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Intelligence as a Commodity

Autor Rajeev Kapur, Jason Hunter
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 dec 2026
An executive operating system for leading AI-driven strategic transformation
Intelligence as a Commodity: Human Judgment as a Competitive Advantage delivers a structured leadership playbook for executives navigating AI adoption. Written by Rajeev Kapur, who built a billion-dollar business at Dell, and Jason Hunter, a senior consultant for the Blue Ocean Strategy Network, the book moves beyond AI trends to provide actionable frameworks for strategic foresight, organizational redesign, and ethical AI governance at the enterprise level.
The book introduces flagship tools including HorizonAI for scenario-based strategic planning, HealthCheckAI for operational resilience assessment, and AI Deep Blue Strategy for AI-driven market innovation. Additional frameworks cover Executive Archetypes, the AI Leadership OS, AI Organizational OS, and Collective Intelligence Framework, each designed to shift organizations from reactive AI adoption to proactive, sustainable competitive positioning.
Readers will also find:
  • Frameworks for assessing AI readiness and prioritizing initiatives across enterprise operations and strategy functions
  • Tools for integrating human-AI collaboration while managing ethical, operational, and governance risk at scale
  • Scenario-based strategic planning methods using HorizonAI to anticipate market shifts and technology disruptions
  • Organizational redesign approaches for building agility and hybrid intelligence into existing leadership structures
  • Guidance on embedding ethical AI governance and risk management into enterprise-wide adoption programs
Written for C-suite executives, directors, entrepreneurs, MBA participants, and consultants overseeing strategy, operations, and innovation, this book provides the frameworks and tools needed to lead AI-driven transformation with clear organizational design, ethical governance, and measurable business outcomes at the enterprise level.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781394468126
ISBN-10: 1394468121
Pagini: 288
Editura: Wiley

Notă biografică

Rajeev Kapur is the CEO of 1105 Media and a Forbes-recognized "Top Leader Bringing AI to Everyone." Over a 30-year career, he built a billion-dollar business at Dell and earned recognition as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist and YPO Best of the Best Award winner.
Jason Hunter is the founder of Corners Group and a senior global consultant for the Blue Ocean Global Network, with advisory roles at the London School of Economics, INSEAD, and the University of Johannesburg. He has built entrepreneurship programs across four continents.

Cuprins

Preface xiii

PART I: ALIGNING THE C-SUITE 1

Chapter 1: The Role of AI in Corporate Strategy 3
The Data Onslaught 4
The Military Mindset vs. an AI Mindset 5
Enter Artificial Intelligence 7
The AI Paradox 8
The Adoption Paradox 9
The Cautionary Tale of Nokia 10
Breaking the Mold: Healx and the Power of AI Innovation 11
Book Summary 12
The Road Ahead 13
Notes 14

Chapter 2: C-Suite Roles in AI Transformation 17
The Growth Driver 23
The Risk Guardian 28
The Innovation Catalyst 33
The Operational Excellence Champion 36
Notes 39

Chapter 3: Governance and Ethics 41
Trust Replaces Control 43
An Unprecedented Frontier 44
Self-Regulation: Leading Before Being Led 45
Putting the Ideas into Action 47
Accountability and Control Mechanisms 48
Risk Management and Safety 51
Transparency and Auditability 53
Bias, Fairness, and Accountability 56
Notes 60

PART II: THE STRATEGIC PLAYBOOK 63

Chapter 4: AI and Corporate Strategy 65
The Data Flood and the AI Disruption 66
Why Strategy Frameworks Still Matter but Must Evolve 67
The Experimental Nature of AI 68
The Need for a New Strategy Framework 70
AI as an Engine for Strategic Experimentation 71
The Three Pillars of AI-Driven Strategy 72
AI and Organizational Excellence 72
AI and Outside-In Strategy: Scenario Planning 74
AI and Inside-Out Strategy: Creating Markets 76
The Art of Strategic Balance 79
Notes 80

Chapter 5: AI and Corporate Strategy: HorizonAI 81
Guardrails, Scaffolding, and Jungle Gyms 83
Past, Present, Future: The Power of Scenarios and AI 87
HorizonAI: AI-Driven Scenario Planning 88
Notes 105

Chapter 6: AI and Corporate Strategy: HealthCheckAI 107
The Three Organs of HealthCheckAI 109
The Four Domains of HealthCheckAI Implementation 117
The HealthCheckAI Advantage 123
AI-Driven Operational Excellence in Finance 124
Challenges Faced by Finance and Risk Executives 124
Adaptive Risk Intelligence Architecture (ARIA) 126
Strengthening Internal Risk Defenses (AI + Human Oversight) 128
Sharpening External Risk Radar (AI + Human Strategy) 130
Human Governance and Controls 132
Implementing the ARIA Framework: A Step-by-Step
Guide for CFOS and CROS 135
Notes 139

Chapter 7: AI and Corporate Strategy: Beyond Blue Ocean Framework 141
AI Beyond Blue Ocean Framework 141
Five AI-Powered Strategy Tools 143
Notes 162

PART III: LEADING THE AI-POWERED ORGANIZATION 163

Chapter 8: What to Know About AI 165
Executives and Technology: What You Need, and Don't Need, to Know 166
C-Suite Leaders: What Executives Need to Know and See 168
What Do We Know? What Do We Not Know? 170
A Short History of Artificial Intelligence 172
Understanding Artificial Intelligence as a Living System 173
The Circulatory System of AI: Data Collection, Flow, and Utilization 174
The Algorithmic Heart 175
The Perspective Models of AI 177
The Integrated Intelligence Architecture 181
The Living Enterprise 181
Our Prompt Problem 184
Notes 190

Chapter 9: The Agentic Enterprise: When Software
Becomes Staff 193
Yahoos, Horses, and Centaurs 193
What Agents Actually Are (In Plain English) 194
The Promise and the Peril 196
The Human Premium 198
When Everyone Has Agents: The New Competition 199
Three Frameworks, One System 201
Framework 1: The Agent Workforce Audit 202
Framework 2: The Agentic Decision Framework 206
Framework 3: The Trust Dial 210
One Company, Three Frameworks: The Kooda Systems Story 213
The Three Questions 215
Notes 217

Chapter 10: The AI Leadership Blueprint: From Insight to Implementation 219
When Humans Wag the AI Dog 220
The AI Leadership Operating System 222
Rethinking the Strategic Human-AI Partnership 222
AI in the Boardroom: Precision, Timing, and Strategic Dialogue 225
The AI Leadership OS Canvas: A Practical Health Check 230
Leading over Adapting: The AI Organizational Operating System 231
The AI Organizational Operating System 232
The Constraints of Traditional Structures 232
Designing the Organization for the AI Literate World 234
Creating Your AI Organizational Operating System 238
Collective Intelligence Framework: Human-AI Collaboration 240
The Collective Intelligence Framework 241
Core Components of the Collective Intelligence Framework 242
Long-Term Benefits and Organizational Impact 245
Your Executive AI Leadership Roadmap 246
Notes 248

Chapter 11: AI in the Next Five Years: Navigating Strategic Uncertainty 249
Limitless Information/Limited Knowledge: The AI Paradox 251
The Next Five Years: Signal, Not Noise 253
Five Bets for the Next Five Years 256
The New 80/20 Rule 257
Data as the New Balance Sheet 257
The Last Generation of Human-Only Managers 258
The Return to On-Premises and Open Source 258
A New Age of Enlightenment 259
One Last Bet 260
The Centaur's Return 260
Notes 261

About the Authors 263
Index 265