CodeSignal turned my book into an AI-assisted professional development course

When I wrote the book Future Rising back in 2020, I never imagined that it would become the inspiration for a professional development course taught by agentic AI. And yet this is exactly what the online learning company CodeSignal has just done. And I’m both intrigued and impressed.

Future Rising is, at least in my mind, as far as you can get from a “how to” guide for developing and exercising professional workplace skills. It was always intended as more of a personal reflection on how to think about the future, and navigate our relationship with it.

And yet the folks at CodeSignal — a future-focused online learning company that leverages agentic AI in quite novel ways — clearly saw something that I didn’t. And so this summer, Future Rising became the inspiration of one of the company’s flagship courses in their new Expert Series — a series that transforms “influential books, lectures, and research into immersive, simulation-based courses.” ( their words, not mine!)1

The result is the online program “Future Rising At Work with Andrew Maynard.” The program is spread across four courses and 16 modules, and covers everything from trend analysis and interconnectedness in organizations, to change management and organizational leadership.

Those courses include:

• Anticipating A Future Rising (focusing on recognizing future trends, understanding interconnectedness, committing to continuous learning, and strategically planning for opportunities);
• Navigating the Uniquely Human Side of Change (designed to help leaders navigate the emotional and human aspects of organizational change, with a focus on understanding and managing emotional responses)
• Building a Future Through Strategy (strategies for fostering a culture of innovation, even in unclear or difficult situations.)
• Leading a Future Rising (equipping leaders with the tools to navigate complex decision-making, foster human-centered leadership, and build resilient, accountable teams)

What makes these courses interesting (apart from the content, of course!) is how they blend CodeSignal’s signature agentic AI platform with the source material — in this case a translation of some of the elements and ideas in Future Rising into workplace-relevant insights and tools.

CodeSignal’s approach to using agentic AI in their learning environment has three key components …

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