The book by Jimmy Pons and David Vivancos

The future is neither digital nor human. It's confluent.

Humanic Resources is the practical guide for CEOs, people leaders and team managers who want to integrate artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics without losing what matters most: human talent.

Humanic Resources. Human Resources in the era of AIs and Humanoid Robots.

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Paperback and Kindle. Foreword by José Amoretti, Managing Director of People & Culture at ING Spain & Portugal. Are you an Enterprisaurus, a Tortusarian or a Lynxarian? Take the test.

Cover of Humanic Resources: a figure that is half blue circuitry, half orange nature, with the face of a lynx
  • 257 pages, 19 chapters and 6 sections
  • Foreword by José Amoretti (ING Spain & Portugal)
  • Self-assessment test and action-oriented reflections in every chapter
  • Available on Amazon in 12 countries
  • Also in Spanish: Recursos Humánicos

Which one do you relate to?

Three management archetypes that coexist in any company. They are not caricatures: they are a mirror. Recognizing yourself in one of them is the first step of the book.

The Enterprisaurus: a dinosaur in a pinstripe suit, sitting in an office chair looking at his phone

Enterprisaurus

The guardian of a past that will not return.

  • We've always done it this way
  • If it works, don't touch it
  • AI will never work better than I do
The Tortusarian: a tortoise in a grey suit, walking slowly

Tortusarian

Recognizes the change, but arrives late.

  • Let's create a committee to analyze it
  • Fast is the enemy of good
  • How many employees can I get rid of with this AI?
The Lynxarian: a lynx in a blazer, jeans and sneakers, striding forward

Lynxarian

Evolves: human, technological and sustainable at once.

  • We're starting the first pilot this week
  • Every area of the company must use AI
  • Staying up to date with AI is like checking the balance sheet every day
Take the 2-minute test

Nine questions, taken from chapter 16 of the book. No sign-up.

Enterprisaurus, Tortusarian or Lynxarian?

A test doesn't change anyone. What changes you is what you decide to do afterward. Mark the option that most closely reflects your current reality, not the one you would like to have.

The nine questions cover four areas:

  1. Relationship with change
  2. Leadership style
  3. Human and sustainable vision
  4. Culture and learning

Your answers never leave your browser. At the end you can share your result if you want to.

Look in the mirror

Nine questions, three answers each. It takes less than two minutes.

From diagnosis to action, in six sections

The book walks the reader from awareness of the problem to concrete tools: first it builds awareness, then it offers a framework (the R‑evolution and confluent leadership), and finally it lands in practice and in the future that is already present.

  • 257 pages in paperback
  • 19 chapters with action-oriented reflections
  • 16 ways to innovate in HMR
  • 5 intelligences of confluent talent

This book is for you if…

  • You lead or work in a Human Resources department and want to innovate.
  • You run a company or a team and want to get ready for the age of AI.
  • You want to turn technological disruption into opportunity.
  • You need to rethink the social contract between companies and employees.

  1. The mistake we cannot repeat

    The last digital transformation was led by technology and left people in a secondary role. This time, HR has to be the central actor. And everything begins with IkigAI: purpose, personal and corporate, as the engine.

    • Chapters 1 to 3
    • When Innovation Failed to Transform
    • The Lost Role of HR
    • Everything Begins with IkigAI

  2. The birth of the Tortusarian

    The evolutionary metaphor as a mirror: from the Enterprisaurus who denies change to the Tortusarian who recognizes it but moves far too slowly. And the cost, in burnout and in lost opportunities, of that slowness.

    • Chapters 4 and 5
    • From Enterprisaurus to Tortusarian
    • The Cost of Slowness

  3. AIs for a new HR

    From Human Resources to Humanic Resources (HMR): the gift of AIs is time; confluent talent combines five intelligences; and HMR gets into action with concrete cases.

    • Chapters 6 to 8
    • The Gift of AIs: Time
    • The Power of Confluent Talent
    • Humanic Resources in Action

  4. Confluent innovation in HMR

    How the people department becomes the epicenter of innovation: a new emotional intelligence that includes machines and the planet, a convergent culture, safe innovation environments and real sustainability.

    • Chapters 9 to 12
    • The New Emotional Intelligence
    • When HMR Designs a Convergent Culture
    • Safe Innovation Environments
    • HMR, AI, and Sustainability in Action

  5. Tools for innovation

    Instruments to bring the theory down to your own reality: sixteen ways to innovate, a map for getting to know AIs, a reflection on machine consciousness and the self-assessment test.

    • Chapters 13 to 16
    • Sixteen Ways to Innovate
    • Getting to Know AIs
    • Machine Consciousness
    • Enterprisaurus, Tortusarian or Lynxarian?

  6. The future that is already present

    Humanoid robotics is already being deployed in warehouses, hospitals and offices; AGI is no longer a remote possibility; and it is time to rethink the social contract and how workers are represented.

    • Chapters 17 to 19
    • Humanoid Robotics Is Already Here
    • Preparing for AGI
    • Rethinking the Social Contract

The five intelligences of confluent talent

The talent organizations need is no longer yesterday's. The book proposes a hybrid, conscious profile that combines the best of the human being with the opportunities of technology. It is attracted, trained and kept by working on these five intelligences.

Cognitive

Knowledge is one click away. The difference is not knowing everything, but making sense of information, applying it in context and keeping it up to date.

Artificial

Learning to live and work with machines: asking well, dialoguing, automating and co-creating with judgment and ethical limits. In Europe, AI literacy is now a legal obligation.

Confluent emotional

Expanded empathy: how we relate to people, to machines, humanoid robots included, and to the nature around us.

Spiritual

Inner strength: finding meaning, purpose and coherence in the middle of chaos, and acting with serenity and ethics when everything around you is changing.

Economic

Understanding the new game: from the economy of centralized ownership to the economy of participation and co-creation brought by Web3 and decentralized finance.

Very often talent doesn't leave the company: what it leaves is an Enterprisaurus or a Tortusarian who makes its life miserable. The book devotes a full chapter to attracting, training and keeping confluent talent.

Confluent leadership: four pillars

A leadership paradigm designed for the era of artificial intelligence and robotics, and one that fits the Lynxarian perfectly. It goes beyond operational reactivity and embraces strategic anticipation.

Fluidity and adaptability

Like converging rivers: the wisdom to discern when to apply a strategy, when to be empathetic, when to drive innovation and when to lead with firmness.

Human–technology integration

Not just adopting technology, but understanding how AI, robotics and automation interact with the human dimension, ethics and culture.

Connection and purpose

Creating positive impact within the organization, in society and on the planet, aligned with triple sustainability and the SDGs that fit the company's mission.

Strategy and systemic vision

Understanding how decisions affect the global ecosystem, identifying emerging trends and creating long-term value.

It is not just about adopting new technologies or updating processes. It is about returning to what truly matters: trusting human talent and building cultures that allow that talent to flourish.
José AmorettiManaging Director of People & Culture, ING Spain & Portugal. From the foreword.
A humanoid robot and a professional working together on a laptop in an office at dusk

Humanoid robotics is already here

What was a prototype a week ago is being deployed today in warehouses, hospitals and offices. The sixth section of the book is not about a distant future: it is about now and the immediate tomorrow.

  • What changes at work when humanoids take on the repetitive, the operational and part of the technical.
  • How to prepare the organization for artificial general intelligence (AGI).
  • Why the social contract and the representation of workers must be rethought.
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The authors

More than thirty years each guiding innovation, from tourism and business to research in artificial general intelligence.

Jimmy Pons

Jimmy Pons

Tourism innovation expert. Hotel Innovation Award 2025.

Since 1996 he has developed innovation projects in Spain and Latin America, between the human, the sustainable and the technologically advanced. Creator of FIRTUEX (firtual experiences) and co-founder of the 55 plus HUB. He built his first AI project in 2016. A regular speaker at conferences, academic director of tourism master's programs and business-school professor in innovation, digital transformation, AI, sustainability and emotional intelligence.

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David Vivancos

David Vivancos

Serial entrepreneur in science, art and technology.

A pioneer since 1995 in the Internet, electronic art, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, nanoscience, neurotechnology, brain–machine interfaces and deep learning, with five startups founded. Keynote speaker with more than 400 talks across Europe and the United States. He has advised more than 35 CEOs and boards and more than 100 companies on the journey from the digital world to the automated world. Researcher in artificial general intelligence, creator of MindBigData and co-inventor of the Neuraxon architecture.

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Talks and interviews

Where the authors have discussed the book since publication. These conversations are in Spanish.

Poster of the xHubAI interview about the book

Interview on xHubAI with Plácido Doménech

January 30, 2026, on YouTube (in Spanish)
Book launch at Foro Recursos Humanos with the authors, José Amoretti and Francisco García Cabello

Book launch at Foro Recursos Humanos

January 19, 2026, with José Amoretti and Francisco García Cabello (in Spanish)
Sixto Arias interviewing Jimmy Pons and David Vivancos

Interview with Sixto Arias

January 18, 2026, on Substack (in Spanish)
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Get the book

In paperback or on Kindle, from the Amazon store in your country. Or read it in Spanish.

Paperback

For underlining, lending and giving. 257 pages. Available on Amazon in twelve countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

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Kindle

Read it on any device with the Kindle app. Choose the Kindle format on the Amazon product page.

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Spanish edition

Recursos Humánicos, the original Spanish edition, in print, Kindle and Google Play, with its own site and test.

Visit recursoshumanicos.com Available in more than 70 countries.

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Prefer Spanish? Recursos Humánicos, the original edition. Copies for your team or your event? Write to us. Download the PDF sample before you decide.

Bring Humanic Resources to your organization

The authors deliver keynotes, workshops and training programs for leadership teams, people departments and business schools, in English and Spanish.

  • Keynote: the R‑evolution, confluent leadership and the three archetypes.
  • Hands-on workshop: the sixteen ways to innovate, applied to your department.
  • AI-culture training for teams, aligned with the EU AI Act's literacy requirements.
  • Board and executive sessions on humanoid robotics and preparing for AGI.

Write to the authors

innovacion@jimmypons.com vivancos@vivancos.com Tell us the format, the date and the audience. We reply within a few days.
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