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June 1, 2026 · 2:33 pm

NEW- The Product Blueprint: The Architecture of Innovation and Product Management by Pablo Kaplan 

Title:  The Problem-First Method

Subtitle:  The Architecture of Innovation and Product Management

Author:   Pablo Kaplan

Genre: Non-Fiction/Business/Business Strategy

Format: Hardcover, ebook, & Paperwork

Publisher : ‎ Spines

Released:   April 2026

Synopsis:

The book drives us from the basics of product development techniques, through the breakthrough of Artificial Intelligence into our daily lives. He claims that it representes more than just a technological advancement— but it signifies a paradigm shift that demands immediate attention from product management professionals.

‘We stand at the face of one of the most transformative periods in modern history. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence has fundamentally altered the landscape of product development, creating unprecedented opportunities for innovation and growth. The intention of this book is to explore how product management must evolve and harness these revolutionary changes.’

It is a practical and inspiring resource for product managers, emphasizing the importance of innovation, adaptability, and customer focus in achieving success.
Pablo Kaplan is a Product Innovation expert with over 35 years of experience and thousands of successful products. He is the founder of Wheelchairs of Hope, a humanitarian initiative providing affordable wheelchairs for children in less developed areas.

During my tenure leading the intern innovation program at Keter, I had the opportunity to collaborate with Pablo Kaplan and to observe firsthand his disciplined approach to product development and organizational leadership. Recognizing the depth of his professional expertise, I later invited him to teach in the Master’s Program at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, where his structured methodology and clarity of thought contributed meaningfully to the academic discourse on product design, development, and innovation. This volume reflects the same rigor, experience, and insight that have long distinguished his work.

Prof. Ezri Tarazi, Chair of the Technion Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Buying Links: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHSM1Q7T

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June 1, 2026 · 10:39 am

New- ALIGNED WITH INTELLIGENCE: Reflections on Leadership, AI, and Consciousness by Jeff Arnold

Title:  ALIGNED WITH INTELLIGENCE

Subtitle:  Reflections on Leadership, AI, and Consciousness

Author:  Jeff Arnold

Genre: Non-Fiction/Business/Business Leadership

Format: eBook and Paperback

Released:   April 2026

Synopsis:

Artificial intelligence is accelerating.

But the real shift isn’t happening in machines.

It’s happening in us.

Aligned With Intelligence is not a technical book about AI.

It is a book about how leaders must think, decide, and act in a world where intelligence is no longer limited to human minds.

Through a series of short, powerful reflections, this book explores the deeper questions most conversations about AI avoid:

• What happens when speed outpaces judgment?
• How do you lead systems you don’t fully understand?
• What does accountability look like when decisions are influenced by algorithms?
• Why will human clarity become more valuable—not less—as AI expands?

This is not a book you read once.

It is a book you return to.

Each chapter is intentionally brief—designed to be read in minutes, but considered for much longer.

Between chapters, you will find space.

That space is intentional.

Because in an age of constant acceleration, the ability to pause, think clearly, and act with purpose will define the next generation of leadership.

Aligned With Intelligence challenges a simple assumption:

That more intelligence automatically leads to better outcomes.

It doesn’t.

Alignment does.

As AI becomes faster, more embedded, and more powerful, the question is no longer:

“What can technology do?”

The question is:

“Who are we becoming while we build it?”

If you are a leader, builder, operator, or thinker navigating the future of AI…

This book will not give you easy answers.

But it will help you ask better questions.

And in the age of intelligent systems—

that may be the most valuable skill of all.

The latest work from bestselling author Jeff Arnold, Aligned With Intelligence offers a clear, thought-provoking perspective on leadership in the age of artificial intelligence.

Buying Links: https://www.amazon.com/ALIGNED-INTELLIGENCE-Reflections-Leadership-Consciousness/dp/B0GVRZ87JG/#detailBullets_feature_div

 

 

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May 30, 2026 · 10:23 am

Featured- Finding Direction in the Age of AI: Finding Clarity, Leadership and Human Connection in a World Moving at Machine Speed by Michael Earls 

 

Title: Finding Direction in the Age of AI 

Subtitle:  Finding Clarity, Leadership and Human Connection in a World Moving at Machine Speed

Author:  Michael Earls

Genre: Non-Fiction/Business/Business Strategy 

Format: eBook and Paperback

Released:   March, 2026

Synopsis:

Technology has never moved faster. Cloud computing reshaped how organizations build systems. Artificial intelligence is transforming how decisions are made, how information is created, and how work itself happens.

But as innovation accelerates, something important is becoming harder to find:

Direction.

In Finding Direction in the Age of AI, technology leader Michael Earls explores what it means to stay human in a world increasingly driven by machines.

Drawing from more than two decades working across infrastructure engineering, cloud transformation, and enterprise technology leadership, Michael reflects on the deeper questions technology forces us to ask:

• How do leaders maintain clarity when information moves at machine speed?

• What happens to culture when work becomes fully digital?

• Can artificial intelligence increase productivity without replacing the human elements that make work meaningful?

Blending stories from the evolution of datacenters, cloud platforms, and AI with reflections on leadership, curiosity, and connection, this book offers a thoughtful guide for navigating the modern technology landscape.

Because the real challenge of the AI era isn’t keeping up with speed.

It’s remembering where we’re trying to go.

Buying Links: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GRN2MBBR

 

Michael Earls is a technology and cloud transformation leader with more than two decades of experience helping organizations navigate major shifts in technology. His career has spanned infrastructure, cloud platforms, enterprise strategy, and leadership during some of the most transformative periods in modern computing.

Having worked across startups, enterprise technology companies, and global cloud platforms, Michael writes about the intersection of technology, leadership, and human connection in an era where innovation moves at machine speed.

Finding Direction in the Age of AI reflects on how leaders and organizations maintain clarity, culture, and purpose as artificial intelligence reshapes how we work.

 

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May 30, 2026 · 2:13 am

Featured- The Delivery Gap: Why AI Adoption Fails and How Engineering Leaders Fix It by Brenn Hill

 

Title: The Delivery Gap

Subtitle:  Why AI Adoption Fails and How Engineering Leaders Fix It

Author:   Brenn Hill

Genre: Non-Fiction/Business/Management

Format: eBook and Paperback

Released:   April 10, 2026

Synopsis:

Your team is writing more code than ever. Your incident rate is climbing too.

Pull request volume is up. Review quality is down. Senior engineers are spending their weeks proofreading AI-generated output instead of designing systems. The dashboards say productivity is up. The incident rate says otherwise.

This is the delivery gap: the growing distance between how fast your team can generate code and how fast your organization can verify that code is correct, secure, and aligned with what you intended to build.

Stripe ships 1,300+ AI-generated PRs per week — every one human-reviewed. Spotify’s LLM-as-judge vetoes 25% of agent sessions. These companies are not faster because they adopted AI. They are faster because they built the verification infrastructure to make AI output trustworthy.

The Delivery Gap shows you how to build that infrastructure.

Inside:

  • The Verification Triangle — metrics that tell you whether your verification is keeping pace with your generation velocity
  • Six-tier quality gates — from static analysis through behavioral monitoring, each catching failure classes the tier below cannot see
  • The Capability Ladder — seven levels of organizational readiness, from experimentation through full agentic operations
  • Eight decisions — an implementation sequence with completion criteria, starting from wherever you are
  • The Conversation — six questions your leadership will ask about AI governance, and how to answer them with data
  • Case studies — what Stripe, Spotify, Webflow, Dropbox, and Airbnb actually built (not what vendors claim)

This is not a book about prompting. It is a book about what happens after the code is generated.

For CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Directors, and Engineering Managers responsible for AI adoption.

 

Buying Links: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWRY2XH1

 

 

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May 29, 2026 · 10:29 am

Featured-Garbage In, Faster: Why AI Needs Conversation Architects (Structured Conversations) by Claude Hanhart 

Title: Garbage In, Faster

Subtitle:  Why AI Needs Conversation Architects (Structured Conversations)

Author:   Claude Hanhart 

Genre: Non-Fiction/Business/Management

Format: eBook

Released:   April 19, 2026

Synopsis: #1 Amazon Kindle Best Seller in 10 categories: Business Management, Strategic Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Science, Strategy & Competition, Business Systems & Planning, Organizational Learning, Business & Organizational Learning, plus two short-read categories in Business & Money and Computers & Technology

AI doesn’t remove the need for human alignment. It amplifies it.

From the co-author of the #1 Amazon Kindle Bestseller Connecting Goals to Impacts and Outcomes comes a provocative companion: a book about why AI makes human conversation skills more essential — not less.

Organizations laid off Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches. Then they adopted AI. They eliminated the people who create alignment — and bought a technology that makes alignment more critical than ever.

The result? Garbage in, faster.

This book was written in collaboration with Claude AI by Anthropic. The entire manuscript was generated in under 60 seconds. But those 60 seconds only worked because of the hours of structured conversation that preceded them — and the twenty years of expertise behind those conversations.

The process of writing this book proved its thesis.

What you’ll learn:

• Why “agile is dead” is the wrong diagnosis — and what actually failed
• Communication Debt: the invisible liability destroying your organization
• Why AI multiplies clarity AND confusion equally — and you choose which
• How VERB + NOUN syntax creates infrastructure for both humans and AI
• Why “context engineering” is Structured Conversations by another name
• The five conversations AI can never have for you
• How to become a Conversation Architect — the role organizations need most
• Five conversations you can have Monday morning with no new tools

Who this book is for:

• Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches wondering what comes next
• Product Managers whose AI tools produce beautiful, meaningless artifacts
• Executives who invested in AI but aren’t seeing results
• Anyone who suspects that better conversations might be the answer

A companion to Connecting Goals to Impacts and Outcomes: Harnessing Structured Conversations for Customer-Driven Value Delivery. That book is the complete toolkit. This one is the argument for why that toolkit is now existential.

Structure the Conversation. Deliver the Outcome.

 

Buying Links: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX378NBV

 

 

 

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April 23, 2026 · 10:39 am

Featured-THE AGENCY BUSINESS BLUEPRINT by Luca Senatore

Title: THE AGENCY BUSINESS BLUEPRINT

Subtitle:  Scale smarter. Lead stronger. Stay profitable in the era of AI. Build the agency the next decade demands. 

Author:   Luca Senatore

Genre: Non-Fiction/Business/Management

Publisher: Babysteps Publishing Limited

Format: eBook, Paperback, Hardcover, & Audio

Released:   December 2025

Synopsis:

The Agency Business Blueprint
Scale smarter. Lead stronger. Stay profitable in the era of AI.

The agency world has changed — permanently.

What worked even five years ago is no longer enough. Margins are tighter. Clients are more demanding. AI is reshaping every service line. And the next 12–24 months will determine whether your agency grows, plateaus, or quietly disappears.

In The Agency Business Blueprint, agency leader and strategist Luca Senatore delivers a practical, experience-led field guide for building agencies that don’t just survive change — but use it as a competitive advantage.

This is not a book of hacks, trends, or theory.

It’s a blueprint built from two decades of real-world experience: building and exiting agencies, leading teams at scale, working inside Google, and coaching hundreds of agency founders across global markets.

Whether you’re running a boutique agency or leading an established team, this book shows you how to build clarity, leadership, and commercial strength in a world defined by uncertainty and AI-driven disruption.

Inside, you’ll discover:

  • How to build an agency designed for long-term relevance — not short-term wins

  • Why clarity, positioning, and leadership matter more than tactics

  • How to scale profitably in uncertain markets without burning out your team

  • How AI should power growth, differentiation, and margins — not just save time

  • How modern agencies win business, retain clients, and grow sustainably

  • How to move from “service provider” to trusted business growth partner

This book is structured around three essential phases — Build, Grow, and Scale — giving you a clear roadmap from foundation to future-proofing.

If you want an agency your team is proud of, your clients trust, and your future self thanks you for building, this book is your starting point.

The agency of the future isn’t louder.
It’s clearer. Stronger. Smarter.

 

 

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April 23, 2026 · 10:26 am

New Release-The Execution Switch: Don’t Quit Busy. Steer It North by Tanya Booke

Title:  The Execution Switch: Don’t Quit Busy. Steer It North

Author: Tanya Booke

Genre: Non-Fiction/Business/Management

Publisher: Confidence North Press

Format: eBook, Paperback, & Hardcover

Released:   March, 2026

Synopsis:

Fix What’s Breaking Execution—Without Burning Out Your Team

Most teams don’t fail because they lack talent.

They fail because the work got heavier… and no one redesigned how it gets done.

Meetings multiply.
Everything feels urgent.
Focus gets shredded.
And the work that actually matters keeps slipping.

Not because people don’t care.
Because they’re overloaded.

The Execution Switch™: Northstar Edition is not another productivity book.

It’s a story-driven operating system for modern work—built for real teams, real pressure, and real calendars that don’t slow down.

Inside, you step into Northstar, a high-performing company where everything looks like it’s working… until it isn’t.

Same meetings.
Same pressure.
Same expectations.

But completely different internal reactions.

And that’s where execution breaks.

The problem isn’t time.
It’s cognitive load.

When mental bandwidth gets overloaded:

  • clarity collapses
  • decisions slow
  • rework multiplies
  • and even the best teams start drifting

This book shows you how to see the pattern—and fix it at the source.


What You’ll Learn

  • How to identify and eliminate the Cognitive Load Tax™ draining your team
  • Your Time Style—and how stress quietly distorts how you work
  • Why teams misread each other—and how to translate behavior instead of personalizing it
  • How to build team agreements that reduce friction and protect focus
  • What actually happens under pressure—and how to keep the system from breaking when it matters most
  • How to lead execution across departments, teams, and roles—without adding more noise


Built for Real Workdays

No theory dumps. No productivity theater.

Just:

  • practical language
  • sharp frameworks
  • real team scenarios
  • scripts you can use tomorrow

You don’t need a new personality.
You need a system that works with how people actually operate under pressure.


Who This Book Is For

  • Leaders responsible for execution—not just strategy
  • High performers carrying more than their share
  • Cross-functional teams stuck in “alignment” loops
  • Anyone who feels busy all day… but nothing actually closes


The Shift

This book will change how you see work.

Because what looks like:

  • misalignment
  • communication issues
  • or performance gaps

is often something else entirely:

a system that’s creating friction faster than people can compensate for it.


The Bottom Line

You don’t need more discipline.
You don’t need longer hours.
You don’t need to push harder.

You need:

  • fewer leaks
  • clearer decisions
  • and a system that holds under pressure

Flip the switch.
Steer it North.
And make execution work again.

 

 

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Want to go deeper?
Take the Time Style assessment and access practical playbooks for leaders, teams, and individual contributors at:
www.confidencenorth.com

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February 27, 2026 · 12:10 pm

Coming-I Have an App Idea by Amanda Spann 

Title:  I Have an App Idea

Author:  by Amanda Spann 

Genre:     Non-Fiction/Computers/Phone technology

Format: eBook and Soft Cover 

Publisher: Indigo River Publishing

Length:   268 pages

Publication Date: March 10, 2026

Synopsis:

I Have An App Idea is the ultimate resource for aspiring app entrepreneurs without a technical background.

This workbook offers a step-by-step road map to guide nontechnical founders from concept to launch with confidence. Designed to break down the complexities of app development, it combines Amanda Spann’s personal experiences and proven strategies with interactive activities and worksheets that provide hands-on support every step of the way.

Through relatable stories, real-life examples, and practical tools, Amanda helps founders avoid costly mistakes and build products primed for success. With each chapter, readers will uncover strategies to validate their ideas, build sustainable businesses, communicate effectively with developers, and manage the development process—ensuring founders remain empowered and in control. This book demystifies app entrepreneurship, clarifies the essentials, and offers a solid foundation for creating scalable products—without the overwhelm.

This book demystifies app entrepreneurship, clarifies the essentials, and offers a solid foundation for creating scalable products without the overwhelm.

Buying Link:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GF9JTB91/

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February 27, 2026 · 11:57 am

New Release-The AI-Ready Human: Your 90-Day Program to Stay Relevant as Technology Transforms Work

 

Title:  The AI-Ready Human

Subtitle: Your 90-Day Program to Stay Relevant as Technology Transforms Work

Author: Paul Slater

Genre:     Non-Fiction/Human Capital/Technology

Publisher: Boundary Ash Press

Format: Hardcover, Paperback,  and eBook 

Length:   216 pages

Publication Date: January, 2026

Synopsis:

“A practical, grounded guide to the human capabilities that matter most.” — Garry Ridge, Inc. Magazine Top 10 Most Admired CEOs

 

In a world of seismic technology change, AI is rewriting what it means to be good at your job.

The professionals who thrive as work transforms will be the ones who sharpen the capabilities that make technology actually useful: judgment, adaptability, resilience, clear thinking, and the ability to work effectively with both AI and people.

 

Part book, part 90-day brain workout

The AI-Ready Human replaces traditional chapters with 90 concepts (days) that build on each other to make you AI-Ready. Every concept includes a clear explanation, a discussion of why it matters for your career, a set of exercises you can use to grow, and a reflection prompt that helps lock in behavior change.

By day 90, you’ll be able to:

 

  • Use AI thoughtfully while keeping your judgment and identity intact
  • Make sharper decisions when everything around you feels uncertain
  • Stay motivated and in control as your work transforms

 

Who this is for:

If you work, and you are human, it’s for you. But you will find it particularly useful if you are any of the following:

 

  • An executive who needs to understand the impact of AI on your employees and customers
  • A working professional who is concerned about staying relevant as your industry transforms
  • A manager who is leading your team through change

 

What’s behind it:

This book is built on interviews with over 200 professionals who are sustainably effective with AI every day. Author Paul Slater draws on 30+ years at the advanced technology and personal development, including a decade at Microsoft leading global strategy and contributing to AI think tanks at Harvard, Duke, and Arizona State University.

“This book challenges leaders and teams to evolve” – Kyle McDowell

“The AI-Ready Human is a reminder that technology doesn’t replace standards—it reveals them. Clear expectations, absolute ownership, and consistent action matter more now than ever. This book challenges leaders and teams to evolve without losing what makes the work meaningful.”

— Kyle McDowell, bestselling author of Begin With WE

 
Buying Link:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGHJS8J2

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February 26, 2026 · 3:23 pm

Coming Soon-The Making of Excellence: Training Tomorrow’s Leaders and Building Generational Success by Denise Calvert

The Making of Excellence: Training Tomorrow’s Leaders and Building Generational Success

Title:   The Making of Excellence: Training Tomorrow’s Leaders and Building Generational Success

Subtitle:  A parenting system designed for building strong minds and stronger futures

Author:   Denise Calvert

Genre:     Non-Fiction/Parenting/Leadership

Format:    eBook

Length:   35 Pages

Publication Date:   March 17, 2026

Synopsis:

You were told that love alone is enough. That being present is enough. That patience without structure produces strong adults. It does not. Love without discipline creates dependence. Comfort without standards creates insecurity and entitlement.

This book was written after watching talented children fall behind because no one prepared them for real life. No one taught them how to handle pressure. No one taught them how to take responsibility. No one taught them how to work through failure instead of avoiding it.

This is not a book of theories, trends, or online advice. It is a practical guide to building strong habits, empires, legacies, clear standards, and personal accountability all inside the home. These are the systems that produce successful adults.

You will learn how to raise children who can think independently. Who solve problems without constant guidance. Who stay grounded when life becomes difficult. Who do not collapse under stress.

There is a dedicated chapter for single mothers, because raising boys alone is not the same. It requires greater structure, stronger boundaries, and consistent leadership. Children mirror what they see. Emotional chaos creates emotional chaos. Composure creates stability.

This is not about being liked. It is about being respected. It is about preparing your children to compete, lead, and build successful lives.

If you are looking for comfort, this book is not for you.

If you are serious about results, legacy, and long term success, this is where you begin.

 
Buying Link:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GP9BCJX6

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