FAISAL HOQUE — Co-Founder
I’m on a mission to humanize organizational transformation — bridging the worlds of business, technology, and humanity. Through my companies, research, books, articles, and podcasts, I enable leaders with frameworks and platforms to align purpose, people, process, and technology — turning disruption into meaningful, lasting progress. As the founder of Shadoka, NextChapter, and other award-winning ventures — and the #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "REINVENT", "TRANSCEND", "Reimagining Government", "Everything Connects", and more — for thirty years, I’ve had the privilege of guiding leading organizations including MasterCard, Northrop Grumman, French Social Security, PepsiCo, GE, the U.S. Department of Defense, and other global brands. I serve as an Executive Fellow at IMD Business School in Switzerland and a judge at the MIT’s IDEAS Social Innovation program. For almost a decade, I have also partnered with CACI — a $9 billion Fortune 500 leader in national security — to drive enterprise transformation and innovation across mission-critical government operations. A three-time recipient of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and Fast 500™ awards, my work has been featured in Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, IMD, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fortune, Big Think, Psychology Today, and major outlets including Yahoo Finance, Fox, and CBS. My 2025 book, "TRANSCEND: Unlocking Humanity in the Age of AI", was named a “Must Read” by the Next Big Idea Club and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month — becoming an instant bestseller across USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly lists. My just released book, "Reimagining Government" is an instant USA Today and Los Angeles Times bestseller. All proceeds from my books are pledged to cancer research. Recognized among the Top 100 Most Influential People in Technology by Ziff Davis, I was honored by Thinkers360 (2025) as a Top 10 Thought Leader in Transformation, Top 25 in Innovation and AI, and Top 50 in Leadership and Governance. My more than 30 book awards include two Axiom Gold Medals, Nautilus, and multiple Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award shortlists (2023 & 2025). Deeply influenced by a fusion of Eastern philosophy and American entrepreneurial spirit, my work reflects a lifelong quest — to help leaders build organizations that are technologically intelligent yet profoundly human.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in organizational transformation and innovation across technology and business sectors.
Location: New York City, New York, United States
Experience: 34 yrs 3 mos
Career Highlights
- Founder of multiple award-winning ventures.
- Three-time recipient of Deloitte Technology Fast awards.
- Bestselling author with impactful publications.
Work Experience
IMD
Executive Fellow @ IMD Business School (1 mo)
Contributor | Author (3 yrs 6 mos)
Psychology Today
Contributor (1 yr)
Thinkers50
2023/2025 Distinguished Achievement Award Shortlist | Contributor (2 yrs 9 mos)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Judge | Mentor, IDEAS Social Innovation Incubator (3 yrs 5 mos)
NextChapter
Founder | Chair (4 yrs 9 mos)
CACI International Inc
Strategic Partner | Innovation and Transformation (8 yrs 11 mos)
Altea Federation
International Partner | Chair, Research and Education (2 yrs 11 mos)
Shadoka
Founder | Managing Partner (12 yrs 2 mos)
Fast Company
Contributor | Author (13 yrs 8 mos)
Stern Strategy Group
Public Speaker (16 yrs 2 mos)
Cross-Industry For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations
Board Chair | BoD/BoA Member | Investor (32 yrs 2 mos)
GE Capital
Product Manager | CTO (2 yrs)
Dun and Bradstreet
Product Manager (2 yrs)
Education
Computer Science at University of Minnesota Duluth
Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale