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Books and publications by Steff VanHaverbeke
I write about what AI does to our work, and about what makes humans irreplaceable. My books are for those who want to read, develop and apply this at their own pace.
Finally, Superpowers! (2026)
AI gives you speed. The pitfall is living like a machine.
The superpowers are real. One person can now do what used to require a whole team. But so much leverage has a downside: it rewires your attention, it blurs your boundaries and it tempts you to outsource the exact thinking that makes your judgement strong.
Finally, Superpowers! is for professionals who want to use the full potential of AI without losing what makes them irreplaceable. The book covers the Superworker Model, the shift from tasks to workflows that you manage via agents, and the discipline to stay human when the machine wants you to keep up.
Published by The House of Coaching.
Being Replaced: The Five Human Skills AI Can't Automate (2025)
Stop competing with machines. Start doing what only you can do.
This is where it all started. Being Replaced introduces the Cognitive Agility Framework: five capabilities that create visible value when everything else is optimised by machines. Flexible thinking, emotional intelligence, collaborative intelligence, intuition and innovation.
Not just another AI hype book. A down-to-earth look at what makes humans irreplaceable, based on neuroscience and tested in real organisations. Also available in Dutch as Vervangen Worden.
Build Bot Brains: How Superprompts Make AI Your Ally (2024)
The sticky note that changed everything.
A practical guide for anyone who uses AI tools and has had enough of mediocre results. Build Bot Brains teaches you a systematic method to brief AI, so that unpredictable output turns into reliable collaboration.
With a four-week mastery programme, practical examples and templates that you can use right away.
Game On! How Great Leaders Turn Pressure Into Play (2024)
Co-written with Karl Mortier.
Leadership is not a fight to win or a performance to perfect. It is a game. Game On! explores the inner game (awareness, self-regulation, curiosity) and the outer game (arenas, roles, tactics) of facilitation and leadership.
For anyone who leads meetings, manages teams or guides change, and wants to do so with more confidence and less control.
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In several podcasts I spoke about AI, human skills and the future of work.