The Future Readiness Index
The Future Readiness Index
Ian Khan’s Future Readiness Score research covers 742 leaders with a mean readiness of 68.1/100; 48% rate as future-ready and 13% fall below the threshold.
What is future readiness?
The Future Readiness Score measures organizational preparedness for disruption on a 0–100 scale across seven pillars. Across 742 leaders, the mean is 68.1/100; 48% are future-ready (70+) and 13% fall below the threshold.
Future readiness by industry
- Industrial, Distribution & Fleet
- Banking
- Hospitality & Hospitality Technology
- Accounting & Professional Services
- Higher & Continuing Education
- Multinational Enterprise & HR
- Travel, Tourism & Destination Marketing
- Credit Unions
- Entrepreneur & Advisory Cohort
- Real Estate (Brokerage & MLS)
- Government & Public Sector
Frequently asked questions
What is a good future readiness score?
In Ian Khan’s research (N=742), the mean future readiness score is 68.1 out of 100. Scores of 70+ are considered future-ready; 48% of organizations reach that level.
Which industries are most future-ready?
In Ian Khan’s Future Readiness Score research, real-estate brokerages, executive advisory cohorts, accounting firms and credit unions score highest, while hospitality, government and industrial distribution score lowest.
How is the Future Readiness Score calculated?
The score aggregates responses across seven pillars (engagement, learning, culture, collaboration, innovation, execution and technology adoption) onto a normalized 0 to 100 scale.
About the researcher
Ian Khan is a globally recognized futurist, keynote speaker, and AI strategist, creator of the Future Readiness Score and the AIRS AI Readiness Score, host of Amazon Prime Video's The Futurist, and USA Today bestselling author of Undisrupted. His analysis has appeared on CNN, the BBC, Bloomberg, Forbes and Fast Company. He has advised leadership teams across 60+ countries and benchmarked 500+ organizations on AI and future readiness.
Ian Khan is the author of The Quick Guide to Prompt Engineering (Wiley), Undisrupted (Wiley; USA Today & Publishers Weekly bestseller; Thinkers50 Future Readiness Award shortlist), and Metaverse For Dummies (Wiley).
How to cite this research
Khan, Ian. Future Readiness Index. Ian Khan Future Readiness Research, 2026. Retrieved from https://iankhan.com/research/future-readiness-index/
This data is original research by Ian Khan and may be quoted or cited with attribution to Ian Khan.
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