How to use AI as decision support without outsourcing judgment
Use AI to generate options and questions while keeping the decision and evidence review with accountable people.
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Essays on judgment, influence, and what happens when the stakes get personal.
Should you use AI to analyze employee feedback or sentiment?
Use AI to review employee feedback only after the purpose, permissions, data handling, and intended management use have passed qualified review. Keep the w...
What to check before putting a board memo into an AI tool
Before putting a board memo into an AI tool, classify the information and verify that the specific use is authorized.
How to help a new executive earn the team’s confidence
Help the new executive earn confidence through bounded joint work and explicit handoffs. Give colleagues a way to explain existing commitments before askin...
How to onboard an executive through their first 90 days
Onboard an executive through a staged first-90-days plan that clarifies the mandate, introduces essential working relationships, and defines early decision...
Is your new executive struggling or still learning the job?
Distinguish a new executive’s learning needs from performance problems by reviewing actual work against the agreed mandate and support.
How to use a work sample when hiring a senior executive
A practical executive work sample with common instructions, explicit scoring, and no unpaid production assignment.
Which executive interview questions reveal real judgment?
Ask every finalist the same core questions about decisions the role requires. Probe for the candidate’s own actions, the alternatives considered, and...
How to get interviewers aligned on an executive candidate
A panel calibration process that separates observations, interpretations, and missing evidence before group discussion.