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Responsibility without authority

November 4, 2026

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Imagine being given responsibility without authority, then being expected to deliver results. It happens to people all the time.

In Part 5 of 5 of our AI Readiness conversation, I said:

"giving people responsibility without authority. And without the tools, the scope, understanding the vision. And then expecting results is a lot of what we're trying to define here. So that we can add AI. In a way that gets valuable results."

Before you give a role to AI, check that it comes with the authority, tools and scope to deliver.

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Where this came from

Designing the Human-AI Boundary by Role — AI Readiness, Part 5

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