Caroline Stokes

⚡ Newsflash: In just 24 hours, my book has become Amazon’s #1 New Release in Organizational Learning.⚡ When you’ve read it, do please let me know what you think. And find it here: amazon.com/dp/B0FB5BKFGL #AfterShockto2030 #Leadership #OrganizationalLearning #AI #CEO #CSuite

The outlet managerSeminare rounded up the #Thinkers50Radar 2026 — highlighting a shift from #AI obsession to the human operating system. Proud that they chose my work on adaptive intelligence in the #polycrisis. managerseminare.de/ms_Artikel/Thi… #AfterShockto2030 #Thinkers50 #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #FutureofWork

Honoured that my book "AfterShock to 2030" won a medal in the Business Disruption and Reinvention category of the @AxiomAwards. Congratulations to all winners! Learn more about the book: amazon.com/AfterShock-203… #BusinessBooks #Leadership #LeadershipTransformation #Disruption #Reinvention #CEO #CSuite #AI #AfterShockto2030

This shiny New Space Economy certificate marks the end of my @MIT trilogy that started in 2020, when I was tipped off by a client that many Silicon Valley leaders were leaving their jobs to do a PhD. Predicting a new world order, these tenured, Valley-based innovators strategically chose not to get caught preserving something they could see would be out of date quickly. With a systems view, they identified that their skills — and the products they were working on in 2020 — would be obsolete, and that the entire world order — economic, social, environmental, geopolitical — would change. They also realized that the organizations they were working for weren’t yet ready for the leap, and that it was time to research the future. That tip-off tied in with the final few chapters of my first book "Elephants Before Unicorns" in 2019, and the message was loud and clear: I had to reinvent my own trajectory, too. My day job was and is leadership transformation for my clients, but as I advise everyone — learn it all, and learn it all as fast as you can. I took my own advice and went all in on three MIT courses focused on ESG, AI, and the New Space Economy — while also launching "AfterShock to 2030: A CEO’s Guide to Reinvention in the Age of AI, Climate, and Societal Collapse." And a podcast (Season Two is coming soon). Over these past few years, I’ve been facilitating reinvention for any organization and leadership team brave enough to admit that future winds smell pretty different — and who know that reinventing themselves and their organizations needs to be co-created with urgency. Six years later, in 2026 — they were right, weren’t they? So, what did I learn this time? Well, at precisely the same time I was in the New Space Economy programme, EY declared the new “Cold Rush,” while we’re witnessing some of the fastest changes in any industry since the mobile waves of 1998 and 2008. The New Space Economy programme was mind-meltingly transformational, and I recommend it to any VC or new product pioneer keen to be part of this new “Cold Rush". Each week, you’re learning alongside pioneers shaping both the new and traditional space industries — moving at breakneck pace. Many thanks to Nicola Garzaniti, Alessandro Golkar and Olivier de Weck for a transformational journey, and to all my fellow learners. #NewSpaceEconomy #Space #MIT #ColdRush #Leadership #LeadershipTransformation #AfterShockto2030 #Reinvention #CEO

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My book #AfterShockto2030 is a finalist in the 2026 #CANREADS Awards! After being named to the Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2026, this feels like important recognition for the book's core message. #Leadership requires radical #reinvention for our new era. canreads.ca/2026-canreads-…

My Op-Ed for @GamesBeat on why Microsoft's Xbox leadership choice was the logical one. Many thanks to you @deantak. gamesbeat.com/why-microsofts…

Microsoft’s decision to move the head of CoreAI Product to #Xbox is a logical one, as I note in this piece by @deantak. This is probably the strongest sign I’ve seen that #CEOs need to now evolve rapidly, as I outline in #AfterShockto2030. gamesbeat.com/the-internet-r… #Leadership

@Harpers Bloody excellent article. Bravo Sam Kriss!

“Until we build an all-powerful but distant God, the agency problem remains. AIs are not capable of directing themselves; most people aren’t either.” Sam Kriss reports from San Francisco on the next generation of AI technologists. harpers.org/archive/2026/0…

Don’t sit on the sidelines in 2026. ICYMI, this podcast with Gil Forer, contractor with EY, underlines the need to rethink your #leadership approach in our volatile era. YouTube: youtu.be/k8EaRylvkPU Spotify: lnkd.in/gAaDcCcF Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-… #WEF26

I'm on the Sweet but Fearless podcast talking #nervoussystem regulation in the age of #AI, climate and societal collapse For those who know me: I’m not sweet or fearless! We’re all trying to be as courageous and kind as we can be every day. sweetbutfearless.libsyn.com/respond-with-i… #Leadership

Thank you, @thinkers50, for spotlighting the thinking behind "AfterShock to 2030" and the work leaders now need to do in our AfterShock era. As Mark Carney underscored, this moment requires #leadership courage and practical ways to move forward. thinkers50.com/radar-2026/

Some people call it #AI slop. I call it #CognitiveOffloading. You can read more in this article. Many thanks to Sonia Weiser for inviting me to be in her article for @Inc. inc.com/sonia-weiser/y… (paywall). #Leadership #CEO #CSuite

See the latest information on EY’s #NAVI work—a world where change is increasingly nonlinear, accelerated, volatile and interconnected. Then listen to the latest AfterShock podcast featuring Gil Forer, contractor and former senior partner with EY. ey.com/en_gl/megatren…

There's no denying it: we're living in a fundamentally different, volatile era. Without change, organizations risk extinction. Find my five-step survival plan at the link. Let me know if you need support navigating this shift. #Leadership #WEF26 theforward.co/leaders-surviv…

In a time of AI answers and TikTok advice, Gil Forer thinks the real #leadership edge is active listening. Most organizations are not built for it. Sign up for my newsletter during #WEF26 to get a five-step plan for how companies can reinvent themselves: theforward.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=23…

In this special episode timed for #WEF26, I speak with Gil Forer, a contractor and former senior partner with EY, to explore our new #leadership reality and why leaders must act now —because the gap will widen if they wait. open.spotify.com/episode/6p9GIG… youtu.be/k8EaRylvkPU #NAVI

In this piece in @WeAreTheMighty, Chad Hultz discusses research on a new era for #robotics. I was invited to explore how leaders must deliberately evolve cognitive, emotional, and decision-making capacity for the Fifth Industrial Revolution. wearethemighty.com/military-news/… #Leadership

As #WEF2026 starts on Monday, Gil Forer with #EY explains that the shock around Venezuela is a great example of the new "NAVI" nature of change: nonlinear, accelerated, volatile, and interconnected. The next AfterShock episode reframes what #leadershipstrategy needs right now.

ICYMI: Heading into 2026, I asked CEO and culture designer Steven Fitzgerald about how organizations need to lead in a complex, uncertain world. Learn more about how to handle the new year in this AfterShock #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1z6FnU… youtu.be/H9F5lVi-pIw #Leadership

Some time ago, I reached out to Gabor Maté to discuss organizational #trauma loops and how they impact success. Some call it “culture”, but really, culture is about how people get the work done. My book #AfterShockto2030 helps #CEOs diagnose the cause and find the solution.