Operating systems vs operating models

    An operating model is a slide. An operating system is what runs when nobody is looking. The distinction is the entire point.

    Matthew Bradburn··

    An operating model describes intent. An operating system describes what actually runs.

    The gap between the two

    Every company has both. The gap between them is where consultancies make their money, and where most of the value is lost.

    The same distinction matters in the AI conversation. An AI operating model is a deck about how AI fits. An AI operating system is what actually runs.

    This article is a placeholder scaffold. Full prose to follow.

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