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Training for a world that no longer exists
Training for a world that no longer exists: the disconnect between screens and judgement
23 October 2026
Institutional curricular obsolescence is the mismatch that occurs when training, certification and recruitment continue to privilege standardised execution skills that automation can make cheaper, while neglecting the transmission of judgement,
Productivity up, capability down
Productivity up, capability down: the blindness of management dashboards
21 October 2026
Functional performance divergence is an organisational phenomenon in which aggregate production indicators show sustained growth driven by automated tools, while professionals’ internal technical competence in diagnosing problems, correcting deviations and
Supplier dependence is not a technical decision
The external infrastructure trap: why technological dependence is a surrender of governance
19 October 2026
Infrastructure dependence is an organisational vulnerability arising when an institution couples critical processes to an external supplier’s technology or platforms so tightly that the technical, time and financial costs of
Knowing how to do it without the tool
The disarmed cockpit: the danger of forgetting how to do it manually
16 October 2026
Operational judgement atrophy is the progressive deterioration of an organisation’s analytical, intuitive and manual competence through sustained delegation to automated interfaces, depriving human decision-makers of the practical ability to check
The day the system goes down
The illusion of continuity: why technical hyperintegration makes companies fragile
14 October 2026
Hyperfragility through optimisation is an institutional design pathology in which an organisation systematically removes analogue redundancy, safety margins and manual capabilities in the name of immediate digital efficiency, potentially turning
Who audits judgement
The cost of verification: why the gap in auditing judgement threatens organisational soundness
12 October 2026
Auditing judgement is an organisational governance practice that certifies the provenance, factual traceability and methodological assumptions underlying technical and documentary inputs before managerial approval, preventing the plausibility of software-generated reports
The human in the loop who does not decide
The human in the loop who does not decide: from oversight to mechanical ratification
9 October 2026
System-induced ratification is the degradation of supervisory control whereby a human operator, formally empowered to approve or veto an automated model’s output, lacks the response time, technical visibility or institutional
Delegation by accumulation
The silent surrender: why the delegation of judgement never appears in the minutes
7 October 2026
Cognitive surrender through accumulation gradually erodes independent judgement as automated tools take over decisions without formal debate among the organisation’s leaders.
Knowing how to do it without the tool
The skill paradox: what aviation and medicine teach us about analytical automation
24 September 2026
In 1983, the cognitive psychologist Lisanne Bainbridge published a foundational paper titled Ironies of Automation. Its main conclusion captured a contradiction inherent in the design of technical systems: by automating
Delegation by accumulation
The policy nobody wrote: how default settings replace organizational judgment
24 September 2026
The traditional analysis of corporate governance assumes that major decisions follow a prior deliberation documented in a committee, a set of minutes or a strategic plan. However, observing the operational