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Gísli Rafn Ólafsson advises boards and governments on artificial intelligence and leadership. A former member of Iceland’s parliament, Secretary General of the Icelandic Red Cross, and emergency response director, he is the author of The AI Fluent Leader and The AI Fluent Nation, and CEO of Gridland Consulting.

For three decades Gísli Rafn Ólafsson has worked where technology meets pressure. He spent two decades in the technology industry, much of it at Microsoft, led emergency response for NetHope through the Ebola outbreak, the Syrian refugee crisis, and the Nepal earthquake, and led Iceland’s urban search and rescue team in Haiti. He has served as a chief technology officer, as a member and Deputy Speaker of Iceland’s parliament, and as Secretary General of the Icelandic Red Cross. He is CEO of Gridland Consulting and the author of four books on leadership under pressure, including The Crisis Leader, a university course text, and The AI Fluent Nation.