Book summary
The Invisible Employee
The Boardroom in the Agent Economy
"Land, labor, capital, and now: the agent. Not on the payroll. On the balance sheet."Buy on Amazon · $29.99
What is The Invisible Employee about?
It is a board-level guide to the agent economy: 13 chapters on capital allocation, autonomy governance, agent security, M&A and the CEO's 12-month agenda, with nine global cases and eight decision templates.
What the book is about
72% of CEOs now make AI decisions themselves, yet the vast majority of enterprise AI initiatives produce no measurable P&L impact. The book was written in the gap between those two facts.
It is written for the board, not the consultant. Thirteen chapters cover capital allocation, autonomy governance, institutional memory, the platform thesis, risk and agent security, the durable moat, M&A, culture, the engine room of transformation, the CEO's 12-month agenda, Horizon 2030 and sovereign AI.
Nine global cases, including Walmart, JPMorgan, Klarna, Maersk, Saudi Aramco and BBVA, sit alongside more than 60 primary-source notes and eight ready-to-use decision templates. Every chapter ends with a decision list and an avoid list.
Key ideas
- 01
Capital allocation for agents
AI agents are a new factor of production and belong in capital decisions, not in the IT budget.
- 02
Autonomy governance and agent security
How much an agent may decide on its own, who answers for it, and how the board manages the new risks.
- 03
The CEO's 12-month agenda
A practical agenda to close the gap between AI ambition and P&L results, looking ahead to Horizon 2030 and sovereign AI.
Who it is for
Board members, CEOs and CFOs who make AI decisions and need them to show up in the P&L.
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