Excession: AI & Management

July 2025

9. Hidden Motives

All my talk about an improved science of management presumes people will use it to improve the performance of organisations.

Jul 27 • 

David W Creelman

8. Decisions Are Never Really Made

One challenge I raised in the book is that while a scientific approach might help us make decisions, when one studies organisations, one finds it hard…

Jul 24 • 

David W Creelman

7. Organizational Dynamics

While fractal localism leans towards looking at an individual situation with a microscope, and in essence trying to model that local system without…

Jul 20 • 

David W Creelman

6. Why Polarity Management Will Not Be Needed

Polarity management is one of my favourite ideas in management.

Jul 18 • 

David W Creelman

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5. Grand Unified Theories

I have expressed regret that there was no attempt to create a grand unified theory in management science with the notable exception of the work of…

Jul 16 • 

David W Creelman

4. Fractal Localism

We normally build management theories from cloud objects.

Jul 15 • 

David W Creelman

3. Clearing the Fog of Cloudy Concepts

In my book, one of my core terms was “cloud objects” and I think we can be more precise about that now.

Jul 11 • 

David W Creelman

2 Solving the Problem of Folk Wisdom

If you have spent decades reading books on management, you will know there are a lot of helpful ideas—but also that it’s an overwhelming mess.

Jul 9 • 

David W Creelman

1. Addendum: Hope for a New Science of Management

An update to "Management for Scientists and Engineers"

Jul 8 • 

David W Creelman

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November 2023

Managing AI Agents instead of People

Will there be useful parallels?

Nov 9, 2023 • 

David W Creelman

April 2023

The Tic-Tac-Toe Catastrophe

Being human in a world of AI

Apr 27, 2023 • 

David W Creelman

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