What happens when intelligence becomes part of the architecture of an organisation—helping it understand its circumstances, pursue its purpose, coordinate work and learn?
AI can help us write, analyse and automate. What happens when intelligence becomes part of how an organisation understands its work, carries responsibility, makes decisions and learns?
The Intent Organisation explores how AI may change the way organisations are designed, operated, governed and improved.
Through research, practical experience and open discussion, we investigate what becomes possible, what proves useful and what deserves closer scrutiny.
What we’re exploring
How might organisations change when intelligence becomes part of how they work? We’re exploring the possibilities through questions grounded in everyday organisational life.
Intent & understanding
What must an intelligent system understand about an organisation to turn a request into useful, appropriate action?
Work & responsibility
How could people and intelligent systems share responsibility for work—and keep commitments moving when people, applications or technology change?
Authority & evidence
Who decides what a system may do? When it acts, how do we establish that the intended outcome actually occurred?
Learning & adaptation
How can experiments, failures and everyday experience become knowledge and capabilities that improve the organisation?
An inquiry you can help shape
Bring your experience, questions and different perspectives.
A comment could challenge an assumption. A practical example could open a new investigation. An idea could become an article we develop together.
We welcome contributors who want to explore these questions—including those who see things differently. Meaningful contributions receive appropriate, agreed credit.
Follow the inquiry
Explore how AI could change the way organisations work, through research, practical experience and perspectives that challenge our thinking.
Receive substantial articles fortnightly, with shorter Notes and conversations between them.