When The Ground Shifts: How to Thrive in the Age of AI Job Displacement with the Haversack Method

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Phil Finane

When The Ground Shifts

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How to Thrive in the Age of AI Job Displacement with the Haversack Method

Phil Finane

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English

Monard X Publishing
16 December 2025

Careers guidance; Business & management; Artificial intelligence; Advice on careers & achieving success

AI's impact on jobs is accelerating. Waiting to see what happens before acting is no longer a safe strategy.

This book will help you build a strategy to respond to AI job displacement.

The career advice everyone keeps giving no longer matches reality. Get qualified, they said. Build expertise. Become indispensable. That model worked for decades. It breaks down when AI can handle in seconds what took years to master.

Tasks disappear from roles. Teams are reorganised as automation absorbs parts of the work. Job descriptions shift and demand skills you don't yet have. Advice about upskilling feels hollow when you're already working full time and can't predict which skills will actually matter.

When the Ground Shifts cuts through the noise. Everyone has an opinion about what AI means for work. This book focuses on what's actually changing, why traditional career advice no longer holds, and what you can do now without putting your life on pause.

The technology isn't going away. Those who learn to work with it rather than ignore or compete with it will be the ones who succeed.

At the heart of the book is the Haversack Method, a practical system for building capability when the future remains uncertain. You can't learn everything, but you can learn to notice what matters. Capture useful fragments as you encounter them. Recognise patterns as they emerge. Convert scraps of knowledge into working skills that create value where you already are.

The method fits inside ordinary working life. No expensive courses. No dramatic career reinvention. Just sustained attention to what's changing around you and deliberate practice.

You'll learn how to:

What this book is not:

What it is:

A practical framework for staying professionally relevant when traditional career planning no longer applies.

This isn't hype. It isn't doom. It's a method for navigating change while the future of work is still unfolding.

Heading into 2026 uncertain about what AI means for your career? This book is where to start. Also makes a thoughtful gift for anyone facing the same questions.

By: Phil Finane
Imprint: Monard X Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9781919417417
ISBN 10: 1919417419
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 16 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Long before email became the norm, I was in the recruitment game, receiving client job specs by fax and candidate CVs through the post. I went on to spend more than two decades supporting major international employers and guiding thousands of candidates through interviews and career decisions.An early adopter and evaluator of recruitment technology through the years, I've helped shape tools and AI systems now used across the industry. These days I divide my time between writing and working as a freelance prompt engineer.When I'm not working, you'll find me cheering on Leinster Rugby or out in the dark with a telescope and camera, chasing deep-sky objects. I live in Ireland with my wife Claire and our Beagle, Cooper.

Reviews for When The Ground Shifts: How to Thrive in the Age of AI Job Displacement with the Haversack Method

What readers are saying: ★★★★★ ""Clear, grounded, and refreshingly practical... cuts through both AI hype and fear. Instead of vague predictions or empty motivation, it offers a realistic framework for staying relevant as work changes in real time."" - Rose Griffiths ★★★★★ ""I finished it feeling more prepared and less anxious about what the future of work might look like."" - Nickiale Blackstock ★★★★★ ""No heavy tech talk, just clear ideas you can actually think about and apply. It's a good read if you're feeling uncertain about how AI might affect work and want something that feels realistic and reassuring rather than overwhelming."" - Keysha Pierre ★★★★★ ""A strategy for career resilience that rejects the need for expensive degrees or total career reinvention... a 'no-hype' approach to retraining."" - Kelly Pesina