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Nine books.
One mission.

From AI and innovation to personal growth and event craft, Karl’s books turn 30 years of building businesses into tools you can use. Books are sold by Amazon and Adlibris at their prices; signed copies for attendees can be added to any keynote (keynotes from EUR 25,000).

Karl Lillrud, author of nine books, writing at his desk at night
Book cover: AI Your Second Brain by Karl LillrudBook cover: Become Innovative by Karl LillrudBook cover: You, Me and AI by Karl Lillrud
Book cover: AI Your Second Brain
2024Newest

AI Your Second Brain

Evolve or Go Extinct

Karl’s practical guide to using AI to think faster and better without outsourcing judgment. Told through stories of everyday people and leaders who use AI tools to work smarter, it demystifies AI for non-technical readers and shows how to make it a powerful ally in business and life.

  • Easy to understand AI concepts for everyday use
  • Practical first steps tailored for non-techies
  • AI tools that improve personal efficiency and decision-making
  • The foundation of Karl’s keynote AI, Your Second Brain
Book cover: Become Innovative
2024

Become Innovative

Create the Future

A practical guide to unlocking innovation at every level of an organisation. Drawing on 30 years of entrepreneurship and building AI-powered ventures, Karl shares the frameworks and mindset shifts that turn ideas into momentum and momentum into results.

  • Innovation is a skill, not a trait
  • Mental models to spot opportunities others miss
  • Systems to move fast with limited resources
  • Make innovation a daily operating system, not a yearly retreat
Book cover: You, Me and AI
2023

You, Me and AI

Your Comfort Zone Just Got Smaller

An enlightening journey through 54 perspectives on how AI will change education, work, creativity, governance and even our sense of identity. 330 pages of answers to the questions people ask about AI, and the ones they do not dare to ask.

  • 54 chapters, each a different angle on AI’s impact
  • From the future of education to digital immortality
  • Ethical dilemmas leaders will need to face
  • Written for curious readers, not engineers
Book cover: Online Business Terms & Acronyms
2021Bestseller

Online Business Terms & Acronyms

The only complete guide

The one lexicon you need to thrive in the online business world. Every term and acronym explained, making it the perfect onboarding kit and toolbox for anyone joining a digital organisation.

  • The complete list of online business terms
  • Explained with practical examples
  • Ideal onboarding for digital teams
Book cover: Organizing Amazing Speaker Events
2022Revised edition

Organizing Amazing Speaker Events

Revised and updated version

The handbook for event organizers, built from years of speaking on stages all over the world. Covers every phase before, during and after the event, with new bonus material that saves money and helps you run even better conferences.

  • A structured toolbox for every phase of an event
  • Bonus material in the revised edition
  • Written from the speaker’s side of the stage
Book cover: Organizing Amazing Speaker Events
2019

Organizing Amazing Speaker Events

The original edition

Karl noticed the same small problems at event after event. Instead of complaining he wrote the solution: a structured guide to everything organizers should prepare to create amazing speaker events.

  • Before, during and after checklists
  • Lessons from organizers worldwide
Book cover: Hacking Your Destiny
2020

Hacking Your Destiny

Answers to the questions you never dared to ask

Karl’s life as an entrepreneur and his way of thinking, written over nine years as a “backward diary”. A toolbox for designing your own destiny by answering the questions you never dared to ask, with a “glue” exercise after each chapter to make it stick.

  • Identify your superpowers and use them
  • Challenges embedded in every chapter
  • Companion workbook: How I Hacked My Destiny
  • Translated into Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Polish

Also in Español · Deutsch · Français · Italiano · Nederlands · Português · Polski

Book cover: How I Hacked My Destiny
2020Workbook

How I Hacked My Destiny

The workbook

The companion workbook to Hacking Your Destiny. The questions Karl asked himself over nine years, laid out as exercises so you can find your own answers, one chapter at a time.

  • Exercises that follow the chapters of Hacking Your Destiny
  • Write your own answers to the questions you never dared to ask
  • Ebook
Book cover: The Better Business Book Vol 4
2018Co-author

The Better Business Book Vol 4

Co-author

Part of the bestselling Better Business Book series. Karl shares his insight on how companies can execute with perfection and overcome their struggles.

  • Stories and lessons from business leaders
  • Karl’s chapter on flawless execution
Book cover: Bli Idérik
2016Co-author, in Swedish

Bli Idérik

Co-author, Söderpalm Publishing

Karl’s first book as co-author, written with some of Sweden’s most successful entrepreneurs. Each shares one polished business idea, why they believe in it and the value it could create. Available at Adlibris.

  • 45 business ideas from Swedish entrepreneurs
  • Söderpalm Publishing
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Questions

Which book
first?

Which Karl Lillrud book should you read first?

Start with AI Your Second Brain: Evolve or Go Extinct, his newest book on using AI to think faster and better without outsourcing judgment. For the bigger picture, You, Me and AI covers 54 perspectives on how AI will change education, work, creativity and governance in 330 pages.

Can attendees get signed copies?

Yes. Signed copies of AI Your Second Brain can be added to any keynote package for your attendees. Mention it in your event brief.

Are the books available in other languages?

Hacking Your Destiny is translated into Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Polish. Bli Idérik, which Karl co-authored with Swedish entrepreneurs, is in Swedish. His AI books are in English, and You, Me and AI is also an audiobook narrated by Karl. Each book on this page links to where it is sold.

Karl Lillrud on the TEDxKedgeBS stage
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