Written By Karl Lillrud

Quick Facts

  • Full name: Karl Lillrud

  • Based in: Spain and UAE (originally from Sweden)

  • Focus areas: AI adoption, innovation execution, digital commerce, leadership

  • Experience: 30 years professional experience since 1996

  • Books: Author of 9 books, including AI Your Second Brain: Evolve or Go Extinct (2023)

  • Speaking: Global keynote speaker available in English and Swedish

  • Website:karllillrud.com

Short Bio (50 words)

Karl Lillrud is a global keynote speaker and author focused on AI, innovation, and digital commerce. He helps leaders turn AI into practical execution with clear governance and measurable outcomes. He has three decades of professional experience since 1996 and is recognised in global speaker rankings.

Medium Bio (120 words)

Karl Lillrud is a global keynote speaker, moderator, and author focused on AI adoption, innovation execution, and digital commerce growth. He started his first business in 1996 and brings 30 years of professional experience as of 2026. Karl is a two-time TEDx speaker and is recognised in global speaker rankings including Global Gurus Top 30 Motivational Speakers for five consecutive years (2022 to 2026), currently ranked #16. He is a Harvard Business Review Advisory Council member since August 2024. Karl is known for translating AI into leader-friendly operating models, practical workflows, and governance guardrails that teams can deploy quickly. Audiences leave with clear next actions, not theory.

Key Credentials

  • Global Gurus: Top 30 Motivational Speakers for five consecutive years (2022 to 2026), ranked #16 in 2026

  • Thinkers360: Top 10 AI Thought Leader; Top 50 Global AI Thought Leaders 2025, ranked #36; Top 25 eCommerce 2026

  • TEDx: Two-time TEDx speaker

  • Harvard Business Review: Advisory Council member since August 2024, contributor

  • World Economic Forum: Speaker during WEF week in Davos

  • Global Business Tech Award: Jury member

  • Books: 9 published titles

  • Bureau representation: 20+ speaker bureaus globally (London Speaker Bureau, AAE, Speakers Associates, AI Speaker Bureau, and more)

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    Most Requested Keynote Topics

    1. AI as Your Second Brain : How leaders can use AI to accelerate decision-making, execution, and learning

    2. The AI Revolution: Surf or Sink : Moving beyond the hype to show how AI can automate 80% of busy work

    3. Leading in the Intelligent Age : The Davos Debrief on macro-economic impacts and the future of work

    4. The C-Suite AI Adoption Playbook : A clear operating model for AI that aligns strategy, risk, and delivery

    5. eCommerce Growth Under Pressure : Improving conversion using experimentation, personalisation, and AI

    Published Books

    1. AI Your Second Brain: Evolve or Go Extinct (2023)

    2. Become Innovative: Create the Future (2024)

    3. You, Me and A.I. Your Comfort Zone Just Got Smaller (2023)

    4. Online Business Terms and Acronyms (2021)

    5. Organizing Amazing Speaker Events Vol 2 (2022)

    6. Organizing Amazing Speaker Events (2019)

    7. Hacking Your Destiny (2020)

    8. The Better Business Book Vol 4, co-author (2018)

    9. Bli Iderik: Lar av den nya tidens entreprenorer, co-author, Swedish (2015)

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    Karl Lillrud

    Email: me@karllillrud.com

    Phone: +34 601 988 244

    Last updated: March 2026

Karl Lillrud

http://www.karllillrud.com
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