Doctoral research · In progress
Beyond determinism.
How organisations need to change to navigate and govern the agentic age, so the benefits of AI arrive in years, not decades.
We have been here before.
When electricity arrived, the technology was ready long before the organisations were.
- 1880s
Electricity arrives
Factories swap the steam engine for an electric motor and keep everything else the same.
- ~40 years
Little changes
Same shafts, same belts, same buildings. The new power runs the old design.
- 1920s
The redesign pays off
New factories built around what electricity makes possible finally deliver the productivity surge.
- Today
AI, same trap
AI is being bolted onto processes drawn for people. This time, the capability arrives in quarters, not decades.
Based on Paul A. David, "The Dynamo and the Computer", American Economic Review 80(2), 1990.
What the research is for.
Designing organisations where people and AI agents work side by side as one workforce.
Redesign, deliberately
A practical framework for reshaping how work, decisions and responsibility are shared between people and agents.
Stay accountable
Clear answers on who is responsible when an agent acts on the organisation's behalf.
Move faster
So leaders can redesign on purpose, rather than waiting for a generation of trial and error.
Why it is credible.
Research from someone who has done the work, not just studied it.
- Practice firstManagement consulting at Deloitte and years of enterprise architecture.
- Hands onI run AI agents on my own infrastructure to see where they help and where they break.
- Academic rigourA doctoral programme at Geneva Business School, with sources checked.
- Work in the open46 field notes so far, each with verified numbers only.
Read the field notes.
Interested in the research?
If you lead architecture, data, AI or transformation work, let's exchange perspectives. You can also register interest in taking part once fieldwork opens.