The Human Advantage

A transformative guide for mid-career professionals to harness AI as a creative, cognitive, and strategic partner to amplify their unique human intelligence, creativity, and impact.

AI is changing everything about how we work—but the people best positioned to benefit from it aren’t the youngest, fastest, or most technical. They’re the professionals who’ve already spent years developing their judgment, insight, taste, and creativity. In UNFAIR ADVANTAGE, Stanford professor and LinkedIn Top Voice Jeremy Utley shows mid-career readers how to use AI as a powerful cognitive partner that enhances, rather than replaces, the value of human experience.

Drawing on breakthrough research, neuroscience, and hundreds of real-world case studies, Utley reveals why people with 10–20 years of experience have what he calls an “unfair advantage.” While AI excels at speed, recall, and structure, humans bring meaning, knowledge, and critical context. When paired together, real impact happens.

Practical, optimistic, and empowering, UNFAIR ADVANTAGE reframes AI as a teammate, assistant, coach, expert, and creative collaborator that’s always ready to help readers think more clearly, work more confidently, and create more of what matters. Your experience is your superpower, and with AI, it becomes limitless.Jeremy Utley is a leading voice in AI-powered creativity, an adjunct professor at Stanford, and co-host of the top 1% podcast Beyond the Prompt. His insights have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal. A Washington Speakers Bureau headliner, he delivers 1–4 keynotes per week and has taught more than three million students through Stanford and Stanford Online. He is also the coauthor of Ideaflow (Portfolio, 2022), shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Innovation Award.