Alive Inside: Unlock Your Leadership Advantage in the Age of AI

By Emmanuel Gobillot

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041161662
• ISBN13: 9781041161660
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 292 Pages