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▶ 4:00 · AI Agents · Organizational singularity: restructure around intelligence, not hierarchy
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Peter H. Diamandis

The New Era of Jobs: Organizational Singularity | EP #258

2026-05-26 · 1 company · 5 thematic
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salim ismail

Salim Ismail is a serial entrepreneur and strategist who co-wrote Exponential Organizations (ExO 1.0 and 2.0). He leads the OpenExO community of 50,000 people in 150 countries and has worked with Fortune 500 companies (P&G, Siemens Energy, HP, Black & Decker) on edge innovation. He is launching the Organizational Singularity (ExO 3.0) as a living AI book via a Claude skill.

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