5.3 Argue against the instructor
Completion requirements
This course holds that governance makes organizations faster.
Make the strongest possible case that it does not. Latency, shadow AI, first-mover advantage, survivorship bias — and evidence from your own domain.
You are not being assessed on agreeing. You are being assessed on whether you can construct the case a serious opponent would make. If your counter-argument is easy to defeat, you have not made it strongly enough.
600–900 words · about 60–90 minutes.
How you will be graded — aim for Proficient.
| 1 · Emerging | The instructor's position restated and then dismissed. |
| 2 · Developing | A counter-case made, but from general argument rather than your own evidence. |
| 3 · Proficient — target | The strongest case a serious opponent would make, built on evidence from your own domain — latency, shadow AI, first-mover advantage, survivorship bias. You are not assessed on agreeing. If your counter-argument is easy to defeat, you have not made it strongly enough. |
| 4 · Exemplary | Also states which piece of evidence would change your own mind, and whether you have looked for it. |