Current inquiries
Questions emerging from work with teams and institutions navigating pressure and change.
01
When capable teams come under sustained pressure
Capable, intelligent teams don’t suddenly stop working — but the air in the room becomes stuffier. Legitimacy starts to matter more than judgment.
We are paying attention to what pressure rearranges when the meetings end.
Questions that linger:
We are paying attention to what pressure rearranges when the meetings end.
Questions that linger:
- What becomes harder to say or decide under pressure?
- Where does action replace understanding?
02
When shared ownership blurs moral responsibility
In many systems, responsibility no longer sits in one place. Decisions carry ripple effect, yet accountability becomes thinner. This creates ethical limbo rather than clear authority.
We are interested in how responsibility is held when it can’t be assigned.
Questions that surface:
We are interested in how responsibility is held when it can’t be assigned.
Questions that surface:
- Where does the load go when no one “owns” the decision?
- How do people act when legitimacy and responsibility diverge?
03
When AI seeps into academia and research
Technologies like AI rarely enter as an instant disruptor — it arrives quietly. Yet we see judgment, authorship, and trust shifting before rules catch up.
We are watching how researchers and educational institutions adapt before they articulate why.
Questions in view:
We are watching how researchers and educational institutions adapt before they articulate why.
Questions in view:
- How does AI change a person’s relationship with their own thinking?
- Where does trust move in "working together" — without being discussed?
04
Moving toward AI-augmented intuition
As cognition becomes augmented, human signal can thin out. We risk mistaking speed and fluency for insight. Another movement is possible: intuition supported, not replaced.
This requires clearer distinctions than we usually make.
Questions we are sitting with:
This requires clearer distinctions than we usually make.
Questions we are sitting with:
- How do people recognize intuition for themselves?
- What happens when machines assist our sense-making rather than override it?
05
How the Netherlands can strengthen its AI advantage
Not all economic advantage comes from speed, scale, or dominance.
The Dutch ecosystem has strength in legitimacy, and collaboration.
We are interested in the conditions that allow strategic orientation to emerge at scale.
Questions in view:
The Dutch ecosystem has strength in legitimacy, and collaboration.
We are interested in the conditions that allow strategic orientation to emerge at scale.
Questions in view:
- What kind of leadership orients rather than accelerates?
- Where does restraint become a strategic advantage?
These inquiries stay alive through
ongoing work with real teams and institutions.
