Only deliberately, and with intention.
When I asked my colleagues and friends to test this app idea, some said, "Oh no! Not you too!" Fair enough. How can a brand called this human use AI in place of a person? Only deliberately, and with intention.
With this human, I've tried to make my thinking and experience available to as many people as possible. That's why the books exist, and that's why I ran a free community for over six years. What I learned is that most people like to ask their questions in private, not in public. So we built this.
My first hope is that we all learn something meaningful from it. My second is that it makes a real difference to you and your work.
Thanks for giving it a go. — Melis
A companion to the books — not a replacement for a person.
this human doesn't stand in for Melis, for a coach, or for the people you work with. It's built to help you think alongside the books. It points you back to the page, back to your own practice, and, when what you need is a person, back to the people who can be one. It never pretends to be more than it is.
It only knows the books — and it says so.
A general AI chatbot will fill a gap confidently, even if the gap didn’t need to be filled. This app doesn’t. Every reply points to a page you can go read. When the books don't answer your question, it tells you plainly, and offers a practice to try instead. Nothing invented, nothing dressed up as more certain than it is.
If you're already using AI, use one built for this.
We won't pretend AI is free of cost — it uses lots of energy and water. If you're consciously choosing not to use AI, this isn't the platform for you, and we respect that. Buy the books instead — they’re printed sustainably.
But most people asking these questions are already using AI in one form or another. Possibly steering a general-purpose model through everything it knows to get at what the books are already about. This tool is built around the books specifically and gets you to the focused, supportive answer in fewer exchanges, with less wasted effort. If you're going to use AI for your design work and leadership, this is the more deliberate way to do it.
Private by default. Never training data.
What you write here — your questions, your reflections, the exercises you work through — is yours and private. We never share your sessions with an AI company to train their model. A quiet place to think, that stays quiet. We are 100% committed to this stance.
What a session actually looks like.
You bring a question, a stuck point, or just a feeling from the book. this human meets you there.
Ask in your own words.
Describe what you're sitting with. No prompt-craft, no commands — just say it the way you'd say it to a thoughtful friend who's read the books.
Get pointed to the passage.
It finds the chapter, exercise, or passage that speaks to your situation and shows you where it lives — with a page number you can go read for yourself.
Do the work, at your pace.
Walk through an exercise, reflect, and return when you're ready. Your entries are held privately, so the thread of your thinking carries across sessions.
Take it further
Collaborate with the books. Design a workshop grounded in the books. Reflect on a session with the design principles in mind. Produce meaningful and respectful design critique. this human can help you work with the people you are designing with.
If you're already doing this work, come think alongside it.
Try it free — no card, no pressure. A few honest questions, and you'll know quickly whether it's for you. Sign up to save your searches and stay free, or upgrade to get the focused support from Melis’s books in your work.