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THE SYSTEMS RACE

How Free Societies Compete in an Age of Scale, Capacity, and Trust

At Sciences Po Paris with Arancha González, former Foreign Minister of Spain and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, discussing how free societies can compete and flourish in an age defined by technology, trust, and strategic systems.
The defining contests of this century will not be decided by software alone, nor by military strength alone.
They will increasingly be shaped by who can organize complete systems—technology, energy, manufacturing, capital, talent, logistics, and trusted partnerships—at scale.
Artificial intelligence is accelerating this shift. So are geopolitical rivalry, supply chain fragility, and rising demands for resilience.
Mark Kennedy helps leaders understand how nations, institutions, and businesses can compete, cooperate, and build the conditions for human flourishing in this new era.

Power Runs Through Capacity

With Debbie at NVIDIA headquarters, where innovation and compute are reshaping the future.

Ideas in Dialogue

Engaging students at Cambridge Judge Business School on strategy and leadership.

Global Partnerships

Briefing President Tô Lâm and senior Vietnamese officials during their recent London state visit.

CORE THEMES

AI Is a Systems Race

Winning depends on compute, energy, talent, trust, and scale.

The Global Middle Decides

Emerging markets may shape future users, standards, and long-term influence.

Free Societies Must Perform to Flourish

Open systems retain great strengths—but only when institutions deliver results, widen opportunity, and earn trust.
Speaking at Pacific Forum on deterrence and Indo-Pacific security.

BRING STRATEGIC CLARITY TO YOUR AUDIENCE

For keynote speeches, executive briefings, board retreats, university forums, or strategic discussions.