Field Notes | Ali Safari

281

The Replication Crisis and What It Means for IS Research

2026-05-14·IS Research Methods

7 min read

282

A New Label on an Old Idea Is Not a Contribution

2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections

7 min read

283

Resource-Based View and IT as Competitive Advantage

2026-05-14·IS Theory

6 min read

284

Resource Dependency Theory and the IT Sourcing Problem

2026-05-14·IS Theory

7 min read

285

RLHF Is Structuration Theory: We Train AI, Then AI Trains Us

2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems

6 min read

286

Routine Dynamics and Why Processes Keep Reverting to the Old Way

2026-05-14·Organizational Theory

6 min read

287

RPA Adoption: What Works and What Becomes Automated Chaos

2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy

6 min read

288

SaaS Subscription Economics and the Total Cost Nobody Calculates

2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy

6 min read

289

Organizations Don't Choose Tech, They Rationalize It

2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems

6 min read

290

Shadow AI Is the New Shadow IT

2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems

6 min read

291

Shadow AI Is Shadow IT All Over Again, Just Faster

2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems

7 min read

292

Signaling Theory and What Technology Choices Communicate

2026-05-14·IS Theory

6 min read

293

The Network You Have Is Part of the System

2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections

6 min read

294

Social Cognitive Theory and Why Training Doesn't Change Behavior

2026-05-14·Technology Adoption

6 min read

295

Joint Optimization Is Not a Feel-Good Slogan

2026-05-14·IS Theory

6 min read

296

McKinsey Says Software Engineering Is GenAI's Best Opportunity. The DORA Data Shows Why Teams Are Still Struggling.

2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems

6 min read

297

Sovereign Cloud Is Growing 35.6% Per Year. Geopolitics Is Now an IT Architecture Decision.

2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy

6 min read

298

Sovereign Cloud at $80 Billion Is a Geopolitics Story, Not a Compliance Story

2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy

6 min read

299

Spatial Computing and the Enterprise AR Story Nobody Is Telling

2026-05-14·Organizational Theory

7 min read

300

Stop Counting Users, Start Measuring Delegation

2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems

6 min read

15