Karim Lakhani, Harvard Business School; co-author of Competing in the Age of AI
"At a time of profound change and uncertainty, I distrust anyone promising simple solutions. This is the antidote. A marvellously humane model for building capability and resilience amid the 21st century's tumult." Dr Tom Chatfield, author and tech philosopher
"A powerful and practical operating system for career survival in the AI era, and a timely and optimistic reminder that human judgement is the superpower that will save us." David Rowan, founding Editor-in-Chief, WIRED UK; author of Non-Bullshit Innovation
"As AI reshapes everything about how we live and work, 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
"The greatest risk of AI isn't that machines become more human, but that humans stop exercising judgement, taste, and care. Rahim Hirji shows leaders can do exactly that." Jonathan Peachey, former COO, Next15 plc
"In proposing superskills for the new era of AI, Hirji outlines what is essential to navigate the most intense technological disruption humanity has yet had to face." Professor Alnoor Bhimani, Founding Director of LSE Entrepreneurship; London School of Economics
Additional endorsements from Timo Hannay (Digital Science / Nature), Pablo Bradbury (DHL Express Americas), David Gareth Thomas (HSBC), Zoe Weil (Institute for Humane Education), Natasha Billing (Warner Music), Rudy Karsan (Kenexa / IBM), Peter Leyden (WIRED US), and Sherry Coutu CBE (Pearson).
Recent appearances
BBC Radio: Interview on AI, human capability, and the future of work (2026)
AIBL: AI for Business Leaders podcast with John Emmerson (April 2026)
The CEO Magazine: "Are You Flying, Or Are You Being Flown?" Published article.
Behavioural Science panel: Panellist (April 2026)
Upcoming
Nothing Ventured podcast with Aarish Shah
Solutionary Voices podcast with Zoe Weil
Let's Crew and Riot podcast with Chin Ru
Education Futures podcast with Svenia Busson
Oystercatchers AI Panel with Becky McKinlay
Previous appearances include BBC Radio 2, Bloomberg, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, The Sun, City AM, Time Out, The Near Futurist podcast with Guy Clapperton, Careers of the Future podcast, London Tech Week, The Straits Times, The National (Abu Dhabi), Gulf News, and Shanghai television and press.
Availability
Available for interviews, podcasts, broadcast, panels, and op-eds from May to August 2026, timed to the launch of SuperSkills.
Contact
For press, podcast, and media enquiries: rahim@rahimhirji.com
For podcast, keynote speaking and advisory enquiries: Book a call
Downloads (available on request)
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Book cover image
One-page media kit PDF