FIVE FRAMEWORKS
Frameworks
The Stack is the map. The Gates are the process. The Ladder is the risk vocabulary. The Economics are the business case. The Readiness Model is the measurement.
Each framework is a drawn diagram, a short argument, and a line to use in a room. Together they are the vocabulary the Field Guide uses for getting from a pilot to an operation.
The AI Transformation StackMost organizations start in the middle of the stack and wonder why transformation stalls.The Five Gates to ProductionA demo has to be useful. Production AI has to pass all five gates.The AI Automation Ladder'Human in the loop' is a slogan. This is the actual question.Transformation EconomicsRealized value equals Volume times Improvement times Adoption times Realization.The Institutional AI Readiness ModelOrganizations are never at one stage. The gap between their highest and lowest dimension predicts failure better than their average does.