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id: "quote-standard-approach-broken"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶2"]
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2026/05/what-are-your-companys-ai-nightmares"
source_title: "What Are Your Company's AI Nightmares?"
tags: ["thesis", "critique"]
related: ["concept-standard-rai-approach"]
quote: "The standard approach to Responsible AI is fundamentally broken."
speaker: "Reid Blackman"
speakers: ["Reid Blackman"]
sources: ["governance"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-governance"
originDay: 7
articleStem: "hbr-cl-82-ai-nightmares"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/05/what-are-your-companys-ai-nightmares"
sourceTitle: "What Are Your Company’s AI Nightmares?"
---
# "The standard approach is fundamentally broken"

> "The standard approach to Responsible AI is fundamentally broken."
> — Reid Blackman ([[entity-reid-blackman]])

The author's definitive thesis statement on the current state of corporate AI governance. It launches the critique developed in [[concept-standard-rai-approach]] and structured by the three flaws behind [[framework-standard-rai-model]].

**Enrichment note:** This exact judgment appears in Blackman's own Substack essay introducing the ENC. Broader industry sources echo the underlying *speed* and *bureaucracy* concerns but frequently stop short of the word "broken" — see the "policy-first can be made agile" counter-perspective in [[_AGENT_PRIMER]].