The Promise: A Pioneer Firefighter’s Story by Antoinette Crawford-Willis

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMHTKGYK

The story of a street smart kid who grew up in the City of Memphis, Tennessee. A kid who grew up and challenged individuals by seeking equal rights for African American Firefighters in their city.

The Empathy Evolution: Preventing Violence, Racism, Political Corruption, and Mental Illness by Creating More Caring People by Ronald Goldman

https://www.amazon.com/dp/195033662X

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What if the roots of America’s deepest problems begin earlier than we think?
In The Empathy Evolution, award-winning psychologist Ronald Goldman, PhD, explores a powerful idea: violence, racism, political corruption, and mental illness may not only be personal, social, or political problems. They may also be connected to deeper emotional roots formed from common adverse early childhood experiences, unmet needs, and trauma.

Drawing from developmental psychology, research, and personal insight, Goldman examines how empathy can be weakened, and how early emotional disconnection can affect individuals, families, communities, and society. This thoughtful and timely book looks beyond headlines and explains what can be done before early unrecognized harm affects behavior, belief, and lifelong emotional pain.

For readers searching for developmental psychology books, trauma psychology books, or meaningful emotional intelligence books, this book offers a clear and compassionate way to understand human behavior.

Readers will discover:

How empathy develops and why it matters
How early care and and doing what is natural influence emotional health and relationships
Why trauma and associated emotional numbness can affect behavior
How compassion can support healthier families and communities
Why prevention matters in mental health and social change

The Empathy Evolution is beneficial for parents, educators, counselors, health-care professionals, social advocates, and anyone interested in social behavior psychology. It helps readers understand why caring is not just a personal value, but a foundation for healthier people and a more compassionate future.

With awareness of our problem origins, we can create significantly higher quality of life.

About the author
Ronald Goldman, PhD, is an award-winning psychologist, researcher, speaker, consultant, and the author of the #1 Amazon bestselling book, “The Empathy Evolution: Preventing Violence, Racism, Political Corruption, and Mental Illness by Creating More Caring People.” Specializing in developmental and applied psychology, he educates the public and professionals about generally unrecognized origins and prevention of social and behavioral problems.

As a highly sought-after expert, Dr. Goldman has been featured in national and international media including TIME, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. His enlightening programs have been presented to universities, conferences, organizations, government groups, parents, and others.

Re-Placed: Answering the Call of Leadership in the Age of AI by Kari Zeller

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1639081941

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Amazon Best Seller in Strategy & Competition, Business Mentoring & Coaching, and Business Technology Innovation
A Fast Company Press Book

AI didn’t arrive with a warning. It arrived with a question: what are you going to do now?

Today, leaders are caught in a cascade of contradictions. The technology that promises unprecedented capability also delivers unprecedented doubt. AI makes everything faster, cheaper, and more capable. It also makes the most fundamental question of leadership unavoidable: what are humans actually for? You did not choose this moment. But you are responsible for who you and your organization become in it.

In Re-Placed, Leadership Strategist and CEO Kari Zeller offers something rare in the AI conversation: a leadership book that starts with the human, not the technology. The arrival of artificial intelligence doesn’t have to displace us. But it will, unless we learn to re-place ourselves first—to consciously reposition who we are, how we lead, and where we create value in a world where intelligence is no longer ours alone. Through stories as practical as they are personal, Zeller shows how the strongest leaders take the helm during existential change, how re-placing ourselves is key to flourishing in this new era, and how what we choose to value matters more than what AI can do.

Drawing on decades of experience guiding senior executives through high-stakes transitions, from combat operations to the boardroom, Zeller provides a framework for the proactive, innovative leadership this moment demands. The linear thinking that built your success cannot survive this exponential wave. Re-Placed equips you to create the conditions where people and organizations don’t just survive the shift, but flourish in it.

The future will not be managed. It must be led.

About the author
Kari Zeller is a battle-tested leader, U.S. Air Force combat veteran, and Founder and CEO of TGN Consulting. She brings transformative strategies from the battlefield to the boardroom, advising boards, CEOs, and senior executive teams across Fortune 100 companies, healthcare systems, retail, private equity, and governmental organizations. Her methodology focuses on actively aligning strategy, culture, and leadership to create coherence and clarity when the stakes are highest.

She is the author of the forthcoming book Re-Placed: Answering the Call of Leadership in the Age of AI (Fast Company Press, July 14, 2026), which provides a provocative and essential playbook for executives seeking to mobilize their organizations for a future shaped by AI, robotics, and quantum computing.

Rather than allowing people to be passively displaced by technology, Zeller champions a strategy of consciously “re-placing” ourselves to harness disruption, reimagine value creation, and ensure human-centric growth.