Some government friction is there on purpose

Some government friction is there on purpose

Brett Ferguson
Published on: 31/08/2026

What the U.S. constitutional system can teach us about coordination: why distributed authority, dependencies, and constraints can create necessary friction rather than dysfunction.

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AI authority is moving faster than risk accountability

AI authority is moving faster than risk accountability

Brett Ferguson
Published on: 20/08/2026

AI adoption is changing who leads the conversation inside some organizations. In [What senior leaders want to know about AI](https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/what-senior-leaders-want-to-know-about-ai), MIT Sloan School of Management

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Operating model redesigns expose how organizations handle risk

Operating model redesigns expose how organizations handle risk

Brett Ferguson
Published on: 07/08/2026

An operating model redesign changes more than structures and reporting lines. It creates a transition in which continuity, talent, and communication risks have to be managed while the organization is still expected to deliver. That makes the way an

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When the path from data to decision gets shorter

When the path from data to decision gets shorter

Brett Ferguson
Published on: 06/08/2026

Toyota’s global resource-allocation process depended on dozens of spreadsheets, large planning teams, manual reconciliation and multiple approval layers. The work took weeks. Toyota then replaced that process with an AI-mediated workflow that

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