Five Year Century | Automation Anywhere

AI in action... thoughtful and vivid.

Fareed Zakaria | CNN host and bestselling author of Age of Revolutions

This book gives you the confidence, playbook and urgency to succeed in the AI economy...

Jeff Immelt | former Chairman and CEO of GE

Read it soon, because change is coming fast.

Nicholas Thompson | CEO of The Atlantic and author of "The Running Ground"

Evidence based, practical and pragmatic...

Patty McCord | former chief talent officer for Netflix and author of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

About the Book

At a critical moment where demographic decline, productivity stagnation and AI acceleration are combining to deliver a century’s worth of transformation in the next five years, The Five-Year Century offers a practical leadership framework for bold leaders to redesign work and deliver accelerated outcomes. Written with a versatility that speaks directly to CEOs and boards driving enterprise transformation, CIOs and technology leaders accountable for value realization, managers redesigning day-to-day processes, and consultants guiding organizations through technological disruption, The Five-Year Century delivers the strategic clarity today’s leaders urgently need.

Praise for The Five-Year Century

This book gives you the confidence, playbook and urgency to succeed in the AI economy; but it should also make you angry because trillions spent on digital transformation has made little impact on most industries or jobs over the last three decades. The AI era must be different: leaders must own the human-technology interface and drive business outcomes every day. Nancy and Mihir demystify how to get there without Silicon Valley jargon... they can help you on your journey.

Jeff Immelt former Chairman and CEO of GE

The world is going to be turned upside down in the next five years by technology. According to Shukla and Hauge, this isn't a threat; it's the opportunity of a lifetime. In this wonderful, brisk book they lay out how we all need to adapt—from organizations becoming more like beehives, to people becoming more like quarterbacks. Read it soon, because change is coming fast.

Nicholas Thompson CEO of The Atlantic and author of "The Running Ground"

Evidence based, practical and pragmatic, this book is an important tool for realizing the potential for AI to dramatically change the way we work. Rethinking the fundamentals with liberation not fear.

Patty McCord former chief talent officer for Netflix and author of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

Meet the Authors

Mihir Shukla

is the Chairman and CEO of Automation Anywhere, one of the world’s leading AI and agentic automation companies that partners with the world’s largest enterprises across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and beyond to drive AI transformation. Under his leadership, Automation Anywhere has achieved rapid global growth and earned widespread recognition for its groundbreaking technology and customer-first approaches. A highly regarded speaker and advisor, Mihir works with boards, CEOs, policymakers, and public-sector leaders around the world on the strategic

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Nancy Hauge

is Chief People Experience Officer at Automation Anywhere and the first-ever winner of HRO Today’s CHRO of the Year Innovation Award in 2023. A Silicon Valley veteran with over 30 years of leadership experience across seven IPOs and five acquisitions, her workplace transformation approaches have saved 24,000 manual hours and achieved 80% reduction in processing times for her current team alone. She has served on boards for Holy Names College and Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.