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## Segment 1 — spine

## Article 98 — a098

# Todd McLees

**Profile.** Todd McLees is a strategy and transformation consultant and a **co-author** of this HBR source. He is the lead promoter of the Generative AI Value-Creation Pyramid, which (per his LinkedIn commentary) he describes as developed from "hundreds of conversations with leaders" and framed as a progression from task automation → collective intelligence → cultural transformation → value creation that changes lives.

**Role in the source.** Co-author and framework originator/evangelist. Canonical reference: his LinkedIn profile and personal/consulting site.

**Attributed contributions in this vault** (co-authored with [[entity-nicole-radziwill]] and [[entity-greg-satell]]):
- Developed [[concept-value-creation-pyramid]] and its framework form [[framework-value-creation-pyramid]]
- Articulated Level 2, [[concept-collective-intelligence-ai]], and the [[framework-half-day-prototyping]] / [[concept-build-to-learn]] method
- Attributed quotes: [[quote-shared-understanding]], [[quote-hope-for-the-best]], [[quote-common-language]], [[quote-human-story]]
- Advanced the contrarian positions [[contrarian-productivity-gains-are-insufficient]] and [[contrarian-no-complex-infrastructure]]