Scientific Definition
Innovators → early adopters → majority → laggards, AI-specific.
Plain-English Definition
Innovators → early adopters → majority → laggards, AI-specific.
Feynman Explanation
Stage one bought tools. Stage two will redesign work.
Core Principle
Innovators → early adopters → majority → laggards, AI-specific.
Mechanisms
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Stage one bought tools. Stage two will redesign work.
Examples
- Diffusion patterns observable across industries.
- Strategy phasing.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Know which curve segment you're targeting. Pitch accordingly.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Know which curve segment you're targeting. Pitch accordingly.
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Interactive Mini Network
Click any neighbor to re-center the graph and follow the threads of connection.
Knowledge Graph Neighbors
Auto-linked to the rest of the Human Behavior Taxonomy by family, domain, dimension, and shared keywords.
Discounting algorithmic advice even when superior.
AI bolted onto existing workflows to look forward-leaning.
Redesigning roles around AI capability.
AI pilots that succeed and never scale.
Pre-deployment analysis of who loses what.
Teams under-reporting AI capability to protect comp or status.
Employees using unauthorized AI tools to get work done.
AI doesn't just replace tasks — it threatens identities.
Written rules about how AI may be used internally.
AI system that takes actions to achieve goals, often across tools.
When the agent acts, who's responsible?
Augmentation strategy vs. substitution strategy.