Still Human
How Great Leaders Win with People in the Age of AI
Most AI initiatives fail not because of the technology but because of the people around it. Nine practical principles for leaders who want to get adoption right.
Most AI initiatives fail not because of the technology but because of the people around it. Still Human gives leaders nine practical principles for building the trust, clarity, and alignment that make AI adoption actually work. Where Deeply Human asks who you need to be as a leader, Still Human answers what you need to do.
Nine Principles Inside
- Why most AI adoption fails at the human level, not the technical one
- How to build the psychological safety that lets people actually experiment with new tools
- The leadership behaviors that accelerate adoption versus the ones that quietly kill it
- How to create clarity around AI without pretending to have answers you don't have
- Practical frameworks for embedding new tools into how work actually gets done
How the Two Books Connect
Deeply Human is the foundation. It explores what the AI era is asking of leaders at a human and psychological level. Still Human is the companion playbook. It takes those principles into nine practical leadership disciplines you can apply immediately. Read them together or start with whichever meets you where you are.
About the Author
Dr. Doug Kaufman is a psychologist, former CEO, and senior advisor who works with leadership teams on the human side of AI adoption. He has spent decades building companies, leading through complex change, and observing what separates leaders who drive real transformation from those who don't.
He serves as Executive Director at Automated Consulting Group (ACG), and speaks to CEO peer groups, executive leadership teams, and leadership conferences on the themes in this book.