Concepts & Frameworks
This page brings together the core concepts used across this site to understand how AI is transforming how value is created, how decisions are made, and how systems operate.
The central lens behind this site is AI-fication, sometimes written as AIfication, supported by a broader system of concepts, frameworks, and models.
Some of these concepts are broad lenses. Others are structured frameworks designed to help analyse situations, make decisions, and build capability in an AI-driven world.
Together, they form a broader system for understanding and navigating transformation across individuals, organisations, and institutions.
Core concepts
Lenses to understand transformation
These are the core lenses used to interpret how AI is reshaping systems, organisations, and capability.
AI-fication
A lens to understand how AI is transforming how value is created, how decisions are made, and how systems operate across sectors and organisations.
Read more →CDE Innovation Prism
A framework and lens to identify recurring patterns of technological impact, distinguishing between competition, enhancement, and fundamentally new models.
Read more →AI-fication of Talents
A model to understand how capability, performance, and talent systems must evolve in an AI-driven world.
Read more →Frameworks and models
Tools to analyse and act
These are structured tools designed to move from understanding to action - helping leaders analyse situations, make decisions, and design responses.
Performance Hexagon
A model for understanding contribution, performance, and progression in an AI-driven world.
Read more →AI Capability Engine
A framework for building AI capability systems across individuals, organisations, and institutions.
Read more →SHIME
A framework highlighting the five dimensions of capability required to thrive in a fast-changing world: Soft skills, Hard skills, Industry knowledge, Mindset, and Experience.
Read more →Supercharged Professionals
A concept describing individuals who use AI not only for efficiency, but to multiply their impact structurally.
Read more →Evolving concepts
This site is still being built. New concepts and frameworks will be added over time as the body of work expands.
Closing
These concepts are interconnected. Some explain how AI creates impact. Others focus on what individuals, organisations, and institutions need to become capable of in response.
Taken together, they provide a structured way to understand and navigate AI-driven transformation.