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Briefings on Systems Thinking

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  1. Bar chart showing how 800 U.S. organizations with AI in production started their AI initiatives: technology first, 43%; clearly defined business problem, 26%; vendor-recommended use case, 24%; problem never formally defined, 7%. Only about a quarter began with a defined problem. Source: Coastal × Oxford Economics, March 2026.
    • Critical Thinking
    • Decision-Making
    • AI

    We Want AI. Why?

    A conversation about AI and research involving 800 leaders raises a familiar question: are we solving a real problem, or finding work for a tool?

  2. A lone woman stands before a vast futuristic city, connected to it by faint geometric construction lines that suggest thought becoming form.
    • Future of Work
    • Critical Thinking
    • AI

    The Distance Between Thought and Thing

    What changes when the distance between a question and what we can create to explore it begins to collapse, and judgment becomes a harder skill?

  3. Abstract architectural scene showing a person at a glowing boundary within a geometric system, with a red path extending beyond the controlled structure.
    • Governance
    • HumanCenteredAI
    • AI

    When AI Is Right for the Wrong Reason

    We cannot predict every way an AI agent might interpret us. The guardrail belongs where interpretation becomes a consequence.

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