November 2025
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
5h 54m
English
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Glossary
The Alignment Lexicon
- ACT Framework.
- A leadership system for AI transformation built on three imperatives: Align mindsets, Cultivate skills, and Transform culture. The framework anchors human alignment before automation.
- ACT+M™ Scorecard (Align–Cultivate–Transform + Maturity).
- A diagnostic tool that measures leadership and cultural readiness across four phases of maturity. The tool provides boards and investors with a scoreboard for progress and adoption risk.
- Alignment Gap.
- The costly pause between what AI can deliver and what humans are ready to trust and act on. The hidden reason is that up to 70% of AI initiatives stall.
- Alignment-Adjusted ROI.
- A financial lens that quantifies how trust, clarity, and conviction multiply or erode AI returns—making “culture” visible in CFO terms.
- Conviction.
- The organizational will to act on AI insights. More than belief, conviction is what turns pilots into performance.
- Conviction Curve™
- A model showing how belief in AI matures inside organizations—from hype to skepticism to trust to institutionalized conviction.
- Culture-First Leadership.
- An approach that treats trust and alignment as core infrastructure for scaling AI, not as a soft add-on.
- Digital Discomfort.
- The unease employees feel when technology outpaces their confidence or clarity. Left unaddressed, it becomes resistance.
- Execution Gap.
- The space between bold AI strategies and measurable business impact. It is caused when leaders underinvest in alignment.
- Execution ...
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