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Re-Placed: Answering the Call of Leadership in the Age of AI
A Fast Company Press Book
AI didn't arrive with a warning. It arrived with a what are you going to do now?
Today, leaders are caught in a cascade of contradictions. The technology that promises unprecedented capability also delivers unprecedented doubt. AI makes everything faster, cheaper, and more capable. It also makes the most fundamental question of leadership what are humans actually for? You did not choose this moment. But you are responsible for who you and your organization become in it.
In Re-Placed, Leadership Strategist and CEO Kari Zeller offers something rare in the AI a leadership book that starts with the human, not the technology. The arrival of artificial intelligence doesn't have to displace us. But it will, unless we learn to re-place ourselves first—to consciously reposition who we are, how we lead, and where we create value in a world where intelligence is no longer ours alone. Through stories as practical as they are personal, Zeller shows how the strongest leaders take the helm during existential change, how re-placing ourselves is key to flourishing in this new era, and how what we choose to value matters more than what AI can do.
Drawing on decades of experience guiding senior executives through high-stakes transitions, from combat operations to the boardroom, Zeller provides a framework for the proactive, innovative leadership this moment demands. The linear thinking that built your success cannot survive this exponential wave. Re-Placed equips you to create the conditions where people and organizations don't just survive the shift, but flourish in it.
The future will not be managed. It must be led.
AI didn't arrive with a warning. It arrived with a what are you going to do now?
Today, leaders are caught in a cascade of contradictions. The technology that promises unprecedented capability also delivers unprecedented doubt. AI makes everything faster, cheaper, and more capable. It also makes the most fundamental question of leadership what are humans actually for? You did not choose this moment. But you are responsible for who you and your organization become in it.
In Re-Placed, Leadership Strategist and CEO Kari Zeller offers something rare in the AI a leadership book that starts with the human, not the technology. The arrival of artificial intelligence doesn't have to displace us. But it will, unless we learn to re-place ourselves first—to consciously reposition who we are, how we lead, and where we create value in a world where intelligence is no longer ours alone. Through stories as practical as they are personal, Zeller shows how the strongest leaders take the helm during existential change, how re-placing ourselves is key to flourishing in this new era, and how what we choose to value matters more than what AI can do.
Drawing on decades of experience guiding senior executives through high-stakes transitions, from combat operations to the boardroom, Zeller provides a framework for the proactive, innovative leadership this moment demands. The linear thinking that built your success cannot survive this exponential wave. Re-Placed equips you to create the conditions where people and organizations don't just survive the shift, but flourish in it.
The future will not be managed. It must be led.
269 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 14, 2026
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August 10, 2026
This book reflects different ways of seeing how artificial intelligence is impacting all environments, especially the workplace. Seeing yourself as a leader, I think it’s quite useful, and even more so for people who are resistant or who don’t know where to begin, or who aren’t even sure whether they’ll really be impacted or not. This book definitely offers some reassurance. It gives people a way to understand the world and also to grasp the big changes that are coming. However, the book also invites readers to assume certain characteristics and definitions, even though that isn’t the main purpose of the text I think the goal of the book is achieves. Prepare today’s and tomorrow’s leaders to understand how artificial intelligence can impact their work environment, whether positively or negatively, and how they need to transform.
July 28, 2026
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