Media & Press

In the press.

Interviews, commentary, podcasts and panels.

Rahim Hirji is an author, advisor and speaker on how AI is reshaping work, leadership and the talent pipeline. In 2026 he became a regular contributor to the BBC, with 11 appearances in three months, across BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC World Service and regional BBC radio, on AI in work, society and human judgement. He is available for interviews, expert commentary, podcasts and panel appearances, in print, broadcast and online.

Book a media call Press kit & bio →
Rahim Hirji interviewed to camera at the Muslim International Film Festival
On stage · on screen · on air

Main stages, broadcast studios and the record.

From the Main Stage at the CIPD Festival of Work to the BBC studio, at home on the stage, the panel and the camera.

Selected coverage

Reviews & interviews.

Rahim's own columns and essays live on Research. This is what others have said and where he has appeared.

Arab News · Review

What We Are Reading Today: ‘SuperSkills’

“A reminder that success is not about what you know today, it is about your capacity to keep learning forever.”

Read the review →
The European Business Review · Bylined

Why the real AI risk is not automation, but accountability gaps

“Every board has someone who says it: we keep a human in the loop. It is the most reassuring sentence in corporate governance, and under European law, on its own, it protects nobody.”

Read the piece →
The Observer

Bylined in the Observer

Commentary on AI, work and the human judgement that survives it, for the Observer.

Read the columns →
Digital First Magazine · Interview

Crafting learning for a changing world

An in-depth interview on his trajectory through education technology and building learning tools used worldwide.

Read the interview →
David Boyle · Saturday AI Thoughts

A sceptic’s review

A twenty-five-year data and audience-insight veteran who set out to argue with the book, and ended up recommending it.

Read the review →
BBC · Broadcast

On air with the BBC

11 BBC appearances in three months in 2026, across BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC World Service and regional BBC radio, on AI in work, society and where human judgement belongs.

Listen on BBC Sounds →
Press & expert commentary

Available for comment

On AI and the workforce, the leadership pipeline and human capability, with same-day turnaround for journalists.

Request a comment →
SuperSkills reviewed in Arab News
Arab News · review
SuperSkills in Amazon Hot New Releases
Amazon · Hot New Releases
The Drift versus Design matrix
Signature framework · Drift versus Design

Previously: columnist, The Telegraph  ·  columnist, Time Out

On the mic

Podcasts & conversations.

Long-form conversations on the ideas behind SuperSkills, AI and the future of work.

Inside Learning podcast episode with Rahim Hirji
Featured episode

The 7 human skills for the age of AI

On Inside Learning with Learnovate: twenty years inside learning technology, the most-requested title at the London Book Fair, and the skills that outlast the tools.

Listen to the episode →

Inside Learning · Learnovate

The 7 human skills for the age of AI

Twenty years inside learning technology, and the skills that outlast the tools. Listen → Let’s Crew & Riot · Spotify

Human skills in the age of AI

With Chin Ru, on staying the author of your own judgement. Listen → EmergeOne

Are we raising a generation that can’t think?

On synthetic seniority, the missing rungs, and the talent pipeline. Listen → School for Startups Radio · Jim Beach

SuperSkills, drift versus design, and building businesses

What AI changes for the people building businesses. Syndicated across US AM/FM stations, August 2026. Listen →

More conversations with Nothing Ventured (Aarish Shah), AI for Business Leaders (John Emmerson), The Near Futurist (Guy Clapperton), Solutionary Voices (Zoe Weil) and Careers of the Future.

Watch

Rahim Hirji, Keynote: Drift versus Design, showreel ShowreelKeynote: Drift versus Design
Rahim Hirji on Education Futures with Svenia Busson Education Futureswith Svenia Busson
Rahim Hirji on Become a Global Leader Become a Global Leaderwith Victoria Rennoldson
SuperSkills book trailer The book trailerSuperSkills
Rahim Hirji, a candid word on SuperSkills CandidWhy this book, in his words
Rahim Hirji recording Nothing Ventured in the studio Nothing Ventured · Aarish Shah

On drift, judgement and the talent pipeline

Watch the episode → Rahim Hirji recording The Linklaters Ideas Foundry in the studio gallery The Linklaters Ideas Foundry · Linklaters

What happens when AI assumes aspects of our jobs, while reshaping how we think about experience, expertise and our sense of self at work?

Listen on Spotify →
Coming soon

Where to find Rahim next.

Strand Review of Books, with Toby Chapman-Dawe

On SuperSkills, drift versus design, and where human judgement belongs as AI takes over the tasks.

Podcast · Coming soon
Harald’s Curious Corner

With Harald Overaa of Docebo, on learning technology, AI in education and the future of workplace learning.

Podcast · Coming soon
Lead with Purpose

On drift versus design, and where human judgement belongs as AI takes over the tasks.

Podcast · Coming soon

Links go live as each is released.

What Rahim speaks to

Topics for interviews and panels.

AI and the workforce

How AI is changing day-to-day work, why transformation efforts fail, and what leaders should do differently.

Leadership & decision quality

How AI affects judgement, decision-making and executive oversight when the machine is always in the room.

The talent pipeline

Why automating entry-level work creates long-term leadership risk, and how to redesign apprenticeship for the AI era.

Human capability in the AI era

Which human skills become more valuable as automation spreads, and how organisations build them on purpose.

Education & the student AI shift

How AI changes what students need to learn, and what schools, universities and employers should do next.

The honest AI-and-jobs question

Is AI going to replace my job? The honest answer is more interesting than the reassuring one.

On where judgement sits once the machines are capable, synthetic seniority and the missing rungs, and why adoption measures how much you have handed over rather than whether you got any better.

Press kit

Bio, facts and assets.

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, 2026), the most-requested title at the London Book Fair, and founder of The SuperSkills Intelligence Company. His career includes co-founding EtonX (acquired by Eton College) and leading international growth at Quizlet across 60 countries. He writes Box of Amazing, a weekly newsletter on AI and the future of work, now in its tenth year with 25,000+ subscribers.

Copy-ready bios

15 words · Rahim Hirji is a London-based keynote speaker and advisor on AI, work and human judgement.

40 words · Rahim Hirji is a London-based keynote speaker and advisor on AI, work and human judgement, and the author of SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, 2026). He founded EtonX and led Quizlet’s international growth.

90 words · Rahim Hirji is a London-based keynote speaker and advisor on AI, work and human capability, and the author of SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, 2026). His signature framework, Drift versus Design, helps boards and leadership teams decide where human judgement belongs as AI takes over the tasks. He founded the skills platform EtonX, later acquired by Eton College, led international growth at Quizlet across sixty countries, and writes Box of Amazing, a weekly newsletter on AI and the future of work read by more than 25,000 leaders.

Available on request: high-resolution headshot, book cover image, and a one-page media kit PDF. Request assets →

  • Author · SuperSkills (Kogan Page, 2026)
  • Founder · The SuperSkills Intelligence Company
  • Based in · London, UK
  • Research · 200 organisations across 30 countries
  • Newsletter · Box of Amazing, 25,000+ subscribers, 10th year
  • Previously · EtonX (co-founder), Quizlet (growth), HarperCollins
For journalists

Working with the press.

Is Rahim available for interviews and comment?

Yes. He has commented on AI and the future of work for the BBC, across BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC World Service and regional BBC radio, with 11 appearances in three months in 2026. For interviews, podcasts and comment: rahim@thesuperskills.com. Responses same day where a deadline is named.

What topics does Rahim speak about in media?

Where human judgement belongs as AI takes over tasks; synthetic seniority and what happens to career ladders; what leaders get wrong about AI readiness; and how organisations lose capability without noticing. He gives specific, quotable positions rather than balanced-on-both-sides comment.

Where has Rahim appeared?

BBC television and radio including the World Service, and podcasts, including an interview with Aidan McCullen, host of The Innovation Show. His writing has appeared in CEOWORLD, The European Business Review and WorldatWork, among other outlets, and he previously wrote columns for The Telegraph and Time Out.

Does Rahim provide written comment to deadline?

Yes. Email with the deadline in the subject line and he will confirm quickly whether he can help. A press kit with bios at three lengths and headshots is on this page.

Get in touch

For press, podcast and media enquiries.

Available for interviews, podcasts, broadcast, panels and op-eds, in the UK and internationally.

rahim@thesuperskills.com Book a call
Box of Amazing

Rahim’s free weekly letter on AI and human capability

If this was useful and you want a small amount of it each week, that is what the letter is for. Weekly essays on AI, capability and the future of work. Read by 25,000 people, every week since 2017. Free, and one click to stop.

Opens Substack to confirm. No pitch in it, unsubscribe in one click, and nobody follows up because you read something.

Running an event, or responsible for how AI arrives in your organisation? Keynotes  ·  Advisory for CEOs and boards  ·  Enquire

A selected record of keynotes, talks and events is at speaking record.