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## Segment 1 — spine

## Article 95 — a095

# John J. Sviokla

**Role in the source:** Co-author of the HBR article; the source of the systems-thinking / self-made-billionaire research thread.

**Profile:** Co-Founder of GAI Insights; former senior consultant with PwC and Diamond; former Harvard Business School faculty member. He researched the success factors of self-made billionaires.

**Attributed contributions to this vault:**
- His billionaire research is the empirical basis for [[claim-billionaire-systems]] (80% of self-made billionaires won in mature markets via superior systems) and thus for the whole [[concept-systems-thinking-ai]] discipline.
- Co-author of both frameworks: [[framework-6-disciplines-gen-ai]] and [[framework-gen-ai-project-selection]].
- Co-source of the closing warning [[quote-minor-tinkering]] and the urgency line [[quote-worst-ai]].

Canonical reference (per enrichment): professional bio pages (e.g., GAI Insights / speaking platforms). Co-author: [[entity-tom-davenport]].