The State of AI Value 2026
The October 2026 public-evidence benchmark of 220 selected claims from 164 companies across ten dimensions, with the methodology, denominators, and limitations visible.
Read the research evidence, then the management doctrine, then the operating instruments. These are complementary assets, not an obligatory customer journey. All three publication PDFs open in a separate tab.
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The October 2026 public-evidence benchmark of 220 selected claims from 164 companies across ten dimensions, with the methodology, denominators, and limitations visible.
Management doctrine connecting value case, the Five Conditions, workflow placement, decision rights, readiness, pilots, runtime assurance, portfolio allocation and organizational accountability.
The practical companion to the book: thirteen instruments for intervention boundaries, value cases, decision rights, readiness, pilots, runtime assurance and portfolio decisions. Worked example is fictional.
Research notes, field memos, case studies, and playbooks from operating work — the running record behind the doctrine.
The archive is the durable research index. The blog organizes editorial writing; the existing resource pages retain their individual URLs. A future weekly issue is added only after clearance.
New research releases, doctrine publications, and cohort announcements — subscribers hear first.
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