A New Manifesto
The Future of Work in the Age of AI
AI is not just automating tasks, it is dissolving old career maps. This book shows how to adapt, build leverage, and thrive in a world where human value is redefined every quarter.
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Mike Johns — Futurist. Thought Leader. Voice of the AI Generation.
Mike Johns is a dynamic TEDx speaker, Innovation Awards Judge (2024–Present), and a returning presenter at CES — the world’s largest technology stage. Known for blending culture, technology, and foresight, Mike challenges audiences to rethink how emerging innovations are reshaping work, creativity, and human potential.
With a bold voice and street-smart insight, Mike bridges the gap between the digital future and everyday people. His latest book invites readers to join that journey—empowering them to adapt, lead, and thrive in the age of AI.
Discover the book everyone’s talking about.
Credibility
A premium, editorial footprint across the rooms where the future of work gets decided.
Stage
Keynotes that translate AI disruption into decisions leaders can act on.
Global
On the front line where emerging tech meets real-world adoption.
Jury
Evaluating what’s hype, what’s signal, and what actually ships.
Culture
A rebellious, human-first take for the AI generation.
Signal
Are you ready to embrace the Future?
Manifesto
AI is rewriting the economics of attention, labor, and identity. This is a cultural moment—an ending and an opening. If traditional work is dying, you don’t mourn it. You outgrow it.
The shift
01
Jobs were a social contract: trade time for stability. AI breaks that contract quietly—task by task—until “career” becomes a story we tell ourselves to feel safe.
The truth
02
Routine knowledge work is being compressed into interfaces. What remains is judgment, taste, relationships, and the ability to direct machines like instruments.
The rebellion
03
In the AI age, leverage belongs to people who can frame problems, choose the right constraints, and ship ideas with signature. The future is authored, not assigned.
The move
04
Own distribution. Own skills. Own story. When the job dissolves, the brand remains—and the brand is the only résumé that compounds.
5 Reasons
Collectible, futuristic insights—stacked like artifacts. Built to read fast and linger long.
THE WORKFORCE REVOLUTION IS ALREADY HERE.
01
AI is rewriting job descriptions faster than schools, companies, and governments can react. Death Of A Job gives you the roadmap to adapt before disruption hits your career or business.
LEARN FROM A VOICE THAT’S BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES.
02
Author Mike Johns has spoken at TEDx and CES—the world’s largest tech show—and now serves as a CES Innovation Awards Judge. He brings insider insight from the intersection of culture, innovation, and the world’s biggest tech shifts.
FUTURE-PROOF YOUR SKILLS AND MINDSET.
03
This isn’t theory—it’s survival strategy. Discover how to pivot, reskill, and reposition yourself for the AI-driven economy that’s defining the next decade.
BE AHEAD OF THE CONVERSATION.
04
When everyone else is asking “what happened?” you’ll already know what’s next—and why. Stay ahead of trendmakers, executives, and policymakers shaping the new world of work.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
05
Every sunrise in 2026 brings another wave of automation, layoffs, and reinvention. Death Of A Job isn’t just a book—it’s a wake-up call. Missing it could mean missing your window to evolve.
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Booktrack drop
The Book, The Movie, The Soundtrack for the AI Era. “Oblivious” isn’t just a music video — it’s a cultural shift, a raw wake-up call for the age of machines.
Premiering during National AI Literacy Day, this immersive audiovisual experience asks a dangerous question: where does artificial intelligence begin — and where does the death of a job end?
Presented by The AI Music Video Show in partnership with BeSkilled America. Be Skilled or Be Replaced.
Signal
Machine pulse
Shaping the global conversation where AI, culture, and innovation collide—building the definitive language for the modern workforce.
Known as a go-to collaborator for influential operators in tech and media—bridging raw creativity with massive commercial scale. That track record runs from the bestselling book Death of a Job and the hit short film Oblivious (1M+ views) to AI Speed Dating with YouTube creator Airrack (14M+ views)—content engineered to move at platform speed.
Oblivious
1M+
short film views
AI Speed Dating × Airrack
14M+
YouTube collaboration
Orchestrated reach
1B+
views across campaigns
Operating lenses
01 — Bridge
01Trusted at the highest levels to connect raw creative instinct with distribution, narrative, and outcomes that register in the market—not just the feed.
02 — Spotlight
02From TEDx stages to three-time Innovation Awards judging at CES—calibrating what breaks through versus what merely trends.
03 — Stewardship
03Authoring the roadmap for the modern workforce while shaping the next generation of thinkers—strategy and storytelling, taught as one discipline.
Portrait
Credentials
TEDx · CES ×3
Innovation Awards judge, Consumer Electronics Show—three consecutive years.
“He doesn't just follow the trend—he helps define the roadmap the world leans on when the future arrives noisy.”
To work with Mike Johns is to secure a front-row seat to what's next: strategic precision, narrative velocity, and the rare ability to teach while shipping at global scale.
Demand
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Signature
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