The Book · Out 15 September 2026
Rehumanizing Trust
How trust is fractured in digital life, and how we rebuild it. Stories, questions and tools for everyone choosing to build the world differently.
STEVE C. LANDES · PRACTICAL INSPIRATION PUBLISHING · 15 SEPTEMBER 2026
Pre-order on Amazon Read the signals first
Who this book is for
For the leader done pretending clarity they do not feel. The engineer who senses what is missing in the model. The caregiver whose presence holds everything together. You already see how systems actually work — this book gives you the words, and a way to build better.
“Systems can scale process, but they cannot replace presence. Care itself is a form of infrastructure.”
From the foreword by Anjli Dudani, retired Chief Risk OfficerFourteen signals. One lighthouse.
Each chapter opens as a parable from the lighthouse: the Keeper, the Stranger, and the fog between worlds. A new signal lights every week on the signals page and on Substack until launch.
Living Between Two Worlds · ‘Arrival’
A knock through the veiled silence of the bay. A Stranger arrives seeking a signal the world forsook.
Identity in a World of Logins · ‘Recordkeeper’
Who are you when the form decides? What survives of a person once they have been made machine-readable.
Noble Intentions, Darker Realities · ‘The Beaconwright’s Folly’
Every system begins as someone’s good idea. How well-meant design quietly crosses the invisible line.
What Machines Miss · ‘The Driftlight’
The data captures everything except what mattered. Presence, ambiguity, care: the unmeasurables.
Diginalogue · ‘The Archive of Gestures’
A language between digital and analogue: how meaning survives translation, and how it does not.
Weaponized Trust · ‘The Signal Which Sank the Bell’
Systems exploit the good in us: how openness becomes attack surface, and what refuses to be exploited.
Chapters 7–14 and the finale light weekly through 15 September — follow the watch.
Early praise
“A book about technology that’s actually about people. Read it if you suspect something is broken in how we’ve built the digital world. You’re probably right.”
Urmi Dutta-Roy · CFO, NED & Board Vice-Chair“A timely clarion call for a different style of leadership … to rebuild trust by Rehumanizing it.”
Shefaly Yogendra PhD · Board Director · Author of Uncharted Spaces“A timely and important work for leaders, technologists, and anyone navigating the human cost of modern systems.”
Beth Petrie · Former FBI Senior Leader“The book serves as a ‘beacon’ in a rapidly changing world … I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone ready to build connections, understand, and trust.”
Fruzsina Csatlós PhDWhere to buy
- Amazon — Hardback (US) · Paperback — your local Amazon store · Ebook — your local store
- Waterstones — Paperback · Hardback
- Teams & organisations — bulk copies can be customised and co-branded: info@practicalinspiration.com
Editions
- HARDBACK — ISBN 978-1-80576-005-4
- PAPERBACK — ISBN 978-1-80576-006-1
- EBOOK — ISBN 978-1-80576-007-8
Teams & organisations: bulk copies can be customised and co-branded — info@practicalinspiration.com.