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The Leadership Behaviors to Best Govern AI with Cassandra Pratt and John Marcante

AI capabilities are advancing quickly, but changing how people work takes time. Leaders need to give teams the confidence to...
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Shape blog 10 min READ

From Software Governance to Behavioral Governance

In our first article, we argued that AI doesn’t change technology. It changes work. That raises a more important question:...
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Shape blog 5 min READ

How Artificial Organizations Became KI als Denkpartner with Ignatius Furger

Translating a book with AI is not as simple as asking a model to translate every page. Ignatius Furger is...
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Shape podcast 33 min LISTEN

Why AI Adoption Alone Won’t Create Business Value with John Marcante

Making technology faster does not automatically make the business better. John Marcante spent 28 years at Vanguard, including serving as...
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Shape blog 10 min READ

AI Doesn’t Change Technology. It Changes Work.

Before copilots, GPTChats and AI agents dominated the office debate, one of our favorite stories of leadership was well underway....
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The Most Requested Version of Artificial Organizations Is Finally Here

Having time to sit down and read has become a luxury. The executives I work with still want to learn....
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Unlearning Executive Judgment: Building Decision-Making Muscles in the Age of AI with Jim Highsmith

Jim Highsmith has been thinking about decision-making for a long time. When he wrote Agile Project Management in 2004, he...
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Shape blog 16 min READ

Defining Your Work Charter: How Context Becomes Competitive Advantage in the Age of AI

On my first day at Thoughtworks, I kept waiting for someone to tell me how it worked. There were no...
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Shape podcast 43 min LISTEN

The Frequency Era with Chris Walker

AI is changing how work gets done — but more importantly, it’s changing how people understand their value, identity, and...
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Shape podcast 54 min LISTEN

Incorruptible with Eric Ries

What if the companies that last the longest are the ones building enough trust that people want to keep participating...
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Shape blog 12 min READ

Human vs AI vs Human + AI: The Leadership Shift No One Is Explaining Properly

A lot of the conversation around AI is still stuck in the same, wrong place: Will AI replace people? It’s...
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Shape blog 9 min READ

In Case You Weren’t Sure, AI Is Definitely Not About Tools

Since launching Artificial Organizations, I’ve spent two and a half weeks on the road across North America—San Francisco, San Jose...
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