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id: "quote-learning-journeys"
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source_timestamps: ["§ Stage 3: Experimental/Prototyping Portfolio (Experiment)"]
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2026/01/manage-your-ai-investments-like-a-portfolio"
source_title: "Manage Your AI Investments Like a Portfolio"
tags: ["experimentation", "mindset"]
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speaker: "Faisal Hoque, Erik Nelson, Tom Davenport and Paul Scade"
speakers: ["Faisal Hoque", "Erik Nelson", "Tom Davenport", "Paul Scade"]
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sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-spine"
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sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/01/manage-your-ai-investments-like-a-portfolio"
sourceTitle: "Manage Your AI Investments Like a Portfolio"
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# Experiments as Learning Journeys

> "The key to successful AI experimentation is structuring experiments as learning journeys rather than validation exercises."
> — [[entity-faisal-hoque]], [[entity-erik-nelson]], [[entity-tom-davenport]] & [[entity-paul-scade]]

The thesis of Stage 3. Grounds [[concept-ai-learning-journeys]] and the contrarian reframe [[contrarian-learning-vs-validation]].