Brian Evergreen Keynote Speaker

Former AI Strategy Lead for Microsoft US
Author of "Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence"
Featured in Bloomberg, CIO, VentureBeat, CDO Magazine, the Next Big Idea Club, and Thinkers50.

Brian Evergreen's Biography

Brian Evergreen is the author of Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of AI, named a Next Big Idea Club “Must-Read” and one of the Thinkers50 Top 10 Best New Management Books for 2024.

In 2025, Brian was named one of the Top 50 AI Creators You Need to Know by Edelman and was selected by Thinkers50 as one of the Top 30 Thinkers Redefining Leadership in 2025.

Brian is best known for his work advising some of the world’s most valuable companies on positioning their organizations for the future in the era of AI.

Brian’s insights draw from his personal experience at leading companies, including Accenture, AWS, and Microsoft. When he’s not giving keynotes or advising companies on AI, Brian guest lectures at the Kellogg School of Management, sharing the unconventional and innovative methods and frameworks he’s developed, which have supported over $20B of investment.

Brian is the founder of The Future Solving Company, where he helps organizations position themselves for the future in the era of AI, and is an advisor to over a dozen Fortune 500 companies.

He is also the President of The Future Solving Club, a private group of senior executives shaping the future who dialogue with world-renowned thought leaders and executives weekly and at exclusive dinners and events throughout the year.

His work has been featured on Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, CIO, VentureBeat, the Next Big Idea Club, and Thinkers50.

Breaking Ice: Visionary Leadership in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

What comes after Digital Transformation?

Rehumanizing Work in the Age of AI

The Future of Humans and Machines (and your role in creating it)

Why 87% of AI Projects Fail (and what to do about it)

How to Tell when Someone is Lying about AI

Beyond the Industrial Revolution: A New Era

How to think about AI like a FORTUNE 10 Leader

The Fundamentals of Autonomous Transformation

Breaking out of Maintenance Mode

He brings frontline authority from leading AI strategy at Microsoft and driving global co-innovation at Microsoft Research, helping Fortune 500 leaders reimagine markets, operating models and competitive advantage in the era of AI.
He translates emerging technology into practical leadership decisions through his book Autonomous Transformation, shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award and selected as a Next Big Idea Club “Must-Read”, giving executives clear frameworks for creating value with AI.
He equips organisations to move beyond hype with a systems-level approach to AI transformation, informed by experience delivering data and AI programmes at Accenture and advising global enterprise teams.
He sharpens strategic thinking with memorable storytelling and tools, including his widely read CIO essay “ChatGPT is not your AI strategy”, helping leaders design the orchestration needed for lasting impact.
He brings credible, boardroom-tested perspective from advising organisations including NASA and Microsoft and serving as a Senior Fellow at The Conference Board, helping senior teams align innovation ambition with execution reality.

Articles, Media & Podcasts

ChatGPT is not your AI strategy

Podcast: Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Podcast: Autonomous Transformation in the Workplace (ft. author Brian Evergreen)

(US & Canada) VIDEO | Shift From Problem-Solving to Future-Solving — The Profitable Good Company Founder and CEO

Trust in AI is more than a moral problem

Books by Brian Evergreen

Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Comments & Testimonials

Autonomous Transformation comes at a key time in the evolution of AI, and paints a compelling vision for how organizations and work itself will be transformed, along with a balance of theoretical context and practical approaches to guide the journey ahead. Autonomous Transformation is important reading for leaders everywhere interested in understanding our human plus machine future.

Paul Daugherty Chief Technology Officer, Accenture

Brian Evergreen's Autonomous Transformation offers an engaging and thought-provoking treatise for anyone who ponders our future with artificial intelligence. Evergreen argues that AI is a powerful tool but only if employed in ways that uplift and empower one and all. He goes further by providing useful guides for how to adopt AI intentionally such that it is ethical, responsible, and in service of humanity.

Gurdeep Pall Corporate Vice President, Head of Product Incubations, Microsoft

The 2024 scramble is on for people who can speak about AI in a way that engages and educates audiences without relying on hype or buzz words. Brian Evergreen is a knowledgeable and excellent public speaker on all things AI and an audience favorite at events where we have collaborated.

Lisa Wittman Head of Event Content, VentureBeat