◆ Human Agency OD

The Human Agency Circle

Seven measurable elements form a closed loop. Human Agency isn't one of them — it's the halo around the whole loop, read from how tightly the moderating relationships hold and whether feed-forward stays earned or becomes a shortcut around them.

HUMAN AGENCY read from the pattern — not a node in the loop Tech Agenticness & Delegation Real-World Outcomes Leadership Perspective / ROI Organizational Governance Response governs feed-forward — bypasses Governance Response, mature orgs only Individual Sentiment Team Sentiment Organizational Sentiment
causal (outcomes → perception → governance)
governs (structural)
tributary moderator (sentiment)
feed-forward (mature orgs only)
Human Agency — the halo

Not a node. It's the diagnosis read off the loop's pattern: tight moderation with an unused or absent feed-forward arrow reads as agency preserved; loose moderation with a strong, confidence-driven feed-forward reads as agency quietly eroding.

1 Tech Agenticness & Delegation

How much autonomy AI actually has, and how much is actually handed off in practice — the governed/dependent side of the loop.

2 Real-World Outcomes

The objective, measurable results of AI-enabled work — independent of how anyone perceives them.

3 Leadership Perspective / ROI

Leadership's belief about whether AI is "working" — can diverge from the outcomes themselves, in either direction.

4 Organizational Governance Response

The actual structural action an org takes — charters, policy, formal decision-rights — that closes the loop by acting on Tech Agenticness & Delegation. This is what "governs," in practice.

5 Individual Sentiment

A person's own attitude, resolved from behavioral signals — moderates their personal delegation behavior.

6 Team Sentiment

The aggregate sentiment mix across a team — moderates delegation through norms and peer effect.

7 Organizational Sentiment

The org-wide climate toward AI — now a tributary moderator alongside Individual and Team Sentiment, distinct from the formal Governance Response it may or may not translate into.

Human Agency OD — The Human Agency Circle by DocCLR