Narrative Provenance
The term emerged from the disconnect between the "Cathedral Clock" of model development and the "Bazaar Clock" of market reality. Executive Prophets are the leaders who align their organizational strategy exclusively with the Cathedral's timeline, treating every model release as a divine revelation that renders current operational realities obsolete. They operate on "Magical Thinking," assuming that the next scaling law breakthrough will solve all "Last Mile Problems" without requiring messy human integration.
Field Notes & Ephemera
The Oracle Paradox: A phenomenon observed in 2024 where C-suite executives began trusting AI-generated strategic forecasts over reports from their own human vice presidents. This led to the "Strategy Hallucination" era, where roadmaps were built on capabilities that didn't yet exist.
Ephemera: "The Waitlist." A digital artifact; a screenshot of an email declaring "You have been added to the waitlist for GPT-5." For the Executive Prophet, this email was a currency of higher value than actual revenue.