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Karsten Baumgartl

Open Source Consulting for the Cognitive Revolution

Technology doesn't transform organizations.
Empowered employees do.

I explore how organizations gain leverage in the age of AI by empowering employees, not just deploying tools.

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Foundational Ideas

Core Concepts of the Cognitive Revolution

Macro

Cognitive Revolution

The moment machines begin amplifying human thinking rather than replacing human labor.​

Consequence

Trust
Tax

The ability of individuals to multiply their effectiveness through structured AI collaboration.​

Scale

Open Source Consulting

A new approach to AI consulting, shaped by a simple belief: Proving potential value should not be proprietary. It should be accessible, observable and earned through movement.​

Micro

Cognitive
Leverage

The ability of individuals to multiply their effectiveness through structured AI collaboration.​

Empowerment

Interface
Tax

The invisible friction created by tools, systems, and workflows that force humans to think around them instead of through them.

Adoption

Speaking & Advisory

Invite me to speak about the Cognitive Revolution, AI adoption and the future of knowledge work within the freedom of Open Source Consulting.
Speaking
Keynotes on AI, cognitive leverage and org. change.
Workshops
Turn Strategy into Practical
Decisions.
Exec. Briefings
Align
Leadership Around
Real Trade Offs.
Advisory
Ongoing
Support for Transformation.
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Micro Experiments

What technology actually enables
Smart Glasses in the Workplace: The Opposite of a VR Office »
The Interface Tax: Why AI Tools Feel Powerful but Fail in Real Work »
Make the Impossible Possible »
Rethinking Time as Engagement Infrastructure »
Cognitive Leverage: Moving from AI Features to Real AI Productivity »
AI Replaces Skills, Not Jobs. It Aimplifies Purpose. »

Macro Frameworks

Why organizations succeed or fail with technology
The Agentic AI Trust Tax Problem: Why More Capability Can Reduce Adoption »
Enablement Is the Laziest Form of Transformation »
Why the Economics of Trust in AI Consulting Demand Shared Risk and Real Outcomes »
Governance Follows Momentum: Why AI Governance Strategy Comes After Innovation »
The Power of Focus in an Over-Featured World »
The Effort Illusion: The AI Productivity Paradox »