Writing

Three essays.

On what happens to a decision after it leaves the room, on the work automation leaves behind, and on the seam where a person hands something to a machine.

AI Changes Work Design, Not Just Productivity

On supervision, exception handling, and work that was already fragile · 2026

Three people reviewed the document. Nobody reviewed the judgment. What automation does to the work that stays human, and why the fix has to be embedded before go-live.

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When Decisions Leave Their Origin

On propagation, reconstruction, and what a decision loses in transit · 2026

A date survives the transfer. The reason it was chosen does not. Interpretation is unavoidable and usually harmless; the trouble starts when nobody specified which parts were allowed to move.

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The Belle of the Ball and the Hinge

On delegation boundaries in hybrid systems · 2026

Authority to act can move into a machine. Accountability cannot. The danger starts where the workflow stops connecting the two.

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Describe the workflow

If any of this describes something happening in your organisation, write and tell me about it.

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