Enterprise / EY Global Luminary
In the leadership room.
I consult, facilitate workshops, and deliver keynotes for Fortune 100 companies and global institutions on AI, culture, and the decisions ahead.
Speaking & advisoryCyborg anthropologist · Founder · Former NFL athlete
What comes next
is deeply human.
I’m Marques Anderson. I help leaders navigate AI and cultural change, make clearer decisions, and turn opportunity into lasting ownership.
Cyborg anthropology · Enterprise strategy · Human possibility
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Perspective
A life across worlds.
A thread that connects them.
My path runs from the NFL to fieldwork across 89+ countries and project leadership in 22+ nations. It connects the demands of elite performance with a close study of people, culture, and technology.
Today, I bring that experience to leadership teams, research collaborations, and A2X Foundry Holdings (A2X), the company I founded to help athletes and high-potential founders move from access and influence to lasting ownership.
- 89+
- Countries of field experience
- 22+
- Nations of project leadership
- NFL
- Former professional athlete
Fieldwork / Former CEO & Director
World Education Foundation.
Work across Iraq, DR Congo, Myanmar, and Haiti, among other countries and communities, connecting education, technology, and local realities.
Visit the FoundationResearch / Published 2025
Indigenous-led futures.
Co-authored with Warī Flores, Indigenous-Led BioKulture Engineering explores Indigenous governance, AI, and planetary stewardship.
Read the researchIn development · Human+Tech Week 2027
Human Performance
The Edge of
Human Possibility
A special convening exploring extraordinary physical, cognitive, creative, and collective capability and what it could make possible.
Produced by Marques D. Anderson and Nichol Bradford
Explore the conveningThree connected horizons
- 01Health.
- 02Work.
- 03Cities.
San Francisco
Within Human+Tech Week, May 10–14, 2027
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Selected work
Thinking deeply.
Building deliberately.
Building ownership through A2X, exploring culture and technology through ism, and writing about the future of meaning.
01 · Lead operating focus / Founder & CEO
A2X Foundry
Holdings
Building the infrastructure for athletes and high-potential founders to move from access and influence to lasting ownership.
Explore A2Xism
A cultural intelligence and technology lab working across AI, ethical design, and cross-cultural systems.
02 · Research & practiceCyborg Anthropology
An inquiry into human-machine identity, cultural memory, and the ways technology changes how we make meaning.
03 · Writing & scholarship
04 / Global learning & community work
The world is
our classroom.
My work with the World Education Foundation connects this perspective to community learning, collaborative design, and local knowledge. Explore the projects, photographs, and supporting documents behind that work.
The wider practice includes narrative intelligence, AI trust, and biocultural futures.
Explore the wider practice
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Speaking & advisory
A different lens.
A clearer way forward.
I work with leadership teams on the human side of AI, the future of work, and high-performance decision-making through keynotes, workshops, and strategic advisory.
Discuss an engagementEY Global Luminary · Former NFL athlete
Fortune 100 and global institutional engagements
Conversations worth having
01Being human in an AI world
Culture, identity, and the future of work. How leaders can respond to technological change with judgment, care, and a deeper understanding of people.
02Performance beyond the field
What high-performance environments teach us about leadership, adaptive decision-making, and the transition from athlete to owner.
03Trust as a design principle
Responsible AI, cultural fluency, and accountable systems. Bringing governance, evidence, and human agency into the decisions that shape technology.
04Building for the long horizon
Ancestral intelligence, biocultural futures, and institutional change. Connecting immediate decisions with the communities and generations they will affect.
Good work starts with a conversation.
What are you
working toward?
For speaking, strategic advisory,
and ideas worth exploring together.