Overview

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, Emmanuel Gobillot reveals seven practical principles, from authenticity over automation to stories over structures, that will transform readers’ leadership style and energise their organisational culture. They will discover how vulnerability outperforms perfection, caring becomes a strategic advantage, and attention creates real authority. Packed with actionable strategies for building the human-centred leadership skills no machine can replicate, Alive Inside gives leaders the clarity, capability, and confidence to command trust, inspire teams, and shape cultures that thrive on creativity, connection, and meaning. Written for current and aspiring leaders, executives, and managers feeling pressured to act like machines, or fearing replacement by them, Alive Inside is vital for anyone in rapidly digitising industries seeking to protect their human edge while embracing technological advancement. It is also essential reading for leadership development professionals, business coaches, and students of organisational leadership.

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Author:   Emmanuel Gobillot
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781041161653

ISBN 10:   1041161654
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   22 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

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

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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.

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