A Living Manifesto
A workforce revolution is already here
The workforce revolution is already here—Death of a Job is your roadmap to evolving from a passive observer of AI into its indispensable architect.
Manifesto
The new job isn't a destiny.It is a design choice.
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.
Six reasons
#BeSkilled
Mike Johns — Futurist. Thought Leader. Voice of the AI Generation.
A dynamic TEDx speaker, Innovation Awards Judge, and returning presenter at CES — blending culture, technology, and foresight to challenge how emerging innovations reshape work, creativity, and human potential.
TEDx
Dynamic keynote speaker
CES
Returning presenter — world's largest tech stage
Innovation Awards
Judge, 2024–Present
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Emerging tech rewrites career maps every quarter. BeSkilled trains the reflexes to pivot before disruption hits.
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Human value isn't disappearing—it's being re-priced. Learn to stack creativity, distribution, and foresight.
03
Bridge street-smart insight and boardroom strategy. Shape culture while everyone else is still reacting.
A premium, editorial footprint across the rooms where the future of work gets decided.
Stage
01Keynotes that translate AI disruption into decisions leaders can act on.
Global
02On the front line where emerging tech meets real-world adoption.
Jury
03Evaluating what's hype, what's signal, and what actually ships.
Culture
04A rebellious, human-first take for the AI generation.
Signal
Are you ready to embrace the future?
Official song & music video
The Book, The Movie, The Soundtrack for the AI Era. Artist @ciggyblacc. #waymo #ai #society #government
“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, it 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. BeSkilled or Be Replaced.
Instagram
Media
Press, campus partners, and cultural coverage for Death of a Job, Oblivious, and BeSkilled — also mirrored on MikeJohns.ceo.
Substack · AI Music Video ShowFeatured
Oblivious — LA Tech Week soundtrack premiere
PR Newswire
World premiere of Oblivious — 14-minute wake-up call
News Herald
UNLV Collegiate 100 × BeSkilled America at CES
University of Arizona · Africana Studies
National AI Literacy
University of Arizona · Responsible AI
AI and the future of work — human-centered skills
LinkedIn · Venture Café Phoenix
Death of a Job at Venture Café
Coverage
Crypto Monday / AI 4 Conference
Link forthcoming
Podcast
Five exclusive podcast conversations with college graduates — timed as the school year begins — positioning BeSkilled literacy and Death of a Job as the playbook for students and early-career talent entering an AI-shaped workforce.
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
011M+
short film views
AI Speed Dating × Airrack
0214M+
YouTube collaboration
Waymo Glitches Need Stitches
031B+
views across campaigns
Waymo Problems, The Saga Continues
0425M+
and counting
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.
Verdicts
Lennox Lewis
Undisputed Boxing Champion · British / Canadian
“Hey, I like the book — all of what we need to know now. People are going to be out of work soon.”