The AIgency Model
Two Axes. Five Dimensions.
Ten Competencies.
The AIgencyModel maps the complete territory of human-AI collaboration. Two axes. Five dimensions. Each dimension has two competencies — AI's role and your role — showing how they compound when both are fully activated.
A Model With Two Axes
Unlocking AI
Y-Axis
What exemplary leaders do to activate AI's unique superpowers — how you prompt it, challenge it, and direct what it gives you.
AIgency
The compounding effect when AI capability and human agency amplify each other. Your AIgency score measures how fully both axes are activated.
Unleashing Me
X-Axis
The uniquely human agency exemplary leaders exercise — bringing your full purpose, connection, vision, judgment, and courage.
The Five Dimensions of AIgency
Each dimension has two competencies — AI's capability and your agency. Together, they define what exemplary human-AI collaboration looks like in practice. When both are active, the dimension compounds. When either is absent, the dimension stalls.
More Meaning
Purposeful Agency
How do I make sense of this?
AI: Scan
Unlocking AI (Y-axis)
AI scans data for patterns and anomalies.
Me: Intuit
Unleashing Me (X-axis)
You bring intuition — that nagging sense before the proof arrives.
Together: meaning emerges from the intersection of data and discernment.
Deeper Connection
Relational Agency
Who must be involved and why?
AI: Map
Unlocking AI (Y-axis)
AI maps relationships and dependencies.
Me: Collaborate
Unleashing Me (X-axis)
You bring people into the work and make sure they shape it.
Together: connection deepens because the right people are in the room AND they feel seen.
Actionable Vision
Creative Agency
What is really possible?
AI: Generate
Unlocking AI (Y-axis)
AI generates scenarios from what exists.
Me: Create
Unleashing Me (X-axis)
You create what has never existed — and personally invest in making it real.
Together: vision becomes actionable because imagination meets evidence.
Higher Judgement
Volitional Agency
What is best and why?
AI: Calculate
Unlocking AI (Y-axis)
AI calculates by eliminating options.
Me: Choose
Unleashing Me (X-axis)
You choose by creating new ones — bringing values, experience, and will to the moment.
Together: judgment sharpens because data informs but doesn't dictate.
Grounded Courage
Confident Agency
What is my role in this?
AI: Simulate
Unlocking AI (Y-axis)
AI simulates scenarios and risks.
Me: Lead
Unleashing Me (X-axis)
You go first — showing your team how you work with AI, including the messy parts.
Together: courage compounds because you act with both conviction and evidence.
The Heart of the Model
The question is not “AI or me?” The question is “What happens when I exercise my full AIgency — bringing my full self AND AI's full capability to the same problem?” That's when both axes hit 100%. That's the Orchestrator.
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