The Coherence Gap Research Brief
Trellis Usher
Creator, Human + AI Workforce Architecture · Author · Executive Advisor
What you'll gain.
A cited synthesis of what the research says about Human + AI work design, what it leaves unanswered, and the six domains where incoherence actually starts. You'll get a clear way to explain why Human + AI work design fails without an owner.
The problem it solves.
Most organizations filled the technology seat. The seat that owns whether the workforce coheres is still empty. AI adoption rises, but approval chains, duplicated processes, and unowned decisions stay exactly where they were. This brief shows where that gap comes from.
Why it matters now.
Every function is redesigning something, and no one owns whether it adds up. If you lead HR, People, or workforce strategy, this gives you the language and the evidence to name the gap before it gets expensive.