Field Manual · No. 01 — 2026
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Gen Z & AI.

A field manual for the digital generation — how to thrive under Millennial bosses, conquer AI anxiety, rebuild your role, and build an AI toolkit that actually works.

11 chapters · 220 pages
Hardback · Paperback · eBook
ISBN 978-1-7777-2645-9
— §00 / Why this book exists

A paradox at the heart of every
young professional's career.

You are the first generation to grow up entirely inside the digital world. Smartphones before high school. Social media before adult relationships. Streaming before cable. Algorithmic timelines before newspapers.

And yet — when it comes to AI in the workplace, many of you feel unprepared, anxious, and left behind.

This manual exists to close that gap. It's a guide not to surviving the transition — but to owning it.

7+
Hours of daily screen time. Plenty of fluency. Not enough confidence.
11
Chapters, organized around the actual work you do — not theory.
30
Day confidence protocol. One interaction per day. Compounding skill.
— Contents

Eleven chapters.
One practice.

00
You Were Born Ready — Or Were You?
Introduction: a paradox at the heart of Gen Z's professional identity, and what to do about it.
8 min
01
The Millennial Manager
Decoding the people who hold the keys. Their values, their fears around AI, and how to navigate them.
14 min
02
Digital Natives, Digital Anxious
Why fluent users freeze at the prompt box. The four faces of digital anxiety, named.
12 min
03
The AI Landscape, Cleanly Drawn
Cut through the hype-doom oscillation. What AI is good at and bad at — in 2026, not science fiction.
15 min
04
From Freeze to Flow
The four antidotes, plus the 30-day confidence protocol that turns abstract knowledge into visceral skill.
11 min
05
Remodeling Your Position
Three career trajectories in an AI-assisted world. Pick one. Build your moat.
16 min
06
FOMO, FOMU & the Art of Timing
Two fears, one ground in the middle. The stable / experimental / watch-list framework.
13 min
07
The AI-Augmented Workflow
Three zones, one prompt framework. Quality control without paranoia.
17 min
08
Ethics, Authenticity, Responsibility
Where to draw lines. Attribution, hallucinations, bias — and protecting your authentic point of view.
14 min
09
The Experienced AI Toolkit
Three tiers, six months. The structured toolkit that grows with you. Depth over breadth.
18 min
10
Building Your Future — Next Five Years
A year-by-year plan: foundation, specialization, leadership. Plus a word on wellbeing.
14 min
— Peek inside

A few pages.
To see the rhythm.

Each chapter alternates between deep editorial spreads and practical reference cards. Designed to be re-opened, not just read once.

Cover2026
GEN
Z &
AI
ai.
Chapter 01p. 17
01
boss.
Under-
standing
your boss.
Chapter 02p. 31
02
The Gen Z
contradiction.
— Digital natives, digital anxious
Chapter 03p. 45
03
map.
What you
actually
need to know.
Ch 04 · Diagnosticp. 62
The four faces of anxiety.
/01 PERFORMANCE
/02 OBSOLESCENCE
/03 AUTHENTICITY
/04 SURVEILLANCE
Interludep. 80
“
Awareness without
action is just
anxiety.
Chapter 09 · Toolkitp. 146
By tier.
By month.
By depth.
T1 FOUNDATION — WEEK 1
T2 SPECIALIST — MONTH 2–3
T3 ADVANCED — MONTH 4–6
Final wordsp. 175
The best
time was
yesterday.
The second
best is now.
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— Early readers

What they're
saying.

The clearest, least breathless thing I've read on AI at work. It treats Gen Z like adults — and asks more of them than the algorithm does.

A. MendezDirector · Future of Work Lab

I've given a copy to every member of my team under 30. The chapter on FOMO and FOMU alone is worth the cover price.

J. ParkVP People · Mid-size SaaS

Finally — a book that doesn't treat Gen Z as the problem to be solved. The 30-day protocol changed how I work in three weeks.

L. OkaforJunior Analyst · 24 · Brooklyn

— About the author

Written by
someone who
actually leads.

@sabinasaljic
01COO · NYSORA
02Harvard Medical School
03Most Impactful Women in Tech & Healthcare · 2026
04Healthtech · Medical Education
05Mentor · Team Development
Sabina Saljic
Chief Operating Officer · NYSORA

A leader at the intersection of medical education, healthtech, and the messy human side of growth. Sabina has spent the last decade building international teams across communications, marketing, and product — coaching the people who keep showing up at the edge of what their job description allows.

She has watched the AI shift hit organizations in real time: the quiet Gen Z analysts second-guessing every prompt, the Millennial directors unsure whether to celebrate the productivity bump or worry about it. Gen Z & AI is what she wishes someone had handed both sides of that table two years ago.

“Don't strive to be good or great. Just be honest and authentic. The rest compounds.”
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