
"Managers and professionals will be valued only if they serve organisations in ways that are genuinely needed and cannot be undertaken by more effective or less costly non-human capabilities.
Career pathways, expectations, opportunities, requirements and threats are being rewritten"
This website builds on a 2026 book, Surviving and Thriving in the AI Era: An Essential Guide for Managers, Professionals and Future Leaders.
You will meet the authors - David L. Francis and Mike Woodcock - see how others are using the book and gain access to additional resources.
Why was the book written?
Managers and professionals are facing multi-faceted career disruption. Existing roles are replaced or transformed. New specialisms emerge, sometimes briefly. The speed of change increases. Rivals, human and non-human, become increasingly capable. A socio-technical revolution is underway. Never-before opportunities (for some) emerge!
Faced with this new reality, managers, professionals and students must strive to master the personal capabilities required to survive and thrive in a new technological era.
After decades of expertise promoting human-centric management development, the book's authors identified specific psychological traits and adaptive skill sets required for the new paradigm. The need is urgent, so the authors developed the AI Era Career Workout, a comprehensive framework for future-oriented self-development.
Current methods for management and professional development were designed for an earlier era, so need to evolve in ways explained in Surviving and Thriving in the AI Era. For this reason, the book is relevant for Educators, HR Specialists, Organisation Development Change Agents and Policymakers, In addition, academic researchers can use our recently developed analytical frameworks.
How can I obtain a copy?

Order from the publisher:
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/9783111645780/html
Or from the Amazon bookstore: search in your region for Surviving and Thriving in the AI Era: An Essential Guide for Managers, Professionals and Future Leaders by David L. Francis and Mike Woodcock, published by De Gruyter. Paperback ISBN: 9783111644967 and eBook ISBN: 9783111645780. Also available on Kindle.
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