AI or Iceberg: EA as Navigator

Clear roles == Clear communication == Safe Business Sailing Otherwise. “if the underlying system does not evolve…” : AI mirrors broken structures: in a big ball of mud with messy models and fuzzy boundaries, it propagates inconsistencies and hallucinates domain meaning AI amplifies organizational frictions: with repeated handoffs between teams, AI-accelerated code generation creates bigger queues at the handoff. It does not increase throughput, but inventory. AI builds the wrong things faster: without strategic guidance, it custom-builds commodities for non-differentiating problems that already have off-the-shelf alternatives. For details: Building Foundations for Continuous (AI-accelerated) Change ...

ANI Is Not AGI

NOTE AGI is a machine that can understand, learn, and apply its intelligence to solve any problem a human can. No such machine exists. In the world of technology, AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is often called the “Holy Grail” of computer science. It sounds like science fiction — and that framing is the problem. Confusing AGI ambition with ANI capability leads organizations to misplace strategic bets. ...

The Incompetence Is Out of Hand

The AI hype cycle is running on fumes — and the fumes are labeled “Future,” “Promise,” and “More AI!” We’ve all seen it. A wobbly tower of buzzwords. Robots with megaphones. Executives cheering at a pile of rubble with “REALITY” written at the base. The cartoon writes itself because the pattern writes itself: Announce the AI initiative Stack acronyms until the tower looks impressive Call any collapse a “learning opportunity” Add more AI What’s actually out of hand isn’t AI. It’s the organizational incompetence that AI is being asked to hide. ...