
The Real Shifts Happening with AI
Notes from 'Reshuffle: Who Wins when AI Restacks the Knowledge Economy’, Sangeet Paul Choudary's new book
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Editor's note: Sangeet Paul Choudary’s Reshuffle: Who Wins When AI Restacks the Knowledge Economy offers a compelling exploration of how artificial intelligence is transforming the economic landscape by acting not just as a tool for automation, but as a powerful coordinator that restructures workflows, organizations, and entire industries. Through vivid storytelling and sharp analysis, Choudary highlights four key tensions—between workers and tools, tool providers and firms, consolidating businesses and disrupted industries, and empowered individuals and entrenched incumbents—illustrating how AI shifts power dynamics and redefines value creation. Drawing on historical parallels, like the impact of the shipping container, the book reframes AI as a "better glue" that connects systems, making it essential reading for leaders and strategists navigating the opportunities and challenges of the AI-driven knowledge economy.
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Shrinath V
Founder, The Salient Advisory, Product & AI Strategy Advisor
Shrinath V. runs The Salient Advisory, where he helps leaders uncover blind spots and make smarter bets in the age of AI. With two decades of experience across global firms and startups, he advises product teams on strategy and execution.
He is also a long-time mentor with Google for Startups, where he has coached hundreds of founders, including many AI-led ventures, on the realities of selling to enterprise. Over the last year, his focus has been on AI adoption in practice—how leaders can move beyond experiments and bring AI into the real work of teams, decisions, and execution.
Shrinath is on LinkedIn and writes a blog, Blind Spots to Big Bets, on Substack.
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