🎥 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
- Since leaving Congress, Mark Kennedy has led in academia and global policy with a principled commitment to nonpartisan analysis.
- His keynote speeches and strategic commentary focus not on ideology, but on one core question:
- Does this policy, institution, or leadership behavior strengthen or weaken strategic alignment in a divided and interdependent world?
- 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.
- 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
- Wilson Center | January 2024
- Kennedy breaks down the concept of strategic competition for a global policy audience.
Issues Driving the US Foreign Policy Debate
- Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs | October 2024
- Kennedy engages with PISA students in Paris just before the U.S. election.
AI & Technology Speeches
Ten Steps to Win the AI Race
- Harvard | Boston Global Forum | November 2024
- A forward-looking strategy for democratic tech leadership in AI.
Shapeholders Speeches
Leading in the Age of Activism
- University of North Dakota | April 2017
- Kennedy shares insights from his book - Shapeholders - Business Success in the Age of Activism.
Academic Addresses
From Jedi to Leaders in Action
- UND Commencement | Winter 2017
- 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.