Ideas that shape how enterprises think about AI
Two books. One practitioner's perspective on navigating complexity and building AI-ready organizations — written for leaders who need to act, not just understand.
Chaos by Design
Tales of Empowerment on the Path to Digital Transformation
Kader Sakkaria · Imran Karbhari · Trevor Macomber
What's the most important component of a successful digital transformation? The latest software? The shiniest hardware? Spoiler alert: it's your people. But how do you convince and empower your people to follow your North Star?
Drawing from nearly 60 years of combined business and technology experience, this compelling collaborative work gives leaders a clear-eyed framework for navigating complexity — and building resilient, transformation-ready enterprises without losing the human judgment that makes organizations worth leading.
Key themes
- How to harness creative chaos to shift your organization from fragile to agile
- The secret sauce common to every successful transformation — and it isn't technology
- Why failure is not only an option — it's a necessity for growth
- How to position your business to thrive in uncertainty, not just survive it
Intelligence by Design
The next wave of AI adoption won't be won by the organizations that deploy the most models. It will be won by those that redesign how humans and AI work together — at the level of roles, decisions, and operating models.
Intelligence by Design is the definitive blueprint for building human + AI operating models that create durable competitive advantage — not just efficiency gains. Drawing on Kader's work leading AI at enterprise scale, it provides the frameworks, case studies, and leadership principles that separate AI advantage from AI theater.
What to expect
- The Human + AI Operating Model — a blueprint for redesigning work at every level
- Why most AI strategies fail at the implementation layer, not the strategy layer
- How to build AI governance that enables speed without sacrificing accountability
- The leadership mindset shift required to lead in an AI-native enterprise
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Why Kader writes
"The best AI frameworks are the ones that make the next decision obvious — not the ones that make the author look smart."
Both books are written for practitioners — executives, operators, and builders who need to make real decisions about AI in real organizations. No hype. No theory for theory's sake. Just the clearest possible path from where you are to where you need to be.