Mike is a serial tech entrepreneur, award-winning professor, and globally recognized innovation and AI expert with 20+ years constantly innovating and executing at the edge of what’s next.
Mike is a serial tech entrepreneur, award-winning professor, and globally recognized innovation and AI expert with 20+ years constantly innovating and executing at the edge of what’s next.
An Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, a former McKinsey consultant and executive education faculty in programs at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon and NYU AD, and Senior Advisor to the MIT CIO Symposium, Mike has vast experience working with senior leadership on transformation Initiatives. He brings both strategic clarity and urgency to every engagement.
High-impact talks exploring corporate AI strategy, venture scaling, and the future of work. Delivered on international stages to leadership teams and C-suite audiences.
Required reading on corporate AI strategy, enterprise innovation, and the future of work. A monthly column authored by Mike for the Harvard Business School AI Institute.
Required reading on corporate AI strategy, enterprise innovation, and the future of work. A monthly column authored by Mike for the Harvard Business School AI Institute.
Trusted board-level partnerships and targeted project consulting for founders and C-suite executives driving transformation in the AI era.
Bespoke presentations for conferences, corporate summits, and leadership events that are highly energetic and operationally precise.
Actionable masterclasses, deep-dive workshops, and executive briefings delivering proven strategic frameworks for decision-makers.
Trusted board-level partnerships and targeted project consulting for founders and C-suite executives driving transformation in the AI era.
Bespoke presentations for conferences, corporate summits, and leadership events that are highly energetic and operationally precise.
Actionable masterclasses, deep-dive workshops, and executive briefings delivering proven strategic frameworks for decision-makers.
Reimagine and reinvent your business for competitive advantage in the AI area This is the essential strategic guide for leaders before a board meeting.
Enterprise leadership teams, boards, and Fortune 500 companies.
Discover why traditional companies fail to innovate and learn the exact structural fixes that solve the problem for good. Your organization can transform how it innovates.
Innovation & digital transformation leads and heads of strategy.
Proven approach across eight successful startups and hundreds of corporate innovation initiatives. Discover the playbook that scales innovation across your enterprise.
Corporate product teams and corporate innovation teams.
Date: Aug 1, 2026
As AI agents consume exponential tokens, companies face exploding costs. This memo explores how Uber and Tesla capped spending, why open-weight models like Qwen are gaining adoption, and how model sourcing is becoming a strategic decision shaped by government policy.
Date: Jul 1, 2026
Google launched Spark, a 24/7 cloud-based AI agent that manages workflows autonomously. We examine how always-on agents shift from tools to “AI employees,” the governance and autonomy challenges they create, and what business leaders must do before scaling.
Date: Jun 1, 2026
OpenAI transformed Codex into an agentic super-app with computer control and mobile access. This memo explores how token economics are reshaping AI costs, why flat-rate pricing is ending, and the architectural decisions leaders must make to manage expenses.
Date: May 1, 2026
OpenClaw proved persistent AI agents could work autonomously, becoming GitHub’s fastest-growing project. However, security risks made it unsuitable for enterprises. This memo explores why Claude Cowork Dispatch represents the business-ready evolution of agentic AI.
Date: Aug 1, 2026
As AI agents consume exponential tokens, companies face exploding costs. This memo explores how Uber and Tesla capped spending, why open-weight models like Qwen are gaining adoption, and how model sourcing is becoming a strategic decision shaped by government policy.
Date: Jul 1, 2026
Google launched Spark, a 24/7 cloud-based AI agent that manages workflows autonomously. We examine how always-on agents shift from tools to “AI employees,” the governance and autonomy challenges they create, and what business leaders must do before scaling.
Date: Jun 1, 2026
OpenAI transformed Codex into an agentic super-app with computer control and mobile access. This memo explores how token economics are reshaping AI costs, why flat-rate pricing is ending, and the architectural decisions leaders must make to manage expenses.
Date: May 1, 2026
OpenClaw proved persistent AI agents could work autonomously, becoming GitHub’s fastest-growing project. However, security risks made it unsuitable for enterprises. This memo explores why Claude Cowork Dispatch represents the business-ready evolution of agentic AI.
Mike Grandinetti is a globally recognized expert in disruptive innovation, AI, and entrepreneurship. He is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and faculty at Brown University's School of Engineering. He teaches executive education at Cornell, Oxford, NYU Abu Dhabi, Babson College, and Harvard Professional and Executive Development.
A serial entrepreneur with 7 VC-backed exits and an ex-McKinsey background, Mike has taught thousands of students and executives worldwide on how to navigate and lead disruption. He is a 3× TEDx speaker, Senior Advisor to the MIT CIO Symposium, and a trusted voice for organizations facing the most consequential era in business history.
Mike Grandinetti is a globally recognized expert in disruptive innovation, AI, and entrepreneurship. He is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and faculty at Brown University's School of Engineering. He teaches executive education at Cornell, Oxford, NYU Abu Dhabi, Babson College, and Harvard Professional and Executive Development.
A serial entrepreneur with 7 VC-backed exits and an ex-McKinsey background, Mike has taught thousands of students and executives worldwide on how to navigate and lead disruption. He is a 3× TEDx speaker, Senior Advisor to the MIT CIO Symposium, and a trusted voice for organizations facing the most consequential era in business history.
Bring Mike to your next event, or bring him to the table for your most consequential innovation and AI decisions.
Bring Mike to your next event, or bring him to the table for your most consequential innovation and AI decisions.
Mike Grandinetti is a globally recognized expert in corporate innovation, disruptive business model innovation, AI, and entrepreneurship. He is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and faculty at Brown University's School of Engineering. He teaches executive education at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon. Oxford, NYU Abu Dhabi, Babson College, and Harvard Professional and Executive Development.
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