Octavio Aguilar · Hermes Ruiz
We've never had so many tools to make decisions. It's never been so easy to blame someone else.
Chronicle of a Perfect Crime is a narrative essay by Octavio Aguilar and Hermes Ruiz about how responsibility disappears inside organizations. It investigates, the way you would investigate a crime, how companies learned to decide without an author and why artificial intelligence may perfect the method. It is published in Spanish and English on November 18, 2026.
THE ALGORITHM. THE DATA. THE PROCESS. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CULTURE. THE SYSTEM.
Meeting minutes with eleven attendees and an empty box where the owner's name should be. An email with twenty people cc'd. A system that did exactly what it was asked to do. Everyone took part. No one kept custody.
Chronicle of a Perfect Crime investigates, the way you would investigate a crime, how organizations learned to make decisions without an author, and why artificial intelligence may perfect the method.
It was written by two authors who don't always agree, and don't hide it. When they disagree, the book doesn't tell you who's right. You have to choose.
The next decision still has someone responsible for it.
The more human and technological actors take part in a decision without explicit custody, the less each one feels responsible for its consequences.
Authorship is undefined.
The decision can't be traced.
Delegation has no limits.
Human validation is weak.
The consequence has no custodian.
Accountability expert and creator of the HazloSencillo® methodology. Over 40 years of experience, 23 countries and more than 500 organizations. He was global CEO of Genomma Lab and corporate director of administration at Petróleos Mexicanos. In 2009 he became the first instructor in Latin America with the international accountability certification.
Expert in artificial intelligence governance and author of Omnipresent 5.0. Over 20 years at the intersection of leadership, organizational culture and emerging technology. He advises boards and executive teams on human judgment and decision-making in the age of AI.
We don't always agree. Neither does the book.
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Octavio Aguilar, accountability expert and creator of the HazloSencillo® methodology, and Hermes Ruiz, expert in artificial intelligence governance and author of Omnipresent 5.0.
The more human and technological actors take part in a decision without explicit custody, the less each one feels responsible for its consequences. It depends on five conditions: authorship is undefined, the decision cannot be traced, delegation has no limits, human validation is weak and the consequence has no custodian.
On November 18, 2026, in Spanish and English, with a live launch on LinkedIn Live called “The Trial”.
It will be available from November 18, 2026. Purchase links will be published on this page.
It is the book's investigation game for teams: six people involved, one decision that went wrong and a box that only opens if they talk. It is played in an in-person or virtual workshop.