Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Great Power Shift: How Intelligent Choice Architectures Rewrite Decision Rights
Agentic AI adopters must proactively address decision rights allocations, power dynamics, and decision-making practices.
Research fellow, MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy
The 2024-2025 strategic measurement study, conducted by MIT Sloan Management Review in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services, examines how leading organizations integrate predictive and generative AI to develop and present improved choices to human decision-makers. Drawing on interviews with senior leaders in six major industry groups, our research reveals the emergence of intelligent choice architectures – a new paradigm where AI systems proactively participate in structuring and shaping strategic decisions. The implications for organizational performance, decision rights, and strategic agility are significant, particularly as businesses navigate increasing complexity and compressed decision cycles.
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