🎥 Speaking Highlights
Watch Mark Kennedy in Action
From global summits to association conferences, boardrooms to campuses, Mark Kennedy brings clarity, conviction, and strategic insight to every audience. Below is a curated selection of recent speeches, panels, and keynote clips spanning the topics of strategic competition, economic statecraft, technology leadership, and institutional trust.
Strategic Competition Speeches
Political Insight, Not Political Agenda
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Since leaving Congress, Mark Kennedy has led in academia and global policy with a principled commitment to nonpartisan analysis.
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His keynote speeches and strategic commentary focus not on ideology, but on one core question:
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Does this policy, institution, or leadership behavior strengthen or weaken strategic alignment in a divided and interdependent world?
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Kennedy evaluates U.S. and foreign actors alike through the lens of his GRIPS and PIVOT frameworks—grounding his insights in institutional performance, systemic coherence, and global trust.
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This commitment to clarity over partisanship is why his work resonates across business, academia, and government—domestically and internationally.
Strategic Competition: What It Means and Why It Matters
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Wilson Center | January 2024
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Kennedy breaks down the concept of strategic competition for a global policy audience.
Issues Driving the US Foreign Policy Debate
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Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs | October 2024
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Kennedy engages with PISA students in Paris just before the U.S. election.
AI & Technology Speeches
Today's Frontline of Freedom is Digital
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The choices democracies must make to remain free.
Ten Steps to Win the AI Race
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Harvard | Boston Global Forum | November 2024
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A forward-looking strategy for democratic tech leadership in AI.
Shapeholders Speeches
Leading in the Age of Activism
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University of North Dakota | April 2017
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Kennedy shares insights from his book - Shapeholders - Business Success in the Age of Activism.
Custom Speeches
From Reconciliation to Renewal: Thirty Years of the U.S.–Vietnam Partnership
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November 3, 2025
Academic Addresses
From Jedi to Leaders in Action
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UND Commencement | Winter 2017
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Kennedy compares the qualities of the Jedi with attributes UND imparts to its graduates - highlighting its new tagline, delivered on the opening day of a new Star Wars movie.