About The Intent Organisation

Exploring how intelligence may change the way organisations work.

The Intent Organisation is a publication and collaborative inquiry into how organisations are designed, operated, governed and improved.

Our starting question is:

What happens when intelligence becomes part of the architecture of an organisation—helping it understand its circumstances, pursue its purpose, coordinate work and learn?

By organisation, we mean people working towards a shared purpose, together with the responsibilities, relationships, knowledge, practices and systems through which they get things done.

We use organisational intelligence to describe the capacity to understand that organisation and put its understanding to use. It connects organisational knowledge and current context with decisions, coordinated action and learning.

AI is an enabling technology within this picture. Its usefulness depends on the organisational understanding, connections and safeguards surrounding it.

We explore these possibilities through research, practical experience and conversation.

Why this inquiry?

Organisational work crosses boundaries: between people, teams, responsibilities and systems. Understanding what needs to happen—and coordinating it—often depends on knowledge and context scattered across those boundaries.

What could change if that understanding became more accessible and persistent? What could people responsibly delegate? Who could authorise action? How would responsibility remain clear as people and technology changed?

We want to examine what these possibilities require in practice—the costs, limitations and consequences, alongside the opportunities.

Smaller organisations are a particular interest, especially where specialist resources are limited. The inquiry draws on experiences across organisational sizes, industries and countries.

The aim is to help readers recognise useful opportunities, assess claims and make informed choices suited to their circumstances.

Who is behind it?

I’m Thomas Czarnecki, the founding editor of The Intent Organisation.

My background spans enterprise consulting, software architecture, product development and technology leadership, including serving as CTO for Asia Pacific and Japan at Hewlett Packard.

That work has given me a continuing interest in how organisations turn an intention into an outcome: how people establish shared understanding, coordinate responsibilities and adapt when circumstances change.

I am the founder and Chief Architect of Agorik (agorik.io). Experiences from that work may contribute to the inquiry where they offer useful evidence or lessons, just as contributors may draw on their own organisations and projects.

An open inquiry

The Intent Organisation will develop through perspectives beyond my own.

We welcome business owners, leaders, managers, practitioners, engineers, researchers and anyone with relevant questions or experience. You do not need specialist technical knowledge or agreement with our working ideas to participate.

Contributions can begin with a question, a disagreement, a practical example or a source we have missed. They may develop into case studies, guest articles or investigations undertaken together, with appropriate acknowledgement and authorship credit.

Evidence may lead us to revise an argument, reconsider an assumption or explore a direction we initially overlooked. We will distinguish what has been observed or measured from what is being tested, proposed or imagined.

Our Charter explains the commitments that guide this work. Contribute explains how to propose material, and Community & Discussion describes how to join the conversation.

Interests and independence

My work on Agorik informs my perspective, and that relationship will remain explicit, including through branding on the website.

That relationship does not determine our editorial conclusions. Articles and discussions will not be used for product advertising or sales pitches.

Contributors are expected to disclose relevant professional and commercial interests. We will examine alternative approaches and competing products fairly where relevant, and judge contributions by their evidence and value to readers.

Final editorial responsibility remains with the founding editor.

Follow the inquiry

The publication is free to read, with substantial articles planned fortnightly and shorter Notes and conversations between them.

Substack is our home for articles, subscriptions and discussion. The Intent Organisation website introduces the inquiry and provides its charter and participation guidance.

Read, ask a question, share an experience or help us investigate something worth understanding.