Digital · AI · Cyber Leadership
Helping You Raise your Digital, AI and Cyber Quotients
Your Digital Quotient is the measure of your “Digital Intelligence.” I work at Increasing your personal and your teams collective digital maturity by simplifying digital, AI and cyber challenges and helping build your own executive toolkit to lead in a digital world
Do you know what your Digital Quotient (dQ) is?
Measure Your Digital Intelligence
DQ is a comprehensive assessment designed by Marco Ryan for individual leaders to measure their digital readiness across 9 key categories.
While it works well with teams, DQ focuses on your personal digital intelligence, providing insights that help you navigate the digital landscape with confidence.
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Just Out – My Latest Book
Rewire or Retire
Are you a leader feeling overwhelmed by AI’s rapid advancement? In a world where artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, you need to navigate ethical challenges, reimagine work, and evolve your leadership style. But where do you start, and how do you stay ahead?
“Rewire or Retire” by Marco Ryan and Alastair Lechler is your essential guide to mastering AI leadership. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors offer a clear roadmap for increasing your digital intelligence and maximizing your impact in the AI era.
This book equips you with practical strategies to thrive in an AI-driven world. Don’t let AI outpace your leadership. Grab your copy of “Rewire or Retire” and transform your approach to AI today.
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The Impact of AI on Leadership
AI is not a technology decision; it is a leadership test. Drawing on my book Rewire or Retire, I explore Digital Intelligence (dQ) and what it takes to lead when your newest team members are not human.
Agentic AI and Synthetic Teams
I build and run synthetic teams daily, using tools such as Claude Cowork, agents, and custom skills. I show leaders what actually works, what breaks, and how to redesign the operating model around a blended human and AI workforce.
AI Strategy and Value Creation
Most AI strategies are technology shopping lists in disguise. I help boards and executive teams work backwards from value, deciding where AI genuinely moves the commercial needle and where it is simply expensive theatre.
Data, Analytics, and Decision Intelligence
AI is only as good as the decisions it informs. I connect data, analytics, and judgement, showing executives how to build organisations that decide faster and with more confidence than their competitors.
Digital Transformation, Rewired
I ran transformation at BP, Wärtsilä, and Thomas Cook, so I know why most programmes stall. The REWIRE methodology reframes transformation for the AI era: less programme management, more organisational rewiring.
Building with AI: Startups and New Ventures
As a fractional CTO and non-executive director, I help founders build AI-native businesses from the first line of code. I speak candidly about what it means to launch a company where AI does much of the building.
Cyber Resilience and Risk in the Age of AI
AI has changed both sides of the cyber equation. As Cyber Leader in Residence at Lancaster University Management School, I help boards treat cyber as a resilience and leadership issue, not a line item delegated to IT.
Adaptive Leadership
The half-life of a business decision is shrinking. I explore how leaders build teams, cultures, and governance that adapt at the speed AI now demands, without losing judgement or accountability along the way.
The AI Whisperer
Every organisation needs people who can translate between the technology and the business. I make the case for the AI Whisperer as a defined role, and show leaders how to find, develop, and deploy them.
We All Need Help To Realize What We Want Most.
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What Clients Are Saying
“Marco brings a wealth of perspective, insight and experience to the conversations we have been having on AI Strategy”
Daniel Johnson
“Marco’s depth of AI experience and the research undertaken for his latest book have created a “must-read” for any Leader struggling to understand AI.”
Marco Wiren
CFO Nokia
“As a Mentor, Marco brings a wealth of experience, authenticity and insights into the mentoring sessions”
Dr Robyn Remke
Templar Executives
“If you are looking for somebody who can facilitate complex strategy sessions around AI, then look no further. The insights, perspective and new edge Marco introduced created a huge impact and pace in our meetings.”
Rachel Goode