Historical note · November 2026

Coach-in-the-Loop

An early concept in the development of AIandMeaning, by Patrick G. Rice.

The original idea

In November 2025, Coach-in-the-Loop was considered as the name for a specific offering within a broader practice called AIandMeaning. The idea was to support organizational leaders, particularly in smaller businesses, as they considered how to use artificial intelligence without surrendering human judgment, responsibility, or clarity about what mattered.

The name played on the familiar expression human-in-the-loop: rather than focusing only on keeping a person involved in an AI-enabled process, the proposed offering emphasized having a human thought partner involved in making sense of choices and decisions.

What happened

The domain Coach-in-the-Loop.com was registered through Namecheap for one year, but no website was hosted there and the proposed offering was not launched as a separate public service.

As the work developed, the focus of AIandMeaning became more specific: helping experienced knowledge workers facing AI-related uncertainty clarify what is happening, consider the outcomes they want, and identify practical choices. The separate Coach-in-the-Loop name was no longer needed for that direction.

Why this page exists

This page preserves the history of an idea, not the record of a launched service. It was published before the domain's planned expiration in November 2026 so that the concept and its place in the development of the practice would not be lost when the registration ended.

For the current practice, visit AIandMeaning.com.