Cognitive Governance

AI transformation starts with how we decide.

We rethink the way management and organisations decide, collaborate and operate with AI: from strategy to adoption in real processes.

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The foundation · System 0

Intuition, analytical reasoning and AI working together.

System 0 is the cognitive layer where intuition, analytical reasoning and artificial intelligence operate together. The concept was introduced by researchers at Università Cattolica di Milano in Nature Human Behaviour.

The model · The four postures

Exploratory, Generative, Critical, Operating.

The four DEXISION postures for working with AI, from the white paper Cognitive Governance in the AI Era (UCL School of Management, April 2026).

Cover of the white paper Cognitive Governance in the AI Era (UCL School of Management, April 2026)
Expertise and research Executive experience• UCL School of Management• Harvard Business Review Italia• Books About us →
One method, many possibilities

Cognitive Governance is the frame. You start with management, then combine the areas that serve you best.

COGNITIVE GOVERNANCE

The frame: how management decides and works with AI

How to start
How decision-makers think

Leadership and decisions

To raise the quality of cognitive work and of decisions.

DEXISION →
Leader Journey →
Workshop for the leadership team →

How the organisation works

Processes and platforms

To bring AI capabilities and agents into real work.

Bootcamp →
Implementations and AI agents →
PRISM →
Price Radar →

You move between the two areas according to what emerges. The five modules are a layer shared by both. Explore the paths →

ACADEMY

Training that serves both areas · Discover the Academy →

The founder
Giovanni Giamminola

Giovanni Giamminola

Thirty years as CEO of billion-euro companies. Today he works with Boards and executive teams on strategy, governance and decision-making architectures for the age of AI.

He is an affiliated fellow at UCL School of Management in London, Centre for Sustainable Business, where he co-authored the white paper Cognitive Governance in the AI Era. He writes for Harvard Business Review Italia and is the author of Il Manager Potenziato (The Augmented Manager) and Il Brand Potenziato.

Meet Systemic Zero

Let's talk about your challenge

No predefined path: a first conversation to find the right starting point.

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