Black Oak Lane Press

Technical books worth
reading twice

Authoritative works on AI, automation, and the changing shape of expertise. Two series. Real readers. No filler.

Series
1 of ongoing

Stories from the Blended Edge

Iseabail Lane

For leaders navigating organizations where human expertise and AI capability increasingly overlap. Each title examines what it means to lead, decide, and remain accountable when the boundaries between human and machine are less clear than we pretend.

Cover of The Reduction by Iseabail Lane
New Book 1 Stories from the Blended Edge

the reduction

A Business Novel About AI, Automation, and What Happens When Expertise Disappears

Iseabail Lane

When a mid-sized firm deploys AI to reduce headcount, the people who remain discover a harder problem than the one they solved: expertise doesn't just live in job descriptions. This business novel follows the decisions - and the costs - that follow when automation outpaces the organization's ability to understand what it has replaced.

02
the attestation - forthcoming
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the proposition - forthcoming
Series
1 of ongoing

Zero Apologies

A curriculum in plain language for knowledge workers who are done nodding along in AI meetings. Each title in the series addresses a specific gap between what organizations expect and what workers were actually taught - starting with the foundational question of what it means to actually learn AI.

Cover of Zero Apologies: Done Dabbling with AI by Iseabail Lane
New Book 1 Lost in Transaltion with AI< AI

Done Dabbling with AI

How Knowledge Workers Actually Learn to Work with AI

Iseabail Lane

Somewhere in your organization, someone is nodding in an AI meeting while quietly not knowing what they're doing - and so is everyone else. This book is the conversation that should have happened from the start: honest, practical, and built for people who are ready to stop performing fluency and start building it.

02
Collective Memory with AI - forthcoming
03
Orchestration with AI - forthcoming
Field Guide
AI Fluency in Practice - forthcoming