If you launch AI before aligning your enterprise knowledge， you’re not innovating—you’re lighting a fuse。

AI doesn’t fix confusion。 It reflects it。 The subtly misaligned workflows， contradictory policies， and unspoken tensions inside every business today never mattered before。 They do now。 Unlike people， AI doesn't run on intuition or institutional memory。 If you don't clean and clarify your enterprise knowledge before you implement AI， that confusion get encoded， scaled， and unleashed at speed。

The Alignment Imperative confronts this
Your AI's success -- the survival of your business -- hinges on what you feed it。

Mike Arnold—former mayor， international systems strategist， and executive AI advisor—introduces EKAP™， the Enterprise Knowledge Alignment Protocol。 Not a tool。 A transformation framework。 Built for leaders who understand that if AI is the rocket， then knowledge is the fuel， and alignment is the launchpad。

In this book， you’ll

Why hybrid intelligence is the future—and you are the missing half

How enterprise knowledge becomes fuel—or friction

The first law of AI Cl arity Before Code

EKAP's ALIGN steps （Assess， Layer， Integrate， Govern， Nurture） to prepare for liftoff

Why aligned organizations don’t just survive disruption—they drive it


Drucker gave us management。 Taylor gave us efficiency。 Arnold defines Knowledge Alignment。

A tsunami is coming。 More tech won’t save you。 Only truth-aligned systems will。