{"id":51,"date":"2026-10-18T03:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-10-18T03:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:53:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/?page_id=51","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Arsalan Khan<\/h1>\n<p>I&#8217;m a speaker, advisor, and blogger working on business transformation through a digital lens.<\/p>\n<p>My career spans two decades across corporate consulting and independent advisory. At CGI, I spent five years advising federal government organizations on large-scale enterprise technology programs \u2014 learning firsthand how transformation actually happens inside complex institutions. I&#8217;ve sat on both sides of the table: the one selling transformation and the one accountable for it.<\/p>\n<p>Today I work independently with executives navigating AI adoption and digital transformation. I write Khan&#8217;s Blog at <a href=\"https:\/\/arsalankhan.com\/\">ArsalanKhan.com<\/a> \u2014 a 13-year archive on strategy, governance, AI adoption, and organizational change. I created the SPICE framework (Strategy, Politics, Innovation, Culture, Execution), the lens I bring to every engagement. I&#8217;m the author of <em>Unlocking Creativity: 84 Exercises for Inspired Thinking<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>My operating principle is simple: tell the truth about what&#8217;s working, name the theater for what it is, and leave the client with something they can act on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speaker, Advisor, Blogger \u2014 ArsalanKhan.com (2013\u2013present)<\/li>\n<li>Author, Unlocking Creativity (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Former: CGI \u2014 advised federal government organizations (2007\u20132012)<\/li>\n<li>M.S. Information Systems Technology, George Washington University (summa cum laude)<\/li>\n<li>Creator of the SPICE framework<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsalan Khan I&#8217;m a speaker, advisor, and blogger working on business transformation through a digital lens. My career spans two decades across corporate consulting and independent advisory. At CGI, I spent five years advising federal government organizations on large-scale enterprise technology programs \u2014 learning firsthand how transformation actually happens inside complex institutions. I&#8217;ve sat on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/RequiredSteps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}