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source_timestamps: ["§ The Underappreciated Power of Perception"]
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## Segment 1 — spine

## Article 19 — a019

# Jeffrey T. Hancock

**Role in the source:** Co-author of the HBR article. **Professor of Communication at Stanford University**, an expert on **trust, deception, and technology-mediated communication**. He supplies the article's trust-and-perception dimension.

**Attributed contributions to this vault:**
- The perception-and-trust framing behind [[concept-seniority-perception-gap|the Seniority Gap in AI Perception]] and the [[concept-pilots-vs-passengers|pilots-vs-passengers]] dynamic.
- Co-authorship of the framing quotes [[quote-inventing-the-future]] and [[quote-pilots-over-passengers]].

Co-authors: [[entity-jan-emmanuel-de-neve|Jan-Emmanuel De Neve]] and [[entity-kate-niederhoffer|Kate Niederhoffer]].

## Segment 9 — adoption

## Article 38 — a038

# Jeffrey T. Hancock

**Jeffrey T. Hancock** is Professor of Communication at Stanford and founder/director of the [[entity-stanford-social-media-lab]]. He is a co-author of the workslop research and is frequently quoted on how AI affects communication quality and trust.

**Role in this source:** co-author / cited academic voice (byline author).

**Attributed contributions in this vault:** co-authored [[quote-management-failure]] and [[quote-irony-of-ai]]; provides the academic grounding for the [[concept-workslop-d38]] construct and its relational-trust dynamics.