Writing at the intersection of technology, human behaviour, and the future of work. Not predicting. Not reassuring. Investigating.
The Human Stack came out of a simple observation: most professional advice is built for a world that no longer exists. It assumes stable career ladders, predictable hiring processes, and managers who are broadly good at their jobs. None of these assumptions are reliable in 2026.
The three books in this series exist to fill a specific gap. Not motivational — there is no shortage of books telling you to believe in yourself and think positive. Not academic — the research is cited throughout, but this is not a literature review. And not predictive — anyone who tells you exactly how the future of work will look in 2035 is either guessing or selling something.
The Human Stack is built on hundreds of interviews with professionals across industries — radiologists and real estate agents, kindergarten teachers and quantitative analysts, software developers and graphic designers, warehouse supervisors and finance analysts. Not the successful ones who were brought in to say inspiring things. The actual ones, talking about their actual Monday mornings.
The research behind these books covers AI impact assessments, workplace toxicity studies, graduate employment data, and hiring practice analysis. The writing synthesises this research into something that is specific enough to act on. That specificity is the point. Abstract truths don't change behaviour. Concrete guidance does.
These books treat you as an adult who is capable of handling difficult information and making good decisions with it. That means they will not minimise the risks. They will not offer false reassurance. And they will not let you off the hook entirely — because while the systems these books describe are genuinely broken, there are still people navigating them successfully, and the difference is almost always strategy.
The Human Stack does not have a LinkedIn profile with motivational posts. There is no podcast, no speaking circuit, no online course priced at a mortgage payment. There are three books. They are honest, they are specific, and they are designed to be actually useful rather than merely comforting.