Leading with AI · Framework
An AI Culture Map
Adapted from Erin Meyer's Culture Map, applied to how people, teams, and organizations actually adopt AI.
Scale
What changes with AI
Implication
Communicating
Low-context
High-context
What changes
How much users assume AI can infer.
Implication
Evaluating
Direct negative feedback
Indirect negative feedback
What changes
How readily users correct or challenge AI.
Implication
Persuading
Principles-first
Applications-first
What changes
What makes AI credible and worth trying.
Implication
Leading
Egalitarian
Hierarchical
What changes
The perceived status of AI.
Implication
Deciding
Consensual
Top-down
What changes
Who AI is allowed to influence.
Implication
Trusting
Task-based
Relationship-based
What changes
How AI earns legitimacy.
Implication
Disagreeing
Confrontational
Avoids confrontation
What changes
Whether users challenge AI, or use AI to challenge others.
Implication
Scheduling
Linear time
Flexible time
What changes
How AI becomes embedded into work.
Implication