Thinking

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Evidence, provocations, case notes and open questions from the emerging discipline of Human Contribution.

Provocations

Questions and statements that make leaders stop.

Evidence briefs

What research currently supports, questions or limits.

Case notes

What the work teaches when it meets real organizations.

Field questions

The research agenda that keeps the discipline honest.

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Latest thinking

Questions worth staying with.

Organicity Human Contribution and Work Design Reimagine human contribution.

Evidence brief

AI capability does not determine AI suitability.

A framework for deciding not only whether AI can perform the work, but whether it should.

The evidenceHuman and AI performance varies by task, context and the quality of the collaboration design.
The HC interpretationThe decision must include responsibility, legitimacy and human development, not only technical performance.
The leadership questionWhat should the organization deliberately keep human-owned, even when AI becomes capable?

Sources and limitations should be visible on every evidence brief.

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Field questions

The discipline grows by asking better questions.

01Who owns work redesign in your organization?
02What human capability could weaken if foundational work disappears?
03Where does human intuition materially improve the outcome?
04How will the organization know whether AI improved the system as a whole?
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