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Free field guides, worksheets, and tools to run the framework on your own work. No price, no email wall; the first layer of the Codex is free at the door.

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The State of AI at Work · 2026 cover
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The State of AI at Work · 2026

The 95%: why most AI transformations fail, and the playbook of the few that don't. A data-led field report you can forward.

95% failed5% playbook18 pages sourced
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The source text

Start with the book.

Everything here is the framework, made practical and free. The Blank Collar Equation is where it was written; read it, then run it on your own work with the guides below.

A manifesto for the future of workThe
Blank Collar
EquationKristian Kabashi
First edition · 2023
NewA manifesto for the future of workThe
Blank Collar
EquationKristian Kabashi
Second edition · July 2026

Five variables, three mental models, one role rewired. The curriculum is a direct translation of the book’s learnings.

01The ExpansionHand process to the machine and the human half of the work grows to fill the space.
02The InversionThe question flips: not what should I do for a living, but what should I live for.
03The RatioMinimise the process you carry; maximise the human experience wrapped around it.
Read the book→The frameworkThe framework, in full, on The Idea

First edition out now. Second edition (expanded) July 2026.

01Apply

Run it on your own work.

Tools to run the framework on something real this week. Print them, fill them in, keep what you make.

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Tool

The 5-Question AI Autopsy

An AI initiative failed, or is failing. Five questions, one per layer of the Stack, to find the layer that actually killed it. It is almost never the model.

15 minRead more
02Lead

Lead the shift.

For the people who have to bring it to a team, a function, or a whole company.

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Deck

The Stack: Brief Your Leadership in 10 Slides

The deck a manager opens, then presents: why most AI transformations fail, and the five layers that decide it. Forward-ready, every figure sourced.

10 slidesRead more
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Field guide

The 90-Day Protocol

The first ninety days that separate the 5% from the 95%. The operating playbook the report points to (diagnose, fix the base, compound) on a calendar.

25 min readRead more
03Measure

See where you stand.

An honest read before you decide what to change, for yourself, then for the org.

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Tool

The Stack Self-Audit

Score your 200. Find your band. Know your next move. A fillable scorecard across the five Stack layers: the self-scored companion to the report's audit.

15 minRead more
Assessment

The Index

Twenty questions. Your framework, scored. A measured read on where you stand, not a self-read.

5 min · freeRun the Index

Free at the door.

These are the first layer of the Codex. The rest (the curriculum and the track, on your own real work) is where it gets put to use.

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