The AI in Business Podcast Lessons from Running Massive Online Degrees at Scale - with Aaron Demory of Fearlus
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Sep 23, 2025 In a thought-provoking discussion, Aaron Demory, Senior Partner at Fearlus and IT Chief at the FDIC, delves into the importance of safeguarding institutional memory. He highlights the risks associated with the erosion of tribal knowledge and how this affects compliance and operations across industries. Aaron shares practical strategies for enhancing communication with frontline employees and aligning data strategies with cultural goals. His insights on using data visualizations for early risk detection and the balance between automated tools and human intuition are particularly compelling.
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Tribal Knowledge Is Double-Edged
- Tribal knowledge can be both a competitive asset and a critical liability for organizations.
- When key people leave without documentation, enterprises incur high costs and operational risk.
Agile Practices Erode Integration Rituals
- Modern agile and faster development practices have reduced classical systems integration touchpoints.
- That shift erodes institutional navigational skills that previously preserved tribal knowledge.
The Jane Who Retired To Maui
- Aaron recounts a common scenario: a long-tenured employee named Jane retires and takes undocumented processes with her.
- The organization then struggles to run implementations because Jane held critical practices and test scripts.