In 2023, Cha'Von K. Clarke-Joell warned that digital crises do not happen in isolation. Instead, they amplify one another, creating a "polycrisis" that destabilises systems and selves. Now, in 2026, that reality is here. AI is reshaping careers overnight. Ethics feels like career suicide. "Change or else" is the new mantra, and for many, their sense of self is paying the price. The Digital Polycrisis: AI Psychology for Human Resilience and Ethical Leadership is a guide for moving through this terrain with integrity intact.
Inside, you will find: The Digital Polycrisis Framework: an integrative model for understanding how cybersecurity threats, data governance failures, AI ethics gaps, and psychological disruption converge and intensify one another AI Psychology: the missing layer in every AI strategy, and an account of how humans actually respond to algorithmic pressure, digital surveillance, and forced obsolescence The Zone of Disrupted Identity (ZDI): a framework to recognise identity drift before you silence your values or lose your compass Human Scaffolding: a four-part system for ethical resilience, identity integrity, cognitive support, and emotional security Global governance insights drawn from practice across continents, offered without jargon or saviourism Creative resilience tools, including the Digital Twin Self, to help reclaim agency in datafied spaces These are the frameworks Clarke-Joell has used to inform governments, universities, and global organisations.
And the long-term value? This book does not expire. It accrues relevance because human systems under pressure do not go out of style. Whether you are a leader, educator, policymaker, or professional who senses that "something's off, " this book will help you: Stop second-guessing your worth Manage AI with moral clarity Build careers as living systems, not disposable roles Lead with wholeness, not speed Own it.
Gift it. Keep it on your desk as a quick reference.???????We are in the digital polycrisis now, and the most radical thing to do is to remain fully human: calm, clear, and prepared for the systems changing around us.
In 2023, Cha'Von K. Clarke-Joell warned that digital crises do not happen in isolation. Instead, they amplify one another, creating a "polycrisis" that destabilises systems and selves. Now, in 2026, that reality is here. AI is reshaping careers overnight. Ethics feels like career suicide. "Change or else" is the new mantra, and for many, their sense of self is paying the price. The Digital Polycrisis: AI Psychology for Human Resilience and Ethical Leadership is a guide for moving through this terrain with integrity intact.
Inside, you will find: The Digital Polycrisis Framework: an integrative model for understanding how cybersecurity threats, data governance failures, AI ethics gaps, and psychological disruption converge and intensify one another AI Psychology: the missing layer in every AI strategy, and an account of how humans actually respond to algorithmic pressure, digital surveillance, and forced obsolescence The Zone of Disrupted Identity (ZDI): a framework to recognise identity drift before you silence your values or lose your compass Human Scaffolding: a four-part system for ethical resilience, identity integrity, cognitive support, and emotional security Global governance insights drawn from practice across continents, offered without jargon or saviourism Creative resilience tools, including the Digital Twin Self, to help reclaim agency in datafied spaces These are the frameworks Clarke-Joell has used to inform governments, universities, and global organisations.
And the long-term value? This book does not expire. It accrues relevance because human systems under pressure do not go out of style. Whether you are a leader, educator, policymaker, or professional who senses that "something's off, " this book will help you: Stop second-guessing your worth Manage AI with moral clarity Build careers as living systems, not disposable roles Lead with wholeness, not speed Own it.
Gift it. Keep it on your desk as a quick reference.???????We are in the digital polycrisis now, and the most radical thing to do is to remain fully human: calm, clear, and prepared for the systems changing around us.