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Papers

Research on organizational authority and consequential action.

The papers examine how organizations preserve authority, judgment, and accountability as software and AI take on more consequential work.

Research program

The papers examine a shared problem across several disciplines.

The research draws on cognitive science, organizational theory, cybersecurity, and human–AI collaboration. The papers listed below are in development; release dates have not been announced.

Papers in development
  • 01

    The Collaboration Gap

    Why better AI is not producing better decisions. The structural diagnosis of human-AI underperformance, and the measurement infrastructure required to close it.

    In development
  • 02

    The Three Collapses

    Process compression, structural anchoring, and authority transfer: three ways human judgment erodes earlier in the decision process under AI acceleration.

    In development
  • 03

    The Last Boundary

    A security analysis showing how cybersecurity's foundational principles point toward the commitment boundary, and why that boundary is a distinct enforcement domain.

    In development
  • 04

    Authority Control

    An operating model for governing organizational authority over consequential actions. Organizations need controls that address the distinction between valid access and valid authority.

    In development