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The New Vocabulary

Defining the concepts of the AI era.

Words shape thinking. To navigate the transition, we must first agree on what we are talking about.

CDT — Context Design Thinking

A four-phase methodology for designing context in AI systems — Audit, Architect, Construct, Integrate. The prompt is the precise instruction; the context is the environment that defines how it is interpreted.

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CORE

An organisational performance framework built on four pillars — Culture, Operations, Resources, Excellence — for change management and organisational transformation.

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CSBL — Cognitive System Building Loop

An iterative construction process for cognitive systems — frameworks, methodologies, curricula — through four phases: Diagnose, Design, Build, Validate.

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Change Fitness

An organisation's sustainable capacity to absorb and leverage continuous transformation.

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Cognitive Apartheid

The emerging divide between those who direct AI and those directed by it.

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Cognitive Drift

When human decision-making atrophies through over-reliance on AI.

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Cognitive Flexibility

The capacity to shift perspectives, modes of thinking, and frames of reference without locking into a single one — treating AI outputs as scaffolding, not as conclusions.

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Cognitive Guardrails Method

A methodology for designing cognitive constraints — the intentional boundaries that ensure an AI system or person using AI does not drift outside desired parameters.

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Cognitive Interface

The design layer between human thinking and AI processing.

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Cognitive Sovereignty

The ability to use AI without losing mental autonomy — amplifying intelligence with AI while remaining capable of thinking, deciding and creating without it.

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Complementarity-Aware Collaboration

The metacognitive awareness of when human judgment outperforms an AI recommendation — and when it does not — enabling genuinely effective human-AI partnership.

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Context Design

The discipline of structuring information environments for optimal human-AI decision-making.

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Context Design Thinking

Ambiente informacional estruturado onde a interface cognitiva opera, composto por conhecimento prévio, constraints ambientais, regras operacionais, e delimitações de scope

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Context Window

The working memory of an AI system.

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