new book by caroline stokes

AfterShock

to 2030

LEAD BEYOND COLLAPSE.
Empowering leaders to navigate and thrive in an era of unprecedented change.

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AfterShock

to 2030

“Caroline has written an informative, accessible, and compelling roadmap of where we are now and how we have to adapt to a new future, even though none of us are quite sure what that future involves.”

Early Praise For

Darrell M. West,
Senior Fellow in the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution.

AfterShock

to 2030

"This isn’t just a book. It’s a survival manual disguised as a CEO’s inner monologue"

Early Praise For

Hamilton Mann,
Author of Artificial Integrity &
Globally Recognized Expert in Digital + AI for Good

AfterShock

to 2030

“In AfterShock, Caroline Stokes offers more than a wake-up call; she delivers a systems-level reframe for how to lead through volatility, complexity, and collapse. She replaces the myth of the heroic leader with a blueprint for building an emotionally intelligent system. In an era of accelerating shocks, this isn’t just a timely book—it’s a necessary one.”

Early Praise For

Safi Bahcall,
Physicist, Former CEO,
and Bestselling Author of Loonshots

AfterShock

to 2030

“Caroline Stokes is the voice we need in this AfterShock era — bold, clear-eyed, and unflinching. This book isn’t about trends. It’s about survival and how leaders can finally do the work the world demands of them.”

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Dorie Clark,
Executive Education Faculty at Columbia Business School & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of 'The Long Game'

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Introducing AfterShock to 2030

AfterShock to 2030 is not a prediction—seismic change is here. Caroline Stokes’ urgent new book offers a radical roadmap for CEOs, boards, CTOs and culture architects to reinvent their organizations in the face of accelerated disruption.

“We have entered an era defined by climate collapse, AI acceleration, geopolitical instability, and economic volatility — all unfolding faster than most leaders can mentally or structurally adapt.

Much like Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, we are now deep in what I call the AfterShock era: a compounding crisis of speed, scale and system breakdown.”

CAROLINE STOKES, Leadership Strategist and author of AfterShock to 2030

WHAT WE DO

Designed for leaders facing volatility, acceleration, and reinvention in an age of polycrisis.

Strategic Advisory & Systems Design

Partner with executive teams, boards, and innovation leaders to map and redesign decision-making models, emotional field dynamics, and organizational structure for the AfterShock era.

AI-Integrated Leadership Calibration

Deliver high-impact strategy sessions combining emotional intelligence, AI literacy, and systems awareness to prepare leaders for exponential change.

CEO Shadow Advisory & Narrative Reinvention

Act as a thought partner and trusted guide for founders, CEOs, and other public figures seeking to reframe their leadership, presence, and social relevance.

Organizational Nervous System Reset

Facilitate immersive sessions that shift teams from chaos to coherence using trauma-aware methods, systems intelligence, and behavioral re-patterning.

AfterShock Readiness Programs

Six to twelve-week engagements for culture builders, talent leaders, and ESG/AI teams to future-proof how they think, feel, and act and make decisions using AI to create resilient new systems in the face of mega-changes.

“Caroline is the ultimate professional and the only one in her league. As a coach she is incredibly effective. She has the ability to deep dive very quickly into the heart of the matter with surgical precision, while being very kind and having a sense of humor about it.

Strategic Transformation Senior Executive,
Google Cloud

The New Operating System

Reflections for reinvention, reckoning, and reprogramming what leadership really means in the AfterShock.

Business negotiation between businesswoman and businessman multiple exposure

A FEW OF OUR CLIENTS

Let’s Work Together

The AfterShock is here. How can we help?

We ask a lot of questions. We work well with brains that enjoy a challenge, and are unafraid to go beyond the status quo to find solutions.

Are you ready to move FORWARD?

CONNECT

Introducing AfterShock to 2030

AfterShock to 2030 is not a prediction—seismic change is here. Caroline Stokes’ urgent new book offers a radical roadmap for CEOs, boards, CTOs and culture architects to reinvent their organizations in the face of accelerated disruption.

“We have entered an era defined by climate collapse, AI acceleration, geopolitical instability, and economic volatility — all unfolding faster than most leaders can mentally or structurally adapt.

Much like Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, we are now deep in what I call the AfterShock era: a compounding crisis of speed, scale and system breakdown.”

CAROLINE STOKES, Leadership Strategist and author of AfterShock to 2030

WHAT WE DO

Designed for leaders facing volatility, acceleration, and reinvention in an age of polycrisis.

Strategic Advisory & Systems Design

Partner with executive teams, boards, and innovation leaders to map and redesign decision-making models, emotional field dynamics, and organizational structure for the AfterShock era.

AI-Integrated Leadership Calibration

Deliver high-impact strategy sessions combining emotional intelligence, AI literacy, and systems awareness to prepare leaders for exponential change.

CEO Shadow Advisory & Narrative Reinvention

Act as a thought partner and trusted guide for founders, CEOs, and other public figures seeking to reframe their leadership, presence, and social relevance.

Organizational Nervous System Reset

Facilitate immersive sessions that shift teams from chaos to coherence using trauma-aware methods, systems intelligence, and behavioral re-patterning.

AfterShock Readiness Programs

Six to twelve-week engagements for culture builders, talent leaders, and ESG/AI teams to future-proof how they think, feel, and act and make decisions using AI to create resilient new systems in the face of mega-changes.

“Caroline is the ultimate professional and the only one in her league. As a coach she is incredibly effective. She has the ability to deep dive very quickly into the heart of the matter with surgical precision, while being very kind and having a sense of humor about it.

Strategic Transformation Senior Executive,
Google Cloud

The New Operating System

Reflections for reinvention, reckoning, and reprogramming what leadership really means in the AfterShock.

It’s Time for Leaders to Activate Organizational Survival Mode

Three Ideas for Good Trouble in 2026

Why AfterShock to 2030 is a digital-only book

The Age of Shocks — and How to Handle It

A FEW OF OUR CLIENTS

Let’s Work Together

The AfterShock is here. How can we help?

We ask a lot of questions. We work well with brains that enjoy a challenge, and are unafraid to go beyond the status quo to find solutions.

Are you ready to move FORWARD?

Introducing AfterShock to 2030

AfterShock to 2030 is not a prediction—seismic change is here. Caroline Stokes’ urgent new book offers a radical roadmap for CEOs, boards, CTOs and culture architects to reinvent their organizations in the face of accelerated disruption.

“We have entered an era defined by climate collapse, AI acceleration, geopolitical instability, and economic volatility — all unfolding faster than most leaders can mentally or structurally adapt.

Much like Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, we are now deep in what I call the AfterShock era: a compounding crisis of speed, scale and system breakdown.”

CAROLINE STOKES, Leadership Strategist and author of AfterShock to 2030

WHAT WE DO

Designed for leaders facing volatility, acceleration, and reinvention in an age of polycrisis.

Strategic Advisory & Systems Design

Partner with executive teams, boards, and innovation leaders to map and redesign decision-making models, emotional field dynamics, and organizational structure for the AfterShock era.

AI-Integrated Leadership Calibration

Deliver high-impact strategy sessions combining emotional intelligence, AI literacy, and systems awareness to prepare leaders for exponential change.

CEO Shadow Advisory & Narrative Reinvention

Act as a thought partner and trusted guide for founders, CEOs, and other public figures seeking to reframe their leadership, presence, and social relevance.

Organizational Nervous System Reset

Facilitate immersive sessions that shift teams from chaos to coherence using trauma-aware methods, systems intelligence, and behavioral re-patterning.

AfterShock Readiness Programs

Six to twelve-week engagements for culture builders, talent leaders, and ESG/AI teams to future-proof how they think, feel, and act and make decisions using AI to create resilient new systems in the face of mega-changes.

“Caroline is the ultimate professional and the only one in her league. As a coach she is incredibly effective. She has the ability to deep dive very quickly into the heart of the matter with surgical precision, while being very kind and having a sense of humor about it.

Strategic Transformation Senior Executive, Google Cloud

The New Operating System

Reflections for reinvention, reckoning, and reprogramming what leadership really means in the AfterShock.

A FEW OF OUR CLIENTS

Let’s Work Together

The AfterShock is here. How can we help?

We ask a lot of questions. We work well with brains that enjoy a challenge, and are unafraid to go beyond the status quo to find solutions.

Are you ready to move FORWARD?

Strategic Transformation Senior Executive,
Google Cloud