{"id":51284,"date":"2018-01-29T14:23:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/speaker\/en\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:33:09","slug":"ali-mahlodji","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/ali-mahlodji\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali\u00a0Mahlodji"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ali Mahlodji is an inspiring entrepreneur, encourager, inspiration and guide who is committed to the future of work, education and social change worldwide. He gives young people guidance, leaders clarity and helps people to follow their inner call.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Tehran in 1981, Ali Mahlodji came to Austria as a refugee child. There he grew up in an asylum home. His life was anything but straightforward &#8211; he dropped out of school and worked in over 40 different jobs before finding his own path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After working as a manager in an international corporation, he turned his back on a traditional career, became a teacher and eventually founded <strong>whatchado<\/strong>, Europe&#8217;s leading career guidance platform. His goal: to inspire young people to discover their own strengths and show them that every path in life is individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ali Mahlodji: \u201cIf I manage to change even one person&#8217;s perspective, I have saved that person&#8217;s world view and thus their future.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Ali is a sought-after keynote speaker, EU Youth Ambassador, Future Designer and mentor. In his more than 140 keynotes a year, he talks about mindful leadership, the future of work, new work, generational change, diversity and education. He supports companies, managers and organizations in transformation processes and helps to establish new ways of thinking in business and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ali-mahlodji-lecture-topics\">Ali Mahlodji Lecture topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Future Mindset, New Work &amp; Purpose<\/strong><br>The world of work is changing rapidly. This keynote speech shows how companies and people can embrace change and tap into growth potential with a new mindset, genuine purpose orientation, and humanity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion Unplugged<\/strong><br>Diversity is more than a trend &#8211; it is a factor for success. Ali shows how inclusion leads to innovation, cohesion, and sustainable success through targeted framework conditions, inclusive leadership, and diversity of perspectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Remaining Human in the Age of AI &amp; Uncertainty<\/strong><br>Technological progress is putting our humanity to the test. This keynote speech highlights why empathy, values, and ethical behavior are among the key competencies for sustainable leadership in the age of AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Employer branding real talk<\/strong><br>What do people really expect from employers today? Ali dispels myths and shows how authentic corporate culture and honest communication create strong employer brands beyond glossy images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leadership next generation<\/strong><br>New generations expect new leadership. Ali shows how leadership today works as relationship building on an equal footing \u2013 with trust, self-reflection, and meaning instead of control and hierarchy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mindful Self-Leadership &amp; Self-Responsibility<\/strong><br>Change begins with ourselves. This keynote speech is about inner clarity, mindfulness, and radical self-responsibility as the basis for true effectiveness in leadership and life &#8211; beyond self-optimization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Art of Living Your Own Life Authentically<\/strong><br>Living authentically means being yourself &#8211; not someone else. Ali combines his personal journey with global experiences and invites you to embrace your own story and courageously follow your own path.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Business &amp; Entrepreneurship Realtalk<\/strong><br>Honest thinking about business: Without bullshit, Ali talks about the reality of entrepreneurship, meaning, structure, failure, and growth \u2013 for people who want to build something economically AND humanely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Focus &amp; Simplicity in Business<\/strong><br>Less is more: In this keynote, Ali shows how clarity, reduction, and prioritization help companies increase effectiveness, enable innovation, and put people at the center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Next Level Work \u2013 The Keynote to the Book<\/strong><br>The future is a decision. Based on his book, Ali shows how organizations with the courage to rethink are breaking new ground in the way they work \u2013 with potential development, a culture of togetherness, and genuine self-management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Be Your Own Superhero<\/strong><br>You don&#8217;t have to be perfect \u2013 just be yourself. Ali inspires with his story of self-empowerment: how people can turn their weaknesses into strengths, reinvent themselves, and surpass themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>FUTUREROCKA \u2013 For young people &amp; trainees<\/strong><br>The future is not scary \u2013 if you take it into your own hands. This energetic keynote address is aimed at young people and conveys courage, orientation, and real perspectives beyond clich\u00e9s on an equal footing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Individual. Appropriate. Effective.<\/strong> The final keynote speech is usually developed individually on the basis of a detailed briefing discussion. Various key topics are specifically combined to ensure that the speech is optimally suited to the respective event, the audience, and the goals of the organization. The result is a tailor-made impulse that inspires, moves, and has a lasting effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ali Mahlodji: \u201cI believe that every person has everything they need within them and that no person is a flaw in the system.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the <strong>founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ownership-institute.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">futureOne<\/a><\/strong>, Ali Mahlodji helps companies to develop sustainable structures and build bridges between generations. With his platform <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurerocka.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">futureRocka<\/a><\/strong>, he has already inspired over half a million young people worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali is a <strong>UNICEF Honorary Representative<\/strong>, has received numerous international awards for his social commitment and invests 50% of his time in voluntary projects, including in schools, prisons and social institutions. The European Union appointed him <strong>EU Youth Ambassador for Life<\/strong>. In 2022, he received the <strong>ANDREUS PEACE AWARD <\/strong>for his work. In the same year, Ali was made an <strong>Honorary Ambassador of the MIRNO MORE Peace Fleet<\/strong>, which also presented him with the <strong>ACHIEVERS Award<\/strong> &#8211; something only ten people around the world had ever received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali Mahlodji lives in Vienna with his wife and two daughters and says of himself: \u201cI&#8217;m actually a flaw in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Mahlodji is an inspiring entrepreneur, encourager, inspiration and guide who is committed to the future of work, education and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":106877,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"speaker-category":[16587,16588,16604,16594,16591,16597,16601],"speaker-topic":[16633,16660,16616,16942,16613,16623,16644,16663,16609],"speaker-type":[16667,16665],"speaker-gender":[16670],"speaker-language":[16572,16571],"class_list":["post-51284","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-generation-xyz-digital-natives","speaker-category-digitalisation-technology","speaker-category-entrepreneurship","speaker-category-innovations-mega-trends-future","speaker-category-leadership","speaker-category-online-speaker","speaker-category-tedx-speakers","speaker-topic-career-profiling","speaker-topic-change-management","speaker-topic-digital-transformation-digital-disruption","speaker-topic-diversity-inclusion","speaker-topic-education","speaker-topic-leadership-4-0","speaker-topic-motivation-strategy","speaker-topic-next-generation","speaker-topic-workplace-working-model-new-work","speaker-type-interview-guest","speaker-type-keynote-speaker","speaker-gender-men","speaker-language-english","speaker-language-german"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ali Mahlodji on Future Mindset | Premium Speakers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ali Mahlodji is an Entrepreneur &amp; Storyteller. 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