Category Strategy, Governance & Ethics

Strategy, Governance & Ethics

The Cognitive Debt Problem: Why AI Amplifies or Atrophies Your Thinking (And How to Choose Which One)

Diverging paths illustrating cognitive debt: AI use that amplifies thinking versus AI use that atrophies it

MIT research shows AI creates "cognitive debt," but the tool isn't the problem. The mode of use is. Here's the delegation-inquiry distinction that separates amplification from dependence.

Brad Trnavsky
July 26, 2026

Strategy, Governance & Ethics

What 25 Years of Operations Leadership Taught Me About AI Adoption

Weathered wooden desk with open notebook, challenge coin, mechanical keyboard, coffee mug and terminal screen showing Brad Trnavsky's personal AI workspace

Most AI pilots fail -- not because of the technology. An operations leader with 25 years of experience explains why the discipline you already have is the one that matters.

Brad Trnavsky
June 25, 2026