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The Insider You Built

How Organizations Stay in Control of Autonomous AI Agents

USA Today Bestseller · #1 in multiple Amazon categories

Camille Stewart Gloster By Camille Stewart GlosterFormer Deputy National Cyber Director, The White House

AI is moving from answering questions to taking action. This book shows leaders, teams, and individuals how to get real value from AI — without giving up control.

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At a time when too many are trying to adapt to AI rather than shape it, this book puts agency back in the hands of the people.

Michele L. Jawando
CEO, Omidyar Network
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Mandatory reading for any leader leveraging AI in real-world environments.

Rob Duhart Jr.
Chief Security Officer, Oracle
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This isn’t another dense book on AI control. It’s an engaging, highly readable guide that meets everyone where they are.

Keith White
EVP, Chief Global Safety & Security Officer, Salesforce

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About the book

You already know how
to delegate to people.
AI changes what
delegation requires.

When you hand work to a person, you decide what they can do on your behalf, what requires your judgment, how you know what happened, and what changes when something goes wrong. AI agents require the same management discipline, but they can act in seconds, at scale, and across systems.

The Insider You Built introduces the Authority-Centered Enforcement™ (ACE) Framework, a practical way to decide what AI agents can do on your behalf and stay in control once they start acting.

Delegating authority does not mean surrendering control.

Your organization
delegates authority
What can it do? Where can it act?
When does a human decide? When can it be stopped?
AI agent
acts on your behalf, on defined terms
Work Data Tools Systems
Staying in control means you can
See

Know what the agent is actually doing.

Decide

Know when human judgment is required.

Respond

Address problems and make ownership clear.

Adapt

Adjust authority based on what you learn.

Control does not end when you delegate. You set the boundaries, see how the agent uses its authority, preserve human judgment where it matters, and adjust as you learn.

Learn about ACE

Who This Book Is For

The Insider You Built is for leaders and teams navigating a world in which AI systems increasingly act on behalf of people and organizations.

Enterprise leaders guiding AI adoption
Product teams building for trust at scale
Security, safety, and risk teams embedding control into operations
Boards and investors evaluating AI governance
Educators preparing the next generation

“As software gains the ability to act on behalf of people and institutions, organizations will need more than policies. They will need governance capable of operating at the speed of the systems themselves.”

— Camille Stewart Gloster

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Formats
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Audiences
Conferences, boards, leadership teams, investor groups, universities, policy
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A person delegating everyday tasks to AI across calendar, email, shopping, and home

Bonus chapter

When AI Acts for You

As AI begins to manage schedules, make purchases, communicate, and take other actions on our behalf, the same questions of authority and judgment become personal. This bonus chapter shows how to put AI to work in everyday life without giving away more control than you intend.

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Already have the book? The link to download the bonus chapter and other materials is on the last page of the Introduction.

For Press & Media

Camille Stewart Gloster is CEO of CAS Strategies and one of the few voices in AI governance who has operated across national security, enterprise execution, and the frontline environments where governance either holds or breaks down.

Available for interviews and commentary on
AI governance AI security Cybersecurity AI safety Autonomous agents Human and machine decision paths Technology policy Enterprise execution
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Interview requests and review copies through the form. Cover art, jacket copy, and book assets in the book kit; approved bios and headshots in the speaker kit.

Publisher
Wiley
On sale
September 15, 2026
ISBN-13
978-1-394-43089-5
Length
352 pages

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