Essays on Innovation, Technology and Change

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Essays on problem framing, innovation systems, emerging technologies and organizational change.

Innovation & Capability11 min read·Oct 15, 2026

Stop asking what AI can do. Ask what your company can absorb.

The gap that matters is between what AI can produce and the changes an organization can reliably absorb into ordinary work.

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Innovation & Capability8 min read·Sep 24, 2026

The second team is the real innovation test

A successful pilot proves that one team could make something work. Organizational capability begins when a different team can reproduce the useful result without inheriting the original team's exceptional conditions.

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Innovation & Capability9 min read·Sep 18, 2026

The hidden metric in AI automation is supervision

As AI moves from assisting work to leading it, hours saved stop telling the whole story. The scarce resource shifts to human supervision: approvals, exceptions, context and judgment.

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