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Decision Classification Checklist
Test any decision to see if it should be Fast or Deliberate.
1. Is this decision reversible?
2. What is the blast radius?
Answer both questions above to classify your decision.
The Companion Toolkit
Worksheets and Tools for Every Framework in the Book
Scorecards, diagnostic worksheets, and implementation guides — organized by pillar, designed to use with your team.
Mindset
Clarity
How you see your business as a value flow engine—and your role in steering it.
- Value Flow Diagnostic
- 3L Self-Assessment
- Decision Classification Checklist
- Spark Grid
- Vision Artifact Templates
Culture
Cohesion
Turning individual clarity into shared behavior that scales across the organization.
- Culture Assessment Scorecard
Systems
Consistency
Designing reliable execution engines that turn strategy into consistent output.
- Building Block Assessment
- Job Classification Worksheet
- Human Checkpoint Mode Selection Guide
Orchestration
Flow
Coordinating humans and AI into blended teams that move with purpose.
- Workforce Architecture Blueprint
Recursion
Resilience
Building the learning flywheel that makes every other pillar get better over time.
- Recursion Console Implementation Guide
- Pillar Health Assessment
The Book
Five Pillars. One Operating Model. A System That Compounds.
Becoming an AI-Ready Leader gives you the complete operating model for leading through AI transformation. Five pillars. Fifteen frameworks. One system that compounds.
How roles evolve, how to redesign work, and how to stay in control are the middle of the story. The book starts with Mindset (how you see your business as a value engine) and closes with Recursion (how your organization learns from its own motion). Those are the pieces that turn good execution into something that compounds.
From the Prologue
The Only Bet That Makes Sense
You are standing at a decision point. Not a crossroads with clear signs. Not a fork with well-worn paths. This is more basic: a wager about the future itself.
Here is the bet: Either AI will reshape how organizations create value, make decisions, and compete — or it won't.
If you bet that AI will change everything and you're right, you'll be prepared. You'll have built the skills, the mental models, and the organizational muscle to thrive. If you bet against change and you're wrong, the cost isn't just missing an opportunity. You find yourself running a twentieth-century operation in a twenty-first-century world.
This is Pascal's Wager for the age of AI.
About the Author
Ben S. Cooper
Ben S. Cooper is an innovation leader and international speaker who has spent over two decades at the frontier of technology transformation. He has led innovation programs at VF Corporation, Flex, and PwC, and his work has been featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, BBC World, and Vogue Business.
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