Duena Blomstrom
Originator of Human Debt™, Execution Debt®, Emotional Banking™, and Empathy Architecture™.
Duena Blomstrom is an author, researcher, and framework originator working at the intersection of human systems, AI-era execution, and organisational risk. She is the sole originator of the concepts that anchor the V9 ecosystem, and the co-creator — with Dave Ballantyne — of its operational frameworks and research.
Her work has been published by Bloomsbury Business, cited in international media, and applied across financial services, technology companies, and AI transformation programmes. The patent-pending Human Debt® and Execution Debt® frameworks form the structural foundation for PeopleNotTech's institutional diagnostics.
Sole-originated works
Concepts — Sole originator
Co-created with Dave Ballantyne
The Human-Machine Co-Regulated Execution framework and the Human Debt® and Execution Debt® frameworks are co-created by Duena Blomstrom and Dave Ballantyne.
Co-author with Dave Ballantyne
CGEI — Continuity-Governed Execution Infrastructure
The field research paper establishing the structural conditions for AI-era execution survivability.
Co-creator with Dave Ballantyne
Human-Machine Co-Regulated Execution (HMCE)
The operating framework governing coherence between human and AI execution systems under acceleration.
Co-creator with Dave Ballantyne
EI Score v1.0
Five-dimension measurement system: Human Verification Density, Inspectability, Accountability, Drift Control, Correction Latency.
Co-creator with Dave Ballantyne
Human-in-the-Loop Foundations™ (HILF)
The €495 certification course operationalising the human capability layer for the AI era.
Podcasts & Media
Three podcast series and a body of spoken work connecting the frameworks to real-world practice.
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