1st Edition

Alive Inside Unlock Your Leadership Advantage in the Age of AI

By Emmanuel Gobillot Copyright 2026
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Alive Inside: Unlock Your Leadership Advantage in the Age of AI  delivers a groundbreaking leadership framework for reclaiming the distinctly human qualities - compassion, courage, intuition, presence, and storytelling - that keep leaders indispensable in our increasingly automated, AI-driven world. Blending historical narratives, neuroscience insights, and real-world case studies,... Read more

PART I: THE OBNOXIOUS PAPERCLIP  Principle 1: Authenticity over Automation  1. The myth of technological inevitability  2. ABCs: The real difference between us and AI  3. The courage to be imperfect  4. Practicing vigorous vulnerability  5. Breaking through the blur  Principle 2: Moral Courage over Mere Compliance  6. A Greek, a Frenchman, and a Brit, walk into a bar and raise it  7. Judgment day  8. When doing the right thing costs something  9. Values and value: A shifting landscape  10. Clearing the path  Principle 3: Intuition over Instruction  11. Beyond data: Intuition and instinct  12. The Yoda principle  13. The messy leader  14. Navigating by the stars  15. Keep calm and carry on  PART II: THE DEMONIC PAPERCLIP  Principle 4: Curiosity over Certainty  16. The question is the answer  17. Efficiency is overrated  18. The creativity paradox  19. Making space for what might be  20. The questions that change everything  Principle 5: Compassion over Calculation  21. All leadership is emotional  22. Cultivating compassion  23. Scaling caring  24. The heavy cost of disconnection  25. Cultural architects  PART III: THE HEROIC PAPERCLIP  Principle 6: Presence over Performance  26. Intention is attention  27. Human energy is contagious  28. Chaotic control  29. Attention as authority  30. Presence in a distracted world  Principle 7: Stories over Structures  31. The storytelling imperative  32. Leadership language management  33. Communicating in uncertainty  34. Narrative as strategy  35. How stories move cultures  Conclusion: The A.L.I.V.E manifesto

 


 

Biography

Described as ‘the first leadership guru for the digital generation’ and ‘the freshest voice in leadership today’, Emmanuel Gobillot is one of the world’s foremost thinkers and authorities on leadership. Author of ten UK and US bestselling books, and ranked among Europe’s most sought-after speakers, Emmanuel consults with CEOs and executives globally. A French national, he moved to the UK in 1985.