---
id: "quote-slow-and-blind"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶5"]
tags: ["ai-impact", "organizational-failure"]
related: ["claim-consensus-fatal-post-ai"]
speaker: "Jonathan Rosenthal and Neal Zuckerman"
speakers: ["Jonathan Rosenthal", "Neal Zuckerman"]
quote: "Together, they create an organization that is both slow and blind—a dangerous combination in any era, but fatal post-AI."
sources: ["governance"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-governance"
originDay: 7
articleStem: "hbr-sig-59-consensus-decision-making"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/04/decision-making-by-consensus-doesnt-work-in-the-ai-era"
sourceTitle: "Decision-Making by Consensus Doesn’t Work in the AI Era"
---
# Slow and Blind

> "Together, they create an organization that is both slow and blind—a dangerous combination in any era, but fatal post-AI."
> — [[entity-jonathan-rosenthal]] and [[entity-neal-zuckerman]]

The authors' summary of what happens when the speed requirements of AI meet the two weaknesses of consensus: delay (slow) and [[concept-information-distortion]] (blind). This is the compact statement of [[claim-consensus-fatal-post-ai]]. 'Slow' comes from the [[concept-consensus-management]] approval gaggles; 'blind' comes from [[concept-success-theater]].