Artificial intelligence
AI’s civilizational implications, from capability shifts to the systems we build around them.
Researcher · Writer · Foresight practitioner
Victoria
Zagorsky,
MBA, CCInO, CFL
MBA with 20 years of corporate experience in global organizations, advancing innovation, digital transformation, and future readiness.
Victoria’s research explores how emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and quantum technologies, are reshaping institutions and society. She connects emerging signals to the decisions leaders face now—making complex change easier to understand, anticipate, and act on.
01 / Areas of inquiry
Victoria studies the forces that are changing what institutions can do—and what society may become. Her work brings emerging technologies into conversation with strategy, governance, and human possibility.
Quantum technologies
What quantum advances mean for security, institutions, and long-term preparedness.
Strategic foresight
Using scenarios and structured imagination to make better decisions amid uncertainty.
Institutions & society
How technological change reshapes the rules, relationships, and structures within institutions and society.
A book by Victoria Zagorsky
02 / Featured book
AI
Civilization
AI Civilization examines the wider implications of artificial intelligence for organisations, economies, and society—and the choices that will shape the civilization emerging around it.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · SOCIETY · THE FUTURE
Discover the book03 / Applied foresight
Preparing finance for a quantum future.
STRATEGIC QUANTUM READINESS
AND RESPONSE (SQRR) FRAMEWORK
Victoria’s research has produced the Strategic Quantum Readiness and Response (SQRR) Framework for Financial Services, a foresight and scenario-planning framework for the post-quantum cryptographic transition. It gives financial institutions a structured way to identify quantum-related risks, assess alternative transition scenarios, evaluate organizational readiness, and chart a strategic pathway toward post-quantum security.
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Identify quantum-related risks and understand potential exposure.
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Assess alternative transition scenarios for post-quantum cryptography.
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Evaluate organizational readiness across the institution.
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Chart a strategic pathway toward post-quantum security.
04 / Education & credentials
Grounded in learning.
Oriented toward what’s next.
Selected education & professional credentials
American University in Dubai · Cum Laude
Bachelor’s in Business Administration
MBA
Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Designing and Building AI Products and Services
MIT
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Certified Chief Innovation Officer (CCInO)
Global Innovation Institute (GInI)
Certified Foresight Officer
Global Innovation Management Institute (GIMI)
Featured conversation
MENA SURGE PODCAST
AI in Finance Reshaping Tomorrow
Victoria Zagorsky joins the MENA SURGE Podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping finance.
Watch the podcast on YouTube
Press & media
Selected coverage
Victoria Zagorsky’s biography and researchUAE Codes Day Hackathon
Victoria Zagorsky was a panelist at the UAE Codes Day Hackathon, hosted by Emirates NBD in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Artificial Intelligence.Open original (opens in a new tab)EIF Innovation Hub recognized as an Authorized Innovation Provider
Open original (opens in a new tab)Sharjah Islamic Bank executive visit to EIF Innovation Hub
Open original (opens in a new tab)ARTELLIGENCE 2022: AI-Powered Governance
Victoria Zagorsky moderated the panel on AI-Powered Governance at #Artelligence2022, the Artificial Intelligence Forum.Open original (opens in a new tab)Persontyle Oman in partnership with School of Data Science and Engineering UK to hold Artificial Intelligence Certification Program in Oman
Open original (opens in a new tab)Bridge for Billions · Mentorship
Innovation for Entrepreneurs
Victoria is passionate about sustainable development and brought her innovation experience to entrepreneurs around the world. Through Bridge for Billions, she mentored early-stage founders, helping them turn impactful ideas into sustainable, scalable businesses.
Bridge for Billions is a social enterprise with a multicultural team that provides social-impact expertise and designs incubation programs for international actors.
Methodology
Built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, its flexible online platform pairs mentor guidance with methods inspired by MIT’s Disciplined Entrepreneurship, Alexander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas, and Eric Ries’s Lean Startup.
