The Next Next Common Sense
Ethical Augmentation : Frameworks that help humans explore po- tential ethical implications of emerging developments and possible re- sponses. These approaches will help surface considerations that might otherwise remain implicit or unconsidered. Organizations that develop these integration capabilities will create intelligence systems far more powerful than either human or artificial approaches alone could achieve. They will transform intelligence gather- ing from discrete activities into continuous sense-making processes that evolve alongside the complex environments they navigate. CasoPnecrlupseitouna:lIEnxtepllloigraetniocen Gathering In our original work, we described scouting parties as discrete expe- ditions—groups sent out to gather specific information before returning to share what they discovered. While this metaphor captured essential as- pects of organizational intelligence, the digital age demands an expanded understanding. Today’s most effective organizations don’t merely send out scouting parties—they become perpetual explorers. They develop integrated ca- pabilities for continuous sensing, sense-making, and adaptation across distributed networks. They combine human and technological intelli- gence in novel ways that amplify each other’s strengths while mitigating limitations. And they cultivate the cultural foundations necessary for intelligence to flourish: curiosity about the unknown, humility about current understanding, and openness to continuous revision. This perpetual exploration stance represents a fundamental shift from traditional approaches that treated intelligence gathering as an occasional activity conducted by specialized functions. Instead, it becomes a core organizational capability distributed throughout the system—a collective capacity for noticing, interpreting, and responding to an ever-evolving environment.
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