The Lost Flywheel

STABILITY ENGINEERING – Volume 8 www.manhattanproject20.com 1 116-06-C The Lost Flywheel Why AI Must Replace More Than Labor One of the least appreciated functions of a mature enterprise is that it behaves like a giant stabilizing flywheel. Employees rarely notice it. Executives seldom measure it. Yet every day it quietly absorbs thousands of small disturbances that would otherwise accumulate into instability. • A customer changes an order. • A supplier ships late. • A software defect appears.