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The Judgment Layer: Operations After Throughput

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The Judgment Layer: Operations After Throughput

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Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Shift UX 2026
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The Judgment Layer: Operations After Throughput
Speakers: Alison Rand
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Summary

AI has dramatically increased our ability to generate ideas, content, and decisions—but speed alone doesn’t create better outcomes. Alison Rand argues that the next frontier for operations is not oversight after the fact, but embedding judgment into organizational operating models from the beginning. Drawing on foresight, systems thinking, and living systems, she explores how organizations can establish decision rights, governance, and intentional operating practices that keep human wisdom at the center of increasingly automated work.

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