Jul 2, 2026 · 4 min · 6 segments
For the past two years, most AI discussions have focused on tools and productivity. This week's stories focus on something larger: organizational design. As AI takes on more coordination, analysis…
So our first news item is a book by Salim Ismail via Open Exo called The Organizational Singularity.
OK, so what's the what to know for this one?
Well, basically, AI dramatically reduces coordination costs, so it eliminates the need for massive layers of middle management.
He introduces these frameworks like the intelligence stack and the rewrite playbook for building AI native units.
Okay, let's unpack this because I know he talks about how slapping AI onto an existing hierarchy is just, what was the term?
Transformation theater.
Right, transformation theater.
It adds cost without removing the structural drag.
So is adding AI to a traditional management structure like strapping a jet engine to a horse-drawn carriage?
That is honestly the perfect way to look at it, because his prediction is that by 2036, surviving companies will operate with these tiny human cores focused entirely on judgment and accountability.
Wow.
Okay, so if AI reduces coordination costs, theoretically, we should be seeing actual workforce changes right now.
So our first news item is a book by Salim Ismail via Open Exo called The Organizational Singularity.
OK, so what's the what to know for this one?
Well, basically, AI dramatically reduces coordination costs, so it eliminates the need for massive layers of middle management.
He introduces these frameworks like the intelligence stack and the rewrite playbook for building AI native units.
Okay, let's unpack this because I know he talks about how slapping AI onto an existing hierarchy is just, what was the term?
Transformation theater.
Right, transformation theater.
It adds cost without removing the structural drag.
So is adding AI to a traditional management structure like strapping a jet engine to a horse-drawn carriage?
That is honestly the perfect way to look at it, because his prediction is that by 2036, surviving companies will operate with these tiny human cores focused entirely on judgment and accountability.
Wow.
Okay, so if AI reduces coordination costs, theoretically, we should be seeing actual workforce changes right now.
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