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Teaching Problem Framing in the Age of Generative AI: A Human Insights × Artificial Intelligence (HI x AI) Pedagogy

09/05/2026 amplifiedfyi Publications No comments yet

Teaching Problem Framing in AI-Enabled Learning Generative Artificial Intelligence has changed the conditions under which students learn, design, and innovate. Students can now generate analyses, ideas, and [...]

What Stakeholder Evaluation Revealed About Two Innovation Concepts

08/05/2026 amplifiedfyi Findings Comments Off

When two highly rated solutions produced nearly identical scores, the evaluation pointed toward a stronger third direction. Innovation teams often face a difficult decision after developing [...]

HI × AI: The Leadership Framework for a New Era of Innovation

12/05/2025 amplifiedfyi Publications Comments Off

HI × AI (pronounced H-I times A-I) is a mindset built on a framework that can be expressed as a formula. We’re living in a moment [...]

Why Human Insights Matter More Than Human Intelligence

11/05/2025 amplifiedfyi Publications Comments Off

An excerpt from my forthcoming book, AMPLIFIED! How to Identify the Right Problem and Create the Right Solution with Human Insights x Generative AI This article is [...]

AI Won’t Kill Your Critical Thinking, Unless You Let It

11/05/2025 amplifiedfyi Resources Comments Off

Why HI × AI Is More Important Than Ever At TEDAI Vienna, Advait Sarkar recently delivered a wake-up call in his talk “How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical [...]

From Machines to Living Systems: What Margaret Wheatley Can Teach Us About HI x AI

10/15/2025 amplifiedfyi Resources Comments Off

When we integrate HI x AI, we create what Wheatley envisioned — organizations that are intelligent in both senses: data-driven and deeply human. Margaret Wheatley’s Leadership and [...]

LEADING / DATALIS Project Update

05/25/2025 amplifiedfyi Publications Comments Off

Future Directions in Professional Education and the Innovation Funnel Methodology This session reports on the findings of the DATALIS program, part of the Institute of Museum and [...]

Reframing the Reframe: Integrating Four Frames and Challenger Models within the Innovation Funnel

06/24/2017 amplifiedfyi Publications Comments Off

How Innovative Leaders See Differently Inside Their Organizations and Help Others See Differently Outside Them Author Note This article was inspired by a reading from my doctoral […]

Integrating HI × AI to Improve Problem Identification and Innovation Practice in Organizations

11/25/2015 amplifiedfyi Resources Comments Off

Research Foundation for HI × AI Effective innovation requires more than generating ideas or adopting new technologies. Organizations must first understand the problems worth solving, create the [...]