Field Notes — Ali Safari — 345 notes

Field
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Honest reactions to IS research, AI, and the theory I'm studying for comps. No summaries.

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2026-05-20

When an AI Agent Makes a Decision, Who Is Accountable?

5 min read·AI & Agentic Systems
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The AI Dependency Paradox: You Cannot Stop Using What You Cannot Trust
2026-05-20·AI & Agentic Systems
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AI Governance Theater: When Policies Are Performative, Not Protective
2026-05-20·AI & Agentic Systems
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Data Governance Is Institutional Work, Not IT Administration
2026-05-20·IS Theory
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DSR Is Not About the Prototype
2026-05-20·Comps & Reflections
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Digital Colonialism Is an IS Theory Problem, Not Just Politics
2026-05-20·Organizational Theory
8 min read
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ERP Failure Is Not a Technology Problem. It Is a Structuration Problem.
2026-05-20·IS Theory
7 min read
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FinTech Is an IS Problem Disguised as Finance
2026-05-20·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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Healthcare IS Research Needs to Stop Counting Breaches
2026-05-20·IT Governance & Strategy
7 min read
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IT Business Value After 30 Years: We Are Still Asking the Wrong Question
2026-05-20·IS Theory
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The Paradox at the Heart of AI Adoption: 88% Explore, 7% Scale
2026-05-20·AI & Agentic Systems
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Protection Motivation Theory Is Trapped in Cybersecurity
2026-05-20·IS Theory
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The Replication Crisis Is an IS Problem Too
2026-05-20·Comps & Reflections
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When AI Takes Over Your Routines, Who Takes Over the Exceptions?
2026-05-19·AI & Agentic Systems
7 min read
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Green IT Is Not About the Planet. It Is About Institutional Pressure.
2026-05-19·Organizational Theory
7 min read
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Shadow AI Is Shadow IT on Steroids and We Are Studying It the Same Way
2026-05-19·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
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Signaling Theory Explains Why AI Vendors Overpromise and Buyers Underverify
2026-05-19·AI & Agentic Systems
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Vendor Lock-In Is Not a Problem. It Is a Strategy.
2026-05-19·IT Governance & Strategy
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Agentic AI Changes Organizational Design, Not Just Workflows
2026-05-18·AI & Agentic Systems
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The Cognitive Offloading Problem No One in IS Is Studying
2026-05-18·IS Research Methods
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