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## Segment 6 — agentic

## Article 26 — a026

# K. Sudhir

**Role in source:** Sole author of the article *"How to Design Agentic Systems Around the Implicit Rules that Govern Your Company"* (Harvard Business Review, 2026). Every claim, quote, framework, and recommendation in this vault is attributable to him.

**Profile:** James L. Frank '32 Professor of Marketing, Private Enterprise, and Management at the Yale School of Management. His research spans sales, service organizations, and Generative AI for Managers — the disciplinary lens behind this article's blend of organizational behavior and AI deployment strategy.

**Attributed contributions in this vault:**
- Core thesis and the framing of the [[concept-implicit-organization]] vs. the [[concept-documented-organization]].
- Concepts: [[concept-professional-discretion]], [[concept-hidden-substitution]], [[concept-retrievable-layer]], [[concept-machine-speed-compounding]], [[concept-invisible-pipeline]].
- Frameworks: [[framework-functions-implicit-org]], [[framework-surface-implicit-layer]], [[framework-three-responses]], [[framework-design-real-organization]].
- Claims: [[claim-deleting-motivational-mechanisms]], [[claim-multi-agent-failure]], [[claim-eroding-governance-capacity]], [[claim-agent-insertion-fails]].
- Signature quotes: [[quote-implicit-vs-documented]], [[quote-api-bad-vibe]], [[quote-deleting-motivational-mechanisms]], [[quote-automate-judgment]], [[quote-human-oversight-permanent]].
- Contrarian positions: [[contrarian-human-oversight-permanent]], [[contrarian-speed-is-dangerous]], [[contrarian-humans-teach-implicit-rules]].

**Canonical reference:** Yale SOM faculty profile / HBR author page.