Why read this report
The Conductor Model: Direction with Magnitude for Human–AI Teams explains, in plain language, how to get the best of both worlds: humans set direction and guardrails; AI supplies scalable magnitude. Instead of asking “human or AI-who wins?”, the report shows how to divide cognitive labour so speed does not erode judgement. You will see how to protect causality, provenance, uncertainty, and accountability while still moving faster, and you will get a light, practical preview of the V.E.C.T.O.R. authorisation brief that fixes direction before any model runs.
What you’ll gain
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A memorable working model, direction + magnitude = a usable vector, to guide team roles and decisions.
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A simple heuristic for what to delegate to AI, what to keep with humans, and what to do jointly.
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Guardrails you can adopt immediately: causality labelling, sourcelock and provenance by construction, reproducibility and uncertainty requirements, a signed decision log, and role separation (Author ≠ Checker ≠ Approver).
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A clear view of what AI is-and isn’t-good at, so you avoid overreach and focus automation where acceptance tests are objective and cheap to verify.
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A concrete worked example (housing delivery) that contrasts top‑down assumptions with a bottom‑up, agent‑based approach and shows how the Conductor Model changes real outcomes.
Who it’s for
Executives, programme leads, and method owners who need web‑ready, defensible practices for using AI in real work—polished enough for stakeholders, practical enough for teams to apply now. If you want AI that is fast where it’s safe and cautious where it matters, this report gives you the language, the brief, and the checks to make that happen.
