Glossary term

Value shapes

A framing for classifying AI-driven business value by the shape of its financial pattern, not just its size.

Coined by Kognitos

Borrowed from Kognitos's framing of automation value: a one-time cost reduction, a recurring efficiency gain, and a new revenue line are different "shapes" of value even when their headline dollar figures look similar, and a board should ask which shape it is being shown before comparing it to another initiative's number.