Andrew McAfee

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Co-Founder of MIT Initiative on Digital Economy, MIT Research Scientist, Author

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Andrew McAfee Biography

Andrew McAfee, PhD, is an award-winning principal research scientist at MIT’s Center for Digital Business, co-founder of the Initiative on the Digital Economy, Google Technology and Society’s inaugural visiting fellow and co-founder of Workhelix, a pioneering startup that helps organizations harness AI's power for workforce optimization. A globally renowned authority on the digital technologies that are changing the world, he is a six-time Thinkers50 honoree. Offering deeply researched insights that help organizations thrive in the age of AI, McAfee is an adept analyst on the trends that are reshaping leadership, management, competition and the future of work. His latest book, "The Geek Way," named a best book of 2023 by The Economist, examines how today’s digital-first organizations are succeeding thanks to a modern management ethos borrowed from Silicon Valley. McAfee's "geeky leadership" blueprint shows organizations how to reimagine themselves for unparalleled success in the tech-driven era. By following the example of the freewheeling and fast-moving “business geeks,” he explains, organizations naturally become more agile, more innovative and massively scalable. A highly sought-after advisor, gifted speaker, and forward-looking futurist, McAfee helps leaders gain a more in-depth understanding of how to prosper in today’s constantly changing technological and economic landscapes.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/02/2025.

Andrew McAfee Speaking Topics

  • The Surprises of Generative AI

    ChatGPT and other types of Generative AI (GenAI), a new and powerful type of artificial intelligence, has taken us by surprise – we weren’t expecting its capabilities to appear so soon. According to Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management who was named among the top 50 management thinkers in the world, GenAI is already transforming jobs and industries and delivering unprecedented creativity and productivity boosts. However, these systems still have serious flaws that need to be addressed in order for them to realize their full impact. In this fundamentally optimistic talk, McAfee stresses that GenAI will improve the business world and our lives, and that many of their harms are overstated.

  • The Geek Takeover: What Traditional Companies Can Learn From Big Tech

    Over the past two decades, big tech companies have innovated and experimented with the standard Industrial Era business model, creating organizations that are now dominating the global economy. How do they do it, and will the bubble burst? In this talk, MIT digital economist and data scientist Andrew McAfee, co-founder of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy, takes audiences on a deep dive into his upcoming book, “The Geek Way.” He pulls back the curtain on what makes these “geek companies” consistently strong performers, how they excel at disrupting industries, and what traditional companies can learn from their freewheeling, fast-moving, evidence-driven, egalitarian, argumentative and autonomous cultures.

Andrew McAfee Videos

  • Andrew McAfee - Future Ready Leadership with Jacob Morgan
    MIT Scientist On The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results
  • Andrew McAfee - DLD Conference
    The Geek Way: How to Run a Company in the 21st Century
  • More From Less | Andrew McAfee
    Andrew McAfee draws on a wide range of evidence to show that the world is already on the right track toward long-term health when it combines 1)...

Andrew McAfee Books

  • The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results
    The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results
  • Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
    Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
  • More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources_and What Happens Next
    More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources_and What Happens Next
  • The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
    The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
  • Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation
    Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation
  • Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges
    Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges

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Andrew McAfee is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Surprises of Generative AI and The Geek Takeover: What Traditional Companies Can Learn From Big Tech. The estimated speaking fee range to book Andrew McAfee for your event is available upon request. Andrew McAfee generally travels from Boston, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Zack Kass, Peter Diamandis, Dr. Michio Kaku, Ray Kurzweil and Adam Cheyer. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Andrew McAfee for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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