13 exposés · 4 groups
Ideation & AI
What research knows about thinking with machines – each exposé starts from one core study, sets supporting and challenging evidence against it, and links every source.
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A zone
to ideate.
Exposés, essays and a podcast on how ideas take shape – and what artificial intelligence does to them. Researched and written with AI, every source linked.
Three series
Each piece starts from research or from a theory, sets thesis against antithesis and ends with a synthesis – and what it means in practice.
15 essays · 4 groups
Time & AI
Starting from Hartmut Rosa's theory of social acceleration: what generative AI does to our time – at work, in society and in ideation.
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Organizations & AI
Classic organization theory – from Weber, Mintzberg and Luhmann to March and Weick – tested against current research on AI in organizations.
- Structure & coordination5
- Decision3
- The three sides of organization3
- Control, domination, professions3
- Learning & reproduction1
The podcast
One conversation per topic group: a host and two guests talk through the exposés and essays – thesis, antithesis, synthesis. AI-generated voices, fictional speakers.
Season 3 Organizations & AI · 4 episodes · 76 min
Season 2 Ideation & AI · 4 episodes · 74 min
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All 13 exposés and 30 essays as an e-book
All three series – Ideation & AI, Time & AI and Organizations & AI – with prefaces, figures, all sources and an index. EPUB for Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Tolino and most e-readers; PDF (A5) for reading on screen or printing. Rebuilt with every update of the site.
About ideation
- i·de·a·tion /ˌaɪdiˈeɪʃən/ noun
- 1 The capacity or process of forming ideas and concepts.
- 2 In design and innovation: the deliberate phase of generating many possible solutions before choosing one.
To ideate is, at root, to see.
Where the word comes from, what it means in eight industries and nine cultures, and the rhythm of opening up and closing down that all of them share.
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