Networked systems rarely behave in neat, linear patterns Organizations often speak
about AI as though its effects were contained and predictable
Practice # 7 Think in Ripples
A tool is introduced, a process improves, efficiency rises, and the impact appears measurable and local.
Networked systems rarely behave in neat, linear patterns.
This gradually reshapes how people think, learn, and interact with one another. A forecasting system may begin by improving operational planning. Yet over time this system can alter how managers perceive uncertainty and risk.
The moment AI enters an organi- zation; it begins influencing far more than the task for which it was originally designed. Its effects move outward through conversations, habits, decisions, and assumptions.
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