Published research programme
Five papers, five manifestos, one causal arc
A systematic research programme on epistemic governance for regulated industries. Papers co-authored with Arnaud Gelas. Three published on SSRN; two submitted, in review.
The causal spine
Enterprise AI fails because of dynamics blindness (A) → the resolution is architectural (B) → ten independent traditions converge on the same requirements (C) → the practitioner methodology includes epistemic immunity (D) → at sufficient depth, governed initiative emerges (E).
SSRN working papers
Paper A — The diagnosis · Published on SSRN
Dynamics Blindness: When AI Is Locally Correct and Globally Non-Compliant
LLMs process tokens without tracing causal chains through organisational dependencies. Chain-of-thought, RAG, tool use, and multi-agent systems do not add the missing causal infrastructure. The problem is structural, not parametric.
Paper B — The resolution · Published on SSRN
The Predictive Organization: Architecture for Enterprise Intelligence
A tripartite structure - Map, Physics, Player - coupling neural perception with symbolic reasoning, operating on claims-based knowledge with prevalence weighting.
Paper C — The foundations · Published on SSRN
Build the Medium: Why Organizational Intelligence Is Mechanism, Not Metaphor
Ten independent theoretical traditions - from cell biology to social systems theory - converge on the same architectural requirements for organisational intelligence. Introduces the capability/fertility distinction and the autonomy-to-initiative transition.
Paper D — The methodology · Submitted, in review
Governed Intelligence Architecture for Institutional AI
The Governed Intelligence Lifecycle - Ingest, Consolidate, Curate, Expand, Apply - with an epistemic immunity framework protecting against six systemic knowledge failures. Introduces epistemic operational risk as a distinct risk category.
Paper E — The capstone · Submitted, in review
From Autonomy to Initiative: Enterprise AI's Real Endgame
The AI industry optimises for autonomy when the real prize is initiative - agents that perceive what matters through immersion, not instruction. Three conditions for governed initiative, governance relocation, and the domain graph as the missing middle layer.
The Agentic Governance Stack
Five public manifestos
A five-layer governance framework spanning engineering practice through enterprise transformation. Each layer has a published manifesto with principles and implementation guidance. Layers 1-3 authored by Arnaud Gelas. Layers 4-5 co-authored.
Gelas, A.
Agent Software Development Lifecycle
Gelas, A.
Gelas, A.
Intelligence Governance Manifesto
Reichhart, W. & Gelas, A.
Reichhart, W. & Gelas, A.
Vocabulary
Named contributions
Original concepts introduced across the research programme.
Machine-Readable Intelligence (MRI)
Dynamics Blindness
Governed Intelligence Lifecycle
Epistemic Governance
Epistemic Immunity
Capability / Fertility
Epistemic Operational Risk
Autonomy-to-Initiative
Governance Relocation
Living Medium
Circuit Breaker Principle
Map / Physics / Player
Domain Graph