Artificial Intelligence Put to the Test of Reality
Artificial intelligence put to the test of reality: data, processes and sovereignty according to Gilles Cymbalista In the ecosystem of artificial intelligence applied to business, where technological promise often precedes real transformation, certain trajectories bring us back to fundamentals. Gilles Cymbalista belongs to this generation trained at a time when data was not manipulated through...
2028: Fictional Anatomy of an AI Crisis
Critical reading of an economic memo written from the future The document published by Citrini Research presents itself as an archive dated June 2028 and reviewed since February 2026. It is neither a forecast nor a probabilistic scenario. The authors explicitly describe it as a "thought exercise in financial history, from the future" and specify:...
Is AI Breaking Down the Consulting Pyramid?
For decades, major consulting firms have operated according to an almost immutable mechanism. A few partners would sell high-value strategic projects. Behind them, an army of juniors produced analyses, benchmarks, PowerPoint slides, and Excel models under extremely tight deadlines. This pyramidal model constituted the economic engine of firms like McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group,...
AI in Business: Behind the Performance, the Psychological Debt
The adoption of artificial intelligence in business is now presented as a strategic necessity. Automation, productivity gains, accelerated innovation: the promises are numerous, well-documented, and widely relayed in contemporary management literature. However, a closer analysis of organizational dynamics reveals a less visible but structural tension. In a recent article published by Harvard Business Review in...
AI Cognitive Pyramid: The Great Illusion of Competence in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Should artificial intelligence be banned in higher education and organizations? The question, often posed in binary terms, masks a far more subtle issue. AI is not replacing human intelligence. It is shifting its boundaries. And this shift, if not mastered, could weaken precisely what institutions seek to develop: the ability to think. The article The...
AI and Cognition: Towards an Illusion of Competence? Critical Analysis of an Emerging Risk
Artificial intelligence is now establishing itself as a structural lever for transforming intellectual work. It promises to accelerate processes, enhance human capabilities, and redistribute efforts toward tasks of higher strategic value. However, this promise rests on a rarely questioned assumption: that of cost-free cognitive transfer. Yet recent work in cognitive sciences and neurosciences suggests a...