Don’t eliminate managers, redesign them. Rebuild management roles around judgment, adaptability, and orchestrating human-AI systems.
Body of Work: Leadership
CIO | Why SaaS companies must become octopuses to survive AI
SaaS providers must adopt modular architectures and distributed intelligence models to ensure their platforms remain adaptable as AI technology rapidly evolves.
Psychology Today | How to Move Beyond the AI Pilot
“Pilot purgatory” kills momentum. Here’s how to escape and turning AI experiments into enterprise change.
Dialogue | How to build an octopus
In the AI age, leaders need to go beyond future-proofing
Leader to Leader | Becoming an Octopus Organization: A New Model for Leadership in the AI Age
The great leadership challenge of the AI era isn’t how to integrate a new form of technology. It’s how to reimagine the very nature of leadership itself.
TalentCulture | How Accelerating AI Adoption Means Turning from Org Charts to Octopuses
The traditional organizational chart is dying. In its place, a new structure is emerging, one that’s inspired by an unlikely creature: the octopus.
The Octopus Organization™ with Jonathan Brill: Julia Hautz
Jonathan Brill speaks with Julia Hautz, Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Innsbruck, about the dynamics of change management and the importance of fostering open communication within organizations.
ORH | Reimagining Work and Roles for AI-Driven Innovation
Faced with disruption of meteoric proportions, companies that adopt a distributed decision-making model will be better equipped to ride the waves of change and unleash innovation at all levels.
Brainz Magazine | 9 Essential Business Books for Leaders and Entrepreneurs
AI and the Octopus Organization: Building the Superintelligent Firm by Jonathan Brill and Steve Wunker was included as #4 on Brainz Magazine's list of 9 Essential Business Books for Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Here is what they had to say: AI and the Octopus...
Psychology Today | Trust is the New Tech
AI succeeds only when people trust the system behind it. Transparency, safety, and shared purpose—not better tools—turn AI from abandoned software into real impact.
Jonathan Brill on the Profiles in Leadership Podcast
Jonathan Brill, Octopus Organizations Built for Speed, Resilience and Radical Adaptability In a recent episode of Profiles in Leadership, host Dr. Steve Anderson sits down with Jonathan Brill to explore how organizations must evolve to thrive in an AI-driven world. In...
Jonathan Brill on the Bringing Data & AI to Life Podcast
The AI Investment Strategies You Need to Know: Eye-Opening Insights from Jonathan Brill Placing bets is always a risky game, and yet, everyone’s looking to do it with AI. So, how can you make the best possible bet? In the latest episode of Informatica's podcast...