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This position paper proposes that digital twins act as artefacts that facilitate knowledge absorption and organizational evolution.

April 17, 2026Open Access

The Reality Construct: Digital Twins as Boundary-Spanning Artefacts for Knowledge Absorption, Organisational Evolution, and the Co-Authorship of Intended Futures

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This position paper proposes that digital twins act as artefacts that facilitate knowledge absorption and organizational evolution.
Introduced Reality Programmable Interfaces (RPIs) as a framework
Formalized the SMILE methodology
Extended the NUDE framework to NUDEDA
Positioned multi-agent simulation as a co-creation mechanism
Established that digital twins have absorptive capacity
Argued that RPIs can improve organizational evolution
Highlighted the role of boundary objects in knowledge sharing

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Position paper proposing that reality itself, emulated through interoperable digital twins, constitutes a boundary-spanning artefact with artefactual absorptive capacity. Introduces Reality Programmable Interfaces (RPIs), formalises the SMILE methodology, extends Weill and Broadbent (1998) NUDE framework to NUDEDA, and positions multi-agent simulation as the mechanism for co-authoring intended futures. Grounded in Actor-Network Theory, boundary objects, and benefits-driven IT governance.

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