Library & Stage
Books & Speaking
Three earlier books that built the foundation. Five keynotes that bring the mandate into the room.
The library
Other books by Dr. Vivian
Read in any order. Each stands alone — together they form an argument.
Five keynotes
Designed for the room, not the slide deck.
Each talk is rehearsed against the audience and the moment. Pick the one that meets your room where it is.
01
The Firelight Advantage
CEOs, founders, board chairs
On earning the right to lead in the age of borrowed intelligence.
- Why scarcity is a strategic asset
- The three questions every AI board must ask
- How to audit your own mandate
02
From Survival to Significance
Founder summits, leadership offsites
How first-generation leaders are rewriting the operating system of global business.
- The economics of dignity
- Designing teams across class lines
- Succession that compounds
03
Think Like an Economist in the Age of AI
Cabinets, regulators, policy schools
A practical framework for leaders who refuse to outsource judgment to a model.
- Externalities, externalised
- When to delay a launch
- Pricing the unpriced
04
The Entrepreneurial Renaissance
Investors, accelerators, family offices
Why the next century of value creation will look nothing like the last.
- The end of extraction economics
- Distributed ownership at scale
- What capital should fund next
05
Intelligence That Serves
Multilaterals, NGOs, civic tech
The keynote delivered at UN CSW70 — expanded for boardrooms.
- A taxonomy of harm
- Procurement as moral architecture
- The mandate framework
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